Exit Planet Dust is the debut album by British electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 duo The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...

, released in the UK on 26 June 26 1995 and the US on 15 August 1995. The title is a reference to their departure from their earlier name "The Dust Brothers".

In 2004, the album was packaged with 1997s Dig Your Own Hole

Dig Your Own Hole

Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 7 April 1997. It features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists...

in a limited edition box set as part of EMI

EMI

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's "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 on January 1, 1996.

Singles

"Song to the Siren" was released on 1 October 1992 as a self-released single, three years prior to its appearance on the album. The Fourteenth Century Sky

Fourteenth Century Sky

Fourteenth Century Sky is an EP by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, their second release under the name The Dust Brothers. The EP contains "Chemical Beats" and "One Too Many Mornings", later released on the Brothers' debut album Exit Planet Dust."One Too Many Mornings" found fame in 2001...

EP was released on 1 January 1994, with "Chemical Beats" and "One Too Many Mornings" placed as tracks 1 and 2 respectively on the EP. Another EP, My Mercury Mouth EP

My Mercury Mouth EP

My Mercury Mouth E.P is an EP by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, and their final release under the name The Dust Brothers. The EP contains two new songs, "My Mercury Mouth" and "Dust-Up-Beats", as well as the B-side "If You Kling To Me I'll Klong You", later released on the Japan "Leave...

, was released on the same day, although no tracks from it are featured on the album. "Leave Home

Leave Home (The Chemical Brothers song)

"Leave Home" is a song by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers. It was the first single released from their debut album Exit Planet Dust in 1995. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The song contains a short sample from the Kraftwerk song "Ohm Sweet Ohm"...

" was released as the first official single from the album on 5 June 1995. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. "Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet (song)

"Life Is Sweet" is a song by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, released as the second single from their debut album, Exit Planet Dust. It features Tim Burgess from The Charlatans on vocals...

" was released as the second single on 29 August 1995 and reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

Samples

• The beginning of "Leave Home" is a short sample of the beginning of the Kraftwerk
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   song "Ohm Sweet Ohm" from the album "Radio-Activity
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• "In Dust We Trust" contains several short samples of the Beastie Boys
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   song "The Maestro" from the album "Check Your Head
  Check Your Head
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• The vocal sample in "Song to the Siren" is a reversed sample of part of the Dead Can Dance
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   track "Song of Sophia" from the album "The Serpent's Egg
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