Big Sounds of the Drags is the second album by electronic music producer Junkie XL

Junkie XL

Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....

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"Check Your Basic Groove" has an unusual introduction

Introduction

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. This portion begins with the sounds of various farm animals (Cows for example), then more layers of sound effects are added (including a supercar

Supercar

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) until the song segues to the music. The song that follows the opening track, "Synasthesia", lyrically has nothing to do about the topic of the same name.

"Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)" is intended to be a sequel to "Future in Computer Hell", a track featured on his 1997 debut album, Saturday Teenage Kick

Saturday Teenage Kick

-Track listing:# Underachievers# Billy Club# No Remorse# Metrolike# X-Panding Limits# War# Saturday Teenage Kick# Dealing With The Roster# Fight# Melange# Def Beat# Future In Computer Hell...

(1997).

"Action Radius

Action Radius

"Action Radius" is a song written by Silver Surfing Rubeboy and recorded by electronica DJ Junkie XL ....

" (written by Silver Surfering Rudeboy) has the same ending incorporated into the outroduction of "Check Your Basic Groove". The 2000 reissue of the album has a different tracklisting; "Disco 2000", "Bon Voyage" and a reintrepation of "Power of Big Slacks" were added, while "Action Radius" and "Dance USA" were excluded. At this move, "Check Your Basic Groove" had the ending of "Action Radius" added.

The reprise of "Power of Big Slacks" sounds different from its original form, and lasts 8 minutes and 34 seconds

Length

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 longer.

Among the packaging of Big Sounds of the Drags is the front cover, which was a digitally mainpulated

Distortion

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 image of a blue muscle car landing to the ground admist a fire

Fire

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 behind it. Besides the front cover, a sticker pasted on early copies of the album suggested that Junkie XL's remix of Elvis Presley

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's "A Little Less Conversation

A Little Less Conversation

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" (used in promotion of a Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc.

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 advertisement campaign) was not created for all editions of the album. It read:

From the remix

Remix

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 team of "A Little Less Conversation" as featured in the Nike commercial. (Not included on this album)

The lyrics were printed out of order, making listeners confused of its content.

Reception

Released in 1999, it was well-received by critics, and several songs were featured in various outlets, such as the inclusion of "Synasthesia", "Dance USA" and "Future in Computer Hell (Part II)" in Test Drive: Overdrive (2002). "Action Radius" was released as a single upon its re-release in 2000.

1999 edition

1. "Check Your Basic Groove"
2. "Action Radius"
3. "Synasthesia"
4. "Power of Big Slacks"
5. "Zerotonine"
6. "Love Like a Razorblade"
7. "Legion"
8. "Dance USA"
9. "Gettin' Lost"
10. "Black Jack"
11. "Next Plateau"
12. "Future in Computer Hell (Part II)"

2000 edition

1. "Check Your Basic Groove" (5:07)
2. "Synasthesia" (7:42)
3. "Power of Big Slacks" (3:25)
4. "Zerotonine" (4:02)
5. "Love Like a Razorblade" (6:07)
6. "Legion" (4:36)
7. "Disco 2000" (4:26)
8. "Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)" (7:16)
9. "Bon Voyage" (7:05)
10. "Power of Big Slacks" (11:59)
11. "Gettin' Lost" (7:14)
12. "Black Jack" (3:08)
13. "Next Plateau" (4:51)

Personnel

• Tom Holkenborg – producer, writer (except for tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11), engineering, mixing
• Silver Surfering Rudeboy – writer ("Action Radius", "Power of Big Slacks", "Zerotonine", "Love Like Razorblade", "Legion", "Next Plateau"), vocals
• Baz Mattie – drums
• Rene van der Zee, Max Cavalera
  Max Cavalera
  Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Sepultura, before forming Soulfly in the late 1990s...
  
  , Dino Cazeres, Klaas Ten Holt – guitars
• Klaas Ten Holt – strings ("Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)")
• Sander van der Heide – mastering (except for "Power of Big Slacks (reprise)")
• Tin Young – mastering ("Power of Big Slacks (reprise)")