quoted 4 lines Naturally, _Exit Planet Dust_ had a lot of people wanting it before it> Naturally, _Exit Planet Dust_ had a lot of people wanting it before it
> came out, due to the nature of people liking those 12" EP's so much,
> and the delay between the EP's and the LP certainly didn't help
> leading to their canonization. :)
I think it is accessible enough material that the majority of people who
will be buying the album will be people who have never heard of the Dust
or Chemical Brothers, and in the end the delay and the missing tracks
from the EPs isn't going to stop any of the old fans from buying it...
the bottom line is money, and _Exit Planet Dust_ is a cash cow. Review
follows:
The Chemical Brothers: Exit Planet Dust
1995 US CD: Astralwerks ASW 6157-2
5:32 Leave Home 4:47 Chico's Groove
5:17 In Dust We Trust 4:12 One Too Many Mornings
3:16 Song To The Siren 6:33 Life Is Sweet
5:38 Three Little Birdies Down Beats 2:30 Playground For A Wedgeless Firm
1:25 Fuck Up Beats 5:16 Alive Alone
4:50 Chemical Beats
Summary: overly catchy but promising drum-heavy techno-funk themes
The Chemical Brothers' new record, thankfully out now in the US,
opens with a relentless suite of big sampled beats and fuzzy electric
basslines, a nonstop hoopty booming jam for the young and restless
spanning 6 tracks, including previous rave anthems "Song to the Siren"
and "Chemical Beats". That _Exit Planet Dust_ will be the most popular
and overplayed techno crossover album of the year is almost a given;
its only major flaw being in Rowlands & Simons' predilection for
repetition of a theme rather than variations on it --a pitfall of
making instantly likable dance music, but something the average fan
won't care about in light of the album's high-volume, foot-stomping
Beastie-Boys-on-caffeine appeal. The second half of the album is
slower and dubbier, with two tracks featuring vocals by The Charlatans'
Tim Burgess, harkening back to the days when 'rave' meant baggy pants
and Manchester dance rock as much as it meant 808 State and acid house.
I'm hoping the Chemical Brothers move on to more original, less sample
heavy music, but in the meantime their debut album is welcome in my
deck anytime.