Dig Your Own Hole

Dig Your Own Hole
Studio album by The Chemical Brothers
Released	7 April 1997 (1997-04-07)
Recorded	1996, Orinoco Studios, South London
Genre	Big beat, electronica, techno
Length	63:27
Label	Virgin Freestyle Dust
Producer	Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons
The Chemical Brothers chronology
Exit Planet Dust (1995) Dig Your Own Hole (1997) Surrender (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	A
Robert Christgau	A−
Pitchfork Media	8.4/10
Q
Rolling Stone
The Austin Chronicle
Slant Magazine
Spin

Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 7 April 1997. It features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists. The album sleeve depicts a black-and-white photo of a fan, Sarah Atherton, taken at one of their gigs.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Dig Your Own Hole the 49th greatest album of all time. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's Exit Planet Dust in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the BPI on 21 January 2000.^{[citation needed]}

It was the band's first UK number one album, achieving this peak in the charts on 19 April 1997. The album also had two number one singles, which were released prior to the album. The success of the album lead The Chemical Brothers to be much sought after remixers, and the duo released a mix album in 1998 entitled Brothers Gonna Work It Out. The album stands as the duo's longest studio album, exactly fourteen minutes longer than the band's debut album Exit Planet Dust.

It was included in Q TV's "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008.

Background

After The Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, Exit Planet Dust, released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "Life Is Sweet", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from Junior Boy's Own to Virgin Records, a label which, regardless, get credit on their album Exit Planet Dust under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, Loops of Fury in January 1996, of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".

The duo met up with Noel Gallagher. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportedly given him an instrumental track, who then wrote lyrics for the track. The song was released as the single "Setting Sun" in October 1996. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one.

Artwork

The booklet for the album is notable, as it contains various pictures. The single covers of "Setting Sun", "Block Rockin' Beats", and "Elektrobank" are all featured, in addition to a picture of an orange, a photo showing the scene used for the cover of Exit Planet Dust except from behind, and various other images. This album was also the last album to use the original Freestyle Dust logo.

Singles

The songs "It Doesn't Matter" and "Don't Stop the Rock" were released on 1 June 1996 on vinyl as "Electronic Battle Weapon 1" and "Electronic Battle Weapon 2" respectively as promos for DJs to test in clubs. "Setting Sun" was released on 30 September 1996 as the first official single from the album and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} "Where Do I Begin" was released as a promotional single in early 1997. "Block Rockin' Beats" was released on 24 March 1997 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} "Elektrobank" was released on 8 September 1997 and reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} "The Private Psychedelic Reel" was released on 1 December 1997.

Further physically released promotion for the album include a DJ mix+interview set

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Chemical Brothers, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Block Rockin' Beats"		5:14
2.	"Dig Your Own Hole"	Rowlands, Simons, Jesse Weaver	5:27
3.	"Elektrobank"	Rowlands, Simons, Keith Murray, Ali Friend	8:18
4.	"Piku"		4:54
5.	"Setting Sun" (featuring Noel Gallagher)	Rowlands, Simons, Noel Gallagher	5:29
6.	"It Doesn't Matter"	Rowlands, Simons, Paul Conley, John Emelin, Tom Flye, Rusty Ford, Kim King	6:14
7.	"Don't Stop the Rock"		4:50
8.	"Get Up on It Like This"	Rowlands, Simons, Quincy Jones	2:47
9.	"Lost in the K-Hole"		3:52
10.	"Where Do I Begin" (featuring Beth Orton)		6:56
11.	"The Private Psychedelic Reel"	Rowlands, Simons, Jonathan Donahue	9:22
Total length:			63:22

References

Preceded by Spice by Spice Girls

UK number one album 19 April 1997 – 25 April 1997

Succeeded by Ultra by Depeche Mode