For That Beautiful Feeling

For That Beautiful Feeling is the tenth studio album by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers, released on 8 September 2023 through Virgin Records in the UK and Republic Records in the US.^[1][2] It is the duo's first album in four years, as well as their first to be released by Republic in the US, as all prior American releases were via Astralwerks. In November 2023, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.^[3]

For That Beautiful Feeling
Studio album by the Chemical Brothers
Released	8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)
Studio	Rowlands Audio Research, Sussex, England
Genre	Electronica
Length	46:58
Label	Virgin (UK) Republic (US)
Producer	The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology
No Geography (2019) For That Beautiful Feeling (2023)
Singles from For That Beautiful Feeling
"The Darkness That You Fear" Released: 23 April 2021 "No Reason" Released: 17 March 2023 "Live Again" Released: 28 June 2023 "Skipping Like a Stone" Released: 21 August 2023 "Goodbye" Released: 3 November 2023

Background

The band announced the album's name and track list on 19 July 2023.^[1]

The album was paired with a career-spanning retrospective book Paused in Cosmic Reflection published by White Rabbit on 26 October 2023. The book is made up of new interviews with the band, as well as many of their friends and collaborators from the past three decades, including Noel Gallagher, Aurora, Wayne Coyne, Beth Orton, Beck, and Michel Gondry.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.8/10[5]
Metacritic	81/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The Arts Desk	[8]
Clash	8/10[9]
Evening Standard	[10]
The Irish Times	[11]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[12]
musicOMH	[13]
NME	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Uncut	8/10[16]

For That Beautiful Feeling received a score of 81 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on nine critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[6] Uncut wrote that the Chemical Brothers "produce a whole lot of full-fat dance-pop joy" on the album.^[16] Damien Morris of The Observer described it as a "nonsense-free reaffirmation of the dance duo's greatest strength – making largely instrumental psychedelic house and techno somehow sound like pop music".^[17]

Track listing

For That Beautiful Feeling track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Tom Rowlands Ed Simons	1:09
2.	"Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud)	Rowlands Simons	5:09
3.	"No Reason"	Rowlands Simons Graham Bailey Adrian Borland	4:52
4.	"Goodbye"	Rowlands Simons Robert Argyrios Gantzos	5:49
5.	"Fountains"	Rowlands Simons	3:45
6.	"Magic Wand"	Rowlands Simons Jerome Lenoir	2:27
7.	"The Weight"	Rowlands Simons Michael Barrington Brown Juanita Holloway Edward O'Sullivan Lee Wilbert Moore Michael Serrette	3:44
8.	"Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck)	Rowlands Simons Beck Hansen	4:43
9.	"The Darkness That You Fear" (Harvest Mix)	Rowlands Simons Willie J. Ellison	4:09
10.	"Feels Like I Am Dreaming"	Rowlands Simons Ellie Rowsell	6:57
11.	"For That Beautiful Feeling" (featuring Halo Maud)	Rowlands Simons	4:14
Total length:			46:58

For That Beautiful Feeling (Japanese exclusive version) track listing^[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"All of a Sudden"	Rowlands Simons	5:30
13.	"I Want to Know"	Rowlands Simons	3:56
Total length:			56:24

For That Beautiful Feeling (Collectors Edition USB) track listing^[19]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"No Reason" (extended mix)	Rowlands Simons Bailey Borland	4:39
13.	"Live Again" (featuring Halo Maud; extended mix)	Rowlands Simons	6:37
14.	"Skipping Like a Stone" (featuring Beck; extended mix)	Rowlands Simons Hansen	7:15
15.	"All of a Sudden"	Rowlands Simons	5:30
Total length:			70:59

Personnel

The Chemical Brothers

• Tom Rowlands – production, programming, mixing, engineering (all tracks); vocals (tracks 5, 8)
• Ed Simons – production, programming

Additional musicians

• Halo Maud – vocals (1, 2, 11)
• Beck – vocals (8)

Technical

• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Steve "Dub" Jones – mixing, engineering

Charts

Chart performance for For That Beautiful Feeling

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20]	70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]	65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22]	48
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[23]	7
French Albums (SNEP)[24]	64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25]	23
Irish Albums (IRMA)[26]	85
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27]	45
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[28]	11
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[29]	33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30]	3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[31]	65
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32]	16
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	6
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[34]	1