Born in the Echoes

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Born in the Echoes
Born in the Echoes cover.jpg
Studio album by The Chemical Brothers
Released 17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)
Genre
Length
  • 52:25 (standard edition)
  • 74:12 (deluxe edition)
Label
Producer The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology
Don't Think
(2012)Don't Think2012		 Born in the Echoes
(2015)
Singles from Born in the Echoes
  1. "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted"
    Released: 21 April 2015[1]
  2. "Go"
    Released: 5 May 2015[2]
  3. "Under Neon Lights"
    Released: 6 June 2015[3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[5]
Consequence of Sound B[6]
Pitchfork Media 7.8/10[7]
Q 3/5 stars[8]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[9]
NME 8/10[10]
Under the Radar 8/10[11]
Mojo 4/5 stars[12]
The Daily Telegraph 4/5 stars[13]
The Independent 4/5 stars[14]

Born in the Echoes is the eighth album by English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 17 July 2015 by Astralwerks in the United States and by Virgin EMI Records in the United Kingdom. It was their first studio album since 2010's Further. The album debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, marking the duo's sixth chart topper and making them the dance act with the most number-one albums ever in the UK.[15]

Promotion and release

The album's first single, "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" with Vocals by Daniel Pearce, was released on 21 April 2015.[16] The second single, "Go", was released on 5 May.[17] "Under Neon Lights" was released as the third single on 23 June 2015, and features St. Vincent, credited by her real name (Annie Clark) on vocals.

The album was released on 17 July 2015.[18]

Critical reception

The performance of "Go" in the charts propelled The Chemical Brothers back into the mainstream,[19] with DJs such as Annie Mac including it on their playlists of the year.[20] However, some critics believe it was "poppy",[21] and not keeping to their roots. Despite this, the remainder of the album was well received, drawing particular attention to the 1990s sound of singles such as "I'll see you there" and "Taste of Honey".[21] Overall, it proved a moderate commercial success whilst maintaining enough of its distinctly "big-beat" sound that gave it such success with albums such as "Dig Your Own Hole" and "Exit Planet Dust".

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted (Vocals by Daniel Pearce)"  
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
  • Moise Laporte
  • Kenneth Bobien
 5:11
2. "Go"  
4:20
3. "Under Neon Lights"  
4:26
4. "EML Ritual"  
5:20
5. "I'll See You There"  
4:20
6. "Just Bang"  
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 5:21
7. "Reflexion"  
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 6:29
8. "Taste of Honey"  
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 2:59
9. "Born in the Echoes"  
3:26
10. "Radiate"  
4:39
11. "Wide Open"  
5:54
Total length:
 52:25
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
12. "Let Us Build a City"  
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 4:34
13. "Wo Ha"  
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 4:30
14. "Go" (extended mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Fareed
 5:54
15. "Reflexion" (extended mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
 7:19
Total length:
 74:12
  • "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" contains an interpolation of "Brighter Days" (1997) by Big Moses featuring Kenny Bobien, with re-recorded vocals by Daniel Pearce.

Personnel

The Chemical Brothers
  • Tom Rowlands
  • Ed Simons
Guest musicians

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[27] 4
French Albums (SNEP)[28] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 5
Irish Albums (IRMA)[31] 4
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 10
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33] 41
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[34] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 1
US Billboard 200[37] 73

References

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