Dig Your Own Hole
by The Chemical Brothers
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Dig Your Own Hole is ranked as the best album by The Chemical Brothers.
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Dig Your Own Hole track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Dig Your Own Hole rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best Electronic / Dance albums of all time by DigitalDreamDoor | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1997 by Radio X | 7/25 | - |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 11/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 101-200 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 17/93 | 4 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 58/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 313 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,390 | |||
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Dig Your Own Hole ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 16:59 | Jonboy | 148 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 07:35 | barethman | 207 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 08:53 |  CellarDoor | 8,925 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Dig Your Own Hole forum mentions
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"Dig Your Own Hole" is a masterpiece. Why ? The answer in 10 points:
1) This is the best big beat album ever made. We have never heard such a powerful mix of electro-hip-hop-rock.
2) You can dance without stopping on the first 8 tracks.
3) My body temperature rises to 39 ° when I hear the intro of "Electrobank".
4) "It Does not Matter" is the best tribute to Daft Punk.
5) It's a real electro record. Not a pop album, like the excellent "Surrender", released 2 years later.
6) You can also choose to listen to it sitting on your rockingchair.
7) This is a real album designed in its entirety.
8) The last two songs are more psyche things, in a 1967 mode.
9) Noel Gallagher participates in a song.
10) This album is just perfect.
9/10
Best track: "Setting Sun"
Goliath 11/01/2018 10:47 | #223678 | TOP COMMENT
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It's not a bad album, but there is no way I can like it. Setting Sun and the last track are the only tracks I would listen to. (Edited)
ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/21/2012 13:14 | #55579 | TOP COMMENT
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If 60s was 90s. A valiant attempt to kick-start the second big bang.
Probably my favourite Chemical Brothers album. It does seem to be their most consistent.
Probably my favourite electronic album ever. There is some great stuff on this - my favourites are Where Do I Begin, Lost In The K-Hole and Block Rockin' Beats. There's a bit of a lull in the middle with It Doesn't Matter, Don't Stop The Rock and Get Up On It Like This though. It suffers from the main criticism I have of albums of this genre, it's a bit too long for me, could definitely be cut down. Still a great album though.
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