The Chemical Brothers Biography
The Chemical Brothers are an electronic music duo from England,
comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons (occasionally referred to
as Chemical Ed and Chemical Tom). Initially they called
themselves "The Dust Brothers", after the noted US production
duo of the same name, but their burgeoning popularity and the
threat of legal action from the originals led them to change
their name in 1995. Along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The
Crystal Method and a few other lesser-known acts they were
pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, and are known
for high-quality live sets. They met at the University of
Manchester.
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Background information
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) Techno, Big Beat, House, Trip Hop, Electronica
Years active 1993 - present
Label(s) Astralwerks
Members
Tom Rowlands
Ed Simons
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History
Background
Ed grew up in Herne Hill, South London, England, on 9 June 1970
to a barrister mother and a father who was not around much when
Ed was growing up. Ed's two main interests when he was young
were aeroplanes and musicals. Simons went to school in South
London, attending two private schools; Alleyn's School and
Dulwich College. He left school with 11 O levels and 3 A-levels.
Ed developed a fondness of rare groove and Hip hop music, having
frequented a club called The Mud Club when he was 14. By the
time he left school, his two main musical interests were two
Manchester bands, New Order and The Smiths. Ed studied Medieval
History at the University of Manchester.
Another student in Ed's class was Tom Rowlands. Rowlands was
born on 11 January 1971 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. His
father was a lighting cameraman. When Rowlands was very young,
his family relocated to Henley-on-Thames Henley. He later went
to school in Reading, Berkshire. Rowlands became obsessed with
Scotland when he was a child, and loved the bagpipes in
particular. Later, he became interested in other music.
Initially, one of his favourites was the Oh What A Lovely War
soundtrack, then 2-Tone, and in his early teens, the electro
sounds of artists such as Heaven 17, Kraftwerk, New Order, and
Cabaret Voltaire. Later on in his teens, Rowlands progressed to
The Jesus and Mary Chain. He described the first Public Enemy
album as the record that probably changed his life and says he
thought Miuzi Weighs a Ton was one of the most amazing records
he had ever heard. Rowlands started collecting hip hop records
by people like Eric B and Schoolly D but was also a large fan of
My Bloody Valentine. Rowlands left school with 9 O levels and 3
A levels. He also decided to go to Manchester for further study
because of its music scene and specifically the Fac 51 Hacienda
Hacienda.
Font
The font which was used to write the typical "The Chemical
Brothers" logo is Sho, designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer in 1992.
Hoefer died in October of 2000. The Chemical Brothers original
logo is only in a few details different from Sho i.e. the
letters a and b. Linotype is holding the licence for this font
where it is possible to buy it.
Ariel
Rowlands was also in a band called Ariel prior to meeting up
with Simons. Ariel was formed in London by Rowlands and his
friends Brendan and Matt before they all moved up to Manchester.
Their first single was "Sea of Beats". Other songs, mostly
released on 12" included "Mustn't Grumble" and their most
well-known, "Rollercoaster". Their record label, deConstruction,
insisted that they get a female singer, and after some
disappointing songs like "Let It Slide" (Rowlands would later
describe it as "a stinker") the band fell apart. One of the last
things Ariel did was the song "T Baby" which was remixed by the
pair.
Ariel symbolically ended when Deconstruction asked us for a Dust
Brothers remix of an Ariel track. That was the final nail in the
coffin".
—Ed Simons
One of the blokes went a bit mad, but now he's back at college,
and the other one drives our van
—Tom Rowlands on Ariel, in 1995
Naked Under Leather
Rowlands and Simons then started to DJ at a club called "Naked
Under Leather", in the back of a pub, in 1992 under the alias of
"The 237 Turbo Nutters" (named after the number of their house
on Dickenson Road in Manchester and a reference to their
Blackburn raving days). The pair would play hip hop, techno and
house. Other DJs at Naked Under Leather were Alex Kohler and
Phil South.
The Dust Brothers
Rowlands and Simons called themselves The Dust Brothers, after
the US production duo famous for their work with the Beastie
Boys. After a while, they began to run out of suitable
instrumental hip hop tracks to use, so they started to make
their own. Using a Hitachi hi-fi system, a computer, a sampler
and a keyboard, they recorded "Song To The Siren", which sampled
Meat Beat Manifesto. "Song To The Siren" was released on their
own record label, called "Diamond Records" (after Ed's
nickname). In October 1992, they pressed 500 white-label copies.
and took them to various dance record shops around London, but
none would play it, saying that it was too slow (The track
played at 111 BPM). They sent a copy to London DJ Andrew
Weatherall, who made it a permanent fixture in his DJ sets.
