Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album)

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Recorded 2004 Producer The Chemical Brothers Release date 24 January 2005		Length 60:20 Artist The Chemical Brothers Label Virgin Records

Released January 24, 2005 (2005-01-24) Studio Miloco Studios (South London) The Hit Factory (New York City) Push the Button (2005) We Are the Night (2007) Genres Electronica, Big beat, Electronic dance music Awards Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album Similar The Chemical Brothers albums, Big beat albums, Other albums

1 the chemical brothers push the button galvanize

Push the Button is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, first released in January 2005.

The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics.

It won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in January 2006. It was certified gold by the BPI on 28 January 2005.

Development

The making of the album started in mid-2003. Most of the album was finished in the last couple of months.

Singles

"Galvanize" was the first single from the album, released in November 2004. It peaked at number 3 spot in UK Singles Chart. "Believe" was the second single from the album, released in May 2005. It peaked at number 18. "The Boxer" was the third single from the album, released in early July 2005. It peaked at number 41.

Live 05 was released as a digital EP promoting the album on 29 November 2005. It was recorded live from their 2005 tour.

Usage in media

Track No. 1, "Galvanize", has been featured on All Star Family Fortunes aired 23 December 2006. A remix, produced by Scratch Perverts, was included in the game DJ Hero 2. It was also used in Need for Speed: Most Wanted in 2012

Track No. 6, "The Big Jump", was featured on the soundtracks of the video games Burnout Revenge and Project Gotham Racing 3.

Track No. 9, "Shake Break Bounce" was used in BBC Three comedy Cuckoo in the episode "Ken on E". 4 time Commonwealth gold medalist, Claudia Fragapane also used Shake Break Bounce as her floor exercise music during 2013 and 2014. It was also used as the background music to the Ford S-Max TV advert, shown in the UK in August–September 2006

Track No. 10 "Marvo Ging", featured in Season two of The O.C., in the episode The Risky Business. It is also used on Channel 4, E4 and More4 in the United Kingdom to advertise Film4, and in the final episode of Time Trumpet.

Track No. 11, "Surface to Air", was featured on Sky Sports News as its title music and in Anna Faris's 2007 comedy film Smiley Face.

Reception

"Push The Button" received very positive reviews by music critics upon its release. BBC Music said of the album "The Chemical Brothers return with their rebel rockin' fifth studio album that blows all stylistic boundaries down in the process." Lead single "Galvanize", with Q-Tip on lead vocals, peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart. "The Boxer" also charted in the UK singles charts, in addition to "Believe".

Complex called it a "remotely forgettable project."

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, except where noted.

Note

As with all other albums by The Chemical Brothers, some of the tracks segue into the next. These are 2 into 3, 3 into 4, 5 into 6, 6 into 7, 7 into 8, 9 into 10, and finally 10 into 11.

Personnel

Tom Rowlands - keyboards, synths, samples, programming

Ed Simons - keyboards, bass, guitar, engineering

Damon Reece - drums, percussion

Q-Tip - raps on "Galvanize"

Tim Burgess - vocals on "The Boxer"

Kele - vocals on "Believe"

Anna-Lynne Williams - vocals on "Hold Tight London"

Anwar Superstar - raps on "Left Right"

The Magic Numbers - vocals on "Close Your Eyes"

Steve Dub – engineer

Ben Thackery - assisting engineer

Kam Tang - artwork

Mike Marsh - mastering

Songs

1Galvanize6:34
2The Boxer4:08
3Believe7:02

References

Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album) Wikipedia

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