Surrender

Amazon.com Surrender kicks off with a nervous, vibrating whine that brings to mind the first three seconds of Hendrix's "Foxy Lady." But it's just a tease; on their third album, techno's Chemical Brothers have all but turned their back on the rock muscle that earned 1997's Dig Your Own Hole gold status in the U.S. Oh, there are guest rock vocalists galore--New Order's Bernard Sumner, Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval, and Oasis's Noel Gallagher--but only the latter brings out the crunching big beats that the Chems all but invented. The rest of Surrender hews closer to the thinner, synthesized textures of the electro revival that's swept the dance-music world. Much of the time that's just swell. The leadoff track, "Music: Response," is a seamless trip back to 1985, complete with vocoderized singing and Morse-code beeps. And Sumner's "Out of Control" replicates the thrill of hearing the gloomy Joy Division morph into a swell synthpop band. But without the propulsion that their trademark aggression usually provides, the Chems just barely come up with enough ideas to carry the listener all the way through an album, much less rock a dance floor for an hour at a time. --Jeff Salamon Product Description International top sellers, The Chemical Brothers have sold over 1.5 million in just the U.S. and "Setting Sun" and "Block Rockin' Beats" are still modern rock staples ("Block Rockin Beats" video is a Grammy winner). Yet another breakthrough record for The Chemical Brothers, Surrender combines their rock, electronics and beats with a new pop dimension, and vocalists include Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star). 1st single/video: "Let Forever Be." Review The best dance music is about what happens over, under, in the thick of a rhythm--about the tidal dynamics and programmatic tension feeding the pulse. Surrender is rich in both. -- Rolling Stone
ASIN: B00000J8EK
VSKU: DBV.B00000J8EK.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:CHEMICAL BROTHERS
Binding: Audio CD
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