Am sorry, I'm too excited!

It's July 2nd here technically in less than 2hrs!

The day we've all waited for is here! The lucky ones who g0t their hands on the cd already, post here, or post when u get it - post u'r experience of driving all over town to find it!

it's 1pm where I am

lucky, we US chem fans still have 2 friggen weeks. And we don't deserve bonus tracks why?

No bonus track here in the Netherlands either, but we've the exclusive video's and other extra's.

questa you mean that opendisc feature? i think it's on every release

Got my copy today - for some reason my local record shop was selling it early hehe!

Not v. impressed with the Opendisc features, but (and I had laready heard it) the album is absolutely brill!

Refresh me: what are the "opendisc features" ?

@Den_B

Indeed, no other bonus track found on the release I've got.

@Evermin

The opendisc features of WATN can be found here:

http://www.opendisc....bb4a27c&key=595

Finally got my copy!!

Right on. mcmarsh!

I can't wait to read what you have to say once you've had a chance to listen and gather your thoughts!

It's released tomorrow for us in Canada, so I'll be picking it up as soon as I get off work.

Jeesus fuckin christ, even Canada get's it before us?

You get socialized medecine, decriminalized weed AND chems? FUCK YOU CANUCKS!@!!!! :P

Those bastards are gonna come down and steal our cheese. Let's build a fence. hehe.

Would you like to question my sanity?

I actually didn't go buy the record today but instead went to play some tennis.

Well, I will get it tomorrow :)

You're nuts man.

Anyway, I, like DJ_sirbadgelot (sorry if I've mis-spelt you there mate!), waited until release before listening to We Are The Night. I'm not bragging or anything, it was more a case of some ill-founded mark of respect or something. I dunno, it felt like the thing to do. Apart from Do It Again which I bought the single of on release day, and Saturate which was EBW8, I hadn't heard any of WATN before today, and I just wanted to put some comments down on my feelings as I've just finished listening to it.

My first thoughts as No Path To Follow started played were that this was going to be very different, more experimental and free. A feeling which was confirmed later, but I'll come to that. I was eager to hear We Are The Night as Rich has been banging on about it for a while, and it's good. It's not what I was expecting, but then again, that the Chems all over :) So, onto All Rights Reversed and a slight hint of disapointment creeps in. This one will need to grow, like so many of the great Chems tunes in the past, my initial listen wasn't mind-blowing. Next came Saturate, which felt like a radio edit initially, but quickly got into the meat of the track. Lying on my bed, I was nearly brought to tears when it had me flashing back to NYE, I just layed there rushing and feeling it (sober, btw) - really special track that may have replaced Hold Tight London as my "big emotion" song. I was amazed at Do It Again, as I'd been a harsh on the single version (radio edit), but it comes alive as an album track, just like It Began In Afrika. Das Spiegel signified the halfway point, and it's a good track. At this point, I think I should point out that the Chems have been a bit cheeky making this album. There are 2 tracks so far where I've noticed they've used sounds that they've used before - almost like sampling themselves. Made me smile, it seemed a bit cheeky in a comical way. Anyway, Das Spiegel felt like The Big Jump because of the bouncy melody, but that's where the similarity ended. This track is really experimental, and will take a while to digest before I know the full score on it. It seems to be a bit of a cracker though.

New paragraph now, as we come to The Salmon Dance. Err, I wish I hadn't. While I enjoyed Left Right because of the political aspect of the song, and Galvanize because of the punch & vibe of the track, I didn't like The Salmon Dance at all. The only thing about it I did like was the bass in the breakdown. I didn't have my speakers on loud, and I don't have a sub, but BOY was it powerful. I was staggered at the power, there isn't another track I've encountered ever that does it in the same way. Gotta give that to the Chems, that bass is sweet. But enough of The Salmon Dance, we're onto Burst Generator. There's talk somewhere on here of this being the next single, but I don't see it happening. It doesn't feel like a single, doesn't have commercial appeal. Don't take these as negative comments, as I adore this track. It is absolutely incredible. For the whole 7 minutes, I had a huge grin on my face, it's not an emotional track, it's just a superb song that doesn't put a foot wrong. It's genius and I wanted to hear it over and over. But it leads onto A Modern Midnight Conversation, and so must I. Initially, I thought this track was good, even taking in a sprinkle of electro (perhaps the "modern" part of the title?) with the melody and sounds. But about halfway through, I released that the vocals in this track don't fit, they feel really juxtaposed (did I make that word up?). Just as I was getting disappointed again, I realised what was going on. For the first half of the track, I thought this track was supposed to be a modern, clubby/dancey type track, in a fairly convention sense, and it failed at that. But, in the second half, this track shows it's true colours as the experimental beast it is. Again, like Das Spiegel, it will take time to absorb, but I'm willing to give this track a chance and a thorough listen to try to capture everything in it. Battle Scars is next, and this track reminds me of Push The Button's "band-style" of track. The track is quite basic, it's good, but once I learn the lyrics it'll be fantastic. The use of the 'No Path To Follow' vocals again, made me think why the Chems bothered to start the album with it, and why they didn't just start with We Are The Night. Harpoons is a bit of an odd one, more in the experimental style. The words "Boards Of Canada" sprung instantly to mind, and that is no bad thing (as I'm sure several people hear will agree!). It's short and sweet, and leads nicely into the album closer.

