Various - Chemical Reaction

If you want to hear my opinion, 1997 was last year when The Chemical Brothers were still at the top of their game. After that it's been fast downhill ride from there and each new album becomes more boring and more pretentious shit than the previous one. I have to confess, I didn't even bother to purchase "We Are The Night" because nowadays my personal philosophy is that i rather spend my money on the release that i will listen more than twice. Anyway, for years i had these kind of feelings towards the once great band and because of the small rage that started grow inside of me, somewhow i almost managed to forgot how awesome their debut album "Exit Planet Dust" still is after all these years. Or how good they were as a remixer in the early days. By listening this "Chemical Reaction" compilation just proofs that. Although labeled as compilation which contains six rare The Chemical Brothers remixes, this CD also contains few nice non-Chemical tracks which surprisingly makes this compilation even better and worth of every cents. Let's see... There's a rare non drum and bass work from Aphrodite which turns and slows the track "Aphromoods" towards slick moving downtempo mode and therefore making it as perhaps the best track Aphrodite has ever produced. There's also Depth Charge's "Shaolin Buddha Finger" which use goofy movie-samples about shaolin fighting style, Monkey Mafia builds St. Etienne's classic tracks "Filthy" towards more groovier vibe or one of my personal favorites and another lost gem in here, Freakniks' "Uncivilized World" which samples Roy Batty from Blade Runner and the whole futuristic atmosphere of the track makes it so perfect and unbelievable good in todays standards. But we have to remember that The Chemical Brothers remixes are main attraction in here. All of the six remix tracks are great but in retrospect, Primal Scream's "Jailbird" is the main event here because that was the track which started to make the noise in the press and pushing The Chemical Brothers as household name. It goes without saying, this compilation is a must for The Chemical Brothers fans, especially those who loves the early days stuff.