Reviews Written by Joël
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August 10, 2006
The Singles which didn't appear in the albums
Pros: hard to find songs; covers all the works of the Chems
Cons: none, really
The level of each and every track is very high, this is a best of, after all.
My favorite tracks of the first CD are:
Song to the Siren- I think this version is superior to the album version.
The Private Psychedelic Reel- this track is a masterpiece, I never get enough of it.
Star Guitar- same as the PPReel, only better and with more rythm.
On the second CD, my favorite tracks are:
Morning Lemon- I LOVE this track, the broken rythm is awesome, a bit like Three Little Birdies Down Beats.
Delik- I like the odd guitar, and the wink to Life Is Sweet.
The Duke is boring, , and I don't like the elektrobank remix. Only goodies, everywhere else.
The first CD is the collection of the singles released by The Chemical Brothers, and thus includes little bits of their whole history, but only the best!
The second CD has other tracks which were never released in the studio albums,including a few remixes ...
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Chemical Rollercoaster
Pros: Hold Tight London, Marvo Ging, Surface to Air
Cons: sound starts looking a little cheap, Left Right, Come Inside
The Chemical Brothers used to have a finely-tuned sound, and of a keen genre, but this time it all sounds a bit common and cheap.
This is definitely not the best album from The Chemical Brothers. It looks like they didn't want to take too many risks and do what everyone else is doing and succeeding with. Bad bad chems! But for us fans there are still plenty of goodies, toward the end of the album.
The beginning of the album looks a bit common, you know, like in "is this really from the Chemical Brothers? It looks more like Oasis to me." Ok, not that far, but you got the point.
Towards the middle you start to think this is just another album to forget, in spite of "Hold Tight London", and towards the end, it's home run after all, with CLose Your Eyes, Shake Break Bounce, Marvo Ging and Surface To Air.
GALVANIZE - *** - the album's single, but this is not Chemical Brothers'. It's more some sort of rap, composed to try to sell the album to a larger public. But well realized, nonetheless.
THE BOXER - **** - I love this track, for how it's high pitched and rhytmed
BELIEVE - *** - Industrial electronica, I like it, but I expected more from the album. This is the point where the album started to look a bit flat to me...
HOLD TIGHT LONDON- ***** - ...and then it hits us. This track is very long, very cool, but I love it.
COME INSIDE - * - hated it. This track is some sort of recall from "Surrender" (the album), but a very bad one
THE BIG JUMP- *** - there's not much to say. 3 stars because it's funny, otherwise i'd give it just 2
COME INSIDE - * - This is like Galvanise, except the sound is *very* cheap, I expected a lot more from the chems
CLOSE YOUR EYES - **** - the track looks rough and unfinished, but somehow I love it. Maybe because the music and the voices and the lyrics all suggest pleasant images. To me it rocks becauses everything fits together.
SHAKE BREAK BOUNCE - ***** - This is so fun-ky, fun-ky. 5 stars
MARVO GING - **** - vintage video game sound, remixed by the Chemical Brothers
SURFACE TO AIR - **** - Every album has a final epic track which rocks. This is no exception. ...