The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

Primary Artist
The Chemical Brothers
Album Title
Dig Your Own Hole
Release Date
April 7, 1997 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Taking the swirling eclecticism of their post-techno debut, Exit Planet Dust, to the extreme, The Chemical Brothers blow all stylistic boundaries down with their second album, Dig Your Own Hole. Bigger, bolder, and more adventurous than Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole opens with the slamming cacophony of "Block Rockin' Beats," where hip-hop meets hardcore techno, complete with a Schoolly D sample and an elastic bass riff. Everything is going on at once in "Block Rockin' Beats," and it sets the pace for the rest of the record, where songs and styles blur into a continuous kaleidoscope of sound. Read More