Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)

Surrender is the third studio album by British electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 21 June 1999. The album saw the duo exploring further various electronic styles, including house.^[1] It has sold 613,297 copies as of July 2015.^[2]

Content

Surrender features Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev) as guest vocalists.

Many of the artists that the duo worked with on this album, they would work with again. The duo were quick to work again with Bobby Gillespie, who appears on the third track and third single "Out of Control", as they remixed Gillespie's Primal Scream song "Swstk Ys" (as it was titled on the 1999 single release) which later appeared on the band's 2000 album Xtrmntr. Surrender was the first Chemical Brothers album not to feature a guest appearance from Beth Orton, though she would appear on the following album Come with Us on the song "The State We're In".

Album cover

Ed Simons said of the album cover "We liked the idea of everyone else sitting down and being chilled out and just one person really getting it, like one of our gigs in the Midwest, actually".^[3] The magazine stated, however, in February 1999 the duo were confronted with a novel problem: they had, in Simons' words "about two weeks" to sort out an album cover, plan a live show, and do endless promotional duties in Japan. At one point, the image that was used as the single cover for "Out of Control", released later in 1999, was intended to be the album cover of Surrender.

Samples

"Music: Response" - Nicole Wray's "Make It Hot"
"The Sunshine Underground" - James Asher's "Asian Workshop"
"Asleep from Day" - Brian Eno's "Deep Blue Day" (uncredited)
"Got Glint?" - Bernard Fevre's "Earth Message"
"Hey Boy Hey Girl" - Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's "The Roof Is on Fire"

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
Melody Maker	^[7]
NME	8/10^[8]
Pitchfork Media	9.0/10^[9]
Q	^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Select	4/5^[12]

The album was the band's second number one album. It was certified 2× Platinum by the BPI on 30 September 2005.^[13] A special tour edition of the album was released in Australia and New Zealand, which contained a second disc of B-sides from the album.

Singles

"Under the Influence" was released in June 1998 on vinyl as "Electronic Battle Weapon 3", exclusively for use for club DJs. "Hey Boy Hey Girl" was released on 31 May 1999 as the first official single from the album. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.^[14] The second single, "Let Forever Be", was released on 2 August 1999 and reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.^[14] This was followed by "Out of Control" which was released on 11 October 1999 and reached number 21 in the UK Singles Chart.^[14] "Music: Response" was released on 6 March 2000. It was not eligible for the UK charts because its release contained five songs instead of three, which is required for qualification.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Music: Response"	Tom Rowlands Ed Simons Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot Tom Mosley A Richards	5:20
2.	"Under the Influence"	Rowlands Simons	4:16
3.	"Out of Control" (featuring Bernard Sumner)	Rowlands Simons Bernard Sumner	7:20
4.	"Orange Wedge"	Rowlands Simons	3:07
5.	"Let Forever Be" (featuring Noel Gallagher)	Rowlands Simons Noel Gallagher	3:56
6.	"The Sunshine Underground"	Rowlands Simons James Asher	8:38
7.	"Asleep from Day" (featuring Hope Sandoval)	Rowlands Simons Hope Sandoval	4:47
8.	"Got Glint?"	Rowlands Simons B. Fevre J. Giordano	5:27
9.	"Hey Boy Hey Girl"	Rowlands Simons Wigfall Fowler Pettiford Evens Bloodrock	4:51
10.	"Surrender"	Rowlands Simons	4:30
11.	"Dream On" (featuring Jonathan Donahue; contains a hidden track, which is a reprise of the same song)	Rowlands Simons Jonathan Donahue	6:47
Total length:			58:53

As with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, some of the tracks segue into the next. These are 1 into 2, 2 into 3, 8 into 9, 9 into 10, and finally 10 into 11.

Legacy

The album cover appeared in Q magazine's 2001 list of "Q's 100 Best Record Covers of All Time".

Leeds band The Sunshine Underground took their name from the sixth track on the album.

Personnel

The Chemical Brothers – producers
Steve Dub – engineer
Jon Collyer and Ray Mascarenas – assistants
Blue Source, The Chemical Brothers – art direction
Kate Gibb – screen prints
Bernard Sumner – vocals and guitar on "Out of Control"
Bobby Gillespie – additional vocals on "Out of Control"
Noel Gallagher – vocals on "Let Forever Be"
Hope Sandoval – vocals on "Asleep from Day"
Jonathan Donahue – vocals, guitar, and piano on "Dream On"

Release history

Region	Release date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Japan	000000001999-06-07-00007 June 1999	Virgin Japan	CD	VJCP-68137
UK	000000001999-06-21-000021 June 1999	Freestyle Dust	CD	XDUSTCD4
			2×LP	XDUSTLP4
			MC	XDUSTMC4
			MD	XDUSTMD4
USA	000000001999-06-22-000022 June 1999	Astralwerks	CD	ASW 47610-2
USA	000000001999-06-22-000022 June 1999	Astralwerks	2×LP	ASW 47610-1

References

1 2 3 4 Bush, John. "Surrender – The Chemical Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ Jones, Alan (31 July 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Chemical Brothers claim sixth No.1 album with Born in the Echoes". Music Week. Retrieved 15 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
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↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
↑ Browne, David (25 June 1999). "Surrender". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
↑ Weingarten, Marc (18 June 1999). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
↑ "The Chemical Brothers: Surrender". Melody Maker: 53. 19 June 1999.
↑ Martin, Piers (15 June 1999). "The Chemical Brothers – Surrender". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ Zupko, Sarah (29 June 1999). "The Chemical Brothers: Surrender". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ Gittins, Ian (July 1999). "The Chemical Brothers: Surrender". Q (154): 105.
↑ Fricke, David (24 June 1999). "The Chemical Brothers: Surrender". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
↑ Grundy, Gareth (July 1999). "The Chemical Brothers: Surrender". Select (109): 82.
↑ British Phonographic Industry, The
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Preceded by Synkronized by Jamiroquai	UK Albums Chart number-one album 27 June 1999 – 3 July 1999	Succeeded by By Request by Boyzone

The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands Ed Simons

Studio albums	Exit Planet Dust Dig Your Own Hole Surrender Come with Us Push the Button We Are the Night Further Born in the Echoes

Live albums	Live at the Social Volume 1 Don't Think

Soundtracks	Hanna

Remix albums	Brothers Gonna Work It Out

Compilation albums	Singles 93-03 Brotherhood

EPs	Fourteenth Century Sky My Mercury Mouth E.P Loops of Fury The Charlatans UK vs. The Chemical Brothers Hey Boy Hey Girl Music:Response AmericanEP

Films	Don't Think

Related articles	Discography Song list "Electronic Battle Weapon" series

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