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			{{Short description\|1997 album by the Chemical Brothers}}
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	{{Infobox album ~~<!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums -->~~		{{Infobox album
	\| ~~Name~~ = Dig Your Own Hole		\| name = Dig Your Own Hole
	\| ~~Type~~ = studio		\| type = studio
	\| ~~Artist~~ = ]		\| artist = ]
	\| ~~Cover~~ = Dig_your_own_hole_album_cover.jpg		\| cover = Dig_your_own_hole_album_cover.jpg
			\| alt =
	\| Released = {{start date\|1997\|4\|7\|df=yes}}
			\| released = {{Start date\|1997\|4\|7\|df=yes}}
	\| Recorded = 1996, Orinoco Studios, ]
			\| recorded = 1996–1997
	\| Genre = ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
			\| studio = ], London, UK
	\| Length = 63:27
			\| genre = {{hlist\|]<ref name="Erlewine"/>\|]<ref name="Erlewine"/>\|]<ref name="Aaron 109"/>\|]<ref name="Tully"/>}}
	\| Label = ]<br> ]
	\| ~~Producer~~ = ~~Tom~~ ~~Rowlands~~ ~~and Ed~~ ~~Simons~~		\| length = 63:27
			\| label = {{hlist\|Freestyle Dust\|] (UK)<br/>] (US)}}
	\| Last album = '']''<br>(1995)
			\| producer = {{hlist\|Tom Rowlands\|Ed Simons}}
	\| This album = '''''Dig Your Own Hole'''''<br>(1997)
			\| prev_title = ]
	\| Next album = '']''<br>(1999)
			\| prev_year = 1995
	\|Misc = {{Singles
			\| next_title = ]
	\| Name = Dig Your Own Hole
	\| ~~Type~~ = ~~studio~~		\| next_year = 1999
	\| ~~Single~~ 1 = ]		\| misc = {{Singles
			\| name = Dig Your Own Hole
	\| Single 1 date = 30 September 1996 (UK only)
			\| type = studio
	\| Single 2 = ]
			\| single1 = ]
	\| Single 2 date = 1997
			\| single1date = 30 September 1996
	\| Single 3 = ]
	\| ~~Single~~ 3 ~~date~~ = 24 ~~March~~ ~~1997~~		\| single2 = ]
			\| single2date = 24 March 1997
	\| Single 4 = ]
			\| single3 = ]
	\| Single 4 date = 8 September 1997
			\| single3date = 8 September 1997
	\| Single 5 = ]
			}}
	\| Single 5 date = 1 December 1997
	}}}}
	{{Album ratings
	\| rev1 = ]
	\| rev1score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url={{Allmusic\|class=album\|id=r259420\|pure_url=yes}} \|title=Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers \|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine \|work=Allmusic \|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
	\| rev5 = '']''
	\| rev5score = A<ref>{{cite journal \|author=David Browne \|date=18 April 1997 \|title=Dig Your Own Hole Review \|journal=Entertainment Weekly \|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287511,00.html \|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
	\| rev3 = '']''
	\| rev3Score = {{Rating\|3.5\|4}}<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Greg Kot \|date=11 April 1997 \|title=Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (Astralwerks) \|journal=Chicago Tribune \|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-04-11/entertainment/9704110388_1_chemical-brothers-ed-simons-dig \|accessdate=15 June 2013}}</ref>
	\| rev4 = ]
	\| rev4Score = A−<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=the+chemical+brothers \|title=The Chemical Brothers \|author=Robert Christgau \|work=robertchristgau.com \|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
	\| rev6 = ]
	\| rev6score = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/chemical-brothers/dig-your-own-hole.shtml \|title=Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole \|author=Ryan Schreiber \|work=Pitchfork \|accessdate=18 September 2011 \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20011119152804/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/chemical-brothers/dig-your-own-hole.shtml \|archivedate=19 November 2001 \|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
	\| rev7 = '']''
	\| rev7score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref name=CDUniverse>http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1153620/a/Dig+Your+Own+Hole.htm</ref>
	\| rev8 = '']''
	\| rev8score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechemicalbrothers/albums/album/103705/review/5945617/dig_your_own_hole \|title=The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole : Music Reviews \|last=Fricke \|first=David \|authorlink=David Fricke \|publisher='']'' \|date=3 April 1997 \|accessdate=26 May 2012 \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090419130136/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechemicalbrothers/albums/album/103705/review/5945617/dig_your_own_hole \|archivedate=19 April 2009 \|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
	\| rev2 = '']''
	\| rev2score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Marc Savlov \|date=25 April 1997 \|title=Record Reviews \|journal=The Austin Chronicle \|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-04-25/528006/ \|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
	\| rev9 = '']''
	\| rev9score = {{Rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-chemical-brothers-dig-your-own-hole \|title=The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole \|author=Eric Henderson \|date=23 July 2007 \|work=Slant Magazine \|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
	\| rev10 = '']''
	\| rev10score = (8/10)<ref name=CDUniverse/>
	}}		}}

