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The Fly
‘Further’ turns out to be the Chemicals’ finest work by quite some distance
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The Line Of Best Fit
Lurching from huge, arms-in-the-air, limb-failing, wanton abandonment, to low-tempo downtime, to shimmering effervescent psychedelia to juddering synths, there’s not a weak track on the album. Chemical Brothers have, quite simply, done it again
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BBC
The Chemical Brothers show no signs of fatigue, and the absence of any star names matters not a jot. It’s better to continuously explode than fade away, or something. Really rather wonderful indeed
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Beats Per Minute
An album that flows as smoothly as one of the duo’s mind blowing live shows
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Rave Magazine
It’s an album that feels like The Chemical Brothers wanted to prove that grown-up dance music can be just as sweaty and thrilling as what’s being made by newcomers
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Pitchfork
Works something like an expansion on the last three fuzzed-out tracks from Dig Your Own Hole. The Chems aren't in the same do-no-wrong zone they were when they recorded that stuff, but Further brings them closer than anyone could've reasonably expected
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BBC
It might not be cutting edge but Further enjoys its freedom to throw everything at the listener and see that sticks
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8.0
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Evening Standard
This is as daring and vibrant as they've sounded in years
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The Times
Nearly two decades into their recording life the Chemical Brothers are still finding new ways to — like their old song goes — make music that “triggers some kind of response”
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Independent on Sunday
It's a heady and often brilliant ride
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Daily Telegraph
As subtle, tuneful and fresh as anything contemporary club culture has to offer
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Eye Weekly
The credit for their finest album in years belongs to nobody but themselves
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Q
It's not so much a departure as a significant advancement of a career-long mission. Print edition only
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Mojo
This is The Chemical Brothers at their crowd-pleasing raucous best. Print edition only
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The Irish Times
Nowhere near as instantly commercial as previous releases, this, though, has manifold merits - not least is ability to engage on so many musical levels
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7.0
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musicOMH
A strong and sturdy album of high quality electronic music that still leaves many of their peers sounding one dimensional and unexciting
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NME
Their way with an effortless arms-in-the-air banger is indisputable
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Drowned In Sound
Further is at times a thrilling listen and barely puts a foot wrong, yet at a time when electronic music is expanding so quickly, it doesn’t shine as brightly as it might have a decade ago
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6.0
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Uncut
Further's sense of volume and scale is awe-inspiring although it's often a case of surge over substance. Print edition only
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6.0
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Spin
Steadfastly chirping crescendos, whinnying breakbeat stampedes, and the odd evocative voca
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6.0
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The Sunday Times
Lovely or unsettling though songs such as Swoon and k+d+b are, the album is mostly lacklustre
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6.0
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Rolling Stone
Is as relaxed as you can expect from two guys who still routinely blast arena-size electronica to throbbing masses
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The Guardian
Further may lack a stone–cold standout, but fans of their classic work could do worse than reconnect with them here
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The Independent
They've always had an element of acid-streaked experimentalism in their work, but here it tends to drive out the more mainstream components
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The Scotsman
Further will probably be far more potent as a club soundtrack than it is as a work for home listening
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5.0
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PopMatters
With its endlessly recycled ideas, total lack of thematic unity, and surprisingly distracted sense of melody, Further only lives up to its title in the sense that the duo — despite their best efforts — continue to slowly move away from what made them so great
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