release date: Sep. 1, 2008
format: 2 lp vinyl (reissue, XDUSTLP9) / 2 cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: The Chemical Brothers
label: Freestyle Dust / Virgin - nationality: England, UK
2 lp vinyl compilation by The Chemical Brothers following the release of We Are the Night (Aug. 2007), and then also a follow-up to the duo's first compilation Singles 93 - 03 (Sep. 2003).
The album is a strong collection of great and familiar tunes. My only complaint is that many tracks overlap, i.e. "Hey Boy Hey Girl", "Block Rockin' Beats", "Star Guitar", "Let Forever Be", "Leave Home", "Out of Control", "The Golden Path", "Setting Sun", "Chemical Beats" - that is: 9 out of 15 tracks overlapping with a five year older compilation with more tracks. Isn't that a bit too many? Well, it depends, I guess, 'cause the intention is surely to throw out a sort of best of-album - the other being a collection of singles - and in any case it all means the inclusion of the aforementioned tracks. And unfortunately only six other tracks are found from later releases. Then, so be it. It's my first compilation on vinyl by the band, so I can easily live with that, and it's still a pretty awesome collection.
