It was originally released on June 21st, 1999.
Release art credit: Kate Gibb
The Chemical Brothers, formed by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands, have been an electronic music force since their formation around 1995. With 10 studio albums on their discography and six GRAMMY awards, their career has been marked with many acclaimed releases.
One of them was ‘Surrender,’ via Freestyle Dust/Astrawerks. The LP originally released in 1999 has been considered one of the all-time best electronic albums by different expert sources, marking after and before for the British duo.
The 11-track release includes different chart-topping singles such as ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’, ‘Let Forever Be’, ‘Out of Control’, and ‘Music: Response.’ Also features collaborations with Noel Gallagher from Oasis, Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star, Bernard Sumner from New Order, and Jonathan Donahue from Mercury Rev.
In 2019, The Chemical Brothers shared a 20th Anniversary special edition re-release of ‘Surrender’, featuring five unreleased “secret psychedelic mixes”, a collection of b-sides and remixes, a DVD of restored promo videos, live footage of their performance at Glastonbury 2000, art prints, and a book. The set was released on 3CD and 4xLP.
Today we celebrate this seminal album. Listen to ‘Surrender’ below.
