A Chem. Bros. question
 

Why the hell is some of their best stuff lately relegated to singles and not their albums? "The Golden Path" and "Get Yourself High" are great tracks, and yet they didn't appear on Push the Button, and now I have the Boxer single, and it has "Giant" and "Spring," which are 10 times better than "Left Right" and "Close Your Eyes." What the hell? This is some damn good stuff, and they're not putting it out on their albums.

(Also, I LOVE the DFA remix of "The Boxer." Highly recommend it to all Chem. Bros. and DFA fans.)

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I loved Get Yourself High, myself. Also Switches Rely on Rub mix.

As for "The Golden Path," funny story there. I had downloaded the video, and watched it a few times, liking the video more than a song. Then I ran into Scott Warner in a dream, and we started singing the "please forgive me," bit together. Only time I've ever dreamed of a dirt.

That same day, I saw the single in a record store, and the dream sprang back into mind, and I thought, "What the hell." Loved it ever since.

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You two weren't holding hands and swinging around in each other's arms were you? :D

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The simple reason why these do not appear on PTB is because they were part the the transition era when the Singles 93-03 was released. Ed and Tom wanted the singles to include some new tracks but at this point were not ready to release a compleate brand new album. The singles was a good point in there career to reflect on the past and show a bit of what good stuff is to come. Personally I love GYH its one of there best live tracks.

PTB is a very diverse album and Ed and Tom wanted this to show that they do not just write club music that appeals to a small group, instead writeing an album with lots of different styles with cool guests such as Tim Burgess in the boxer and the then up and coming Magic Numbers in the delightfull Close Your Eyes. My fave tracks on PTB include Come Inside, The Big Jump, Left Right and Surface To Air.

But if your looking for a more underground chems album its gonna be worth checking out there next rumored project which will be a darker album with lots of dirty club music. They have also been playing two new tracks in there live sets recentally which could be part of the electronic battle weapon series.

Also worth checking out is Live 05 download that includes tracks from this year. Or if your really up for it then there playing tonight at turnmills(Im going!).

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EBW 8 and 9?
Is Acid Children the same as EBW 7?

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Acid Children is the best thing anyone has ever done. When the Chem's played this at the HMH in Holland I went fucking nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck yeah!

Get Yourself High is really cool too. Vocals/rap comes from K-Os, which has some nice stuff too. Check his album Joyfull Rebellion out. it's not all good, but there sure are some cool tunes on it.

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Nice response. You don't happen to work for Astralwerks, do you? :D

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Muh finger, is ahn the button.

Because, singles sell. Born Slippy, anyonE? :cool:

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Yeah I think EBW8 is on the way in the form of a tribal electro acid monster. Tom and Ed dropped it last night and its really good. Acid children is the same as EBW7 yes. Had a brief chat with Ed and I think the track is nearly finnished.

I wish! Na Im just a hardcore fan! Go to alot of there shows and use there forum lots.

It seems very good on this forum, Chems fans and Underworld fans seem to get on well. I think the Chems and there fans have alot of respect for underworld. On the jaxx and prodigy forum no one seems to dig the chems. Im cant wait to see Underworld again soon!

Better
 

I've got better examples to why "remix" is not the topic here.





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he did. i was there. i saw it. not a pretty sight.

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not all that albumn is good¿ blasphemy!!!!

and i agree with gambit about get yourself high and golden path being great... can understand why they aren´t on the albumn though...

anyhow, that is cool news about the rumors of the next albumn

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I just went mental :p just like you went when you heard Kittens at Underworld at 013 :p

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i agree that there have been some great Chem Brothers B-Sides as of late, and even "H.I.A" from the "Come With Us" era was rad. But there are also some clunkers. "Base 6" and "Nude Night", for example, seem pretty thrown-together. That's probably why they're not on the albums! It's all subjective, though.

Concerning "Acid Children" (Electronic Battle Weapon 7)...yes, it sounds blistering live (based on boots i have), but the CD single release lacks the energy, imho...the song itself isn't incredible, but put it in the mix in a live setting, and i'm sure you can think it's the best. thing. ever.

Finally, i'm a little surprised with the rumors for their next release already. The Chems are on something of a 2-3 year cycle with releases...counting promo singles, "Exit Planet Dust" is 94-95, "DYOH" from 96-97, "Surrender" from '99, "Come With Us" is late 01-02', "Push the Button" from late 04-05. (not counting the greatest hits collection in there, though that did spawn two more singles). Seems a bit early for details about the next project, especially as they just released the live EP.

Holden

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Stimps did. I was there. I saw it. Not a pretty sight.

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Best post ever.

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I was too when I heard about it. I guess the rumor is they signed like a six album contract and want to release the sixth one as soon as they can to get out of it.

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Well that rumor was over the summer. They have EWB8 coming in the next few months and on NYE there was 4 new tracks unleashed. Ed said to me that they will be in the studio most of this year and I expect they will play a few Glint events.

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I agree, those 2 b-sides are VERY excellent tracks.

Really all I can say is that they have always done this. Not Another Drugstore was a b-side, and that easily could have been on Dig. But I'm betting that they had to choose between that and Block Rockin' Beats as the album opener, and clearly we all know how well BRB went over.

The only other way that I can put it is.. sometimes bands or groups record as many as 100 songs for one album, but at the end they may only choose the best 10 or 12 that work and flow best together as a concept. And unfortunately, like in the case of a duo like Boards of Canada.. there's a very good chance that we may not ever be able to hear any of those other tracks. But as a fan of the Chems., we're lucky because we have the chance to hear what is quite possibly the better of the leftovers on the single releases. :cool:

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the chems and underworld have always had a bit of a link,they were both on junior boys own and they played some of their first gigs with underworld and "raved" in lots of the same clubs in london.