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Released | 21 June 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1999 | |||
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Length | 58:58 | |||
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Producer | The Chemical Brothers | |||
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Surrender is the third studio album by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. It was released on 21 June 1999 in the United Kingdom by Freestyle Dust and Virgin Records and in the United States by Astralwerks. The album saw the duo exploring further various electronic styles, including house music. [1] Four singles were released from the album: "Hey Boy Hey Girl", "Let Forever Be", "Out of Control", and "Music: Response".
Surrender features guest vocalists Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev).
The album is more experimental than previous efforts. "Let Forever Be" is a clear tribute to the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows". "Out of Control" is house influenced, and the breakout single "Hey Boy Hey Girl" has a rave sound.
Of "The Sunshine Underground", Tom Rowlands said: "I think the title came from those psychedelic poster books. We wanted it to sound like a live band finding its feet. It was influenced by a live version of 'Angel Sigh' on Spiritualized's Fucked Up Inside . It went through a lot of versions and this one's a composite of a lot of different takes. I love the mad bit in the middle when it goes into hyperspace and turns into this huge, gurning monster." [2]
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", providing backing vocals: 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 an appearance by Beth Orton, though she would appear on the following album Come with Us , on the song "The State We're In".
The album and singles artwork were provided by London-based silkscreen artist and illustrator Kate Gibb, using screen prints of photographs found in the Hulton Picture Library. Gibb also went on to illustrate the Chemical Brothers albums Come with Us , We Are the Night, and Brotherhood . The cover image was a treatment of a photograph called Jesus Amongst the Fans taken by Richard Young at The Great British Music Festival at the Kensington Olympia in 1976. The "Jesus" in question was a music fan called William Jellett, who had adopted the divine moniker and was often seen dancing ecstatically at concerts across the UK from the 1960s to the 1990s. His "miracles" were to give dried fruit and nuts to strangers. [3] [4] Ed Simons said of the album cover in Q magazine, "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". 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. [5]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [6] |
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Melody Maker | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 8/10 [10] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [11] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Select | 4/5 [14] |
The album was the band's second number one album. It was certified 2× Platinum by the BPI on 30 September 2005. [15] 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.
"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 26 May 1999 as the first official single from the album. [16] It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. [17] The second single, "Let Forever Be", was released on 23 July 1999 and reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. [17] [18] This was followed by "Out of Control" which was released on 8 October 1999 and reached number 21 in the UK Singles Chart. [17] [19] "Music: Response" was released on 6 March 2000. [20] It was not eligible for the UK charts because it contains five songs instead of three, which is required for qualification.
On 10 June 2019, the Chemical Brothers announced a 20th Anniversary special edition re-release of Surrender, featuring five unreleased "secret psychedelic mixes", a collection of b-sides and remixes, a DVD of restored promo videos, live footage of their performance at Glastonbury 2000, art prints, and a book. The set was released on 3CD and 4xLP on 22 November 2019. [21] [22]
The album cover appeared in Q magazine's 2001 list of "Q's 100 Best Record Covers of All Time".[ citation needed ] and is ranked number 981 in All-Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd. edition, 2000). [23]
Leeds band the Sunshine Underground took their name from the sixth track on the album.[ citation needed ]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Music:Response" |
| 5:20 |
2. | "Under the Influence" |
| 4:16 |
3. | "Out of Control" |
| 7:20 |
4. | "Orange Wedge" |
| 3:07 |
5. | "Let Forever Be" |
| 3:56 |
6. | "The Sunshine Underground" |
| 8:38 |
7. | "Asleep from Day" |
| 4:47 |
8. | "Got Glint?" |
| 5:27 |
9. | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" |
| 4:51 |
10. | "Surrender" |
| 4:30 |
11. | "Dream On" (contains a hidden track, which is a reprise of the same song) |
| 6:47 |
Total length: | 58:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (Extended Version) |
| 6:04 |
2. | "Flashback" |
| 5:18 |
3. | "Power Move" |
| 4:09 |
4. | "Out of Control" (Sasha Remix) |
| 7:19 |
Total length: | 22:50 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (Secret Psychedelic Mix) | 5:32 |
2. | "Let Forever Be" (Secret Psychedelic Mix) | 5:20 |
3. | "Out of Control" (21 Minutes of Madness Mix) | 21:07 |
4. | "Flashback" (Secret Psychedelic Mix) | 5:30 |
5. | "Dream On" (Secret Psychedelic Mix) | 4:21 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Flashback" | 5:20 |
2. | "Scale" | 3:45 |
3. | "The Diamond Sky" | 3:38 |
4. | "Studio K" | 5:49 |
5. | "Power Move" | 4:11 |
6. | "Enjoyed" | 8:09 |
7. | "Electronic Battle Weapon 4" (Freak of the Week) | 6:06 |
8. | "Out of Control" (Sasha Club Mix) | 11:03 |
9. | "Music: Response" (Gentleman Thief Mix) | 7:36 |
10. | "Music: Response" (Futureshock Main Response) | 8:21 |
11. | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (Soulwax Remix) | 7:14 |
12. | "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (KiNK Remix) | 5:55 |
Sample credits [24]
Credits for Surrender adapted from album liner notes. [24]
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [50] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [51] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
France (SNEP) [52] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany | — | 120,000 [53] |
Italy (FIMI) [54] | Gold | 80,000 [54] |
Japan (RIAJ) [55] | Gold | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [56] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [57] | Gold | 70,000 [53] |
United Kingdom (BPI) [58] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States | — | 402,000 [59] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [60] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
Worldwide | — | 2,300,000 [61] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Release date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Japan | 7 June 1999 | Virgin Japan | CD | VJCP-68137 |
UK | 21 June 1999 | Freestyle Dust | CD | XDUSTCD4 |
2×LP | XDUSTLP4 | |||
MC | XDUSTMC4 | |||
MD | XDUSTMD4 | |||
USA | 22 June 1999 | Astralwerks | CD | ASW 47610-2 |
2×LP | ASW 47610-1 |
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