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Signature Series, Vol. 1: Greatest Remixes, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:15:59 +0000

Signature Series, Vol. 1: Greatest Remixes, FatBoy Slim
Released in 2000

Tracklist:

1. Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix) – Wildchild

2. Get Up! Go Insane! (Fatboy Really Lost It Mix) – Stretch ‘N’ Vern

3. The World’s Made Up Of This And That (Fatboy Slim Remix) – Deeds Plus Thoughts

4. What Is Kahuna? (Fatboy Slim’s ‘Smell The Kahuna’ Mix) – F.C. Kahuna

5. Dubby Jointy (Fatboy Slim Remix) – Psychedeliasmith

6. Magic Carpet Ride (Fatboy Slim Latin Ska Acid Breakbeat Mix) – Mighty Dub Katz

7. I’m A Disco Dancer (And A Sweet Romancer) (Fatboy Slim Remix) – Christopher Just

8. Roll The Dice (Fatboy Slim Vocal Mix) – Lunatic Calm

9. King Of Snake (Fatboy Slim Remix) – Underworld

10. E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix) – Jean Jacques Perrey

Short review:
Must-have!

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
Subtlety does not exist in Fatboy Slim’s world. The no-nonsense king of big beat has a job to do: get the party started right. The relentless musical hook is at the center of Greatest Remixes. Reggae and ska rhythms (“Magic Carpet Ride,” “Get Up! Go Insane!”), R&B lines (“The World’s Made Up of This and That,” “What Is Kahuna?”), and acid-synth (“Roll the Dice”) are all just grist for the groove mill. “Dubby Jointy” is the disc’s wildest track. Backwards tape whooshes, a screaming guitar lick, and a crazed, creepy vocal part coalesce into an inspired version. The album’s closer, a remix of “E.V.A.” by Jean Jacques Perrey surprises. Fatboy knows enough not to mess too much with the 30-year-old song. The original–funky, loungy, and spacy–could have been recorded last week. –Fred Cisterna

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Illuminati, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:11:06 +0000

Illuminati, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2002

Tracklist:

1. Illuminati

2. Star 69 – (Timo Maas mix)

3. Song For Shelter – (Pete Heller Stylus Style Long)

4. Drop The Hate – (Laid mix)

5. Sunset – (Darren Emerson mix)

6. Demons – (Stanton Warriors mix)

Short review:

Avarage compilation, must-have for collectioners

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
Featuring one new track and five remixes, Illuminati is one of three late 2002 EPs from Fatboy Slim (along with Camber Sands and The Pimp) that are based on material from his 2000 record, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. After a flood of imports, bootlegs, and singles that have already been released in Halfway’s wake, Illuminati distinguishes itself on the strength of its single original track, “Illuminati.” Featuring Bootsy Collins on vocals, the song peels paint off walls as efficiently as Slim’s “Because We Can” from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack did last year. Filling out the record are some of the more innovative remix tracks that have been done from Halfway’s material, including Timo Maas’s take on “Star 69″ and a nocturnal, trance-based mix of “Sunset” from Darren Emerson. If you’re a Fatboy completist (and God help you if you are), or if you’ve been unable to track down these remixes, Illuminati offers an interesting extension of Halfway’s vaguely mystical themes and playfully adventurous house music. –Matthew Cooke

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Live on Brighton Beach, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:04:02 +0000

Live on Brighton Beach, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2002

Tracklist:

1. Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld

2. Right Here Right Now – Fatboy Slim

3. Austins Groove – Kid Creme

4. Southern Thing – Scanty

5. The Groovy Thing – Minimal Funk

6. Pray – Santos

7. The Talk – The Clumps

8. Where’s Your Head At? – Basement Jaxx

9. Jack it Up – Fatboy Slim

10. Rocket Base – Jark Prongo

11. Drop Some Drums (Original Version) – (Love) Tattoo

12. Put Your Hands Up – Black And White Brothers

13. 3-2-1 Fire! – Santos

14. Star 69 – Fatboy Slim

15. The Real Life (Fatboy Slim Mix) – Raven Maize

16. Sunset (Bird Of Prey) – Fatboy Slim

17. Phat Planet (Album Version) – Leftfield

18. Speak Lord (I Get Deep) – Roland Clark

Short review:

Underworld, Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Leftfield in one set.. can you imagine ?

