Surrender
by The Chemical Brothers
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The Chemical Brothers bestography
Surrender is ranked 2nd best out of 24 albums by The Chemical Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Chemical Brothers is Dig Your Own Hole which is ranked number 1247 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,397.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Surrender track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Surrender rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 54 Music Albums of 1999 | 17/54 | 4 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 23 Music Albums of 1999 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Virgin on the brilliant | 20/57 | - |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Underrated Albums | 3/32 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #201 - 300 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 17 Music Albums of 1999 | 3/17 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 66 Music Albums of 1999 | 34/66 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 89/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 220 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,140 | |||
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Surrender ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/24/2026 11:40 | markl73 | 635 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 20:25 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 14:11 | Liks_on_music | 656 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Surrender forum mentions
neilgee 10/17/2023 14:37 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodaySurrender comments
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Shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was OK by Talvin Singh (Edited)
This is the where they started to expand their sound and style and it upped their game in my opinion. There were the bangers, but many tracks also oozing a hypnotic serenity. It was from this album they became the undisputed kings of electronic music (Edited)
Not up to Dig Your Own Hole, but still contains some great stuff. Some of the tracks are a bit too repetitive and annoying (eg. Under The Influence). I really like Music:Response though. Also Hey Boy Hey Girl, Out of Control and Let Forever Be. Enjoyed the Hope Sandoval feature on Asleep From Day too - it really worked (like Where Do I Begin on Dig Your Own Hole)
IanFrance 07/15/2021 21:52 | #271646 | TOP COMMENT
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The Chemical Brothers doing what The Chemical Brothers do best – melodic, collaboration-heavy, big beat anthems. Dance music for the living room as well as the discotheque.
Rating: Brilliant
Best track: Hey Boy Hey Girl (Edited)
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2020 10:14 | #263215 | TOP COMMENT
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You first have to bear through four annoying tracks and one bad Ian Curtis impersonator to get to a track that's actually good. Since their masterpiece Dig Your Own Hole they've been trying to put more melody, psychedelicness and positivity/quirkiness in their music, which I respect a lot, but a lot of the attempts have been very cringy or confusing. The only track where they really succeeded to not repeat themselves succesfully is "Asleep From Day". Other than that is "Let Forever Be" also a standout track, but it could be an alternate take of "Setting Sun".
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