release date: Jun. 21, 1999
format: cd
[album rate: 5 / 5] [4,78]
producer: The Chemical Brothers
label: Freestyle Dust / Virgin - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Music: Response" (4,5 / 5) - 2. "Under the Influence" (4,5 / 5) - 3. "Out of Control" (feat. Bernard Sumner) (4,5 / 5) - 5. "Let Forever Be" (5 / 5) - 6. "The Sunshine Underground" (5 / 5) - 9. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" - 10. "Surrender" - 11. "Dream On" (5 / 5 )
3rd full album by The Chemical Brothers released on Freestyle and produced by the duo. Again, they have put together a strong big beat album, and this time they experiment within the genre of big beat to produce longer and more progressive or neo-psychedelic tracks. In fact, I think it takes off where Dig Your Own Hole (1997) ends with its two great end-tracks.
The track "The Sunshine Underground" is a marvellous piece - I simply can't get tired of that one, just like I can't help turning up the volume whenever I hear it. This is an absolute wonderful and 'must-have' album. Together with Further, I think this is where they touch the sky.
Highly recommendable.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5, Rolling Stone, Q Magazine, NME 4 / 5, The Guardian 5 / 5 stars ]
1999 Favourite releases: 1. The Chemical Brothers Surrender - 2. Underworld Beaucoup Fish - 3. Everything but the Girl Temperamental