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
On a crystal clear English summer’s evening in 2001, Norman Cook played a celebrated DJ set in front of an estimated 30,000 loved-up Brightonians, generating two hours of typically hedonistic party mayhem. It’s these two hours–or, at least, an edited version of them–that make up Cook’s first mix album in ages and a perfect souvenir of the night now known as “Normstock.” Soundwise, the album sees Senor Fatboy doing what he does best–mashing up thumping dance floor favorites with a sweat-drenched party panache. Those expecting classic big beat belters are in for a shock, though, since Mr. Slim is more into straight-up house and techno these days–albeit with a party twist. So, we get some of 2001′s biggest records–Basement Jaxx’s “Where’s Your Head At?,” Raven Maze’s “The Real Life,” a couple from Santos–alongside a smattering of classics (Leftfield’s “Phat Planet,” an anthemic version of Underworld’s “Born Slippy”) and the off Fatboy number to keep the regulars happy. The result is a hot, sweaty, grimy mix that captures the sound and feel of Norman Cook’s DJ sets, even if it does feel a touch out of date. –Matt Anniss

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Fatboy Slim / Norman Cook Collection, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:51:10 +0000

Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2000

Tracklist:

1. Won’t Talk About It – Beats International

2. Psyche Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix) – Pierre Henry

3. The World Is Made Up Of This & That (Fatboy Slim Mix) – Deeds + Thoughts

4. Echo Chamber – Beats International

5. Dub Be Good To Me – Beats International

6. E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix – Radio Edit) – Jean Jacques Perrey

7. I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Vampire Mix) – A Tribe Called Quest

8. The Sun Doesn’t Shine – Beats International

9. Start An Avalanche – Shinehead

10. Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix) – Wildchild

11. Roll The Dice (Fatboy Slim Vocal Mix) – Lunatic Calm

12. Payback (The Final Mixdown) – James Brown

13. Tribute To King Tubby – Beats International

Short review:

Nice compilation at all

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
Norman Cook’s Fatboy Slim alter ego has become a big-beat legend (if legendary status can be bestowed on such a young genre) and thus a separate entity from Cook’s earlier career incarnations. This collection demonstrates, however, that while evolving profoundly from more acoustic pursuits like the Housemartins and the reggae-flavored, early house music of Beats International, Cook has maintained a long musical memory. After 15 years spent producing an impressive roster of other people’s records along with his own, the extraordinary diversity and inventiveness he displays on a set of turntables is the inevitable result of sharp, tasteful ears. Reimagining a classic King Tubby reggae melody for “Tribute to King Tubby,” Cook acknowledges the de facto inventor of dub music, even while stamping it with his own thoroughly modern dub-beat approach. Likewise, Cook digs around in the space-age pop of early electronic artist Jean Jacques Perrey’s “E.V.A.,” unlocking that song’s cheesy-smooth melodies with sample-laden aplomb. Too often, Cook’s Fatboy persona (and big beat in general) is derided for a supposedly brainless approach to dance music, but that criticism misses the point. What’s amazing is how he manages, with such an unwieldy assortment of influences, to mix with the ear of an interpreter, rather than a revisionist, while still making it listenable enough to warrant the accusation of brainlessness in the first place. –Matthew Cooke

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Big Beach Boutique II

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:33:49 +0000

Big Beach Boutique II, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2002

Tracklist:

1. Reach Out – Midfield General/Linda Lewis

2. Talking ‘Bout My Baby – Fatboy Slim (Midfield General’s Disco Reshuffle)

3. Superstylin’ – Groove Armada

4. Haze – Danmass

5. Tied To The Mast – Lo Fidelity Allstars

6. It Just Won’t Do – Tim Deluxe (dub)

7. 77 Strings – Chamonix

8. Crazy Talk – Space Cowboy (dub)

9. Sexiest Man In Jamaica – Mint Royale

10. Hi Jackers – Glen Masters

11. Lazy – X Press 2 (Fatboy Slim Dub mix)

12. Let Me Show You – Camisra

13. Long Time – Static Revenger

14. Lord Of The Land – Cyclone

15. Farfisa – Fusion Orchestra

16. Let The Drums Speak – Mighty Dub Katz

17. Pure Shores – All Saints (Norman Cook re-edit)

Short review:

Super Music for Party People. Nothing else to say. Hear and watch. Carefully.