Weatherall also signed the band to his Junior Boy's Own label.
In May 1993, Junior Boy's Own released 'Song To The Siren'.
The duo completed university with good results, each obtaining
upper-second class degrees. Around June 1993, the Dust Brothers
did their first remixes. The first was "Packet Of Peace" for
Justin Robertson's Lionrock outfit, followed by tracks for
Leftfield, Republica and The Sandals. Late in 1993, The Dust
Brothers completed work on their "14th Century Sky" EP, released
in January 1994. It contained the ground-breaking "Chemical
Beats", which epitomized the duo's genre defining big beat
sound, later taken up by Fatboy Slim and many more. The EP also
contained "One Too Many Mornings", which for the first time
showed the less intense, more chilled-out side of The Dust
Brothers. Both "One Too Many Mornings" and "Chemical Beats"
would later appear on their debut album. "14th Century Sky" was
followed later in 1993 by the "My Mercury Mouth" EP. "Chemical
Beats" was also part of the soundtrack for the first edition of
the famous WipEout games series, having been featured in WipEout
for the PlayStation in 1995.
The Heavenly Social
In October 1994, The Dust Brothers became resident DJs at the
small, but hugely-influential Heavenly Sunday Social Club at the
Albany pub in London's Great Portland Street. The likes of Noel
Gallagher, Paul Weller, James Dean Bradfield and Tim Burgess
were regular visitors. The Dust Brothers were subsequently asked
to remix tracks by Manic Street Preachers and The Charlatans,
plus Primal Scream's "Jailbird" and The Prodigy's "Voodoo
People". These two remixes received television exposure, being
playlisted by MTV Europe's "The Party Zone" in 1995. Early in
1994 however, The Dust Brothers were approached in the club one
Sunday by Noel Gallagher, from Oasis, who at the time were
becoming one of the most prominent guitar bands in Britain.
Gallagher told the duo that he had a Balearic inspired track
which he had written, which he would like the Dust Brothers to
remix. However, over time, Gallagher changed his mind, and in
the end the Brothers did not remix it. The track was "Wonderwall".
From Dust to Chemical
In March 1995, The Dust Brothers began their first international
tour, which included the United States – where they played with
Orbital and Underworld – then a series of European festivals.
Also around this time, the original Dust Brothers threatened
legal action over the use of their name, and so Rowlands and
Simons had to decide on a new name quickly. They decided to then
call themselves "The Chemical Brothers" after "Chemical Beats"
(Simons' grandmother had suggested they call themselves "The
Grit Brothers").
In June 1995, they released their fourth single, the first under
their new identity. "Leave Home" was released on Junior Boy's
Own, as a preview of the imminent debut album and became the
band's first chart hit, peaking at No. 17.
The Chemical Brothers go for big hip-hop beats, howling sirens
and persistent vocals reciting 'The Brothers gonna work it out'"
—NME.
Exit Planet Dust
In July 1995, The Chemical Brothers released their debut album
Exit Planet Dust (the title inspired by their name change) on
Freestyle Dust/Junior Boy's Own. It entered the UK charts at #9
and featured guest vocalist Beth Orton on the song "Alive
Alone". It eventually went on to sell over a million copies
worldwide. Shortly after its release, The Chemical Brothers
signed to Virgin Records, to which they took their own offshoot
label, Freestyle Dust. For their next single, in September 1995,
they again used a guest vocalist, for the release of "Life Is
Sweet", featuring their friend Tim Burgess, singer with The
Charlatans. It reached #25 in the singles charts. The single was
also Select Magazine's Single Of The Month for October. The
release included a Daft Punk remix of "Life Is Sweet".
"The Brothers are in absolutely inspired, jackhammering,
Underworld-fondling form. Crunchy on the outside. And crunchy on
the inside too."
—NME, awarding it Single Of The Week
In August 1995, the Chemical Brothers DJed for Oasis at a
Sheffield gig. The gig began to backfire when it became apparent
that Liam Gallagher didn't seem to like any of the tracks they
were spinning. The closest that they could come to pleasing him
was the Happy Mondays' "Wrote For Luck". Gallagher proceeded to
kick the Chemical Brothers off the turntables and procured a
friend from The Verve to continue to DJ. He subsequently
favoured obscure psychedelic material to the displeasure of the
crowd.
