- big beat
- alternative dance
- electronic
- United Kingdom
- formed 1989, Manchester
- 2 albums
- 2 Dutch Top 40 hits
The Chemical Brothers is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1989 in Manchester. Over the years, Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands played in the group. The collection holds two albums by the group, released between 2008 and 2015: Brotherhood (2008) and Born In The Echoes (2015). On top of that, the group appears on one album by others: Zeroes Collected Vol. 2. Two records reached the Dutch Top 40. The highest was Galvanize: number 10 in week 6 of 2005.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Sound of The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers sounds more electric, more energetic and darker than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 124 bpm.
Across 26 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of The Chemical Brothers
The members of The Chemical Brothers over the years: two members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Ed Simons
Tom Rowlands19901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Albums by The Chemical Brothers
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Also appears on
The Chemical Brothers also turns up beyond the own albums: on one album by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
The Chemical Brothers in the Dutch Top 40
The Chemical Brothers had two records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week.
week 6, 200513weeks in the chart
with 2 records1999first entry
week 25, 19992005latest entry
week 12, 20052years with an entry
- 10GalvanizeThe Chemical Brothers, Q-Tip20058 weeks
- 25Hey Boy Hey GirlThe Chemical Brothers19995 weeks
All Dutch Top 40 entries of The Chemical Brothers
Source: top40.nl
Together with The Chemical Brothers
On tracks of albums in the collection, The Chemical Brothers appears with Noel Gallagher, Q-Tip and Beck and one others.
Noel Gallagher2 tracks
Q-Tip2 tracks
Beck1 track
The Flaming Lips1 track
Frequently asked questions
Who played in The Chemical Brothers?
Over the years that was Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands. The timeline shows for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did The Chemical Brothers have?
Two records made the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record is Galvanize, which reached number 10 in week 6 of 2005. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week.
Which albums by other artists feature The Chemical Brothers?
On one album: Zeroes Collected Vol. 2 (Various). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by The Chemical Brothers are in the collection?
There are two, released between 2008 and 2015: Brotherhood (2008) and Born In The Echoes (2015). A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear The Chemical Brothers?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.