Brotherhood (The Chemical Brothers album)

Brotherhood
Greatest hits album by The Chemical Brothers
Released 1 September 2008
Recorded 1993–2008
Genre
Length
  • Disc one (73:27)
  • Disc two (71:49)
Label
Producer The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology
We Are the Night
(2007)		 Brotherhood
(2008)		 Further
(2010)
Singles from Brotherhood
  1. "Midnight Madness"
    Released: 4 August 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(73/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(6.3/10)[3]
Robert ChristgauA−[4]
World of Music[5]

Brotherhood (subtitled: The Definitive Singles Collection) is a compilation album by English electronic dance music duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 1 September 2008. It is the second compilation spanning the band's greatest hits, after 2003's Singles 93–03. The first disc features thirteen hit singles and two new tracks, "Midnight Madness" and "Keep My Composure" (featuring a guest appearance of the rap group Spank Rock)—while the second CD contains all ten parts of The Chemical Brothers' "Electronic Battle Weapon" series of special mixes, which the duo have been recording since 1996.

Brotherhood was preceded by the digital single "Midnight Madness", a short version of "Electronic Battle Weapon 10", released on 18 August 2008, and promoted by the series of live performances in July and August 2008, throughout a number of European countries. The single was promoted by user-generated content through Google Earth. Fans were challenged to produce and upload a short film, from 2 to 20 seconds long, or a photograph based on the song that would become part of its music video, to be edited by producers Nexus.[6]

Track listing

Disc one

All tracks were produced by The Chemical Brothers.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Galvanize" (radio edit) (featuring Q-Tip)
4:29
2."Hey Boy Hey Girl"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Jerry Bloodrock
  • Celite Evans
  • Richard Lee Fowler
  • Charles Pettiford
  • Gregory Carlton Wigfall
4:49
3."Block Rockin' Beats"
5:00
4."Do It Again" (edit) (featuring Ali Love)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Alexander Williams
3:41
5."Believe" (edit) (featuring Kele Okereke)
6:07
6."Star Guitar"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
6:10
7."Let Forever Be" (featuring Noel Gallagher)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Gallagher
3:56
8."Leave Home"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
5:07
9."Keep My Composure" (featuring Spank Rock)
5:43
10."Saturate"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
4:48
11."Out of Control" (featuring Bernard Sumner)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Sumner
7:21
12."Midnight Madness"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
3:35
13."The Golden Path" (featuring The Flaming Lips)
4:47
14."Setting Sun" (featuring Noel Gallagher)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Gallagher
4:00
15."Chemical Beats"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
4:02
Total length:73:17

Disc two

All tracks were written and produced by The Chemical Brothers.

No.TitleLength
1."Electronic Battle Weapon 1"6:39
2."Electronic Battle Weapon 2"7:17
3."Electronic Battle Weapon 3"5:08
4."Electronic Battle Weapon 4"6:06
5."Electronic Battle Weapon 5"8:40
6."Electronic Battle Weapon 6"9:05
7."Electronic Battle Weapon 7"7:27
8."Electronic Battle Weapon 8"6:31
9."Electronic Battle Weapon 9"6:41
10."Electronic Battle Weapon 10"8:15
Total length:71:41

Singles

"Electronic Battle Weapon 10" was released 11 June 2008 and "Midnight Madness" was released on 4 August 2008, reaching number 80 in the UK Singles Chart.

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Brotherhood Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ↑ John Bush. "Brotherhood - The Chemical Brothers". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Scott Plagenhoef (4 September 2008). "The Chemical Brothers: Brotherhood". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: The Chemical Brothers". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "musik angehört". World of Music (in German) (September 2008): 29. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ↑ Davidson, Darren (5 August 2011). "Chemical Brothers team up with Google Earth to promote new album". Brand Republic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "British album certifications – the chemical Brothers – Brotherhood". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Enter Brotherhood in the search field and then press Enter.
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