Around this period, The Stone Roses asked the Chemical Brothers
to remix "Begging You", from their "Second Coming" album. After
beginning work on a remix which they viewed as having potential,
the Stone Roses changed their minds and the project was
cancelled.
In October 1995 the duo returned to the Heavenly Sunday Social
for a second and final run of DJ dates. They then became
residents at the Heavenly Social on Saturdays at Turnmills. In
November, The Chemical Brothers played the Astoria Theatre in
London. At this time the Chems usually used a fusion of
"Chemical Beats" and The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" as
their encore. During the encore, however, Keith Flint from The
Prodigy jumped up on stage to dance, wearing a t-shirt sporting
the slogan "Occupation: mad bastard". A few from the crowd
subsequently joined in. This resulted in a power cable being
kicked loose, bringing the show to a temporary close. The
Chemical Brothers confessed to not being too bothered; "because
he's Keith from the Prodigy, and he can do whatever the fuck he
likes" Rowlands said later. Just before Christmas, 1995, they
played their biggest gig to date, with The Prodigy, at the
Brixton Academy.
In January 1996 Exit Planet Dust went gold. The Chemical
Brothers released their first new material in 6 months on
Virgin, the "Loops Of Fury" EP. The four track release was
limited to 20,000 copies. It entered the UK charts at #13. NME
described the lead track as "splashing waves of synths across
hard-hitting beats". The EP also contained a Dave Clarke remix
of "Chemical Beats", and two other new tracks "Get Up On It Like
This" and "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up".
In February 1996, Select Magazine published a list of the 100
best albums of the 1990s thus far. "Exit Planet Dust" was listed
at Number 39. In August 1996, The Chemical Brothers supported
Oasis at Knebworth, where 125,000 people attended each of the
two shows.
"Setting Sun"
During the 1995 Glastonbury Festival, Rowlands and Simons had
had another conversation with Noel Gallagher. Gallagher told
them how much he liked Exit Planet Dust, and asked if he could
sing on a future track, similar to the way Tim Burgess had
worked on "Life Is Sweet". They didn't think much of the offer
at the time, given how busy Gallagher would be with the release
of Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", plus the
complexities of dealing with each others' record companies.
However, the duo later worked on a track which they thought
would benefit from having a vocal on it. They sent Gallagher a
tape of what they had done so far. He worked on it overnight,
and left a message with them early the next morning that he was
ready to record it. The track was called "Setting Sun" and was
finally released in October 1996. It entered the UK charts at
the top, giving the duo their first ever Number One single.
"Setting Sun" was backed by a longer instrumental version, and
also a new track "Buzz Tracks", which was not much more than a
DJ tool. The three remaining Beatles' lawyers later wrote to the
Chemical Brothers, mistakenly claiming that they had sampled
"Tomorrow Never Knows". Virgin Records hired a musicologist to
prove that they did not sample the classic 1960s psychedelic
song.
In March 1997, the Brothers released the second track from their
forthcoming album, to give the world a further taster of what to
expect. "Block Rockin' Beats" went straight to #1 in the UK,
thanks, this time, to its Schoolly D vocal sample. The NME named
it Single Of The Week and said "It throbs like your head might
if you had just done a length underwater in a swimming pool full
of amyl." It later won a Grammy award for Best Rock
Instrumental.
Things were quite promising for the Brothers in the US at this
time, "Setting Sun" was sitting at Number 80 in the Billboard
Top 100, after selling around 80,000 copies, an excellent
achievement for a European "dance" act. Sales from Exit Planet
Dust were also around 150,000.
Dig Your Own Hole
On April 7, 1997 the Chemical Brothers released their second
album, Dig Your Own Hole. It was recorded at the band's own
south London studio, with the title taken from graffiti on the
wall outside. The album was well received in most circles.
Mixmag rated it 10/10 and gave it the "Album of the Month"
label, calling it "mad enough to be thrilling, slick enough for
not even remotely coffee tables".
During the summer of 1997, the Brothers toured extensively,
particularly in the States. They also became residents at
Tokyo's Liquid Rooms. In August, the Chemical Brothers achieved
rapprochement with the US Dust Brothers, and asked them to remix
forthcoming single "Elektrobank". They themselves also became
highly sought-after for remixes for other artists. Metallica
asked the Brothers several times to remix "Enter Sandman", but
were repeatedly turned down. In September, the next single from
Dig Your Own Hole, "Elektrobank" was released. In November, the
pair played at Dublin's Point Theatre, with support from Carl
Cox. They also began a US tour in Detroit.