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
For a few hours one scorching July day, Brighton Beach became the venue for the Big Beach Boutique II, one of the biggest parties the UK has ever seen. Thanks to the city’s star resident, one Mr. Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), 250,000 revelers were able to forget a decade of shindig-stifling legislation and party for free while perfecting that great move “the pebble shuffle.” Predictably, a wave of negative press followed, but for anyone who was there, it was one of the most memorable events since the sun set on the Summer of Love. It’s nearly impossible to bottle that kind of atmosphere, but Big Beach Boutique II is a good attempt to bring the sun to your speakers. While excerpts from support DJ sets such as Groove Armada’s midpaced “Superstylin’” and the Lo Fidelity Allstars’ feisty “Tied to the Mast” create a carnival feel, it’s only when Cook kicks off with Tim Deluxe’s “It Just Won’t Do (dub)” that things really get going. If not the most eclectic mix album ever made, it has enough superb moments, like Cook’s magnificent mix of X Press 2′s “Lazy,” to make BBB II a great slice of nostalgia. –Christopher BarrettBig Beach Boutique is the album from the biggest beach party ever seen in the seaside UK resort of Brighton and has been compiled by Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) & Damian Harris (aka Mindfield General & owner, Skint records). It features 17 of the best tracks from the night, as well as a few others that are set to be big ones. Southern Fried Records. 2002.

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Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 2006, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:29:07 +0000

Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 2006, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2006

Tracklist:

1. Revolution – Stephane Malca

2. To the Club [Highpass Remix] – Spankox

3. I Can C Thru U [Hughes & Spier Mix] – Britalics

4. Crazy Sexy Hypnotic [Full Vocal Mix]

5. Would You Say Thankyou If I Spank You? [Original Mix]

6. This Is Sick – Solid Groove

7. Young and Beautiful [the Laurent Konrad Remix]

8. Samba! – Tomboy

9. Sabor [Denis & Jerry's New Bangin 2005 Mix] – Jerry Ropero

10. No More Conversations [Mylo Remix] – Freeform Five

11. Washing Up [Tiga Remix]

12. Orbital Dance Machine

13. Release the Pressure [Fatboy Slim Remix]

14. Up & Down – Scent

15. Satisfy Me [Jacked Up Funk Mix]

16. Bump & Grind

17. Acid Conga [Madox Adventures in Drum Remix] – DJ Icey

18. This Feelin’ [Original Mix] – AB & RJ,

19. Waterman [Original Mix] – Olav Basoski

Short review:

New Years Eve 2006, Bondi Beach. 15483274583247583245 people dancing with FatBoy Slim.

Other reviews:

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Australian exclusive! It doesn’t get much bigger than this! The one and only Fatboy Slim is heading Down Under for the New Year’s Eve beach party to end them all. There won’t be a seagull in sight as Norman Cook takes to the decks at Bondi Beach for one helluva party alongside some local DJ talent. Playing at Fuzzy’s ‘Shore Thing’ this extremely exclusive event will be a historic moment for dance music in Australia as there were only 15,000 tickets available. And what better way to celebrate this event than with a spanking new mix CD from the man himself. In 2002, when he threw his second Big Beach Boutique in his home town of Brighton, 250,000 turned up to party – a crowd twice the size of the Glastonbury Festival. Another Big Beach bash in Rio in March in 2004 drew Fatboy’s biggest ever single audience – a staggering 360,000 people. And now, its Australia’s turn to get a taste of the Fatboy Slim beach party experience. The CD is a world exclusive especially compiled for Australia, and features tracks and mixes from Freeform Five, Tiga, Thomas Anderson, Spankox, Mylo, Friendly, Yer Man, The Young Punx, Olav Basoski and Fatboy Slim himself just to name a few. The Funk Soul Brother will also headline the infamous Summadayze New Years Day event at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne which attracts over 20,000 people each year. 2005.

