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Track List
01) Block Rockin' Beats
02) Dig Your Own Hole
03) Elektrobank
04) Piku
05) Setting Sun
06) It Doesn't Matter
07) Don't Stop the Rock
08) Get Up on It Like This
09) Lost in the K-Hole
10) Where Do I Begin
11) The Private Psychedelic Reel
01) Block Rockin' Beats
02) Dig Your Own Hole
03) Elektrobank
04) Piku
05) Setting Sun
06) It Doesn't Matter
07) Don't Stop the Rock
08) Get Up on It Like This
09) Lost in the K-Hole
10) Where Do I Begin
11) The Private Psychedelic Reel
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Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 7 April 1997. It features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists. The album sleeve depicts a black-and-white photo of a fan, Sarah Atherton, taken at one of their gigs.
In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Dig Your Own Hole the 49th greatest album of all time. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's Exit Planet Dust in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the BPI on 21 January 2000.
It was the band's first UK number one album, achieving this peak in the charts on 19 April 1997. The album also had two number one singles, which were released prior to the album. The success of the album lead The Chemical Brothers to be much sought after remixers, and the duo released a mix album in 1998 entitled Brothers Gonna Work It Out. The album stands as the duo's longest studio album, exactly fourteen minutes longer than the band's debut album Exit Planet Dust.
It was included in Q TV's "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008.
After The Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, Exit Planet Dust, released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "Life Is Sweet", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from Junior Boy's Own to Virgin Records, a label which, regardless, get credit on their album Exit Planet Dust under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, Loops of Fury in January 1996, of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".
The duo met up with Noel Gallagher. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportdley given him an instrumental track, who then wrote lyrics for the track. The song was released as the single "Setting Sun" in October 1996. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one.
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If their debut, 1995’s Exit Planet Dust, set the Chemical Brothers stall out as purveyors of large beats and chunkin’ funk, then Dig Your Own Hole shot them right into the stratosphere. With its number one singles, Grammy award and multi-platinum status, Dig Your Own Hole took Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons from the backrooms to the stadiums.
In a year that saw some incredible albums such as OK Computer, Ladies & Gentleman..., and Homework, Dig Your Own Hole sits easily in such company, a joyous melange of psychedelia, acid house, hip hop, funk and colossal beats creating something that out-rocked the rockers. Their live shows around this time were spoken of in legendary terms, building a reputation which still stands to this day.
It begins with the all-conquering Block Rockin’ Beats, an elastic pile-driving chunk of wonky noises and fierce breaks, before the intense title track itself speeds in like a brakes-free juggernaut careering out of control. The pace doesn’t slack with Elektrobank. Featuring a vocal introduction courtesy of hip-hop legend DJ Kool Herc, it’s a mash up of explosions and machine abuse that slowly breaks down to fuzzed-out, echo-soaked noise.
Setting Sun sees Noel Gallagher ”“ keen fabs admirer and pre-Be Here Now, so y’know, "quite a big deal" at that point - thrown into a demented chaos of sirens, loops and general racket, inspired by The Beatles’ Tomorrow Never Knows. Sitting at the No.1 spot in late 1996 between Breakfast at Tiffanys and some Boyzone affair, it’s possibly the most mental chart topper ever. It Doesn’t Matter, originally one of the duo’s famed Electronic Battle Weapon releases, cuts up obscure, pioneering late 60s Denver freaks Lothar & The Hand People into dizzying acidic shapes, while Lost in the K Hole emulates, quite realistically it must be said, the sensation it speaks of. Apparently.
Another guest, Beth Orton, shows up to lay a moment of calm over the twisted folk of Where Do I Begin. Then it’s the final track, The Private Psychedelic Reel - a kaleidoscopic wonder that burrows into your cortex, building into a giddying ride of rushy shards, whooshes and spiraling melodies courtesy of Mercury Rev. It’s the perfect end to all that’s gone before it.
Nearly 15 years on, there’s still been nothing quite like Dig Your Own Hole. It was a moment where Tom and Ed could harvest up the minds and bugger up the hearing of a whole new crowd of converts, and remains an immense, far out and most staggering work. A key text. Literally amazing.
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Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 7 April 1997. It features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists. The album sleeve depicts a black-and-white photo of a fan, Sarah Atherton, taken at one of their gigs.
In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Dig Your Own Hole the 49th greatest album of all time. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's Exit Planet Dust in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the BPI on 21 January 2000.
It was the band's first UK number one album, achieving this peak in the charts on 19 April 1997. The album also had two number one singles, which were released prior to the album. The success of the album lead The Chemical Brothers to be much sought after remixers, and the duo released a mix album in 1998 entitled Brothers Gonna Work It Out. The album stands as the duo's longest studio album, exactly fourteen minutes longer than the band's debut album Exit Planet Dust.
It was included in Q TV's "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008.
After The Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, Exit Planet Dust, released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "Life Is Sweet", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from Junior Boy's Own to Virgin Records, a label which, regardless, get credit on their album Exit Planet Dust under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, Loops of Fury in January 1996, of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".
The duo met up with Noel Gallagher. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportdley given him an instrumental track, who then wrote lyrics for the track. The song was released as the single "Setting Sun" in October 1996. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one.
User Album Review
If their debut, 1995’s Exit Planet Dust, set the Chemical Brothers stall out as purveyors of large beats and chunkin’ funk, then Dig Your Own Hole shot them right into the stratosphere. With its number one singles, Grammy award and multi-platinum status, Dig Your Own Hole took Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons from the backrooms to the stadiums.
In a year that saw some incredible albums such as OK Computer, Ladies & Gentleman..., and Homework, Dig Your Own Hole sits easily in such company, a joyous melange of psychedelia, acid house, hip hop, funk and colossal beats creating something that out-rocked the rockers. Their live shows around this time were spoken of in legendary terms, building a reputation which still stands to this day.
It begins with the all-conquering Block Rockin’ Beats, an elastic pile-driving chunk of wonky noises and fierce breaks, before the intense title track itself speeds in like a brakes-free juggernaut careering out of control. The pace doesn’t slack with Elektrobank. Featuring a vocal introduction courtesy of hip-hop legend DJ Kool Herc, it’s a mash up of explosions and machine abuse that slowly breaks down to fuzzed-out, echo-soaked noise.
Setting Sun sees Noel Gallagher ”“ keen fabs admirer and pre-Be Here Now, so y’know, "quite a big deal" at that point - thrown into a demented chaos of sirens, loops and general racket, inspired by The Beatles’ Tomorrow Never Knows. Sitting at the No.1 spot in late 1996 between Breakfast at Tiffanys and some Boyzone affair, it’s possibly the most mental chart topper ever. It Doesn’t Matter, originally one of the duo’s famed Electronic Battle Weapon releases, cuts up obscure, pioneering late 60s Denver freaks Lothar & The Hand People into dizzying acidic shapes, while Lost in the K Hole emulates, quite realistically it must be said, the sensation it speaks of. Apparently.
Another guest, Beth Orton, shows up to lay a moment of calm over the twisted folk of Where Do I Begin. Then it’s the final track, The Private Psychedelic Reel - a kaleidoscopic wonder that burrows into your cortex, building into a giddying ride of rushy shards, whooshes and spiraling melodies courtesy of Mercury Rev. It’s the perfect end to all that’s gone before it.
Nearly 15 years on, there’s still been nothing quite like Dig Your Own Hole. It was a moment where Tom and Ed could harvest up the minds and bugger up the hearing of a whole new crowd of converts, and remains an immense, far out and most staggering work. A key text. Literally amazing.
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