At the end of the year, Dig Your Own Hole's final track, the
nine minute-long "The Private Psychedelic Reel" gave rise to a
limited-edition mini-EP of the same name. The b-side consisted
of a live version of "Setting Sun", recorded at the Lowlands
Festival, Netherlands on August 24, 1997. Also in December,
following four sold-out US shows, The Chemical Brothers toured
the UK, finishing with a sold-out gig at London's Brixton
Academy.
More mixing
In 1998, they concentrated more on DJing, although some remixes
did see the light of day, including "I Think Im In Love" from
Spiritualized. Both a vocal remix and an instrumental remix were
included in the single release. Each came in at over
seven-and-a-half minutes. Another remix completed by the
Brothers was "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp", from Mercury Rev.
This was another extension in the association between the two
bands, since Mercury Rev's Jonathon Donahue contributed to "The
Private Psychedelic Reel" on Dig Your Own Hole.
In September 1998, a second mix album, Brother's Gonna Work It
Out, was released. It contains some of their own tracks and
remixes, as well as songs from artists who have influenced their
sound, such as Renegade Soundwave, Meat Beat Manifesto and Kenny
'Dope' Gonzales.
In May 1999 The Chemical Brothers played three UK dates in
Manchester, Sheffield and Brighton, their first since December
1997. Also that month, they released their first new original
material in two years, a track called "Hey Boy, Hey Girl". This
was more house influenced than hip-hop. In interviews at the
time, Rowlands and Simons indicated that the track was inspired
by nights out at Sheffield club "Gatecrasher". The track was
also one of their more commercially accessible tracks and went
to number 3 in the UK charts.
Surrender
The third album Surrender was released in June 1999. It featured
vocals from Noel Gallagher, Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue and
Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval. As "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" had
suggested, the album was more house-oriented than the previous
two. On one of the album's stand out tracks, "Out Of Control",
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and New Order's Bernard Sumner
provided vocals. It reached Number 1 in the UK album charts, and
was widely praised in the print media. The Michel
Gondry-directed music video for "Let Forever Be", which utilized
ground-breaking video and film effects in its depiction of a
young woman's nightmares, also received a lot of attention.
Later that summer, The Brothers headlined the Glastonbury dance
tent on the Friday night, followed by a UK tour which ended in
December and included Homelands Scotland on September 4. In
November, "Out Of Control", featuring Sumner and Gillespie on
vocals, was released as single. The release also contained the
much anticipated Sasha remix. The final single from Surrender,
in February 2000, was the five track "Music: Response" EP,
containing the title track and two remixes, plus a new track,
"Freak of the Week", and a track called "Enjoyed", which was
essentially a remix of "Out Of Control" by the Brothers
themselves.
A CD copy of Surrender was placed in the third Blue Peter time
capsule, buried in January 2000.
"It Began in Afrika"
In August 2000 they played to a large crowd at the main stage at
Creamfields festival, Ireland. Highlights of their live set
included "Out Of Control" and "Hey Boy, Hey Girl". Shortly after
Creamfields, Tom and Ed played the Pyramid stage at the
Glastonbury Festival pulling in the largest audience ever seen
in the Festivals history. In December 2000, The Chemical
Brothers aired one of their new tracks, "It Began in Afrika" at
their New York DJ gigs, supporting U2. According to Rowlands,
the new track was described as having:
quite a lot of percussion, big, sweeping sort of stuff. Live
conga playing, quite spaced out. It's like Body & Soul, but
really, really hard and twisted, it's like high-impact, full-on,
but with more organic sounds, and quite intense, without the
good vibe.
In 2001, they were quite active with releases and live
performances. Early in the year, they began working on a fourth
album, provisionally titled "Chemical Four". The first track
which fans got a taste of was "It Began In Afrika", as
previously played in their DJ set in New York. The track would
make its live debut in California in April 2001, at the
Coachella Festival, to much acclaim. Another new track also got
its public debut at Coachella, "Galaxy Bounce". As has become
customary for their releases and experiments, "It Began In
Afrika" was first pressed as a promo, as part of the "Electronic
Battle Weapon" series. It received much airplay on dance music
radio shows in the UK, and became more and more popular in clubs
over the course of the summer. It also became one of the
"anthems" in Ibiza as the summer progressed. It was given a full
commercial single release in September, reaching #8 in the UK
singles chart, even though no promotional video was made for the
track.
