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█░ Artist : Chemical Brothers ░█
█░ Album Title : Come With Us ░█
█░ Record Label : Astralwerks / Virgin Records Limited ░█
█░ Genre : Dance ░█
█░ Rip Date : 01/14/02 ░█
█░ Ripped By : Team CHR ░█
█░ Source : Compact Disc ░█
█░ Encode Bitrate : 192k ░█
█░ Total Size : 75MB ░█
█░ Tracks : 10 ░█
█░ Total Length : 54:42 ░█
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█░ 01. Come With Us ░█
█░ 02. It Began In Africa ░█
█░ 03. Galaxy Bounce ░█
█░ 04. Star Guitar ░█
█░ 05. Hoops ░█
█░ 06. My Elastic Eye ░█
█░ 07. The State We're In (feat. Beth Orton) ░█
█░ 08. Denmark ░█
█░ 09. Pioneer Skies ░█
█░ 10. The Test (feat. Richard Ashcroft) ░█
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█░ Yes, here it is, the newest full album from Chemical ░█
█░ Brothers (no mere It Began In Africa single). Back to their ░█
█░ old styles, with some really keen new styles (first track ░█
█░ almost reminds me of Brainbug's style, but with more kick ░█
█░ and some kooky vocals). And if you're not sure if you want ░█
█░ to spend the moments to grab this before it hits stores ░█
█░ (Januart 28th or 29th), at least grab "Hoops" my fave track ░█
█░ (close second is My Elastic Eye, starting off sounding a bit ░█
█░ like Vespertine era Bjork). Other artists this album may ░█
█░ have been inspired by are Basement Jaxx, Rooty era with a ░█
█░ nice bouncy dance feel to parts of this album. For someone ░█
█░ else's words, here's a pretty good review (but Daft Punk as ░█
█░ Baroque Pop? And there are no vocals on 'Pioneer Skies' its ░█
█░ 'The Test' which features Ashcroft). ░█
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█░ "Tom and Ed return with their fourth album, 'Come With Us', ░█
█░ a joyous romp that strikes back to the heart of the Chemical ░█
█░ sound clash. ░█
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█░ Arriving on the arpeggio string arrangement of the title ░█
█░ track, you could be forgiven for thinking for an instant ░█
█░ that the Chemicals have followed Daft Punk into Baroque pop ░█
█░ territory. ░█
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█░ The thought is foolish and short lived. ░█
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█░ After their brief classical intermission, the Brothers dust ░█
█░ down their trademark surging beast of beats and spiralling ░█
█░ synth sounds, disinter a dark vocal sample, intoning "Behold ░█
█░ We're Coming Back", and deliver a scorching guitar and bass ░█
█░ synth laced 'Social' break beat. ░█
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█░ As an indication of what is to come it's powerful and ░█
█░ poignant, boldly re-stating the no-holds barred approach ░█
█░ that originally made the Chemical Brothers stand out. ░█
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█░ Lest it be forgotten, not only did the Chemicals break the ░█
█░ mould in the mid Nineties by being a dance outfit that ░█
█░ embraced indie acts, they also espoused an anything goes ░█
█░ philosophy that utilised rock guitar, thundering hip hop ░█
█░ drums, scorching acidic 303, African beats and, as they do ░█
█░ here, classical string arrangements. ░█
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█░ Rising through repeated aural assaults, break beat break ░█
█░ downs and a quirky Leo Nocentelli funky guitar line, 'Come ░█
█░ With Us' charges like a genetically modified funk rock rhino ░█
█░ into the tribal trance of last year's single, 'It Began In ░█
█░ Africa'. ░█
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█░ 'Africa' is competent but next to the engaging, ░█
█░ work-in-progress quirky funk of 'Galaxy Bounce', it seems ░█
█░ straight. All of which makes the appeal of the soon to be ░█
█░ released 'Star Guitar' single more odd. ░█
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█░ Combining a slightly tweaked house drum pattern with gushing ░█
█░ swells of trance synth lines and an ambient, occasionally ░█
█░ Balearic, feel, the formulae here is far from original. But ░█
█░ it's won applause wherever it's been played. Once again the ░█
█░ secret of its success is in the production, where the ░█
█░ endemic fragility of the song is given depth by the ░█
█░ contrastingly harsh drum sounds. ░█
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█░ But perhaps the greatest achievement of 'Come With Us' is ░█
█░ its stamina, with one of the most interesting contributions, ░█
█░ the multi textural 'Hoops', only coming half way through the ░█
█░ playing order. It may not be the obvious single, but it's ░█
█░ probably the album's finest moment. ░█
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█░ 'My Elastic Eye' again collides the delicate and ephemeral ░█
█░ with harsh electronica, and with more devastating effect ░█
█░ than the comparatively safe 'Star Guitar'. ░█
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█░ The theme of organic fragility jutted against electronic ░█
█░ energy is repeated in Beth Ortan's plaintive vocals on 'The ░█
█░ State We're In', in which she struggles against keyboards ░█
█░ and effects that in anybody else's studio would have been ░█
█░ too high in the mix. Here it seems to work. ░█
█░ ░█
█░ Juxtaposed to this comes 'Denmark', a bass driven disco ░█
█░ stomp that clatters along on early Nineties Knuckle's wood ░█
█░ blocks before the full drum kit takes over the percussion ░█
█░ and a bass drill pounds into the 'Pig Bag' bass line. ░█
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█░ Further pushing the boundaries, 'Pioneer Skies', an ░█
█░ awesomely large production for its length, sounds like pure ░█
█░ Pete Townshend circa his 'Who's Next' prog era. ░█
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█░ Finally the plodding drum rolls of 'Pioneer Skies', ░█
█░ (should be 'The Test', looks like a minor error on the editor's side) ░█
█░ featuring Richard Ashcroft, offer the album's largest olive ░█
█░ branch to the unrepentant unconverted. ░█
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█░ Unlike their recent offerings, 'Come With Us' doesn't rely ░█
█░ on collaborations to cross over into different markets. Nor ░█
█░ does it turn out tub-thumping dance music to capture the ░█
█░ club contingent. ░█
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█░ Rather, like their earlier offerings, it matches big sound ░█
█░ crowd-pleasing gimmicks with the cerebrally challenging and ░█
█░ adventurous. It exposes the unmatched raw nerve of Chemical ░█
█░ Brothers' production and spikes it with innovation. ░█
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█░ A subtly brutal and powerfully fragile masterpiece." -- Ben Osborne ░█
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█░ And if you're not sure if this is the real thing, there's ░█
█░ the CD (mail me a scanner if you want a scan). Dismiss this ░█
█░ as "merely a promo" if you want, but the CD is only stamped ░█
█░ with the "promo only" mark, as seen on anything sent to radio ░█
█░ stations. No covers, that's how I got it. Track names from ░█
█░ numerous websites (they match up, with vocals and 'Africa'). ░█
█░ Enjoy from Team CHR - taking time to do it right ░█
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█░ URLs >> ░█
█░ >> www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/January2002/reviews23442.asp ░█
█░ review source, with links to sales and pretty pics. ░█
█░ >> http://the-raft.com/chemicalbros.html >> nice site w/info ░█
█░ >> www.astralwerks.com/chemical >> astralwerk's c.b. portal ░█
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