The Pills Won't Help You Now was hyped by a couple of people hear, and also by it's actual name itself. With a title like that, I was expecting a dark, epic of a track, so was surprised to get the shuffly beat and lyrics that come at the start. Although the track builds nicely, and the lyrics and singing (that guys voice is great) are awesome, it's very different from the other Chems "epics". This is not a bad thing, it shows their amazing diversity of musical ability. The structure was vagely reminiscent of previous Chems epics (not TPPR though) in that it's a game of 2 halves, but the way this tune is executed is so different from the others. It's got a real indie-rock feel thanks to the vocals, but at heart you know it's a Chems epic. It's good, but not at the same level of the others - TPPR, The Sunshine Underground, The Test, and Surface To Air if you can't figure it out. Weird, I just noticed that Surface To Air is the only one that doesn't start with "The".

Overall, this album grabbed me more that their previous ones on initial listen. It seems a bit patchier than the others in terms of, well, my opinion I guess, but that is definately subject to change as the album grows on me. I'm proud to call myself a Chems fan (if the username didn't give that away!) and I'm happy to finally join the WATN listeners group - it WAS worth the wait :)

chemicalfan, I've been waiting to read your thoughts on this album just as I'm sure you've been dying just to get your hands on it. :) I am sure that some of the tracks you are iffy about now will be fully realized in future listens.

So far the responses from fresh listens have been interesting and eye-opening. Everyone has their favorite tracks, some people love certain songs and other peoples' opinions on those same songs - not so much. If anything that paints a good picture of the broad and far reaching appeal this album has on everyone here on the forums so far. There's also room to grow with the songs on this album that might not have been caught on the first listen.

This album has pulsed in my house for about 2 weeks now. I cant get over how great it is.

I'm a major collector of Chemical Brothers CD's, EP'S, singles, and memorbilia. I have spent over 300$ on my CD and Vynil Chems collection alone.

Finnaly with this new album, I'm getting the sounds that I've been waiting for, new Chemical beats and great audio.

Personally, I've just been expanding my own collection since this new album came out, dude to all the new releases that came with it. I have the Do It Again vynil, and I honestly love it!!

You know, I think if the Chems released a single for Burst Generator, it would be amazing. I also think its likely because they seem to release a single for every song they do that mixes into another song at the end (For example: Believe, IBIA, etc.) so, to have a more single experience for this song would be really cool.

On a completely unrelated note, I don't see why some people find the Salmon Dance so unlistenable. It's a fun track! Emphasis on fun! I think the Chems did this song in just about the least annoying way possible for a joke-rap.

I trust that whatever they release next will be what's best.

It must be hard, though. There are quite a few tracks on We Are The Night that are worthy of being singles.

But I'm not without my opinion, though. :P I'd like it if a non-vocal track would make the rounds this time for We Are The Night. For the Singles release we had vocal track singles Get Yourself High and The Golden Path, and for Push The Button, we had Galvanize, Believe and The Boxer. Lots of vocal tracks, there is a pattern there with singles - but how about the equally cool non-vocal tracks?

I think Burst Generator would be a great next single, and it would come in around the end of the season - something to end out the summer dance floor anthems. Maybe if it's not a widespread release it would be cool to have it as a limited release sort of like what they did for The Private Psychadelic Reel.

'stash, don't be too jealous. The EMI order didn't come in today. No Chems for me. :(