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As some other reviewers mentioned there is not much new in these two cd's, although I must say the quality of the tracks is excellent. If you already have a couple of Chemical Brothers cd's or singles recopilations, you might not want to buy it. If on the other hand you don't have other CB music, this is s fantastic set to have. SO BE SMART AND THINK IT THROUGH BEFORE BUYING IT.
Billed as "DJ only, ten ultra-rare Electronic Battle Weapon tracks", the bonus disc seems promising until you put it in and find that the majority are demo mixes of previously released material such as "It Doesn't Matter", "Under the Influence", "It Began in Afrika" etc. (Note: I'm a huge fan of this band and my beef has nothing to do with the music).How much would you, dear fan, pay for two new songs from your favorite band. - and these all sound fundamentally the same as the original versions. Does $22 sound right. Unfortunately, that is the going price of this Greatest Hits, a collection containing even fewer tracks than 2003's Singles 93-03. In defense of this disc, the new tracks are really good, particularly "Keep My Composure", a collaboration of the Chem's sexy, soul tearing bass, arpeggiated arcade synths and MC Spank "Can Do No Wrong" Rock. However, unless your hard dive and physical copies recently melted, this collection is for people who think that fancy CD packaging will get them laid.
The first disc is great, it's got all the classics in one place. But it's the second disc with the Electronic Battle Weapons 1-10 that really make this boxset sweet. I think if I had bought the standard one disc edition I would have been really dissapointed overall, because most of those tracks are on there other singles collection already. But I've been listening to the second disc constantly, it makes an awesome backdrop to my poi routine and for glowsticking.
But no matter, it's nice to have them in their original format. The only reason to buy the box is for the "Electronic Battle Weapons 1-10", which is a long time coming for some of the tracks.
There are 7 songs from the "Singles" album that are repeated on the first disc of "Brotherhood", so you could conceivable own them 3 times. "Brotherhood", or better titled "Singles 93-03 Part 1 1/2" is more of the same things any fan of The Chemical Brothers already owns.
I will also agree with torley.com that the order of them doesn't necessarily fit well. With so many good songs to choose from (and knowing what you've already recycled once), you'd think the track selection would have been better.
A bit disappointing. A lot of these tracks you already own too as they've showed up on a few of the past LPs.
Bottom line, buy the box for the "Electronic Battle Weapons 1-10" or go buy the "Singles 93-03" and get a better collection.
Let forever be 8. Electronic battle weapon 3 4. Setting sun 14. Believe 6. Hey boy hey girl 3.
Do it again 5. Electronic battle weapon 6 7. Galvanize 2. Leave home 9.
Chemical beats Disco Dos 1. Electronic battle weapon 5 6. Star guitar 7. Keep my composure10. Electronic battle weapon 8 8.
Disco Uno 1. Electronic battle weapon 1 2. Electronic battle weapon 2 3. Electronic battle weapon 4 5. Out of control 12. Electronic battle weapon 8 9. Block rockin' beats 4.
Electronic battle weapon 9 10. Saturate11. The golden path 13. Electronic battle weapon 7 8. Electronic battle weapon 10El segundo de los discos incluirá 9 temas publicados anteriormente en edición limitada como parte de las series "Electronic Battle Weapons".Como primer single del disco se ha escogido el tema "Midnight Madness", que se incluye en el segundo de los discos, y que se podrá descargar de forma gratuita a partir del 4 de agosto.The Chemical Brothers estarán actuando este verano en el Creamfields Vigo y en el Creamfields Andalucía.
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