Loops of Fury is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by English big beat

Big beat

Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...

 duo The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...

, released in 1996. It reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, but only stayed in the Top 100 for one week.

The title track exemplifies the squelching synth lines and hard-hitting drums that became The Chemical Brothers' sound of the late 1990s, and would be the blueprint of their tracks for years to come. It was used in the PlayStation

PlayStation

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 game Wipeout 2097

Wipeout 2097

Track listing Saturn/Windows versions * CoLD SToRAGE: "Canada"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Body in Motion"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Kinkong"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Plasticity"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Messij Xtnd"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Tenation"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Surgeon"...

and appeared on the accompanying soundtrack. It was also included on the bonus disc of Singles 93–03, and as a B-side to the Japanese edition of "Setting Sun

Setting Sun

"Setting Sun" is a song by The Chemical Brothers, released as a single in 1996 from their second album Dig Your Own Hole. With vocals by Noel Gallagher, it reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and number 80 on the US Billboard Hot 100, their highest position there so far. The song sampled The...

". Because the song segues into the next track on the EP, and fades out on various artist compilation albums, the ending is different on Singles 93–03 and features a vinyl scratching sound at the end.

"Get Up on It Like This" was included in a reworked form on the subsequent album, Dig Your Own Hole

Dig Your Own Hole

Dig Your Own Hole is the second studio album by British electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released on 7 April 1997. It features Noel Gallagher of Oasis and Beth Orton as guest vocalists...

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Track listing

CD

1. "Loops of Fury" – 4:40
2. "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up" – 5:44
3. "Get Up On It Like This" – 6:05
4. "Chemical Beats
   Fourteenth Century Sky
   Fourteenth Century Sky is an EP by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers, their second release under the name The Dust Brothers. The EP contains "Chemical Beats" and "One Too Many Mornings", later released on the Brothers' debut album Exit Planet Dust."One Too Many Mornings" found fame in 2001...
   
    (Dave Clarke Remix)" – 5:04

12" vinyl

1. "Loops of Fury" – 4:41
2. "(The Best Part Of) Breaking Up" – 5:46