Length 51:58 Further
(2010) Hanna
(2011) Release date 14 June 2010 | Producer The Chemical Brothers Artist The Chemical Brothers Label Freestyle Dust | |
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Released 14 June 2010 (2010-06-14) Genres Electronica, Big beat, Techno, House music, Electronic music Nominations Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album Similar The Chemical Brothers albums, Big beat albums, Other albums | ||
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Further is the seventh studio album by The Chemical Brothers, released on 14 June 2010. The album title and release date were announced on the band's official website on 30 March 2010. All 8 tracks from the album are accompanied by corresponding films, made specifically to match them, by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyal. The main character of the films is portrayed by actress Romola Garai. The woman on the album cover is Jenny Godding, who also body doubled for the underwater portions of the music videos.
Contents
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Background
The album, along with its visuals, was released as a DVD, as an iTunes LP, and as an iTunes Pass feature in US only. As a part of the iTunes Pass program, those who purchased it received an unreleased track, named "Pourquoi", on 29 June 2010. The standard edition was released on CD, containing just the eight-track album.
Further is their first album not to feature any guest collaborations, a common occurrence in previous albums. While this is true, Stephanie Dosen provided the vocals for "Snow", "Another World" and "K+D+B". These are guest appearances, including Theremin performances by Bruce Woolley, but they do not count as collaborations since The Chemical Brothers did not work with the artists when writing the songs. Tom Rowlands sang himself on certain tracks.
The album was the duo's first on Parlophone, ending fourteen years of releases on Virgin, although both labels are owned by EMI.
Although it charted in many other countries, the album was excluded from the UK charts because British chart regulations forbid prizes being used as enticements to buy albums, and all formats of Further included a competition to win an iPad.
In the United States, the album debuted at No. 63 on Billboard 200, No. 3 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums, and No. 15 on Top Rock Albums, selling 7,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 40,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015.
Further was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards, but lost to La Roux's self-titled debut album.
A number of its tracks were used in the media. The bonus track "Don't Think" was featured in the 2010 film Black Swan, in an altered form. The track "Dissolve" was featured as a playlist on the 2012 video game Lumines Electronic Symphony. The track "Snow" was featured in the 2015 film "American Ultra".
As with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, many of the tracks segue into the next. Escape Velocity, K+D+B and Wonders of the Deep are the only tracks on Further that end with silence.
Singles
- "Escape Velocity" was released on 12 April 2010 as a vinyl-only single. It did not chart in the UK charts.
- "Swoon" was released on 9 June 2010. It reached #85 in the UK charts.
- "Another World" was released as download on 16 August 2010.
- Also available as downloads are "Swoon" (Boys Noize Summer Remix), "Swoon" (Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas Remix) and "Horse Power" (Popof Remix).
- "Horse Power" was released in 2010 as a Promo DJ Single. It did not chart in the UK charts.
Songs
1Snow5:06
2Escape Velocity11:57
3Another World5:40