	'''''Dig Your Own Hole''''' is the second studio album by ~~British~~ ] duo ], released on 7 April 1997. It features ] of ] and ] as guest vocalists.		'''''Dig Your Own Hole''''' is the second studio album by the English ] duo ]. It was released on 7 April 1997 in the United Kingdom by Freestyle Dust and ] and in the United States by ]. It was recorded between 1996 and 1997, and features ] of ] and ] as guest vocalists.

			''Dig Your Own Hole'' was the first Chemical Brothers album to reach number one on the ]. Five singles were released, two of which reached number one in the UK: "]", "]", "]", "]", and "]". The album has been included in several British magazines' lists of the best albums ever. The success of the album led the Chemical Brothers to be much sought-after remixers, and they released a mix album in 1998, '']''.
	In 1998, ] readers voted ''Dig Your Own Hole'' the 49th greatest album of all time. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} '']'' ranked it at number 414 in its 2014 list of ].<ref>http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm</ref>

			== Background ==
	In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's '']'' in a limited edition ] as part of ]'s "2CD Originals" collection. It was certified platinum by the ] on 21 January 2000.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}}
			After the Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, '']'', released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "]", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from ] to ], with Virgin getting credit on their album ''Exit Planet Dust'' as well under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, '']'' in January 1996, consisting of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".

			The songs "It Doesn't Matter" and "Don't Stop the Rock" were released in June 1996 on vinyl as "]" and "]" respectively as promos for DJs to test in clubs. The duo met up with ]. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportedly given him an instrumental track and he then wrote lyrics for the track.{{citation needed\|date=August 2016}} The song was released as the single "]" on 30 September 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=]\|page=57\|date=28 September 1996}}</ref> The song entered the ] at number one. ] said that "the combination of rave sirens and ] far-outness was probably what convinced people like Noel Gallagher and ] to jump onboard".<ref name="Tully">{{cite web \|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1811829/exit-planet-dust-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ \|title=Exit Planet Dust Turns 20 \|publisher=] \|date=26 June 2015 \|access-date=8 July 2015 \|last=Tully \|first=Gabriela}}</ref>
	It was the band's first UK number one album, achieving this peak in the charts on 19 April 1997. The album also had two number one singles, which were released prior to the album. The success of the album lead The Chemical Brothers to be much sought-after remixers, and the duo released a mix album in 1998 entitled '']''. The album stands as the duo's longest studio album, exactly fourteen minutes longer than the band's debut album '']''.

			"]" was released as a promotional single in early 1997. "]" was released on 24 March 1997<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=45\|date=22 March 1997}}</ref> and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the duo's second number one single.<ref name="zobbel1">{{cite web\|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM \|title=Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR \|publisher=Zobbel.de \|access-date=8 July 2015}}</ref>
	It was included in ]'s "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008.

	== ~~Background~~ ==		== Release ==
			''Dig Your Own Hole'' was released on 7 April 1997 by record labels ] and Freestyle Dust.
	After The Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, '']'', released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "]", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from ] to ], a label which, regardless, get credit on their album ''Exit Planet Dust'' under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, '']'' in January 1996, of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".