Rowlands and Simons also remixed a track from Fatboy Slim's
"Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars", entitled "Song For
Shelter."
Come With Us
The Chemical Brothers finished work on another album, Come With
Us, in October 2001. It featured collaborations with Richard
Ashcroft ("The Test"), formerly of The Verve, and long-time
collaborator Beth Orton ("The State We're In"). The album was
released in January 2002, preceded by a single, "Star Guitar", a
melodic, Balearic number, with a promotional video by Michel
Gondry. It featured the view from a train window at the passing
scenery, with everything outside the train moving to the time of
the music and sounds in the track. "Star Guitar" was also
released as a DVD single, the pair's first time.
The album, "Come With Us" was less well received than their
previous albums, but nonetheless went straight in at #1 in the
UK album charts in the first week of its release, selling
100,000 copies. In April the title track from the album was
released as a single, with remixes by Fatboy Slim, as part of a
double-A sided release, with "The Test".
During the Summer of 2002, they travelled the festival circuit,
to promote the album. Later in 2002, they released two EPs, one
specifically aimed at Japan and the other the US (entitled
"American EP"). Both contained remixes, live versions and
B-sides.
One of their other major songs from this album was "Galaxy
Bounce," which was popular and featured as the main title music
for the Xbox game, Project Gotham Racing.
Two other songs featured on a fairly popular game on the PS2 a
racing game title WRC II: Extreme are Come With Us
(Introduction) and Star Guitar (Title screen), both are just
music, no vocals.
Ten years of The Chemical Brothers
Late 2002 and early 2003 saw Rowlands and Simons back in the
studio, working on new material, including "The Golden Path", a
collaboration with Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of The Flaming
Lips. This was released in September 2003, at the same time as a
"best of" album, entitled Singles 93-03, marking ten years of
The Chemical Brothers' releases. Singles 93-03 included most,
but not all, of their singles. A second new track, in addition
to "The Golden Path", was included on the album, called "Get
Yourself High". Singles 93-03 was also released on DVD, whose
extra features included selected live performances and
interviews with Rowlands, Simons and many of their collaborators
from throughout the period. "Get Yourself High", which featured
Canadian rapper k-os on vocals, was released as a single in
November 2003.
In late 2003 and 2004 The Chemical Brothers continued to work in
the studio, on new material and a remix of "Slow" by Kylie
Minogue. After being released on rare white label vinyl, it was
subsequently given a commercial release in March on CD (on her
next single "Red Blooded Woman") and on exclusive 12" vinyl
picture disc (containing two other Kylie remixes). In Summer
2004 they returned to the festival circuit, including
appearances at the Glastonbury Festival, Tokyo, Scotland and
Ireland. They also visited South America for the first time,
arriving at Chile, Argentina and Brazil. It was during these
sets that they played new material, including "Acid Children",
which proved to be one of the most popular new tracks.
In September 2004 The Chemical Brothers released the seventh
Electronic Battle Weapon. "Electronic Battle Weapon 7" was being
released as a one-sided promo-only 12", containing "Acid
Children". A marked departure from the Chemical Brothers'
previous musical endeavours, it featured a screeching 303
bassline and a distinctive vocal sample; a pitch-altered sample
of Freddie Krueger proclaiming "You Are All My Children Now!",
which is lifted from an old horror film, A Nightmare on Elm
Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge. Coupled with the projection of
a sinister clown mouthing these same words at their live gigs
made for quite an experience.
The Electronic Battle Weapon series of promo releases have
typically been newly recorded Chemical Brothers tracks, released
on promo to allow DJs to test them in a club environment, and to
gauge their popularity.
Push the Button
In 2004, The Chemical Brothers began work on Push the Button,
their fifth studio album, which features collaborations with Tim
Burgess, Kele Okereke and Anwar Superstar, amongst others. The
album was released on January 24, 2005.
"Galvanize", which features Q-Tip on vocals, was the first
single to be taken from Push the Button, and premiered
exclusively on iTunes. The single was released on January 17,
2005, and entered the UK chart at #3. The second single
"Believe" (featuring Kele Okereke from Bloc Party) failed to
crack top 10, but still made it into the top 20, peaking at #18.
"The Boxer", featuring Tim Burgess, became the duo's first
single to fail to crack the top 40.
