2023 studio album by the Chemical Brothers
For That Beautiful Feeling Studio album byReleased 8 September 2023 (2023-09-08 ) Studio Rowlands Audio Research,Sussex , England Genre Electronica Length 46 :58 Label Producer The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers chronologySingles from For That Beautiful Feeling "The Darkness That You Fear" Released: 23 April 2021"No Reason" Released: 17 March 2023"Live Again" Released: 28 June 2023"Skipping Like a Stone" Released: 21 August 2023"Goodbye" Released: 3 November 2023
For That Beautiful Feeling is the tenth studio album by Englishelectronic music duothe Chemical Brothers , released on 8 September 2023 throughVirgin Records in the UK andRepublic Records in the US.[ 1] [ 2] It is the duo's first album in four years, as well as their first to be released by Republic in the US, as all prior American releases were viaAstralwerks . In November 2023, the album was nominated for aGrammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for the66th Annual Grammy Awards .[ 3]
The band announced the album's name and track list on 19 July 2023.[ 1]
The album was paired with a career-spanning retrospective bookPaused in Cosmic Reflection published by White Rabbit on 26 October 2023. The book is made up of new interviews with the band, as well as many of their friends and collaborators from the past three decades, includingNoel Gallagher ,Aurora ,Wayne Coyne ,Beth Orton ,Beck , andMichel Gondry .[ 4]
For That Beautiful Feeling received a score of 81 out of 100 on review aggregatorMetacritic based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[ 7] Uncut wrote that the Chemical Brothers "produce a whole lot of full-fat dance-pop joy" on the album.[ 5] Damien Morris ofThe Observer described it as a "nonsense-free reaffirmation of the dance duo's greatest strength – making largely instrumentalpsychedelic house andtechno somehow sound like pop music".[ 17]
For That Beautiful Feeling track listingNo. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Intro" 1:09 2. "Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud) 5:09 3. "No Reason" 4:52 4. "Goodbye" Rowlands Simons Robert Argyrios Gantzos 5:49 5. "Fountains" 3:45 6. "Magic Wand" Rowlands Simons Jerome Lenoir 2:27 7. "The Weight" 3:44 8. "Skipping Like a Stone" (featuringBeck ) 4:43 9. "The Darkness That You Fear" (Harvest Mix) Rowlands Simons Willie J. Ellison 4:09 10. "Feels Like I Am Dreaming" 6:57 11. "For That Beautiful Feeling" (featuring Halo Maud) 4:14 Total length: 46:58
For That Beautiful Feeling (Japanese exclusive version) track listing[ 18] No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "All of a Sudden" 5:30 13. "I Want to Know" 3:56 Total length: 56:24
For That Beautiful Feeling (Collectors Edition USB) track listing[ 19] No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "No Reason" (extended mix) Rowlands Simons Bailey Borland 4:39 13. "Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud; extended mix) 6:37 14. "Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck; extended mix) 7:15 15. "All of a Sudden" 5:30 Total length: 70:59
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Halo Maud – vocals (1, 2, 11) Beck – vocals (8) Technical
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