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{{Infobox album
| name       = Chemistry Set: Songs of the Suburbs 1977–1987
| type       = Compilation
| artist     = [[The Suburbs (band)|The Suburbs]]
| cover      = ChemistrySetSongsoftheSuburbs.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 23, 2003
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[New wave music|New wave]]
| length     = 55:00
| label      = Beejtar
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Viva! Suburbs! Live at First Avenue]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[High Fidelity Boys - Live 1979]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
'''''Chemistry Set: Songs of the Suburbs 1977–1987''''' is a compilation album by the American [[New wave music|New wave]] band [[The Suburbs (band)|The Suburbs]], released in 2003. The two-disc package contains selected studio tracks and a DVD featuring 37 minutes of live footage of a series of 2002 reunion shows at the Minneapolis club [[First Avenue (nightclub)|First Avenue]]. It also include the band's last single, "Don't Do Me Any Favors".
==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Deming |title=''Chemistry Set: Songs of the Suburbs 1977–1987'' > Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000317736 |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=September 27, 2015 |archive-date=August 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827191019/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000317736 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
Writing for [[Allmusic]], music critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "This is still a very listenable collection of Suburbs material, pulling together some superb examples of their muscular, smart-ass take on new wave dance-rock... ''Chemistry Set'' ably documents their strong suits."<ref name="AM" />
== Track listing ==
All songs composed by The Suburbs.
# "Chemistry Set" – 1:10
# "Cig Machine" – 1:24
# "Black Leather Stick" – 2:49
# "Goggles On" – 3:20
# "Rattle My Bones" – 3:28
# "Music for Boys" – 6:47
# "Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling" – 1:53
# "Cows" – 1:39
# "Baby Heartbeat" – 2:42
# "Monster Man" – 3:17
# "Spring Came" – 3:18
# "Girlfriend" – 4:51
# "Love Is the Law" – 4:42
# "Drinking with an Angel" – 5:27
# "America Sings the Blues" – 2:44
# "Don't Do Me Any Favors" – 3:46
# "Bongo Rock" – 1:43
== DVD Track listing ==
All songs composed by The Suburbs.
# "Waiting"
# "Monster Man"
# "Life is Like"
# "Love is the Law"
# "Rattle My Bones"
# "Girlfriend"
# "Googles On"
# "Drinking with An Angel"
==Personnel==
* [[Chan Poling]] – vocals, keyboards
* Beej Chaney – vocals, guitar
* Hugo Klaers – drums
* Bruce Allen – guitar
* Michael Halliday – bass
* Hearn Gadbois – percussion
* Tom Burnevik – horn
* Kevin Nord – horn
* Max Ray – horn
* Scott Snyder – horn
* Maggie MacPherson – background vocals
==References==
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{{The Suburbs}}
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[[Category:2003 compilation albums]]
[[Category:The Suburbs albums]]