foxi Escribi�:

I've listened to push the button about four times now and I'm loving it!!

Yeah its quality. Im still really enjoying it. I try not to over play it though so i don't get tired of it.

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

foxi Escribi�:

I've listened to push the button about four times now and I'm loving it!!

Yeah its quality. Im still really enjoying it. I try not to over play it though so i don't get tired of it.

I can't get enough of that recpord. I've been listening to it (almost) solid since a week or so before it came out, and I've yet to tire of it.



Already I have such great memories associated with that record. It's like the soundtrack to my vacation I took last week - will always have a place in my heart.



I know what you mean about not wanting to burn out on Push The Button. That happened with us and Surrender - but it took a long time before we finally got to the point where it was like, "oh no - not that record again!!" X-D

whirlygirl Escribi�:

I know what you mean about not wanting to burn out on Push The Button. That happened with us and Surrender - but it took a long time before we finally got to the point where it was like, "oh no - not that record again!!" X-D

it hasn't burnt out but i see listening to chems album as a treat. I rember i lost my copy of surrender for a few months and when i found it it was amazing listening again. I really feel its there best work with PTB and Come with us close behind.

Today im going back to uni and i have been making a few cds. One one of them i have some PTB tracks. Its really weird hereing with them. Not that there crap its got the likes of Mylo and Lemon Jelly. But i think after hereing PTB with other tracks it makes it clear to me how well the tracks fit together on PTB and how good the PTB order is.

Yeah I agree with the order of the tracks, I often turn shuffle off when I listen to PTB.

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

Today im going back to uni and i have been making a few cds. One one of them i have some PTB tracks. Its really weird hereing with them. Not that there crap its got the likes of Mylo and Lemon Jelly. But i think after hereing PTB with other tracks it makes it clear to me how well the tracks fit together on PTB and how good the PTB order is.

I've yet to make a mix cd with bits and pieces of Push The Button. I really find the track order to be flawless. As each song progresses into the next, the mood changes at will. I love that kind of emotional impact sound can give. It makes the record more like a concept record - like it tells some sort of story. Maybe I'm just babbling here, as per usual. ;)



Anyway - I was talking to a couple of friends about this record and comparing it to Come With Us. I think what threw me off Come With Us at first was the order in which the songs were arranged. The flow seemed a bit off, unlike previous Chems records - and I think that's what really made Come With Us harder for me to get into. There are excellent songs on Come With Us that are really strong on their own, but there was something that wasn't quite flowing right, and that made the record a grower for me.

The only flaw that i can thinkof is LeftRight to Close your eyes...i believe that it should have came after CYE, it just breaks the flow from The Big Jump imo.

mvu Escribi�:

Yeah I agree with the order of the tracks, I often turn shuffle off when I listen to PTB.

shuffle is the spawn of satan!! }:-) }:-)



if i had my way all shuffle buttons would be neutralised at birth!! dammit, the songs are put in a certain order on an album for a reason!! }:-) }:-)



honestly, these nu-wave digital kids with their fancy i-pods and their shuffle buttons... bring back the c80 cassette!!



;-) :P X-D

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Albatros Escribi�:

heh, looks like that PushTheButton with its LeftRigt gonna B anthem of my military service, & I must say its the best that can B.

That's pretty heavy stuff, Albatros. It's good to have a view like yours, since you're in the military. I don't think anyone else here is in the military.



Do you see Left Right as a song that is filled with a little bit of foreboding, or anxiety - or do you see it as something positive which could inspire hope amongst your ranks?

chemicalreaction Escribi�:

The only flaw that i can thinkof is LeftRight to Close your eyes...i believe that it should have came after CYE, it just breaks the flow from The Big Jump imo.

The only (real) flaw on the album is Shake Break Bounce. It should've been Rize Up instead.

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i just checked your location - Isreal. that's cool. hope you stick around.

I think I listened to it too much...



It's an awesome album. I love it. Yet, I haven't listened to it for a few days. I think I listened to it 4 or 5 times a day for about a week after purchasing it. That was stupid of me.



Not a moment on the album feels flawed. It reminds me a lot of "Surrender" - which remains my favorite album of the chemical brothers to date.



I just got DJ Shadow: Preemptive Strike...maybe this will let me take a break from the new album for a week before I go back to PTB. I've always listened to music this way. It's good in some ways because it makes me familar with the music, but it's bad in that I don't get my older CD's as fair a chance (and I over-listen frequently).



Of course, the most extreme thing I ever did was buy The Strokes "Is This It" and listen to it 5 times In a Row on the same day I bought it - the sunday of it's release.



Back to PTB: Left Right is great. I don't like it as much as some of the other tracks on the album (I thought it would be my favorite when I heard about it's political message) but a great song nonetheless. Marvo Ging and Surface to Air, actually, are probably my two favorite tracks on the album. Not sure. It's too good to decide.

Isondil Escribi�:

I think I listened to it too much...

And there you go folks, our first public case of Push the Button burn-out!



I think we've all been there, done that with other records. I know I have!!



