Big Sounds of the Drags

Big Sounds of the Drags is the second album by electronic music producer Junkie XL, released in 2000

Contents

• Reception
• 1999 edition
• 2000 edition
• Personnel
• Songs
• References

"Check Your Basic Groove" has an unusual intro. The song begins with the sounds of various farm animals, then more sound effects are being added (including a sound of a passing Formula 1 racing car) until the song segues to the music. The song that follows the opening track, "Synasthesia", lyrically has nothing to do about the topic of the same name.

"Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)" is intended to be a sequel to "Future in Computer Hell", a track featured on his 1997 debut album, Saturday Teenage Kick (1997).

"Action Radius" (written by Silver Surfering Rudeboy) has the same ending incorporated into the outro of "Check Your Basic Groove". The 2000 reissue of the album has a different track listing; "Disco 2000", "Bon Voyage" and a reintrepation of "Power of Big Slacks" were added, while "Action Radius" and "Dance USA" were removed. At this move, "Check Your Basic Groove" used the outro of "Action Radius" added.

The reprise of "Power of Big Slacks" sounds different from its original form, and lasts 8:34

Among the packaging of Big Sounds of the Drags is the front cover, which had a photo of the 1978 version of the Black Magic Vega Fuel Funnycar, driven by the popular fuel racer, The Late DA Santucci performing the popular fire burnout. Besides the front cover, a sticker pasted on early copies of the album suggested that Junkie XL's remix of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" (used in promotion of a Nike, Inc. advertisement campaign) was not created for all editions of the album. It read:

From the remix team of "A Little Less Conversation" as featured in the Nike commercial. (Not included on this album)

The lyrics were printed out of order, making listeners confused of its content.