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Come With Us

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There is no reason to purchase the limited edition- the disc is the same, and the only thing you get for the extra money is a non-jewel case package. No extras at all. The album's great! But this edition is not worth it.

On "Come With Us", "It Began in Afrika" is the strongest track followed by "Star Guitar", so it is no wonder that both of those tracks were treated to CD singles. The last third of the album I found dissapointing. The rest of the album of is definately worthy of at least one listen and demonstrates the interesting variety of approaches that the Chemical Brothers have shown in their past releases.

If you are considering the purchase of the Limited Edition package of "Come With Us", don't. It contains no extra tracks. Instead, use that money to buy the standard version of "Come With Us" and any of the currently available CD singles from this album.

The Limited Edition Package version of the Chemical Brother's album "Come with Us" is exactly that, a limited edition package.

It contains no extra tracks. It is simply a cardboard tri-foldout sleeve with the same CD that comes in the standard plastic jewel case version (plus some paper dust). The panels of the tri-foldout contains a psychedlic painting in the new style of the artwork portrayed in the new CD singles ("It Began in Afrika" and "Star Guitar"), and a photo of a two people walking inside what appears to be a tunnel of water.

The Limited Edition Package version of "Come With Us" is a waste of money. Instead, use that money to buy the standard version of "Come With Us" and either of the currently available CD singles from this album instead.

Regarding the contents of the album itself, "It Began in Afrika" is the strongest track. The last third of the album I found dissapointing. The rest of the album of is definately worthy of at least one listen. However, "Dig Your Own Hole" is still the Chemical Brother's apex.

I bought this CD at midnight and have listened to it 6 times already today. The Chems have put out what is by far their most danceable album yet. If you haven't heard the first 2 singles "Star Guitar" and "It Began In Afrika" then you haven't been clubbing lately, have you? If you're wondering if the entire album lives up to the hype the answer is yes! There are ten tracks, other notables are "Come with us" which is very dance friendly big beat song, with many weird noises and effects and sci-fi sounding samples. The down-tempo "The state we're in" is beuatiful and flows very smoothly, reminds me of good trip-hop of the song "asleep from the day" off of the last Chems CD. A must have for most electronic music fans collection.

I too got suckered into the ltd edition packaging. I figured with the average selling price of 5-8 dollars more for the ltd edition packaging I was getting some bonus tracks or a bonus CD. Nope. .... I agree with everyone else..get the jewel case edition, it'd hold up better if you take it around places, it wont bend unlike the cardboard and the CD wont scratch up as easily as it will rubbing against that cardboard sleeve that the ltd edt packaging has. Is it ME or would this paper sleeve cost less to make than the jewel case?
Guess they just knew people who always buy the limited release would get suckered into buying it. Guess they taught me one thing....never again will I buy anything limitted edition from the Chem. Bros....they can block rock MY beat...

I have to admit that this album wasnt quite what I expected. It is a lot dancier than previous albums (yes, even more so than Surrender)but rest assured Chemz fans, it is pulled off with a technical fervor that only Tom and Ed could do. First things first, the entire album is excellent, there is no song that any fan will skip (I can attest to this because it has been in my cd player for the past 7 days on loop). I was never a HUGE fan of the first single "It began in Afrika" mainly because the vocal cut was repeated to many times. The Chemz, as always, fixed that little problem and now the song kicks... I really dont understand what everybody is whining about saying that the album doesnt seem very congealed because it all flows very well. I think everybody is just looking at the fact that DYOH won a grammy so therefore it must be the best thing they've ever done. I may sound blasphemous here but I put DYOH as my least favorite album, granted it had some amazing tracks and was still vere, very good, but I think that it is the least congealed of their albums. Come on people make reviews based on actually LISTENING to the albums, not what everybody else says! I say that Come With Us is superb, albeit a slight change for the Chemz, but overall worth every penny just like very album they've ever produced. Any buyer will be extrmely pleased.

wow. putting behind their experimental side of 'surrender', tom and ed return with a powerhouse of a release. three tracks are already hits with the various crowds out there: it began in afrika, galaxy bounce, and star guitar. the rest of the tracks are a flurry of genres, from electrofunk to some idm-like beats to some dub/ambient. with guest appearances from beth orton and richard ashcroft, both tracks of which were solid, the album rounds out nicely. regretably, the tease of the idea of mixing all the song together between it began in afrika and galaxy bounce leave me with a wish to have seen them do it. and while it is a solid album, it is nothing extraordinarily new from the chems, just more of what one would expect. they also lose points for allowing astralwerks to release a 'limited edition' version of the cd.

Once again the Chemical Brothers have taken music to a new level. After hearing "It Began In Afrika" and the excellent "Star Guitar", I knew that the new album would not be a disappointment. Each song on COME WITH US takes your mind on a funky, trippy journey that breaks through the soul with ease. I would name the best songs, but they are all wonderful in their own way. Simply mindblowing.

This whole CD sounds like a mix of the Brothers' styles that they had used on their last three albums. The Album starts with fast rockin' beats from Dig Your Own Hole. Then it changes into psychedelic and acid kinda tracks. Then later, tracks with vocals like "The States We're In" and "The Test" appears.

Personally, I really enjoyed listening to this CD, and happy to see the Brothers coming back.