			"]" was released on 8 September 1997 and reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="zobbel1"/> "]" was released on 1 December 1997.<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=35\|date=29 November 1997}}</ref> A numbered release, it was ineligible for the UK Singles Charts. Further physically released promotion for the album include a ].
	The duo met up with ]. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportedly given him an instrumental track, who then wrote lyrics for the track. The song was released as the single "]" in October 1996. The song entered the ] at number one.

			The album was certified platinum by the ] (BPI) on 21 January 2000.<ref name=BPI/> In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's ''Exit Planet Dust'' in a limited edition ] as part of ]'s "2CD Originals" collection.

			''Dig Your Own Hole'' was nominated for a ] for ], at the ].<ref name=Grammy1998>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429679/no-spice-plenty-of-age-in-grammy-announcement/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728011952/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429679/no-spice-plenty-of-age-in-grammy-announcement/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=28 July 2014\|title=No Spice, Plenty of Age in Grammy Announcement\|access-date=29 April 2010\|date=6 January 1998\|publisher=]}}</ref>
	== Artwork ==

			== Critical reception and legacy ==
	The booklet for the album is notable, as it contains various pictures. The single covers of "]", "]", and "]" are all featured, in addition to a picture of an orange, a photo showing the scene used for the cover of '']'' except from behind, and various other images. This album was also the last album to use the original Freestyle Dust logo.
			{{Music ratings

			\| rev1 = ]
	== Singles ==
			\| rev1score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dig-your-own-hole-mw0000100074 \|title=Dig Your Own Hole – The Chemical Brothers \|publisher=] \|access-date=18 September 2011 \|last=Erlewine \|first=Stephen Thomas \|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
			\| rev2 = '']''
			\| rev2score = {{Rating\|3.5\|4}}<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/04/11/chemical-brothersdig-your-own-hole-astralwerks-star/ \|title=Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole (Astralwerks) \|newspaper=] \|date=11 April 1997 \|access-date=15 June 2013 \|last=Kot \|first=Greg \|author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
			\| rev3 = '']''
			\| rev3score = A<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine \|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/04/18/dig-your-own-hole/ \|title=Dig Your Own Hole \|magazine=] \|date=18 April 1997 \|access-date=18 September 2011 \|last=Browne \|first=David \|author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref>
			\| rev4 = '']''
			\| rev4score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=A Chemical reaction \|newspaper=] \|date=11 April 1997 \|last=Bennun \|first=David \|author-link=David Bennun}}</ref>
			\| rev5 = '']''
			\| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000153reviews.html \|title=The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole \|magazine=] \|date=5 April 1997 \|access-date=7 May 2016 \|last=Mulvey \|first=John \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000412154011/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000153reviews.html \|archive-date=12 April 2000 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\| rev6 = '']''
			\| rev6score = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/chemical-brothers/dig-your-own-hole.shtml \|title=Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole \|website=] \|access-date=18 September 2011 \|last=Schreiber \|first=Ryan \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011119152804/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/chemical-brothers/dig-your-own-hole.shtml \|archive-date=19 November 2001 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\| rev7 = '']''
			\| rev7score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=137856&fixture_artist=142112 \|title=Whistlable \|magazine=] \|issue=128 \|date=May 1997 \|access-date=15 July 2024 \|last=Collins \|first=Andrew \|author-link=Andrew Collins (broadcaster) \|pages=116–117 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101014421/http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=137856&fixture_artist=142112 \|archive-date=1 November 2004 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\| rev8 = '']''
			\| rev8score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechemicalbrothers/albums/album/103705/review/5945617/dig_your_own_hole \|title=The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole \|magazine=] \|date=3 April 1997 \|access-date=26 May 2012 \|last=Fricke \|first=David \|author-link=David Fricke \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419130136/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thechemicalbrothers/albums/album/103705/review/5945617/dig_your_own_hole \|archive-date=19 April 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\| rev9 = '']''
			\| rev9score = 8/10<ref name="Aaron 109">{{cite magazine \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4irI6O3Ko8C&pg=RA1-PA109 \|title=The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole \|magazine=] \|volume=13 \|issue=2 \|date=May 1997 \|access-date=7 May 2016 \|last=Aaron \|first=Charles \|author-link=Charles Aaron \|page=109}}</ref>
			\| rev10 = '']''
			\| rev10score = A−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news \|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv497-97.php \|title=Consumer Guide \|newspaper=] \|date=15 April 1997 \|access-date=7 May 2016 \|last=Christgau \|first=Robert \|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
			}}

