Studio album no. 428 January 2002Atomic number 19
Come with Us
Ground #B73B44Ink 1 #E08749Ink 2 #DC363DAccent #DC363DPlate colours (taken from the artwork)
Contrast body 5.0:1 heading 5.0:1 Ink 1 falls short of 3:1, so the heading uses the text colour
Pulse 127 BPM (measured)
Listen
The video embedded on the official site1 Open on YouTube
Record
- Released
- 28 January 20023
- Label
- Virgin, Freestyle Dust3
- Formats
- CD, CS, LP3
- Peak positions
- UK1AUS1AUT16BEL5FRA4IRL1NLD30NZ1SWI12US323
- Certifications
- BPI: Gold; ARIA: Gold; RMNZ: Gold3
- Guest on the album
- Beth Orton (The State We're In)4
- Notes
- Sample credits include Jim Ingram, Electronic System, The Association and C. Niemen5
- Singles from the album
- It Began in Afrika, Star Guitar, Come with Us / The Test3
Tracklist
Music
Not measured for whole albums; see each track page.
Technology
Context
Testimony
Reviews
“it detonates like a bomb blast”
“there's not much engagement with the now – a cardinal sin in pop”
View (DJ Naoyaman)
The vinyl notes list where the borrowed sounds came from.
Released on 28 January 2002, it went to No. 1 in the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.3
The notes spell out the samples: Jim Ingram's "Drumbeat", Electronic System's "Fly to Venus", The Association's "Round Again", part of C. Niemen's improvisation on "Pielgrzym".5
Ed said the opening tracks took him back to the cut-up days of hip-hop, when building small grooves and beats was a thrill.8
I like reading a list of samples as a map. Which country, which year, which shelf the sound came from. The way they fetched it shows the path of the people who made the record.
The guests are Richard Ashcroft and Beth Orton. "Galaxy Bounce" was also used on the soundtrack of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.59
Translated from the Japanese original.
Afterwards
Own
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- The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Star Guitar (video)”
- The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Come with Us (release page)”
- Wikipedia, “The Chemical Brothers discography”
- uDiscover Music, “'Come With Us': Behind The Chemical Brothers' Unbeatable Offer”
- russ.fm, “Come With Us (release notes)”
- AllMusic, “AllMusic: Come with Us review”
- NME, “NME: Come with Us review”
- Music Direct, “The Chemical Brothers – Come with Us”
- Diffuser, “15 Years Ago: Chemical Brothers Ramp Up Their Sound on 'Come With Us'”