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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 07:35 | barethman | 207 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 08:53 |  CellarDoor | 8,798 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 02:42 |  imacgill | 2,824 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 09:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,492 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 15:11 | markl73 | 631 | 78/100 |
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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 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1997 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was New Forms by Roni Size & Reprezent (Edited)
AlvaroIesus 07/23/2024 01:16 | #304506
What a great start, it gives me paranoid persecution vibes. (Edited)
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.
best chems album and the album of 1997 for me
Not my favorite Chem's album but it is one that has grown on me. Some pure classics on it, (Setting Sun, The Private Psychedelic Reel). Pretty consistent right through. Only a couple of tracks I'd put in a filler type category.
Timestarter 05/29/2020 13:30 | #252479
Fav. Tracks: Block Rockin' Beats, Elektrobank, Setting Sun, Where Do I Begin, The Private Psychedelic Reel.
Favorite Tracks:Block Rockin' Beats, Elektrobank, Where Do I Begin?
"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)
Sandrof1969 02/19/2018 20:47 | #208846
La genialata dei due "fratelli" chimici sta nel far suonare un disco techno come se fosse un disco rock: nella sostanza ma pure un po' nella forma ( vedi campionamenti di Beatles e presenza degli Oasis )...
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