			In '']'', ] wrote that ''Dig Your Own Hole'' "burns the whole ] vs. ] argument into a fine, white ash", calling it "a wild beauty of a record" that "rocks, rolls and surges without factionalist prejudice or fear of genre."<ref name="Fricke"/> '']'' reviewer ] found that the Chemical Brothers manage to turn sounds and "recycled voice snippets" into "alluring hooks in and of themselves, bringing the record as close to ] as techno has come so far",<ref name="Browne"/> while '']''{{'}}s ] attributed the album's effectiveness to the duo's "spirit—generous, jubilant, unfazed by industrial doom, in love with energy and sound."<ref name="Christgau"/>
	The songs "It Doesn't Matter" and "Don't Stop the Rock" were released in June 1996 on vinyl as "]" and "]" respectively as promos for DJs to test in clubs. "]" was released on 30 September 1996 as the first official single from the album and reached number one in the ].<ref>http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM</ref> "]" was released as a promotional single in early 1997. "]" was released on 24 March 1997 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the duo's second number one single there.<ref>http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM</ref> "]" was released on 8 September 1997 and reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref>http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM</ref> "]" was released on 1 December 1997. A numbered release, it was ineligible for the UK Singles Charts.<ref></ref>

			In 1998, ] readers voted ''Dig Your Own Hole'' the 49th greatest album of all time, and was also included in ]'s "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} '']'' ranked it at number 414 in its 2014 list of ].<ref>{{cite journal \|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-500-401/323975 \|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 500–401 \|journal=] \|date=25 October 2013 \|access-date=21 August 2015}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' included it in their list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties",<ref></ref> as did ''Spin''.<ref>{{cite magazine\|magazine=SPIN\|author=SPIN\|title=The Chemical Brothers ''Dig Your Own Hole''\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA123\|date=September 1999\|publisher=SPIN Media LLC\|page=123}}</ref>
	Further physically released promotion for the album include a ].

	== Track listing ==		== Track listing ==

	{{Track listing		{{Track listing
	\| all_writing = ~~The~~ ~~Chemical~~ ~~Brothers~~, except where noted		\| all_writing = Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, except where noted
	\| writing_credits = yes
	\| total_length = 63:22		\| total_length = 63:22
	\| title1 = ]		\| title1 = ]
	\| ~~writer1~~ = ~~Tom~~ Rowlands, Ed Simons, Jesse Weaver		\| note1 = Rowlands, Simons, ]
	\| length1 = 5:14		\| length1 = 5:14
	\| title2 = Dig Your Own Hole		\| title2 = Dig Your Own Hole
	\| length2 = 5:27		\| length2 = 5:27
	\| title3 = ]		\| title3 = ]
	\| writer3 = Rowlands, Simons, ]
	\| length3 = 8:18		\| length3 = 8:18
	\| title4 = Piku		\| title4 = Piku
	\| length4 = 4:54		\| length4 = 4:54
	\| title5 = ]		\| title5 = ]
	\| ~~writer5~~ = Rowlands, Simons, ]		\| note5 = Rowlands, Simons, ]
	\| note5 = featuring Noel Gallagher
	\| length5 = 5:29		\| length5 = 5:29
	\| title6 = ]		\| title6 = ]
	\| ~~writer6~~ = Rowlands, Simons, Paul ~~Conley~~, John Emelin, Tom Flye, Rusty Ford, Kim King		\| note6 = Rowlands, Simons, ], ], ], ], ]
	\| length6 = 6:14		\| length6 = 6:14
	\| title7 = ]		\| title7 = ]
	\| writer7 = Rowlands, Simons, Tony Butler
	\| length7 = 4:50		\| length7 = 4:50
	\| title8 = Get Up on It Like This		\| title8 = Get Up on It Like This
	\| ~~writer8~~ = Rowlands, ~~Simons~~, ]		\| note8 = Rowlands, Simon, ]
	\| length8 = 2:47		\| length8 = 2:47
	\| title9 = Lost in the K-Hole		\| title9 = Lost in the K-Hole
	\| length9 = 3:52		\| length9 = 3:52
	\| title10 = ]		\| title10 = ]
	\| note10 = featuring ]
	\| length10 = 6:56		\| length10 = 6:56
	\| title11 = ]		\| title11 = ]
	\| ~~writer11~~ = Rowlands, Simons, ]		\| note11 = Rowlands, Simons, ]
	\| length11 = 9:22		\| length11 = 9:22
	}}		}}

