Exit Planet Dust

Exit Planet Dust
Studio album by The Chemical Brothers
Released	June 26, 1995
Recorded	August – November 1994
Genre	Big beat, electronica
Length	49:27
Label	Junior Boys Own Freestyle Dust Ultra
Producer	Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons, Cheeky Paul
The Chemical Brothers chronology
Exit Planet Dust (1995) Dig Your Own Hole (1997)

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Exit Planet Dust is the debut album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released in the UK on 26 June 26, 1995 and the US on 15 August 1995. The title is a reference to their departure from their earlier name "The Dust Brothers".

In 2004, the album was packaged with 1997s Dig Your Own Hole in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the BPI on January 1, 1996.^{[citation needed]}

The album was voted the second best dance album of all time by Muzik Magazine. The album was in the UK charts for many weeks, and also charted in each year from release in 1995 until 2000. Its highest peak was #9 in 1995. On 30 October 2000, the album was released on MiniDisc.

Cover

The cover of the album was from a 1970s fashion shoot reject box, according to Ed Simons. In a 1995 interview with Select Magazine, Ed says "we wanted something that just looked nice. A lot of techno albums just have fractals on them, and we wanted something a bit more romantic and otherworldly with soft, nice colours. Its the wrong way round as well - intentionally. If me and Tom are in that picture we're in the car going "Oh she's alright, I wish I had a guitar on my back with her." That would rank as one of the good things in life. Originally we had this pregnant woman in a field wearing this white see-though dress, like a flake advert gone wrong. But we couldn't use it because the unborn child could have sued us". Another image from the same fashion photoshoot was used as one of the images in the Dig Your Own Hole booklet.

Singles

"Song to the Siren" was released on 1 October 1992 as a self-released single, three years prior to its appearance on the album. The Fourteenth Century Sky EP was released on 1 January 1994, with "Chemical Beats" and "One Too Many Mornings" placed as tracks 1 and 2 respectively on the EP. Another EP, My Mercury Mouth EP, was released on the same day, although no tracks from it are featured on the album, though one track from it was an Exit Planet Dust B-side. "Leave Home" was released as the first official single from the album on 5 June 1995. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} "Life Is Sweet" was released as the second single on 29 August 1995 and reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Chemical Brothers. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leave Home"	5:32
2.	"In Dust We Trust"	5:17
3.	"Song to the Siren"	3:16
4.	"Three Little Birdies Down Beats"	5:38
5.	"Fuck Up Beats"	1:25
6.	"Chemical Beats"	4:50
7.	"Chico's Groove"	4:48
8.	"One Too Many Mornings"	4:13
9.	"Life Is Sweet" (featuring Tim Burgess)	6:33
10.	"Playground for a Wedgeless Firm"	2:31
11.	"Alive Alone" (featuring Beth Orton)	5:16
Total length:		49:19

Samples

• The beginning of "Leave Home" is a short sample of the beginning of the Kraftwerk song "Ohm Sweet Ohm" from the album "Radio-Activity".
• "In Dust We Trust" contains several short samples of the Beastie Boys song "The Maestro" from the album "Check Your Head".
• The vocal sample in "Song to the Siren" is a reversed sample of part of the Dead Can Dance track "Song of Sophia" from the album "The Serpent's Egg".