Dig Your Own Hole

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Dig Your Own Hole is the second album by The Chemical Brothers, recorded between 1996 and 1997. The duo already had a successful debut behind them, Exit Planet Dust, and had moved from Junior Boy's Own to Virgin. Two tracks first appeared as promo records for DJs, to try them out in the clubs. Noel Gallagher of Oasis wrote a lyric for an instrumental he was given: that became Setting Sun, a number one in the United Kingdom.

The record uses samples of Schoolly D and Lothar and the Hand People, among others. Block Rockin' Beats also became a number one, and the album went to the top of the UK chart. Critics praised the way it removed the opposition between rock and techno. Rolling Stone and Spin included it in their lists of the best albums of the 1990s.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Block Rockin' Beats5:14Apple Music ↗
2. 2Dig Your Own Hole5:27Apple Music ↗
3. 3Elektrobank8:19Apple Music ↗
4. 4Piku4:55Apple Music ↗
5. 5Setting Sun5:29Apple Music ↗
6. 6It Doesn't Matter6:14Apple Music ↗
7. 7Don't Stop the Rock4:50Apple Music ↗
8. 8Get Up On It Like This2:47Apple Music ↗
9. 9Lost In the K-Hole3:53Apple Music ↗
10. 10Where Do I Begin6:57Apple Music ↗
11. 11The Private Psychedelic Reel9:22Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