Product Description

The Chemical Brothers were formerly known as the Dust Brothers. The name change seems particularly appropriate, as manyobservers viewing the disc's cover would be hard-pressed toperceive this as anything remotely electronic-based. Rave faves and flamboyant studio techies in their native England, the Brothers may be the '90s inheritors of Adrian Sherwood and his On-U Sound legacy.
EXIT PLANET DUST is a record concerned more with the urban jungle than space-time continuums, although there's no shortage of tripped-out effects, stereo panning, reverb, and a healthy amount of studio gimcrackery. Mobile fidelity is the nucleus here, so anyone expectingambience need look elsewhere. With this record, one of the first to break so-called "electronica" mainstream and on Main Street, USA, The Brothers have assimilated so many dancefloor ideologies that their stance within the "big beat" genreshould ultimately get them through the next musical revolution--and beyond. To many, this is the possible future of pop: Spock & roll, anyone?

Track Listing

1. Leave Home
2. In Dust We Trust
3. Song To The Siren
4. Three Little Birdies Down Beats
5. Fuck Up Beats
6. Chemical Beats
7. Chico's Groove
8. One Too Many Mornings
9. Life Is Sweet
10. Playground For A Wedgeless Firm
11. Alive Alone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11756 in Music
• Released on: 1995-06-26
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
A key record of the 1990s, Exit Planet Dust invented the big-beat style that dominated British dance music in the second half of the decade, and it still sounds superb in its own right. Skull-crunching hip-hop loops, fuzz guitar, insistently repetitive spoken samples and thunderous basslines make up the blueprint for one of the most instantly energising albums ever recorded. Many of the titles--"Chemical Beats", "Fuck Up Beats", "Chico's Groove"--are fairly self-explanatory. Others show a level of erudite humour; "Song To The Siren" filches the name of a Tim Buckley ballad for a track more in keeping with the mysteries of a car alarm, while "One Too Many Mornings" is nothing that Bob Dylan would recognise in a hurry. Collaborations with Beth Orton ("Alive Alone") and the Charlatans' Tim Burgess ("Life Is Sweet") add human voices to the brilliant mechanical formula. --David Bennun

From Amazon.com
For years before the release of Exit Planet Dust, the production duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons were cranking out slabs of the biggest sounds around on the U.K. label Junior Boys' Own. Before screeching guitars and massive breakdowns were par for the course in dance music, they were unleashing monsters like "Chemical Beats" and "Song to the Siren"; their distorted beats and rock mentality were years ahead of their time. And, not surprisingly, they still hold up today, collected and rereleased, along with several newer tracks, on Exit Planet Dust. All the singles that established the trademark Chemicals sound are present, as are explorations of pop-song forms with vocalists Beth Orton ("Alive Alone") and Tim Burgess ("Life Is Sweet"). While a more evolved sound can be heard on their follow-up, Dig Your Own Hole, the roots of big beat can be found here. --Matthew Corwine

Customer Reviews

in my opinion "THE BEST"
i have all the albums (apart from we are the night) and i think this has to be the best. yes the beats are quite simple, but they are genius! very addictive listening if your in the mood.

tracks 1-6 are quite simply brilliant. "leave home" is a brilliant start to the album and probably their best piece of work. another track is "three little birdies down beats" this is very repetitive, but is a tune which will get you dancing. "f*ck up beats" is basically a follow up beat to "chemical beats" and they both mix in very well. from track 6 onwards the pace of album slows and is more relaxed, track 10 is very weird but is something different to listen to.

if you havent got this album then buy it! i worried that it may sound dated but in reality it doesnt, as a matter of fact it sounds more up to date than most of the trash thats currently out there.

lets hope "we are te night" is a good release and not like the weak "push the button"

a legendary album
Took me a while to buy this, ten years after its release. I thought the beats would be quite dated,which is kind of true,but then it was recorded 12 years ago. It starts off with a stomper ,`Leave Home`. which i first heard 10 years ago, and its a great start. `In Dust We Trust` is ok, has some interesting scratchy sounds. `Song to the Siren` is great,consisting of a whiny female vocal which may sound bad but is good.the next track`3 little birdies down beats` is repetitive but energetic, `fup beats` is kind self explanatory,`chemical beats` is slightly annoying after a while, tracks 7& 8 are slightly dull. `Life is Sweet` is possibly the best track. track 10 is weird, the album finishes with `Arrive Alone` with vocals by beth orton. Possibly the most normal track on the cd. Overall a very dark and disturbing album, unlike anything else out in 1995. i give it 4 stars cos i think tracks 1,3,5 and 11 are worth buying it for. Its not as good as `dig your own hole` but for a debut its good. the beats are slightly dated but are certainly different. Might be a bit weird for some, but if you like messed up beats to be cranked up loud this is for you.

ein klein elevator music?!
For a while I used to believe that the Chem's singles were the only audiable listenable stuf they could produce, and the rest is just to fill in the gaps, but this album prooves otherwise. At times they're tunes can be very scary and one can imagine the madness you can sucumb to on drugs, however I think they're music suggest some drug inspired look into the darkr aspects of the human psyche. This album is not as scary as the likes of setting sun and the surrender album, and is great to listen to if your mashed, sounding more 'chilled' than they're later stuff.