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Dig Your Own Hole
Studio album by
The Chemical Brothers
Released7 April 1997 (1997-04-07)
Recorded1995–1997
StudioOrinoco Studios, South London
Genre
Length63:27
Label
Producer
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
The Chemical Brothers chronology
Exit Planet Dust
(1995) 		Dig Your Own Hole
(1997) 		Surrender
(1999)
Singles from Dig Your Own Hole
  1. "Setting Sun"
    Released: 30 September 1996
  2. "Block Rockin' Beats"
    Released: 24 March 1997
  3. "Elektrobank"
    Released: 8 September 1997
  4. "The Private Psychedelic Reel"
    Released: 1 December 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork8.4/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin8/10[2]
The Village VoiceA−[11]

Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. It was released on 7 April 1997 in the United Kingdom by Freestyle Dust and Virgin Records and in the United States by Astralwerks. The album was recorded between 1995 and 1997, and features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists.

The album became the duo's first to peak at number one in the UK, achieving this peak in April 1997. Five singles were released from the album, two of which reached number one in the UK: "Setting Sun", "Where Do I Begin", "Block Rockin' Beats", "Elektrobank", and "The Private Psychedelic Reel". The album has been included in several British magazines' lists of the best albums ever. The success of the album led The Chemical Brothers to be much sought-after remixers, and the duo released a mix album in 1998 titled Brothers Gonna Work It Out.

Content

The album stands as the duo's longest studio album, exactly fourteen minutes longer than the band's debut album Exit Planet Dust.

Artwork

The booklet for the album 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.

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, with Virgin getting credit on their album Exit Planet Dust as well under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, Loops of Fury in January 1996, consisting of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".

The songs "It Doesn't Matter" and "Don't Stop the Rock" were released in June 1996 on vinyl as "Electronic Battle Weapon 1" and "Electronic Battle Weapon 2" respectively as promos for DJs to test in clubs. 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 and he then wrote lyrics for the track.[citation needed] The song was released as the single "Setting Sun" in October 1996. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one. Stereogum said that "the combination of rave sirens and psych-rock far-outness [on Exit Planet Dust] was probably what convinced people like Noel Gallagher and Mercury Rev to jump onboard".[3]

"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, becoming the duo's second number one single.[12]

Release

Dig Your Own Hole was released on 7 April 1997 by record labels Virgin and Freestyle Dust.

"Elektrobank" was released on 8 September 1997 and reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.[12] "The Private Psychedelic Reel" was released on 1 December 1997. A numbered release, it was ineligible for the UK Singles Charts. Further physically released promotion for the album include a DJ mix and interview set.

The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 21 January 2000.[13] 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.

Dig Your Own Hole was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.[14]

Legacy

In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Dig Your Own Hole the 49th greatest album of all time, and was also included in Q TV's "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.[citation needed] NME ranked it at number 414 in its 2014 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[15] Rolling Stone included it in their list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties",[16] as did Spin.[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Block Rockin' Beats"
5:14
2."Dig Your Own Hole" 5:27
3."Elektrobank" 8:18
4."Piku" 4:54
5."Setting Sun"
5:29
6."It Doesn't Matter"
6:14
7."Don't Stop the Rock" 4:50
8."Get Up on It Like This"
2:47
9."Lost in the K-Hole" 3:52
10."Where Do I Begin" 6:56
11."The Private Psychedelic Reel"
9:22
Total length:63:22

Note

  • As with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, some of the tracks segue into the next. These are 2 into 3, 3 into 4, 6 into 7, 7 into 8, and finally 10 into 11. In the CD version's U.S. pressing has a slightly different time running of the songs, which track 10, "Where Do I Begin" finished at 6:51 and track 11, "The Private Psychedelic Reel" finished at 9:27.

Sample credits[18]

Personnel

Credits for Dig Your Own Hole adapted from album liner notes.[18]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997–98) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24] 23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[26] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 30
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 1
US Billboard 200[34] 14

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[36] Platinum 100,000^
Italy — 30,000[37]
Japan (RIAJ)[38] Platinum 200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[39] Platinum 15,000^
Spain — 35,000[37]
United Kingdom (BPI)[40] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[42] Gold 756,000[41]
Summaries
Europe — 775,000[37]
Worldwide — 2,000,000[43]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ a b Aaron, Charles (May 1997). "The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole". Spin. 13 (2): 109. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Tully, Gabriela (26 June 2015). "Exit Planet Dust Turns 20". Stereogum. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (11 April 1997). "Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole (Astralwerks)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. ^ Browne, David (18 April 1997). "Dig Your Own Hole". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  6. ^ Bennun, David (11 April 1997). "A Chemical reaction". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Mulvey, John (5 April 1997). "The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. ^ Schreiber, Ryan. "Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 19 November 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  9. ^ "The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole". Q (128): 116–17. May 1997.
  10. ^ Fricke, David (3 April 1997). "The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (15 April 1997). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  13. ^ "British album certifications – The Chemical Brothers – Dig your Own Hole". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Dig your Own Hole in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  14. ^ "No Spice, Plenty of Age in Grammy Announcement". MTV. 6 January 1998. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  15. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 500–401". NME. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  16. ^ The Chemical Brothers, 'Dig Your Own Hole' | 100 Best Albums of the Nineties | Rolling Stone
  17. ^ SPIN (September 1999). "The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 123.
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  40. ^ "British album certifications – The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Dig Your Own Hole in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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