Dig Your Own Hole

1. Block Rockin' Beats: 9/10- pure quality breakbeat funk
2. Dig Your Own Hole: 10/10- one of the phattest tunes ever
3. Elektrobank: 7/10- well produced, but a bit too much in the mix I'd say
4. Piku: 7.5/10- funky little number, nothing special
5. Setting Sun: 9/10- big, funky and fresh, a good party tune
6. It Doesn't Matter: 4.5/10- well produced, uninspired techno
7. Don't Stop The Rock: 5.5- flashes of a real good tune are revealed, but the track is too monotonous
8. Get Up On It Like This: 8/10- quite funky & cool
9. Lost In The K Hole: 10/10- my fave- those chimes take me to heaven, and the bassline is gorgeous
10. Where Do I Begin: 9.5/10- blissful, chilled breakbeat
11. The Private Psychedelic Reel: 10/10- epic and phat at the same time, this track is a true dance classic.

Overall: This album contains a few real killers, but too many fillers for it to be a classic. The good tracks are bloody good, though.


Superlative   October 17, 2004
Mr. C. Mullen (Hertfordshire)
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'Dig Your Own Hole' is a masterpiece, even better than 'Exit Planet Dust'. It shows that The Chemical Brothers back catalogue can rival that of Underworld. The tracks aren't discrete, the music is continuous -- a wild gush of subgenreless dance music. Caveat: This must not be listened to through headphones. I dismissed it as mere noise the first time I played it because the headphones compressed it. It deserves the best speakers possible. You have to allow all the different elements of the song to express themselves clearly.
Best track = Where Do I Begin (wonderful musical climax).
Worst = 3 or 8 are slightly undermodulated and 11 is too long.


Quite simply the best album dance music has produced   May 20, 2002
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This album is, quite rightly, one of the most hyped albums of recent years. From the pounding, energetic Block rockin' beats to the sublime flow of Private psychedelic reel this album has it all. Never bettered by the Chemicals themselves nor any of their contemporaries it has still not aged and I thoroughly believe I will still be listening to this album when I'm an old man.
The album does not have any moments in it when you are bored or waiting for the next track to start, the sign of any great album.
If you do not already own this album you really should. No collection would be quite complete with out it. A classic.


great stuff   April 9, 2002
april__29@hotmail.com (newcastle uk)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

well i think most has been said about this album by now, all i want to say is that 'private...' is the best songs theyve every done its a great collaberation between tom and ed and jonothon donahue (mercy rev singer) and boy does JD's influence show on this track its so similar to the mercury revs work youd think you were back at home listenin to 'see you on the other side', its brilliant, as for the rest of the albuym the best collection of 'Phat' beats you'll ever hear!! i mean this albumns canny old now but i havent realy put it down for a long while!!