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The Chemical Brothers never stopped being great producers, but during some of their ho-hum full-lengths of the early 2000s, they relied too much on production skills and forgot what they were first known for: innovative sounds and great hooks. (It's hard to deny that their comparatively sleek psychedelic house was a far cry from the big-beat bombast and excitement of their first two LPs.) Unfortunately, We Are the Night is no departure, although it does reveal Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons showing some build-to-suit character instead of angling for the straitjacket-tight and over-serious dance music of their past ten years. The first half of the record, including the single "Do It Again" (unconsciously ironic title?), is no better nor worse than most of what the Chemical Brothers produced between 1998 and 2007, but beginning with a diverting little electro noodling called "Das Spiegel," it becomes clear that there's a little more going on here. Hip-hop's favorite toker, Fatlip, stops by to relate an odd tale about fish ("The Salmon Dance"), "A Modern Midnight Conversation" dabbles in Italo-disco (but gets most of its flavor from a sample), and the duo stretch out (slightly) for the creepy four-four crawl "Battle Scars" with neo-folkie Willy Mason. The Chemical Brothers have occasionally shrouded their more interesting productions until the second half of their LPs, but something else is obviously needed.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willy Mason, Composer - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Riz Ortolani, Composer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Bissett, Composer
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamie Reynolds, Composer - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dev Hynes, Composer - James Wrighton, Composer
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Engineer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Edmund Simons, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ed Simons, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Barrie Cadogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ali Love, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Edmund Simons, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ed Simons, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derrick Stewart, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Massey, Composer - Ernie Calabria, Composer
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Martin Duffy, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Willy Mason, Composer - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Martin Duffy, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Smith, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Edmund Simons, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ed Simons, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juana Molina, Composer
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Dub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cheeky Paul, Editor, StudioPersonnel - The Chemical Brothers, Producer, MainArtist - Tom Rowlands, Composer, Engineer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ed Simons, Composer, Performer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Aldridge, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Allaway, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2007 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
The Chemical Brothers never stopped being great producers, but during some of their ho-hum full-lengths of the early 2000s, they relied too much on production skills and forgot what they were first known for: innovative sounds and great hooks. (It's hard to deny that their comparatively sleek psychedelic house was a far cry from the big-beat bombast and excitement of their first two LPs.) Unfortunately, We Are the Night is no departure, although it does reveal Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons showing some build-to-suit character instead of angling for the straitjacket-tight and over-serious dance music of their past ten years. The first half of the record, including the single "Do It Again" (unconsciously ironic title?), is no better nor worse than most of what the Chemical Brothers produced between 1998 and 2007, but beginning with a diverting little electro noodling called "Das Spiegel," it becomes clear that there's a little more going on here. Hip-hop's favorite toker, Fatlip, stops by to relate an odd tale about fish ("The Salmon Dance"), "A Modern Midnight Conversation" dabbles in Italo-disco (but gets most of its flavor from a sample), and the duo stretch out (slightly) for the creepy four-four crawl "Battle Scars" with neo-folkie Willy Mason. The Chemical Brothers have occasionally shrouded their more interesting productions until the second half of their LPs, but something else is obviously needed.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:39
- Main artists: The Chemical Brothers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Electronic
© 2007 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2019 Virgin Records Limited
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