Just heard it all in its entirety for first time. Heard some at Glasto last week but fairly sure the live stuff was a little different apart from Do It Again.

Anyhoo, quick track by track review if anyones interested:

No Path To Follow - this went on for ages at Glasto

We Are The Night - Top drawer - sounds like bits of sunshine underground.

All Rights Reserved - Another Glasto one - sounds really good live and on disc. Wasnt expecting much as it had klaxons on it but surprisingly ace

Saturate - 2nd best thing on album and best thing live last week, cracking visuals and a really original sound. LOVE IT

Do It Again - its a grower isnt it. Still likin it but still think it could have been loads better

Das Spiegel - Great Title, cant be arsed to find out what it means, reminds me of Kraftwerk and a bit.

The Salmon Dance - When I heard fatlip was involved I thought "Hey we got another Galvanize on our hands" but no. I understand what they were trying to do - having a laugh etc but its awful, beats are ok but nothing special but the rap is too silly for me and it sticks out like a sore thumb on this album. Easily the worst hip hop related thing they have ever done. Actually its the worst thing they have ever done. Maybe I will mellow about this but i doubt it.

Burst Generator - I think they did this at Glasto II am not sure. This is the best thing on the album, sounds like loads of old stuff they have done. I get the impression that most of the album is a throwback to surrender times, but thats just my opinion.

A Modern Midnight Conversation - Not great, forgettable really

Battle Scars - Wasnt sure I would like as I not a big fan of willy mason but its really moody and builds well.

Harpoons - what was the point of that - nowt happens?!!?

The Pills Wont Help You now - Didnt know what to expect of this track but its kind of all their big blissed out tracks rolled into one. I'm talkin - Private Psychedelic, Sunshine Underground, The State Were In and Suface To Air.

Anyway I will give the Album a SEVEN and hope they release Burst Generator and Saturate cos their best.

Three cheers for Saturate! It's still my shining moment on the album - I get a HUGE smile on my face everytime it kicks in!

My cd's delayed looks like - am getting the whole promo pack (hopefully) - cd - single, album and vinyl - single, album, posters, n some surprises, supposedly by thursday thanks to virgin! thank u virgin!

am also working on doing we are the night launch parties in bombay and bangalore - virgin says they have the money - let's hope things go through!

i still don't like the b sides. :(

The entire album absofcukinlootly Rocks ;-)

Especially track 6 Das Spiegel now that is a tune to shake yer arse at ;-)

Burst Generator needs a single release.

i agree

Okay I heard the promo aswell and now I heard the original one. Whoopee!!! Differences?? Not much, better sound quality and Ali Loves intro lyrics have been changed. Comparisons?? The rest of course BUT I thought there was a glitch in Burst Generator. I the 13th second the beat hops a bit. This is also on the original recording. Part of the track glitch in the cd??? hmmmmm........

uhm cany some confirm this:

http://www.juno.co.u...e%20the%20night

Japanese cd of We are the night UNMIXED??!!

Sneaker, is the 3x LP promo unmixed aswell?? If so where did you get it??? I want one!!

I caught a handful of the album on myspace... but then again I was doing about three things at the same time. My favorite track so far is saturate. there were a few songs I was like "meh" other songs I jived to. and I am still likin Do it again.

Can't wait for the CD to drop.

Even the jap version has the intro to DIA changed to Let's turn this thing electric. Can someone confirm this is on the uk release also?

Also 3xLP Joslyn? I thought it was 2xLP.

Where's the 3xLP available - any online links?

i guess i'll make a list of my favs:

We Are The Night

A Modern Midnight Conversation

Burst Generator

All Rights Reversed

The Salmon Dance

And yes, I still love the rest of the album.

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BTW - I think the track "We Are The Night" deserves it's own single like the CWU single.

Allright here we go, dunno how big this review will going to be, not as long as my a’dam review I think.

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Finally a new chapter :) after PTB I was a bit worried about how the next album will be, because I didn’t like PTB that much. I don’t say It’s bad but after the big jump I didn’t really got into the album. But the closing track is o so good! (STA).

When I first heard NO PATH TO FOLLOW I was shocked, it was like wow (yes whirly my face was like this :O ) It’s dark and I love really love Willy Mason’s vocals, I first thought these are the vocals from that guy from the gorillaz. This track reminded me a lot of tomorrow never knows, it makes you very nervous same as the live tour. WE ARE THE NIGHT this ‘’first’’ reminded me a lot of galaxy bounce and dig your own hole somehow. This bangs you really into the album, that WREEEEEEP WREEP WREP WREEEP that starts at 0:16 and stops at 0:30 Is so powerful!!! I heard similar things In their live sets with that wreep wreep. This track is damn good those birds I love it al!! it just perfect!! I really love to play this song!! Oh and I need to ask you guys something about birds, in almost every chemical brothers album I hear those birds at the end of we are the night I hear It again. Could anyone confirm this or is it just me :p

