Push the Button (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Push the Button
Type = Album
Artist = The Chemical Brothers


Released = January 24 2005
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Electronica
Length = 60:13
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = The Chemical Brothers
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:llfozff4eh2k link]
*Pitchfork (7.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16135/Chemical_Brothers_Push_the_Button 02/04/05]
*PopMatters (8/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/chemicalbrothers-pushthebutton.shtml 01/28/05]
*Q Rating|2|5
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Chemical+Brothers link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6785039 01/27/05] | Last album = "Singles 93-03"
(2003)
This album = "Push the Button"
(2005)
Next album = "We Are the Night"
(2007)|

"Push the Button" is the fifth studio album by British electronica group The Chemical Brothers, first released in January 2005 (see 2005 in music). It won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in January 2006. It was certified Gold by the BPI on January 28, 2005. [http://www.bpi.co.uk/]

Track listing

*All tracks written by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, except where noted.
# "Galvanize" (Rowlands, Simons, Kamal Fareed) – 6:33
#* featuring Q-Tip
# "The Boxer" (Rowlands, Simons, Burgess) – 4:08
#* featuring Tim Burgess
# "Believe" – 7:01
#* featuring Kele Okereke
# "Hold Tight London" (Rowlands, Simons, Williams) – 6:00
#* featuring Anna-Lynne Williams
# "Come Inside" – 4:47
# "The Big Jump" – 4:43
# "Left Right" (Rowlands, Simons, Anwar) – 4:14
#* featuring Anwar Superstar
# "Close Your Eyes" (Rowlands, Simons, Romeo Stodart) – 6:13
#* featuring The Magic Numbers
# "Shake Break Bounce" – 3:44
# "Marvo Ging" – 5:28
# "Surface To Air" – 7:23

Bonus track(s)

# "Giant" (Japan, also a b-side on the "Believe" single and the American single for "The Boxer")

ingles

*"Galvanize" was the first single from the album, released a week before the album was released. It peaked at the #3 spot in the British charts.
*"Believe" was the second single from the album, released in May 2005. It peaked at #18.
*"The Boxer" was the third single from the album, released in early July 2005. It peaked at #41.

Notes

* Track No. 1, "Galvanize", has been featured on Budweiser Select commercials and on All-Star Family Fortunes aired 23rd December 2006. It was also used to advertise ITV's Dancing on Ice.
* Track No. 2 and 3, "Believe" and "The Boxer" were used in the world's first theater performance of "Requiem for a dream" in "Kristiansand", "Norway" 2007.
* 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", features on a Ford advertisement and was used in the Thunderball trial in the 2006 series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
* Track No. 10 "Marvo Ging", featured in Season two of The O.C., in the episode . It is also used on Channel 4, E4 and More4 in the United Kingdom to advertise Film4.
* Track No. 11, "Surface To Air", was featured on Sky Sports News as its title music. It also can be heard near the end of the comedy film "Smiley Face" starring Anna Farris.

Release

The album was released in various countries in January 2005.

External links

* [http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.virginrecords.co.uk/chemicalbrothers/ UK release Label site]
* [http://www.astralwerks.com/chemical/ American release Label site]

succession box
before = "Hot Fuss" by The Killers
title = UK number one album
years = February 6 2005 – February 12 2005
after = "Tourist" by Athlete