Push the Button

Push the Button is an album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers.

Push the Button
Studio album by
Released24 January 2005
Recorded2004
GenreBig beat, electronica, trip hop, alternative hip hop
Length60:20
LabelVirgin, Freestyle Dust, EMI, Ultra
ProducerThe Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology
Singles 93–03
(2003)
Push the Button
(2005)
We Are the Night
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars [2]
Robert ChristgauA− [3]
SpinB+ [4]
Stylus MagazineB− [5]
Entertainment WeeklyB− [6]
Pitchfork Media7.0/10 [7]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars [8]
The Guardian4/5 stars [9]
Los Angeles Times3.5/4 stars[10]
Uncut4/5 stars[11]
PopMatters8/10 stars[12]
Under the Radar8/10 stars[13]

Sources

  1. "Push The Button by The Chemical Brothers" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. John Bush. "Push the Button - The Chemical Brothers". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  3. Robert Christgau. "The Chemical Brothers". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. It's the album on which the Chems relax into a comfortable maturity, secure in their status as elder statesmen. [Feb 2005, p.87]
  5. "The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button - Review - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  6. Dombal, Ryan (28 January 2005). "Review for "Push the Button"". Entertainment Weekly: 84. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1019297,00.html. Retrieved 26 May 2012. 
  7. Scott Plagenhoef (4 February 2005). "The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  8. Werde, Bill (27 January 2005). "The Chemical Brothers: Push The Button : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071124050639/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechemicalbrothers/albums/album/6785039/review/6821623/push_the_button. Retrieved 26 May 2012. 
  9. Petridis, Alexis (29 July 2005). "CD: The Chemical Brothers, Push the Button". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/jan/21/popandrock.shopping1. 
  10. An evolution in big beat and sweet dance-pop loyalty as hard-hitting as their mid-'90s works "Exit Planet Dust" or "Dig Your Own Hole." [23 Jan 2005]
  11. Cleaner and crisper... their first [album] for half a decade where great noises... outshine august guest vocalists. [Feb 2005, p.73]
  12. Tim O'Neil (28 January 2005). "The Chemical Brothers: Push the Button". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  13. The new material sounds more unified and danceable. [#8, p.106]