The album and single "Galvanize" won a Grammy in the Grammy
Awards of 2006. One of the songs in this album, "The Big Jump"
appears in the video game Burnout Revenge, as well as Project
Gotham Racing 3.
Allegedly, if "Push the Button" is played in reverse, its beats
correspond to those of "Come With Us".
Tate Tracks
In September 2006, the Chemical Brothers were revealed as the
first musicians to be involved in Tate Tracks. Tate Modern
invited various groups and songwriters to choose a work that
inspired them from the gallery's collection of modern art and
then write a track about it. The Chemical Brothers' submission,
Rock Drill, was inspired by the Jacob Epstein sculpture Torso in
Metal from The Rock Drill, and can be heard on headphones in
front of the work in the gallery. From October 2006, it also
became available to hear online at the Tate Tracks website.
'Chemical 6' & Electronic Battle Weapon 8&9
In the beginning of June 2006, Ed Simons announced on the
chemicalbrothers.com forum that the band are indeed working on a
new album, codenamed 'Chemical 6,'[1] and although no release
date has been confirmed, some speculate it will see a summer
2007 release. Typically an announcement is made on the band's
website two to three months in advance of the release of a new
album. Simons also announced that the band will be playing
select venues this summer, in Rome, and also Fabric in London.
He also stated that the band are 'hoping to put a battle weapon
out for the summer,' referring to the 'Electronic Battle Weapon'
series, which are somewhat experimental tracks the band
occasionally release on white label. Electronic Battle Weapon 8
& 9 were debuted on Pete Tong's BBC1 Radio show on December 8th
2006.
Live
See also: List of live performances by The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are credited as being one of the few truly
arena-sized electronic acts. Their live acts comprise large
screens displaying psychedelic images, strobe lights and lasers
that project over the crowd. There has been speculation over how
much of their live gigs are pre-recorded, although they insist
(on their official website FAQ) that they have a mere outline of
track order and the rest is mixed live. This would seem to be
confirmed by concert goers who have seen gigs on consecutive
nights and have posted notable differences between the sets
played (see External links below.)
The Brothers have also played at many major festivals, from
Glastonbury to Reading and currently hold the record for most
gigs performed in a year at the Brixton Academy.
In addition to performing their own music they also hold regular
DJ nights where they mix other artist's tracks (in the style of
Brother's Gonna Work It Out - see above).
As with their recorded albums The Chemical Brothers are well
known for their incorporation of guest vocalists into their live
performances. Notable appearances in recent gigs have included
Bernard Sumner of New Order, who sang on the original Out of
Control, and Tim Burgess.
Discography
Albums
Exit Planet Dust
(1995)
#9 UK
Dig Your Own Hole
(1997)
#1 UK, #14 US
Surrender
(1999)
#1 UK, #32 US
Come With Us
(2002)
#1 UK, #32 US
Push The Button
(2005)
#1 UK, #59 US, #25 CAN
Compilations
1996 Live at the Social Volume 1 #19 UK (In The Compilations
Chart)
1998 Brother's Gonna Work It Out #7 UK (In The Compilations
Chart), #95 US
2002 American
2003 Singles 93-03 #9 UK
2005 Live 05 (Download only)
2005 The Remixes Volume 06
Singles
From Exit Planet Dust
1995 "Leave Home" #17 UK
1995 "Life is Sweet" #25 UK
Non-album EP
1996 "Loops of Fury EP" #13 UK
From Dig Your Own Hole
1996 "Setting Sun" #1 UK, #80 US (1997 release)
1997 "Block Rockin' Beats" #1 UK
1997 "Elektrobank" #17 UK
1997 "The Private Psychedelic Reel" (chart ineligible EP)
From Surrender
1999 "Hey Boy Hey Girl" #3 UK
1999 "Let Forever Be" #9 UK
1999 "Out of Control" #21 UK
2000 "Music:Response" (chart ineligible EP)
From Come With Us
2001 "It Began in Afrika" #8 UK
2002 "Star Guitar" #8 UK
2002 "Come with Us/The Test" #14 UK
2002 "Come with Us Japan Only EP"
From Singles 93-03
2003 "The Golden Path" (with The Flaming Lips) #17 UK
2003 "Get Yourself High" (chart ineligible EP)
From Push the Button
2005 "Galvanize" #3 UK
2005 "Believe" #18 UK
2005 "The Boxer" #41 UK
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