Give the other stuff you have a listen and come back to Push The Button. The true test is if it's still as listenable and hits you on an emotional level a couple weeks from now, couple months from now - heck even a year from now.

Yeah so one thing about me is that I tend to dislike each chemical brother's album when it comes out. After a few listens, it warms up on me, and soon I love it. This happened at least with Surrender and Come With Us. My memory doesn't reach far enough to remember my reaction to the first two.

That being said, I am in the warming up phase of this album. But these are my thoughts as of now:

Galvanize is hot, I'll excuse the cheesy lyrics because... well they always have a hot single with cheesy lyrics. (Hey Boy Hey Girl, Block Rockin Beats, exept of course on their best album, Exit Planet Dust... that was just golden).

I fear though that it seems that chemical brothers seem to be following a trend of less effort in innovating in beats. A lot of their songs now have standard four on the floor beats, and fewer layers than before. There is also less smooth mixing between tracks.

Left Right kind of comes out of nowhere... while it is cool to see the bro's doing something new... it's kind of like WTF? They're doing hip hop now? They seem to be trying to reach as wide an audience as possible, and in the meantime losing themselves somewhat.... basically I feel like the label is pressuring them to reach a wider audience and they are being limited a little by that. On their earlier albums, the bangin tracks didn't have standard beats, but starting with It Began In Afrika, it seems like they are trying to use the standard formula more to make their singles. I won't go as far as saying they have totally sold out, but I think they're approaching the fence. But hey, on the other hand, if it sounds good, and it sounds better than the regular formula shit, it still sounds better than the regular shit, so can't complain.

All the songs are definitely growing on me the more I listen to them but these are the first impressions I had. Glad to hear what other people think. (I haven't read too many negatives on this album... I still don't think this album is better than any of the other ones though... what do other people think?)

I'll post again after I've thoroughly ingested the music though, I'm slow so it takes me time.



= Danny G

danguarda, it's good to have you here.



I think you brought up a fair point about letting a record grow on you. I know it took a while for Come With Us to grow on me, so I hear where you're coming from. Now I think the record is brilliant - maybe not my favorite of all their records, but I love it for what it is and respect the record as being a sort of crossroads in the Chemical Brothers' career. I didn't get to that point overnight. It took time (and seeing some of those songs played out live helped a little bit, too. ;) )



I think as far as being less innovative on the beats, Push the Button being more 4-to-the-floor - I can see what you're saying... like say, if you stack this record up next to Dig Your Own Hole which is heavy on the breaks, rhythms going this way and that. From what my ears are telling me I think what the Brothers are trying to hone in on with Push Th Button, among other things, is the ability to create lush and emotive soundscapes of melody. The beats are there (and have always been there in the past) to keep those melodies grounded. Maybe that's just me though - I've always been a sucker for the Chems slower, more melodic and psychdelic tracks. But I still think the rhythm is strong on this record. It may be a bit more simplified as you pointed out with the 4/4 theory, but most of their music has worked on the 4/4 formula in the past.



I think as far as the arrangements of tracks, I like the flow - it works with the songs. I think in comparison to Come With Us, the arrangement works out much better. Next to Surrender, which is very streamlined and glossy as far as song transitions go - Push The Button has a rawer edge to it much like Dig Your Own Hole and Exit Planet Dust. There have always been peaks and valleys in their records and Push the Button is no different in that respect. Left Right is a shocker though. I like the song but I admit, it took me by surprise when I first heard it. Not because of what it's about lyrically speaking, and not because it's smack-dab in the middle of the record, and not really even that it's hip hop - but the most shocking part about Left Right is when it ends, and Close Your Eyes comes up next. It's like turning an about-face, it's almost dizzying. Close Your Eyes is so tame and fluid and musically lush in comparison to the bombastic qualities that make up Left Right. I think in the context of Push The Button (rap and hip hop prejudices aside) that's one reason that seems to make Left Right the most difficult song for people to get their head around.



Anyway. I could go on about this all night. So I'll just stop here and thank you for giving me the opportunity to babble back at ya. ;)

I like the way this album includes aspects from the others.

Some quality posts here :).



I agree with Isondil, I think you can 'wear out' an album if you listen to it too much. I used to do that before I started work but now I can only listen to a new album once a day at the most, which is probably a good thing thinking about it. However, it is frustrating when I can't listen to music cos I'm working. On Sunday, I listened to a couple of albums by other artists, one of which was Rythmn and Stealth by Leftfield which I haven't listened to for ages; first half of album is still awesome!



I've been listening to PTB on minidisc this week, same album but you hear different things through headphones (like some of the lyrics to Close your eyes!), some tracks sound better imo like Surface to air.



I would post a full review but I think what people such as whirlygirl and sneaker have already posted sums up what I feel about certain tracks. Plus, I'm at work and keep getting distracted by passengers ;-).

well put danguarda, i do agree that the focus on the tracks has moved away from the beats. i guess thats all poart of their progression.



oh, and id like to retract my statement aboiut believe - it does in fact rock.



must remember not to post opinions while im still undecided :-// X-D



mips