			'''Sample credits'''<ref name="Liner notes">{{cite AV media notes \|others=] \|year=1997 \|title=Dig Your Own Hole \|type=liner notes \|publisher=] \|id=724384295028}}</ref>
	== References ==
			* "Block Rockin' Beats" contains samples of "Gucci Again", written and performed by ].
			* "It Doesn't Matter" contains samples of "It Comes On Anyhow", written by ], ], ], ] and ], and performed by ].
			* "Get Up on It Like This" contains samples of "Money Runner", written by ] and performed by ].

			== Personnel ==
	{{reflist\|2}}
			Credits for ''Dig Your Own Hole'' adapted from album liner notes.<ref name="Liner notes"/>

	{{S-~~start~~}}		{{col-begin}}
			{{col-2}}
	{{Succession box
			'''The Chemical Brothers'''
	\| before = '']'' by ]
			* Tom Rowlands – ]
	\| title = ]
			* Ed Simons – production
	\| years = 19 April 1997 – 25 April 1997

	\| after = '']'' by ]
			'''Additional musicians'''
	}}
			* ] – vocals on "Setting Sun"
	{{end}}
			* ] – vocals on "Where Do I Begin"
			* ] – vocals on introduction of "Elektrobank"
			* ] – sampled vocals on "Elektrobank"
			* Ali Friend – bass on "Elektrobank" and "Dig Your Own Hole"
			* Seggs – bass on "Lost in the K-Hole"
			* ] – clarinet on "The Private Psychedelic Reel"
			* ] – drums
			{{col-2}}
			'''Additional technical personnel'''
			* Cheeky Paul – compiling, editing
			* Steve Dub – ]
			* Jon Collyer – engineering (assistant)
			* Jon Dee – engineering on "Setting Sun"
			* Tim Holmes – engineering on "Get Up on It Like This"
			* Mike Marsh – ]

			'''Design'''
			* Negativespace – design
			{{col-end}}

			== Charts ==
			{{col-start}}
			{{col-2}}

			=== Weekly charts ===
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			\|-
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			\|-
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			\|-
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			\|-
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			\|-
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			\|-
			{{album chart\|Norway\|4\|artist=The Chemical Brothers\|album=Dig Your Own Hole\|rowheader=true}}
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Scotland\|2\|date=19970413\|rowheader=true\|access-date=15 August 2024}}
			\|-
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			\|align="center"\|15
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Sweden\|3\|artist=The Chemical Brothers\|album=Dig Your Own Hole\|rowheader=true}}
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			\|-
			{{album chart\|UKR&B\|35\|date=19980315\|rowheader=true\|access-date=15 August 2024}}
			\|-
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			\|-
			\|}

			{\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
			\|-
			!Chart (2022)
			!Peak<br />position]
			\|-
			{{album chart\|UKDance\|1\|date=20220805\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 August 2022}}
			\|}
			{{col-2}}