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On the Floor at the Boutique, album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:18:51 +0000

On the Floor at the Boutique, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2006

Tracklist:

1. Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band – Apache

2. Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – Discositdown

3. Clockwork Voodoo Freaks – Deaf Mick’s Throwdown

4. Jungle Brothers – Because I Got It Like That

5. Bassbin Twins – Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2

6. Mr Natural – That Green Jesus

7. Deeds Plus Thoughts – The World’s Made Up Of This And That (Fatboy Slim Mix)

8. Fatboy Slim – Michael Jackson

9. DJ Tonka – Phun-Ky

10. Cut And Paste – Forget It

11. Buzz Thrill – Everybody In The House

12. CLS – Can You Feel It?

13. Aldo Bender – Acid Enlightenment

14. Christopher Just – I’m A Disco Dancer

15. Hardknox – Psychopath

16. Cirrus – Break In

17. Psychedeliasmith – Give Me My Auger Back

18. Cut La Roc – Post Punk Progression

19. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank

Short review:

If you don’t know what “On the Floor at the Boutique” is – skip to google.com and search for something. Amazing sounds.

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
Finally, the U.S. sees a domestic release of Fatboy Slim’s On the Floor at the Boutique, hands down one of the most thrilling, addictive DJ mix albums ever released. Recorded live in 1998 at the Big Beat Boutique (epicenter of the mid- to late-’90s big-beat movement), Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, takes the listener on a fascinating, diverse tour of four-on-the-floor sounds. What’s always made Cook so great is the way that he seamlessly blends seemingly incongruous sounds to create righteously cool, shiny new beats; he truly is the trainspotting vinyl freak with an uncanny talent for creating accessible dance-floor shakers built of weird components. Take track 4–who’d have thought a spry blue-beat ska sample, an ELO riff, phat beats, a few stray horn riffs, and a sped-up Jungle Brothers vocal track would be one of the coolest things heard all year? –Mike McGonigal

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The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:09:12 +0000

The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder, FatBoy Slim

Released in 2006

Tracklist:

1. Rockafeller Skank

2. Praise You

3. Brimful of Asha – Cornershop (Norman Cook remix)

4. Weapon of Choice

5. Gangster Trippin’

6. I See You Baby – Groove Armada (Fatboy Slim Remix)

7. Wonderful Night

8. Right Here, Right Now

9. Going Out Of My Head

10. Sunset (Bird of Prey)

11. Everybody Loves a Carnival

12. Don’t Let The Man Get You Down

13. Demons

14. Sho Nuff

15. Slash Dot Dash

16. Santa Cruz

17. Champion Sound

18. That Old Pair of Jeans

Short review:

A must-have compilation, best of FatBoy Slim in one place, six star and recommended with three hands

Other reviews:

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The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder brings together all the songs that made Fatboy Slim the biggest dance artist and DJ on the planet. This collection includes two brand new tracks “That Old Pair of Jeans” featuring vocalist Lateef of Blackalicious, and “Champion Sound,” plus Fatboy Slim’s two biggest selling remixes, Cornershop’s “Brimful of Asha” and Groove Armada’s “I See You Baby.” The CD has every essential Fatboy Slim hit, featuring vocal contributions from Macy Gray, Bootsy Collins, Jim Morrison, Yvonne Elliman, and Five Man Electrical Band.

Also available on July 18, 2006: “The Greatest Hits: Why Make Videos” DVD with all of Fatboy’s genre defining and hilarious award winning videos.

