| Product Summary | | Label: Astralwerks/emi Records | | UPC: 00724359314228 | | Release Date: 9/30/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60613732 | | Item#: MFX76T | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Song To The Siren ~ The Chemical Brothers |  | | 2. Chemical Beats ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 3. Leave Home ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 4. Setting Sun ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 5. Block Rockin' Beats ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 6. Private Psychedelic Reel, The ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 7. Hey Boy Hey Girl ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 8. Let Forever Be ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 9. Out Of Control ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 10. Star Guitar ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 11. Test, The ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 12. Get Yourself High - (with K-OS) ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 13. Golden Path, The - (with The Flaming Lips) ~ The Chemical Brothers | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Chemical Brothers: Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons. | | Additional personnel: K-OS, The Flaming Lips. | | SINGLES '93-'03 is a limited edtion and contains a bonus CD. | | The Chemical Brothers: Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons. | | Additional personnel: K-OS, The Flaming Lips. | | Compilation producer: The Chemical Brothers. | | Celebrating 10 years of innovative electronica and party-starting dance grooves, this 13-track Chemical Brothers collection moves chronologically through the numerous highlights of the duo's recording career. Groundbreaking early singles "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats" offer the first examples of their unique combination of hip-hop beats and electro-distortion hooks, before "Leave Home" ushers in the arrival of the landmark EXIT PLANET DUST album. Although SINGLES surprisingly omits "Life Is Sweet (with Tim Burgess of the Charlatans UK) and "Alive Alone" (featuring a then-unknown Beth Orton), it does includes other excellent tracks such as "Setting Sun" (one of two Noel Gallagher collaborations), "Block Rockin' Beats," "The Private Psychedelic Reel" (with Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev), and "The Test" (featuring Richard Ashcroft). And as outstanding icing on their birthday cake, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons present two previously unreleased tracks, the funky "Get Yourself High," and the mystic, majestic chime of "The Golden Path" (featuring the Flaming Lips). | | Ed and Tom's ten-year anniversary was an excellent time to gift the faithful with a compilation, and Singles 93-03 illustrates nearly every distinct phase of the duo's career -- from their early Bomb Squad fixation to their flirtation with Beatlesque Brit-pop and later reincarnation as psychedelic beatmasters. Still, this straight-up chronological look at the Chemical Brothers as a singles act certainly isn't the best that could've been done. It doesn't even include all of their singles ("Music:Response" and the non-LP "Loops of Fury" would've been excellent additions) and over half of the contents comes from the period after their first two (and best two) LPs. It does begin in brilliant fashion, with early singles "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats" displaying the band's weighty influence from Public Enemy and My Bloody Valentine but also their fresh ideas about making dance music as fun as it had been during the rave era. Unfortunately, Singles 93-03 quickly cuts to weaker latter-day singles ("Hey Boy Hey Girl," "Star Guitar") as well as the Brothers' set of half-baked rock collaborations (including both Noel Gallagher guest-spots, "Setting Sun" and "Let Forever Be"). Two new tracks, "Get Yourself High" and "The Golden Path," are also collaborations. After a feature for fellow Astralwerks artist and rapper K-Os, the second delivers on most of its promise as a soundclash for two of neo-psychedelia's most interesting acts, the Chemical Brothers and the Flaming Lips. "The Golden Path" is a cool, crisp song with two surprises: it's clearly reminiscent of Echo & the Bunnymen and features the solo vocal debut from the Lips' Steven Drozd. (Wayne Coyne, the band's usual mouthpiece, is heard near the end.) ~ John Bush | | Celebrating 10 years of innovative electronica and party-starting dance grooves, this 13-track Chemical Brothers collection moves chronologically through the numerous highlights of the duo's recording career. Groundbreaking early singles "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats" offer the first examples of their unique combination of hip-hop beats and electro-distortion hooks, before "Leave Home" ushers in the arrival of the landmark EXIT PLANET DUST album. Although SINGLES surprisingly omits "Life Is Sweet (with Tim Burgess of the Charlatans UK) and "Alive Alone" (featuring a then-unknown Beth Orton), it does includes other excellent tracks such as "Setting Sun" (one of two Noel Gallagher collaborations), "Block Rockin' Beats," "The Private Psychedelic Reel" (with Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev), and "The Test" (featuring Richard Ashcroft). And as outstanding icing on their birthday cake, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons present two previously unreleased tracks, the funky "Get Yourself High," and the mystic, majestic chime of "The Golden Path" (featuring the Flaming Lips). | | Celebrating 10 years of innovative electronica and party-starting dance grooves, this 13-track Chemical Brothers collection moves chronologically through the numerous highlights of the duo's recording career. Groundbreaking early singles "Song to the Siren" and "Chemical Beats" offer the first examples of their unique combination of hip-hop beats and electro-distortion hooks, before "Leave Home" ushers in the arrival of the landmark EXIT PLANET DUST album. Although SINGLES surprisingly omits "Life Is Sweet (with Tim Burgess of the Charlatans UK) and "Alive Alone" (featuring a then-unknown Beth Orton), it does includes other excellent tracks such as "Setting Sun" (one of two Noel Gallagher collaborations), "Block Rockin' Beats," "The Private Psychedelic Reel" (with Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev), and "The Test" (featuring Richard Ashcroft). And as outstanding icing on their birthday cake, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons present two previously unreleased tracks, the funky "Get Yourself High," and the mystic, majestic chime of "The Golden Path" (featuring the Flaming Lips). |
Musical Guests | | K-os | | The Flaming Lips |
| | Artist Overview | | The music of the Chemical Brothers, a pair of DJs who helped popularize the "Big Beat" electronic subgenre in the '90s, has the heft of rock, the groove of club music, and the spirit of experimentation that lifts all boats. Through their collaborations with rockers both massive (the Gallagher brothers of Oasis) and vaguely avant-garde (Mercury Rev), Tom Rowland and Ed Simons have helped break down the walls between rock and dance music. On "Setting Sun," one of their biggest hits, the Chemical Brothers fused elements straight out of the Beatles with electronic dance music's sonic dimensions to create something powerful and timeless, groundbreaking yet accessible. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/30/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 93142 | | Label : Astralwerks (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724359314228 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (10/30/03, p.94)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "There's rarely a dull moment with the Chemical Brothers..."Rolling Stone (10/30/03, p.94)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "There's rarely a dull moment with the Chemical Brothers..." Spin (p.86)
- "[T]heir true talent was rock 'em-sock 'em robot beats that, yes, rocked the block." Q (10/03, p.122)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...The Chemical Brothers have exceeded everyone's expectations, leaving in their wake some of the defining records of the '90s. Not to mention a load of gloriously damaged memories..." Q (10/03, p.122)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...The Chemical Brothers have exceeded everyone's expectations, leaving in their wake some of the defining records of the '90s. Not to mention a load of gloriously damaged memories..." Mojo (Publisher)
(11/03, p.142)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Very little here sounds dated..." Mojo (Publisher)
(11/03, p.142)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Very little here sounds dated..." |
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