ALL RIGHTS REVERSED great really great!! But it really sounds a lot like the klaxons (!) which is not bad. Live this just really blows your head, those cool lasers it’s fucking brilliant! It never stops really good work boys, I really can’t describe this song. SATURATE ew tom and ed why didn’t you took the ebw8 version which is better? It doesn’t sound complete somehow, and you’ve could mixed it perfectly with all rights reversed!! The track itself is just brilliant, it makes me very emotional. When those drums bang in AAAaaah I cannot describe what I feel, those drums just sound perfect and it’s not too loud. DO IT AGAIN it needed to grow on me but it worked, I like it. Those robo voices saying do it again nice work! I think it’s not their best single but it fits nice into the album. DAS SPIEGEL aaah those girl sounds are lovely, at 0:40 when that beat kicks in perfect! It sounds really good al together, I really like the vibe of this track its sweet. THE SALMON DANCE what the hell I first thought, but after listening to the second the time I was laughing so loud, great. BURST GENERATOR the new reel or sunshine underground or surface to air for me :D it’s not as mind-blowing as TPPR Sunshine underground. This is one of my favourite chems songs, but my favs change a lot (I think TPPR/sunshine underground cannot be beaten). I really love the sound at 2:48 this song is just pure love and energy. A MODERN MIDNIGHT CONVERSATION awesome saw this live and I cried, I like this 80’s style. Keep this in your live set guys it awesome replaces very good got glint (although I still need to hear got glint live!!!). listin to your heart I heard the original before, and now it even sounds better and better. BATTLE SCARS first I didn’t like it this track is really ok, great work nonetheless. HARPOONS peaceful peaceful peaceful !! but a little short I think, this track is really chilling. I hear so many sounds in this track so many layers. THE PILLS WON’T HELP YOU NOW great ending, just don’t have words for it. So beautiful…:) this album could (!) be their best album, fits nice into surrender,dyoh,cwu!! Great work boys!! Really love it :)

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This is the part is just need to write down, only for the interested people ;)

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Hmm where do I need to begin..

It’s just so cool that I’ve met some of you guys in Amsterdam, because I can talk with these guys about music because you have the same taste (sort of). And I the part of Holland where in live the people just suck… they really do.. they’re fucking boring.. they only listen’ to this pop crap I cant stand those people.. Every time when they hear the chemical brothers they just say: what’s this crap?? and I cannot understand why.. those people only listen the same genres over and over again (hip hop/rock pop). And the people think different here, they just don’t like my way of thinking. And somehow they hate me for that (I can’t describe this). They see me as a ghost I think, like I’m a person on this earth that is too much… I really hate their way of thinking. And I also have the problem that I’m pretty ugly, so it’s not easy to find some good friends here where I live…

Also I had a pretty bad year on school so, I need to do it again..

And my grandfather is in hospital so, and if he dies I’m going to brake down.. Really serious.. he’s a really great person!! I love him so much! After 2,5 years I was looking forward to that Amsterdam gig, to meet some of you guys somehow I feel connected with you. You have a same way of thinking. But now after it, it feels like a black hole is coming… because of school I need to do it again.. and the people here is just don’t like them..

Its pretty hard now (my life)

Anyway so I’m going to listen to WANT, I think this is going to help me for now..

And I think I’m going to leave this forum/msn for a few months, or longer dunno, I just need a chemical break!

Where does WATN fit in with the rest of the albums, i know its kinda difficult to be objective when y'all are probly hammerin the new album but if i had to do a list:

1)Surrender

2)Dig Your Own Hole

3)Come With Us

4)We Are The Night

5)Push The Button

6)Exit Planet Dust (I still love this album but some of it is a bit dated now imo)

why did i pay £23.95 for the 12" LP??! yet its only a tenner for the CD?

Come on, someone, somewhere is getting greedy, but worth it (i suppose!) no wonder Music Piracy is rife!

on a happier note, A very nice album, my particular faves are 'Saturate', 'modern midnight' and 'we are the night'.

@Jack - I'm almost completely positive that the lyrics were changed for the UK release also, cause if you preview it on the UK iTunes, it says "Turn this thing electric".

Das Spiegel and Burst Generator should be released as singles.

Incidently, Das Spiegel tranlates as "The Mirror" or "The Looking Glass" and I defy anyone who listens to it NOT to shake there arse ;-)its like fruit pastilles you cant put one in your mouth without chewing LOL ;-)

Incidently, Das Spiegel is Germnrish and doesn't mean anything when written like that ;) (Or at least the German members of the board said so if I understood what they said correctly.)

My favorites after a couple of listens:

The Salmon Dance

A Modern Midnight Conversation

Battle Scars

Surprisingly I'm feeling just a bit underwhelmed by Burst Generator. The intro is very good but somehow I'm expecting the track to be even wilder than it is. The track might suffer a bit from being sandwiched by two totally hilarious and out-there tracks.

The Pills Won't Help You Now sounds quite a lot like Radiohead spiked with a high pitched synth. At least the chorus does. (and I'm a sucker for melancholy)

I'm picking a way better feeling out of this record than the previous one. Push The Button maybe feeled a bit too much stadium techno and now there is more funk! The tracks in the beginning are quite loud but starting from Das Spiegel there is a runthrough of nice tracks after another.

Let's see what tracks hold their interest and if there is something I've missed on the first listenings.

Just realised that Harpoons is the new Pioneer Skies - those who were around back then will know EXACTLY what I mean!!

Yeah, sneaker outbid me on ebay - he has the promo 3x12 -- I have the WATN JP release and it is EXACTLY the same as all other releases; mixed. Hopefully the promo isn't and i'll be looking for that too! :)

btw - don't buy the CWU "promo" from vinylexchange -- it was a very well done bootleg. it was mixed. (grrr)