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Better Living Through Chemistry, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:00:40 +0000

Better Living Through Chemistry, FatBoy Slim

Released in 1996

Tracklist:

1. Song For Lindy

2. Santa Cruz

3. Going Out Of My Head

4. The Weekend Starts Here

5. Everybody Needs A 303

6. Give The Po’ Man A Break

7. 10th & Crenshaw

8. First Down

9. Punk To Funk

10. The Sound Of Milwaukee

11. Michael Jackson

12. Next To Nothing

Short review:

Classical sounds, begining of FatBoy Slim’s big bang in the music – “Santa Cruz”, “Song For Lindy”, “Punk To Funk”…

Other reviews:

Amazon.com
Fatboy Slim (also known as Norman Cook, formally of the Housemartins) has composed a collection of tracks so dependent on samples that they’ll keep “Name That Tune” fans busy for hours. The single “Going out of My Head” is crafted with funky beats thrown down on top of the guitar riff from the Who’s classic “I Can’t Explain.” Mr. Slim borrows, begs, and steals from some of the best. You’ll hear obvious influences from every genre from industrial to house. But these songs do not mimic; rather, Cook takes the established and reinvents it, mixes it up, rearranges it. The result is an energized, motivating, even endearing big-beat album that feels, grooves, and moves from beginning to end. –Beth BessmerProduct Description
U.S. debut for the first album by this ex-Housemartins and ex-Beats International instrumental act with two bonus cuts, ‘Michael Jackson’ and ‘Next To Nothing’, both previously only available as B-sides on the U.K. CD single for ‘Going Out My Head’. 12 tracks total, also featuring ‘Going Out Of My Head’, ‘Song For Lindy’ and ‘Everybody Needs A 303′. The album’s full title is ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’. 1997 Astralwerks release.

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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:46:49 +0000

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, FatBoy Slim

Released in 1998

Tracklist:

1. Right Here, Right Now

2. The Rockafeller Skank

3. In Heaven

4. Gangster Tripping

5. Build It Up – Tear It Down

6. Kalifornia

7. Soul Surfing

8. You’re Not From Brighton

9. Praise You

10. Love Island

11. Acid 8000

Short review:

I can sound little boring, but that’s the album that make me scream! I can’t say anything else – FatBoy Slim just smashed my music feelings with this album… so many years ago… And the album is still in my all-day-playlist!

Other reviews:

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Norman Cook’s bubble-gum techno songs–put out under a variety of guises over the years, including Pizzaman and Freak Power–are essential staples on any international dance floor. Fatboy Slim, however, is the former Housemartin’s most successful incarnation, launching a Top 40 crossover hit and popular advertising jingle with last year’s “Going out of My Head.” You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby picks up where the smash single left off, cheekily pairing acidic synthesizers and drum machines with big, dumb vocal samples. It takes considerable effort sitting through an entire album of these energized tunes, but taken in small doses, songs like “The Rockafeller Skank” and “Soul Surfing” are like rays of sunshine. –Aidin VaziriVibe
Taken together, the songs sum up that Fatboy appeal: a match of brawny rhythms and clever samples that recall milestones like De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising … and the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique….Entertainment Weekly
Cook concocts a constantly morphing undercurrent…. It’s a block-rocking beat that deliciously subverts pop formula, in which lyrics change while the music remains the same…. Baby is clever, hectic, relentless–and very of its time.USA Today
Standout “The Rockafeller Skank,” earlier unleashed on MTV’s Amp2 electronic compilation, is a big-beat gorilla of surf-rock guitar, battering drums and the funky rap mantras of Lord Finesse.

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Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:37:00 +0000

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, Fatboy Slim
Released in 2000

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, Fatboy Slim

Tracklist:

1. Talking ‘Bout My Baby

2. Star 69

3. Sunset (Bird of Prey)

4. Love Life (feat. Macy Gray)

5. Ya Mama

6. Mad Flava

7. Retox

8. Weapon of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins)

9. Drop The Hate

10. Star 69

11. Demons (feat. Macy Gray)

12. Song For Shelter (feat. Roland Clark)

Short review:

Smashing good album, best of all times, absolutely #1, every song is in my #1 place, there is no weak point in this album – if you haven’t heard this – big mistake, make whatever you have to get this album

Other reviews:

