For That Beautiful Feeling

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For That Beautiful Feeling
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Studio album by
the Chemical Brothers
Released8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)
StudioRowlands Audio Research, Sussex, England
Genre Electronica
Length46:58
Label
Producer The Chemical Brothers
the Chemical Brothers chronology
No Geography
(2019)		For That Beautiful Feeling
(2023)
Singles from For That Beautiful Feeling
  1. "The Darkness That You Fear"
    Released: 23 April 2021
  2. "No Reason"
    Released: 17 March 2023
  3. "Live Again"
    Released: 28 June 2023
  4. "Skipping Like a Stone"
    Released: 21 August 2023
  5. "Goodbye"
    Released: 3 November 2023

For That Beautiful Feeling is the tenth studio album by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers, released on 8 September 2023 through Virgin Records in the UK and Republic Records in the US. [1] [2] It is the duo's first album in four years, as well as their first to be released by Republic in the US, as all prior American releases were via Astralwerks. In November 2023, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. [3]

Contents

Background

The band announced the album's name and track list on 19 July 2023. [1]

The album was paired with a career-spanning retrospective book Paused in Cosmic Reflection published by White Rabbit on 26 October 2023. The book is made up of new interviews with the band, as well as many of their friends and collaborators from the past three decades, including Noel Gallagher, Aurora, Wayne Coyne, Beth Orton, Beck, and Michel Gondry. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [5]
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Clash 8/10 [9]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [12]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Uncut 8/10 [16]

For That Beautiful Feeling received a score of 81 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [6] Uncut wrote that the Chemical Brothers "produce a whole lot of full-fat dance-pop joy" on the album. [16] Damien Morris of The Observer described it as a "nonsense-free reaffirmation of the dance duo's greatest strength – making largely instrumental psychedelic house and techno somehow sound like pop music". [17]

Track listing

For That Beautiful Feeling track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"
1:09
2."Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
5:09
3."No Reason"
4:52
4."Goodbye"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Robert Argyrios Gantzos
5:49
5."Fountains"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
3:45
6."Magic Wand"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Jerome Lenoir
2:27
7."The Weight"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Michael Barrington Brown
  • Juanita Holloway
  • Edward O'Sullivan Lee
  • Wilbert Moore
  • Michael Serrette
3:44
8."Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck)
4:43
9."The Darkness That You Fear" (Harvest Mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Willie J. Ellison
4:09
10."Feels Like I Am Dreaming"
6:57
11."For That Beautiful Feeling" (featuring Halo Maud)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
4:14
Total length:46:58
For That Beautiful Feeling (Japanese exclusive version) track listing [18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."All of a Sudden"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
5:30
13."I Want to Know"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
3:56
For That Beautiful Feeling (Collectors Edition USB) track listing [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."No Reason" (extended mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Bailey
  • Borland
4:39
13."Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud; extended mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
6:37
14."Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck; extended mix)
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
  • Hansen
7:15
15."All of a Sudden"
  • Rowlands
  • Simons
5:30

Personnel

The Chemical Brothers

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for For That Beautiful Feeling
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22] 48
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 23
Irish Albums (IRMA) [25] 85
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [26] 45
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [27] 11
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [28] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [30] 65
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] 16
UK Albums (OCC) [32] 6
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [33] 1

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