Customer Reviews
Ten years on, still a massive album - By: R. B. Moore, 01 May 2007 
Way back when, this was one of the defining big beat albums. Massive percussion, explosions etc underneath layers of almost discordant samples & loops. It broke the Brothers into the mainstream with Block Rockin Beats leading the way on the radio, & Setting Sun ticking the celebrity vocals box.
Ten years on, this remains a cracking album. The tracks merge into one soundtrack, which veers between the plaintive Where Do I Begin to the real hardcore mid section of the album. Sometimes you get a nice neat packaged chorus sing a long, & sometimes you get a real mashup of noise. But the quality shines through. And if you turn it up all the way to 11, then it becomes just awesome, the subtleties, the balance of the different layers, brilliant....
Probably not the best place to start for a Chemical beginner, maybe Push the Button or Surrender are more user friendly. But this one put some commercial shine on the raw promise of Exit Planet Dust. If you like your dance with a big phat beat underneath, then this is one for you.
So near.... - By: Hexalon, 16 Apr 2005 
Here's my review of 'Dig Your Own Hole':
1. Block Rockin' Beats: 9/10- pure quality breakbeat funk
2. Dig Your Own Hole: 10/10- one of the phattest tunes ever
3. Elektrobank: 7/10- well produced, but a bit too muchin the mix I'd say
4. Piku: 7.5/10- funky little number, nothing special
5. Setting Sun: 9/10- big, funky & fresh, a good party tune
6. It Doesn't Matter: 4.5/10- well produced, uninspired techno
7. Don't Stop The Rock: 5.5- flashes of a real good tune are revealed, but the track is too monotonous
8. Get Up On It Like This: 8/10- quite funky & cool
9. Lost In The K Hole: 10/10- my fave- those chimes take me to heaven, & the bassline is gorgeous
10. Where Do I Begin: 9.5/10- blissful, chilled breakbeat
11. The Private Psychedelic Reel: 10/10- epic & phat at the same time, this track is a true dance classic.
Overall: This album contains a few real killers, but too many fillers for it to be a classic. The good tracks are bloody good, though.
Superlative - By: Mr. C. Mullen, 17 Oct 2004 'Dig Your Own Hole' is a masterpiece, even better than 'Exit Planet Dust'. It shows that The Chemical Brothers back catalogue can rival that of Underworld. The tracks aren't discrete, the music is continuous -- a wild gush of subgenreless dance music. Caveat: This must not be listened to through headphones. I dismissed it as mere noise the first time I played it because the headphones compressed it. It deserves the best speakers possible. You have to allow all the different elements of the song to express themselves clearly.
Best track = Where Do I Begin (wonderful musical climax).
Worst = 3 or 8 are slightly undermodulated & 11 is too long.
Quite simply the best album dance music has produced - By: , 20 May 2002 This album is, quite rightly, one of the most hyped albums of recent years. From the pounding, energetic Block rockin' beats to the sublime flow of Private psychedelic reel this album has it all. Never bettered by the Chemicals themselves nor any of their contemporaries it has still not aged & I thoroughly believe I will still be listening to this album when I'm an old man.
The album does not have any momentsin it when you are bored or waiting for the next track to start, the sign of any great album.
If you do not already own this album you really should. No collection would be quite complete with out it. A classic.
great stuff - By: april__29@hotmail.com, 09 Apr 2002 well i think most has been said about this album by now, all i want to say is that 'private...' is the best songs theyve every done its a great collaberation between tom & ed & jonothon donahue (mercy rev singer) & boy does JD's influence show on this track its so similar to the mercury revs work youd think you were back at home listenin to 'see you on the other side', its brilliant, as for the rest of the albuym the best collection of 'Phat' beats you'll ever hear!! i mean this albumns canny old now but i havent realy put it down for a long while!!