Amazon.com’s Best of 2000
Featuring house-music savvy and gospel-tinged samples among the big beats, Fatboy Slim’s first record of the new millennium strays into meatier territory than the more pop-oriented material for which he’s known. Importing help from the likes of Macy Gray and Bootsy Collins, as well as an irresistible, posthumous turn from Jim Morrison, Slim burns his colossal stamp on the dance/DJ landscape once again. –Matthew CookeAmazon.com
British techno wizard and crossover superstar Norman Cook’s (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars is uneven as heck and nowhere near as frat boy-friendly as his previous releases. But if you’re up for a ride, this eclectic, 68-minute roller-coaster trip contains tunes airier and more house-savvy and gospel-flavored than what you’ve heard from him before. Not needing to create another “Rockafeller Skank” has left Cook free to experiment. There are lovely, slowly building tunes: “Talking ’bout My Baby” sounds like a collaboration between Play-era Moby and the Chemical Brothers circa Surrender, while “Sunset (Bird of Prey)” is an ethereal track that samples a rare a capella vocal by Jim Morrison and does not suck. Breakbeats do eventually kick in on that tune, the album’s first single, but they’re almost an afterthought, not the music’s guiding force.This is not to say that because Fatboy embraces the pop song he can’t kick it down and dirty with the best of them. “Ya Mama” is crazy-ass handbag big beat with super-distorted breaks and loud squealing synths that will severely disturb any authority figure or small dog within earshot. There are at least a few super stupid songs–like “Star 69,” which seems to exist solely to facilitate a daft sample of a man using a bad word–but these make the good ones just sound even better. The pure party tunes, like the deep house-inspired “Retox” and the super-bad disco-funky “Weapon of Choice” (a collaboration with Bootsy Collins), are the meat of the album, and it’s top sirloin stuff. In a year with dozens of attempts at crossover success built on watered-down dance pop and well-known guests, Fatboy Slim shows how it’s really done, sacrificing no artistic integrity in the process. The two tracks on which Macy Gray sing are worth the price of admission alone. Cook continues to skirt the line between innovation and accessibility with mad-scientist glee. –James Conde &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;

Palookaville Album

Atanas Yanev — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:15:49 +0000

Palookaville, Fatboy Slim
Released in 2004

Palookaville Album, Fatboy Slim
Tracklist:

1. Don’t Let The Man Get You Down

2. Slash Dot Dash

3. Wonderful Night (featuring Lateef)

4. Long Way From Home (featuring Jonny Quality)

5. Put It Back Together (featuring Damon Albarn)

6. El Bebe Masoquista 7. Push And Shove (featuring Justin Robertson)

8. North West Three

9. The Journey (featuring Lateef)

10. JIN GO LO BA

11. Song For Chesh

12. The Joker (featuring Bootsy Collins)

Short review:

Good album, calm sounds, relaxing beats, funny sounds – that’s what Norman Cook (fatboy slim ) is giving us in Palookaville. Slash Dot Dash, Wonderful Night, The Joker – higly recommended

Other reviews:

Working with Blur on their Think Tank album clearly made an impact on Norman Cook. Palookaville, his fourth outing as cartoon dance hero Fatboy Slim, has a distinctly beatnik theme running through it. It also relies more on real instruments and proper songs, rather than Cook’s laptop and fun floor fillers, swapping instant thrills for something longer lasting. That said it’s unmistakably a Fatboy Slim record, and a pretty phenomenal one at that. The trademark beach party anthems are still there. The Latino shake of “Wonderful Night,” “El Bebe Masoquista”’s electro-funk, and single “Slash Dot Dash” with its snarling surf guitar all prove that there’s life in Bigbeat yet. But it’s the mellower tracks that stand-up to constant rewinds. “North West Three,” a dreamy twilight tune dedicated to wife Zoe Ball, is a gorgeously romantic swayer and plinky hobo ditty “Put It Back Together” delivers a ramshackle shot of optimism in the Think Tank style, complete with a drowsy Damon Albarn. Meanwhile, the moody sub-bass rumble of “Long Way From Home” and road movie rocker “Push and Shove” find the middle ground and demonstrate that Cook’s imagination is as active as ever. All the usual cut’n’paste musical bric-a-brac’s there. All the wackiness and cool grooves remain. It’s just that this time they sound just as good in the living room as they do on the dance-floor.

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