Surrender

AlbumJan 01 / 199911 songs, 58m 58s
Big Beat Neo-Psychedelia
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After the runaway success of *Dig Your Own Hole*, The Chemical Brothers made big beat even bigger by adding a touch of \'60s acid to their acid house. Their psychedelic impulses run free on \"The Sunshine Underground\" and \"Let Forever Be,\" a winking Beatles impersonation featuring Oasis\' Noel Gallagher, and they return to pummeling rave anthems with \"Under the Influence\" and \"Hey Boy Hey Girl.\" On the gorgeous \"Asleep from Day,\" featuring a hushed Hope Sandoval, they take the opposite tack, proving that whispers can speak louder than bombast.

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The poster boys of big beat, that hip amalgam of electronica and rock that has dug its way into the ...

Tim Keegan & the Departure Lounge `Out of Here' (Meek Giant)

By the time of the Chemical Brothers' third album, Surrender, the big beat phenomenon they had done much to engender was more apt to be heard on a soft drink commercial than the world's hipper dancefloors.

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