I think this is almost the perfect outcome
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Friday, 6 March 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess I'm just another un-hip late comer to the Chems who worshipped Surrender apon release and thought Dig was feh, aside from the awesome-even-to-idoits Setting Sun... all of which makes me the height of douche baggary.
― divorcedalcoholicloser, Friday, 6 March 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i wanna know what geir thinks of the last 90 seconds of his favourite track
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
This record sounds so good to me now, first time listening in probably over a decade. Even the overplayed at the time "Setting Sun" is sexy as hell.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
I love ILX.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 03:43 (eight years ago) link
K Hole!!!
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 05:10 (eight years ago) link
So so dope
Their first album too, is a lot more banging than I remember.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:04 (eight years ago) link
First album weirdly not talked about much, I find?
I've always kinda felt the first two albums were secretly way too tuff n ruff outside the singles for a lot of people, Surrender seemed to be greeted with a lot of pent up enthusiasm amongst friends of mine who wanted a dance album that was "crossover" in substance as well as reputation (to be fair they were all 17 years old).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:25 (eight years ago) link
Opposite here. Surrender was not well greeted as far as I remember. Way too diluted and Britpoppy.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 10:10 (eight years ago) link
yeah I was reading magazines and on a bunch of dumb mailing lists at the time and it seemed like a lot of people were not a fan of Surrender - though I liked it quite a bit
I do revisit Dig from time to time and I agree, it ought to sound terribly dated by now but it still rules.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
I haven't heard surrender for a while but memory is a couple good tracks and mostly disappointment.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
rarely listen to exit planet dust, dig your own hole or surrender (lol @ my last post itt), but all 3 still sound great when i do, especially dig. massive, mighty, and dated just right. beyond the odd stray track ("star guitar"), i'm not much interested in what came after. so put me down with the hivemind, i guess.
― Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Star Guitar is great yeah.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
I definitely remember Surrender being met with mild disappointment compared to the first couple, especially given the monstrous single that preceded it. Then again it was 1999 and that was happening with most of the big album dance releases.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:19 (eight years ago) link
the best thing about the first album is that there's no Noel Gallagher on it. Somehow I really like the Tim Burgess track.
― draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
His voice is so fx'd up, tho (Noel's), it's not blatantly obvious that it's hum
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
him
rediscovered my love for this and EPD by adding them to my workout playlist. they always deliver too.
― evol j, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
This has always been a favorite of mine. From start to finish it is damn solid and the last 2 tracks create a hugely epic ending. I'd probably vote for Elektrobank.
I was recently stoked to discover Got Glint off of Surrender heavily sampled Bernard Fevre. I was recently listening to Cosmos 2043 and Earth Message was essentially a stripped down version of the song. Fun times.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
RE: Surrender (upthread), I remember liking it quite a lot at the time of its release, even if (or because?) it was different from the (studio) albums that proceeded it: https://web.archive.org/web/20010112123300/http://www.skinny.com/music/reviews/1999/06/html/chemicalbros2.html
I heard Surrender as the crossover hybrid that appealed to Friends of Tim F; its more accessible aesthetics as a set list complement to the to roughest moments of Exit and Dig. (Fwiw, my friends and I were in our mid-20's.)
― sombrerodetuned (sombrerodetune), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
I always forget how aggressive and just loud "Setting Sun" is.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
When I was 17 it sounded very dangerous and intense and sexy and it still kind of does.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
I also remember Where Do I Begin completely blowing my mind at the time, the idea of a "singer songwriter" doing a looped, four-line, wistful poem over a druggy backwards guitar sample and then going into a massive breakbeat. My god that sounds terrible when I write it out but it's sooooo good.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 23:13 (eight years ago) link
25 years... Time can be scary sometimes.
all the alt mixes on the reissue are really good. Especially the one of it doesn't matter. Listen to that one with some good headphones and you'll have a good time.
― BringTheAuBonPain, Saturday, 30 July 2022 22:33 (one year ago) link
Might have to pick it up, I bought the original LP back in the day without a way to play it and when I finally got a turntable I found out I got two of the first record
― frogbs, Saturday, 30 July 2022 22:49 (one year ago) link
Surprisingly this record actually sorta holds up
― frogbs, Saturday, 30 July 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it slaps.
― BringTheAuBonPain, Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
Perfect album that changed my life when I was 9
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
"sorta"?????????
― death generator (lukas), Sunday, 31 July 2022 10:42 (one year ago) link