''Booming Back at You'' is the fifth

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musician, remixer and producer Tom Holkenborg, better known as

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. It was released on 11 March 2008 by Artwerk, the joint venture of video game developer

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and music company

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. The album was moderately successful in the charts, reaching number eleven in the ''

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and becoming Junkie's first album to chart in the United States. The song "

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" has been featured in the soundtrack of video game '' Need for Speed: ProStreet'', "Mad Pursuit" was featured in the film '' 21'' and the video game ''

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'', and "

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" was featured in the episode "Woman On the Verge" of the television series ''

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'' and the video game ''

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''.

Release

After the release of his previous album ''

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'', Junkie XL announced that he was no longer signed to the

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, and that all future albums would be self-released. However, by March 2007 video game developer

and music company

announced their new joint venture, the record label Artwerk, to which they had already signed Junkie as their "

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. Retrieved on 11 March 2009. Junkie had previously appeared on several EA game soundtracks, and even produced the soundtrack to ''

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'', making him an ideal candidate. Artwerk announced their first

release with Junkie, ''Booming Back at You'', in December. The title "Booming Back at You" was inspired by Junkie's fellow producers, Freq Nasty and Yonderboi.

(11 March 2008). ''Booming Back at You'' (liner notes). Artwerk, ''067003078627''. They also confirmed the album's first single "

", which was already available for download from various retailers and had been featured in the soundtrack of '' Need for Speed: ProStreet''. The song Mad Pursuit, which features Electrocute, was featured on the soundtrack of the

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game, ''

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''. The album itself was released on 11 March 2008 in the Netherlands and the United States.

Critical reception

''Booming Back at You'' has received mixed, but generally positive reviews from a wide range of professional music critics. David Jeffries, a reviewer for

, described the album as "reliable and unoriginal", and said that it was "...not enough to raise him above 'the guy who remixed Elvis' and no great disappointment either". More favourably, ''

'' writer Kerri Mason praised Junkie XL for creating "a fully realized, addictive long-player", and related some songs on the album to British

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. Music magazine '' Q'' said that some of the songs had "a slightly dated stadium-house feel", but conceded that "when unkiethrills, he truly thrills".

Chart performance

''Booming Back at You'' enjoyed some moderate success in the 2008 album charts. On 22 March it debuted in the

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, peaking at number 59 and remaining in the chart for three weeks."Junkie XL – ''Booming Back at You''"
. ''dutchcharts.nl''. Retrieved on 10 March 2009. It then entered the ''

chart at number eleven on 29 March, becoming the first album by Junkie XL to chart in the United States. "Top Electronic Albums – ''Booming Back at You''" ''

''. Retrieved on 10 March 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

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. Retrieved on 10 March 2009. *

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, mixing, mastering * Andre Ettema – writing,

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– writing, production, * Lucas Banker – writing, production * Budgie – writing * Sam Estes – sound design * Olaf Heine –

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* Bram Inscore – *

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– * Lauren Rocket – * Sargent 666 – *

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– writing *

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– writing *

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– * Willoughby – * Toshi Yanagi –

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