Why is everyone bashing Brotherhood? Yes it is kind of weird that Saturate and EBW8 are both on there, but you could say the same thing about Midnight Madness and EBW10. And yeah it would be better if they'd included stuff like Salmon Dance, The Test and The Boxer, but still its gonna be a great place for new Chemical Brothers fans to start.

I'll tell you why alienboy, because we have nothing better to do! that and we've already spent a shed load of cash on the songs that are going to be on the album.

It's as plain and simple...Buy or Don't Buy!

Oh shit!

"Mingling their tracks together like this demonstrates that The Chemical Brothers are actually roughly as good as they always were."

So they do segue!!!!! It also said that the "limited edition" version comes with the bonus disc. So I guess this is a lot like the singles release.

yeh exactly. the ebw disc is like the singles bonus disc = for the longtime fans

if the tracks really do segue, and looking at the tracklist it is very possible, then consider my head proper exploded.

:-O

Wow... that's an amazing possibility.

We'll have to see... :)

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Couldn't resist.

Anyway. Now If the tracks are mixed... that would be so cool, a fresh spin on things, hehe! I can't wait to listen. With any luck, the mixed tracks can put a stop to some of the moaning being done about Brotherhood being a Singles re-hash.

Every time you post that gif, it reminds me of the MBM show I went to a few months ago. That's the highlight of the show, at the end of Helter Skelter and they play that clip!

But yea, I sure hope this review is the truth. Segueing songs would be brilliant! Maybe they saw all of our whining. :)

Mixed tracks! If that's true, then maybe now fans might consider picking it up after all.

i bet you the album isn't mixed

i suspect the same strongly. a mix album would be a really big deal. n promoted that way.

Good point, Jack. I guess we won't know til we hear it.

Come on, EBW's!!

well i just pre-ordered the 2-Disc Limited Edition, AND the 2LP versions of Brotherhood with overnight shipping. $65. I think it's worth it.

I heard a preview copy of CD - 1 last night.

Not mixed. :(

For me, it's all about the EBW disc anyway.

that's is a fuck load of money TJ. What's so special about the limted edition?

Wow, I just listened to this, too. It has to be the most irrelevant release in the brothers' history. I mean, come on, even the first singles collection had some slightly different mixes of the songs. Brotherhood has ONE differently mixed song - Keep My Composure - and it's WORSE than the original. I guess this collection wasn't made for big-time Chems fans... but it's depressing to see it being promoted as a NEW release.

While I'm on a ranting roll, I gotta say that Kate Gibb's original design for the cover art was a lot more interesting..

I'm still going to buy it!

Besides Gillenium , You can always get the pic from her website, print it, and put it over the other cover in front of the CD case!

Brotherhood...Why not!

Well, I can't say I was sure it was going to be mixed but still, a little alternation never hurts. And oh my, is there a one disc and a 2 disc version? Can't it just be the 2disc release only?

just heard the new edit of Keep My Composure...

what the hell did they just do to this song?

I just listened to the snippet on itunes. Did they change the entire riff? It doesn't sound that bad but I loved that previous riff though. Are there still these sounds that sound like a whale on acid?