			=== Year-end charts ===
			{\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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			! scope="col"\| Chart (1997)
			! scope="col"\| Position
			\|-
			! scope="row"\| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997\|publisher=Ultratop\|access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
			\| 93
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			! scope="row"\| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1997-12-31\|title=Top Selling Albums of 1997\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
			\| 19
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			! scope="row"\| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19970105/37502/\|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997\|publisher=Official Charts Company\|access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
			\| 49
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			! scope="row"\| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
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			==Certifications and sales==
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			{{Certification Table Entry\|title=Dig Your Own Hole\|type=album\|artist=The Chemical Brothers\|relyear=1997\|region=United States\|award=Gold\|salesamount=756,000\|salesref=<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104210559/http://www.mtv.com/news/1452207/got-charts-beans-bleek-beatles-synch-up-soundtracks/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 November 2016\|title=Got Charts?\|publisher=Mtv\|first=David\|last=Basham\|date=2 July 2002\|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>}}
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			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Europe\|nocert=true\|salesamount=775,000\|salesref=<ref name="billboard">{{Cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76\|magazine=Billboard\|title=Travis doubles up on new IFPI Platinum list\|first=Paul\|last=Sexton\|date= 18 March 2001}}</ref>}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Worldwide\|nocert=true\|salesamount=2,000,000\|salesref=<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/better-living-through-chemistry-6358089\|title=Gold/Platinum\|work=Miami New Times\|first=Jenny\|last=Shank\|date=16 September 1999\|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>}}
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			==References==
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1997 album by the Chemical Brothers

Dig Your Own Hole

Studio album by the Chemical Brothers

Released

7 April 1997 (1997-04-07)

Recorded

1996–1997

Studio

Orinoco, London, UK

Genre

Length

63:27

Label

Freestyle Dust
Virgin (UK)
Astralwerks (US)

Producer

Tom Rowlands
Ed Simons

The Chemical Brothers chronology

Exit Planet Dust
(1995)

Dig Your Own Hole
(1997)

Surrender
(1999)

Singles from Dig Your Own Hole

"Setting Sun"
Released: 30 September 1996
"Block Rockin' Beats"
Released: 24 March 1997
"Elektrobank"
Released: 8 September 1997

Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by the English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. It was released on 7 April 1997 in the United Kingdom by Freestyle Dust and Virgin Records and in the United States by Astralwerks. It was recorded between 1996 and 1997, and features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists.

Dig Your Own Hole was the first Chemical Brothers album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. Five singles were released, two of which reached number one in the UK: "Setting Sun", "Where Do I Begin", "Block Rockin' Beats", "Elektrobank", and "The Private Psychedelic Reel". The album has been included in several British magazines' lists of the best albums ever. The success of the album led the Chemical Brothers to be much sought-after remixers, and they released a mix album in 1998, Brothers Gonna Work It Out.

Background

After the Chemical Brothers' successful debut album, Exit Planet Dust, released in June 1995, the duo continued to tour but quickly sought to record new material. Following the release of "Life Is Sweet", the final single from that album, the duo had changed labels from Junior Boy's Own to Virgin, with Virgin getting credit on their album Exit Planet Dust as well under the liner notes. The duo released an EP, Loops of Fury in January 1996, consisting of new material and a remix of one of the band's earliest and signature tracks, "Chemical Beats".

The songs "It Doesn't Matter" and "Don't Stop the Rock" were released in June 1996 on vinyl as "Electronic Battle Weapon 1" and "Electronic Battle Weapon 2" respectively as promos for DJs to test in clubs. The duo met up with Noel Gallagher. They were interested in collaborating for a track. The Chemical Brothers had reportedly given him an instrumental track and he then wrote lyrics for the track. The song was released as the single "Setting Sun" on 30 September 1996. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one. Stereogum said that "the combination of rave sirens and psych-rock far-outness was probably what convinced people like Noel Gallagher and Mercury Rev to jump onboard".

"Where Do I Begin" was released as a promotional single in early 1997. "Block Rockin' Beats" was released on 24 March 1997 and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the duo's second number one single.

Release

Dig Your Own Hole was released on 7 April 1997 by record labels Virgin and Freestyle Dust.

