Fatboy Slim / Norman Cook Collection, Album

Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection, FatBoy Slim
Released in 2000
Fatboy-Slim-Norman-Cook-Collection

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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2 Responses to Fatboy Slim / Norman Cook Collection, Album

  1. james mccann says:

    I’m now 32 but remember buying a 12″ between 1988 & 91 Loved the track, but can remember what it was called. the actual cover had a ship with a missile coming from it, any ideas ???

  2. Cube says:

    in track 13 Tribute to king tubby… was the singing at the begining recorded for the track or is it sampled. if so could anyone please tell me the name of the original song becuase ive been searching all nite to find it but cant

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