''Two'' is the second album by British electronic group

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, released on 23 October 2000 in the UK and 14 August 2001 in the US and Canada. The album features guest vocalists

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("Sun", "Punk Club", "Rhinoceros", "Wiggedy Wack"), Chuck D ("Power to the Beats"),

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("Funky Music") and Guy Leger ("Sick"). "Love Song" peaked at No. 37 on the

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Critical reception

'' Spin'' praised the album's take on trance, writing that it is "spun with a lithe touch that gives the awe-kissed micromelodies of 'Massive' and 'Lost Vagueness' a sense of rapture uncoiling."

Track listing

UK edition

# "Sun" # "Power to the Beats" # "Love Song" # "Lost Vagueness" # "Punk Club" # " Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On" # "Massive" # "Rhinoceros" # "Morning Sun" # "Sick" # "B777" # "Techknowledgy" # "Three Simple Words" # "Wiggedy Wack"

US edition

# "Sun" # "Massive" # "Power to the Beats" # "Lost Vagueness" (

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Mix) # "Punk Club" # "Funky Music" # "Rhinoceros" # "Morning Sun" # "Sick" # "B777" # "Techknowledgy" # "Three Simple Words" # "Love Song" # "Lost Vagueness" (Original Mix) # "Wiggedy Wack"

Samples

* The track "Power to the Beats" features a sample of "

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" by American heavy metal band Metallica. This was the first time that the band had approved of sampling one of their songs. * The track "Love Song" features a sample of " Pick Up the Pieces" by British funk band

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. * The track "Lost Vagueness" features a sample of "

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" by American rock band

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. * The track "Techknowledgy" features a sample of "

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" by American punk rock band

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. * The track "Three Simple Words" features a sample of " Come Into My Life" by American R&B singer

Joyce Sims Joyce Elizabeth Sims-Sandiford (August 6, 1959 – October 13, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, whose biggest hit single, " Come into My Life", reached the top 10 in both the US ''Billboard'' R&B Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 19 ...

References

2000 albums Utah Saints albums {{2000s-house-album-stub