"Elektrobank" was released on 8 September 1997 and reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. "The Private Psychedelic Reel" was released on 1 December 1997. A numbered release, it was ineligible for the UK Singles Charts. Further physically released promotion for the album include a DJ mix and interview set.

The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 21 January 2000. In 2004, the album was packaged with 1995's Exit Planet Dust in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection.

Dig Your Own Hole was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.

Critical reception and legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly	A
The Guardian
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	8.4/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	8/10
The Village Voice	A−

In Rolling Stone, David Fricke wrote that Dig Your Own Hole "burns the whole rock vs. techno argument into a fine, white ash", calling it "a wild beauty of a record" that "rocks, rolls and surges without factionalist prejudice or fear of genre." Entertainment Weekly reviewer David Browne found that the Chemical Brothers manage to turn sounds and "recycled voice snippets" into "alluring hooks in and of themselves, bringing the record as close to pop as techno has come so far", while The Village Voice's Robert Christgau attributed the album's effectiveness to the duo's "spirit—generous, jubilant, unfazed by industrial doom, in love with energy and sound."

In 1998, Q readers voted Dig Your Own Hole the 49th greatest album of all time, and was also included in Q TV's "Top 100 Albums of All Time" list in 2008. In 2000, the same magazine placed it at number 42 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. NME ranked it at number 414 in its 2014 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone included it in their list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties", as did Spin.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Block Rockin' Beats" (Rowlands, Simons, Jesse Weaver)	5:14
2.	"Dig Your Own Hole"	5:27
3.	"Elektrobank"	8:18
4.	"Piku"	4:54
5.	"Setting Sun" (Rowlands, Simons, Noel Gallagher)	5:29
6.	"It Doesn't Matter" (Rowlands, Simons, Paul Conly, John Emelin, Tom Flye, Rusty Ford, Kim King)	6:14
7.	"Don't Stop the Rock"	4:50
8.	"Get Up on It Like This" (Rowlands, Simon, Quincy Jones)	2:47
9.	"Lost in the K-Hole"	3:52
10.	"Where Do I Begin"	6:56
11.	"The Private Psychedelic Reel" (Rowlands, Simons, Jonathan Donahue)	9:22
Total length:		63:22

Sample credits

"Block Rockin' Beats" contains samples of "Gucci Again", written and performed by Schoolly D.
"It Doesn't Matter" contains samples of "It Comes On Anyhow", written by Paul Conly, John Emelin, Tom Flye, Rusty Ford and Kim King, and performed by Lothar and the Hand People.
"Get Up on It Like This" contains samples of "Money Runner", written by Quincy Jones and performed by John Schroeder.

Personnel

Credits for Dig Your Own Hole adapted from album liner notes.

The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands – production
Ed Simons – production

Additional musicians

Noel Gallagher – vocals on "Setting Sun"
Beth Orton – vocals on "Where Do I Begin"
DJ Kool Herc – vocals on introduction of "Elektrobank"
Keith Murray – sampled vocals on "Elektrobank"
Ali Friend – bass on "Elektrobank" and "Dig Your Own Hole"
Seggs – bass on "Lost in the K-Hole"
Jonathan Donahue – clarinet on "The Private Psychedelic Reel"
Simon Phillips – drums

Additional technical personnel

Cheeky Paul – compiling, editing
Steve Dub – engineering
Jon Collyer – engineering (assistant)
Jon Dee – engineering on "Setting Sun"
Tim Holmes – engineering on "Get Up on It Like This"
Mike Marsh – mastering

Design

Negativespace – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	8
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	23
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	14
French Albums (SNEP)	24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	4
Scottish Albums (OCC)	2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	30
UK Albums (OCC)	1
UK R&B Albums (OCC)	35
US Billboard 200	14

Chart (2022)	Peak position]
UK Dance Albums (OCC)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	93
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	19
UK Albums (OCC)	49
US Billboard 200	170

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000
Canada (Music Canada)	Platinum	100,000
Italy	—	30,000
Japan (RIAJ)	Platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Platinum	15,000
Spain	—	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum	308,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold	756,000
Summaries
Europe	—	775,000
Worldwide	—	2,000,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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