Further (The Chemical Brothers album)
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| Studio album by The Chemical Brothers | ||||
| Released | June 14, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Electronica | |||
| Length | 51:58 | |||
| Label | Freestyle Dust/Parlophone | |||
| Producer | The Chemical Brothers | |||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The A.V. Club | (B+)[2] |
| BBC | (very positive)[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | (7/10)[4] |
| Mojo | [5] |
| NME | (7/10)[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10)[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Rockfeedback | (4/5)[9] |
| Spin | [10] |
Further is the seventh studio album by The Chemical Brothers, released on June 14, 2010. The album title and release date were announced on the band's official website on March 30, 2010. All 8 tracks from the album are accompanied by corresponding films, made specifically to match them, by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyal.[11] The main character of the films is portrayed by Romola Garai. The woman on the album cover is Jenny Godding, who also body doubled for the underwater portions of the music videos.
The album, along with its visuals, was released as a DVD, as an iTunes LP, and as an iTunes Pass feature in US only. As a part of the iTunes Pass program, those who purchase it will receive an unreleased track, named "Pourquoi", on June 29, 2010. Pourquoi translates to 'why' in French. The standard edition was released on CD, containing just the eight track album.
Further is their first album to not feature any guest collaborations, a common occurrence in previous albums. While this is true, Stephanie Dosen provided the vocals for "Snow", "Another World" and "K+D+B". These are guest appearances, including Theremin performances by Bruce Woolley, but they do not count as collaborations since The Chemical Brothers did not work with the artists when writing the songs. Tom also sang on certain tracks.
The album was the duo's first on Parlophone, ending fourteen years of releases on Virgin, although both labels are owned by EMI.
Although it charted in many other countries, the album was excluded from the UK charts because British chart regulations forbid prizes being used as enticements to buy albums, and all formats of Further included a competition to win an iPad.
Further was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards, but lost to La Roux's self-titled debut album.
The bonus track "Don't Think" was featured in the 2010 film Black Swan, in an altered form.
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[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Snow" | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Escape Velocity" | 11:57 |
| 3. | "Another World" | 5:40 |
| 4. | "Dissolve" | 6:21 |
| 5. | "Horse Power" | 5:51 |
| 6. | "Swoon" | 6:05 |
| 7. | "K+D+B" | 5:39 |
| 8. | "Wonders of the Deep" | 5:12 |
| 9. | "Don't Think" (iTunes bonus, Japanese CD bonus track) | 7:44 |
| 10. | "Pourquoi" (iTunes Pass bonus, U.S. only) | 6:02 |
[edit] Singles
- "Escape Velocity" was released on April 12, 2010 as a vinyl-only single. It did not chart in the UK charts.
- "Swoon" was released on June 9, 2010. It reached #85 in the UK charts.
- "Another World" was released as download on August 16, 2010.
- Also available as downloads are "Swoon" (Boys Noize Summer Remix), "Swoon" (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Remix) and "Horse Power" (Popof Remix).
- "Horse Power" was released in 2010 as a Promo DJ Single. It did not chart in the UK charts.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums Chart | 48[13] |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 21[14] |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 42[15] |
| French Digital Albums Chart | 12[16] |
| French Albums Chart | 34[17] |
| German Albums Chart | 35[18] |
| Greek Albums Chart | 2[19] |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 19[20] |
| Polish Albums Chart | 23[21] |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 56[22] |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 5[23] |
[edit] References
- ^ Bush, John. "Review: Further". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1800861. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "A.V. Club review". http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-chemical-brothers-further,42373/.
- ^ "BBC review". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6d28.
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15497/reviews/4140386.
- ^ "Mojo review". http://apps.metacritic.com/music/artists/chemicalbrothers/further.
- ^ "NME review". http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-chemical-brothers/11368.
- ^ "Pitchfork review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14359-further/.
- ^ "Q review". http://www.qthemusic.com/cgi-bin/q50/track.pl?id=1831&skin=mflow.
- ^ "Rockfeedback review". http://www.rockfeedback.com/review/4786/the-chemical-brothers-further-parlophone/.
- ^ "SPIN Magazine review". http://www.spin.com/reviews/chemical-brothers-further-freestyle-dustastralwerks.
- ^ "TheChemicalBrothers.com - Further". March 30, 2010. http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/#/news/article/92/further. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ "TheChemicalBrothers.com - So, A Track Listing Anyone?". April 4, 2010. http://thechemicalbrothers.com/#/news/article/113/so-a-track-listing-anyone. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung (2010-06-19). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=ai&year=2010&date=20100619. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung (2010-06-19). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2010&date=20100619&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ ":: MTV | Album Top 50 KW 32 | charts". Mtv.de. 2010-07-30. http://www.mtv.de/charts/album50. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Greek charts portal". greekcharts.com. http://greekcharts.com/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2010-06-20. http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=588&lang=. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=The+Chemical+Brothers&cat=a. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
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