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Still amazing
Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Fucking- Annoying
25.08.23 - a modern classic that I don’t think I’ve ever listened to the whole way through. Guess what, just bought another piece of land at Milldale (Lot 5006). Right here right now, so good. The strings and that driving beat, so iconic. LP made me a delicious sandwich today, I think it was actually perfect. Prosciutto, gherkin, cheese (cheddar?) and mustard, on baguette. Yum. I love her so much.
The ubiquitous album of that year.
Sonically speaking, wow! Great production but not my thing. But The MC5 might be proud
This is jolly modern pop music by numbers - nothing subtle but quite catchy in an obvious way. It passed a morning quite pleasantly, but I wouldn't go out of my way to play this album. The production is slick, if basic. About the most complimentary thing I can say is that it's preferable to The Housemartins. By track 7 I did feel like I had been listening for too long already, though.
It's hard to listen to this without thinking that you're at a basketball or ice hockey match. The samples and snippets have been bastardised for mass entertainment. This sounds great in either a small club or at an outdoor event. Norman knows how to build up a tune. There's a crude DIY bedroom feel on tracks like Fucking in Heaven. That sounds so dated now. But plenty of fun, all the same.
I enjoyed it more than I expected to at first but got real bored real fast, it’s basically just the same song over and over and over and over again. Still far from the worst thing on this list though.
3/5. A solid electronic album but not perfect. Definitely some songs overstay their welcome and others are a little annoying. The good songs though are bangers and head-boppers. Got some of them on playlists now, probably won't listen to the whole thing again.
Fatboy Slim was probably the first dance music artist I 'got' when I was a kid. His tunes were playful and catchy, and I could enjoy listening to them in the cold light of day, without requiring the context of some sort of nightclub, dance hall or discothèque. As a wise man once said, 'if this don't make your booty move your booty must be dead'. The awesome video to Right Here Right Now definitely helped get me on board, too.
The late 90's were truly a breeding ground for weird dance music.
Solid electronica with a few timeless and memorable tracks. Can definitely hear how this album influenced electronia in general. Well produced for the time. Very good.
Some incredible songs but also a few fillers
говно ебаное для даунов конченных
Staple of the 90's and way ahead of its time
Listened to this a ton in high school. These days it's not my favorite genre, but I still appreciate it.
There are some really good tracks that are quite creative. I think for sure this an album that people should listen to regardless how they feel about this genre. The problem I have with the album it get's very old and repetitive fast.
I can enjoy short bursts of this, but not a whole album in a row. Kind of good for driving though, or party music.
I enjoyed having this on. Fell into a sweet spot for this type of music for me. Between a 4 and a 5
I thought it was okay. Like most electronica, there are a few songs that might be brilliant, and I really enjoy. Then the rest seem to be filler and get to the point of repetitivness very quickly. But the couple of really good songs probably bump it up a point, between a 3 and a 4 for me, I'll go up to a 4.
Each song is about a minute and a half too long. It became a slog. Get in, get out, leave them wanting more. As it is, no más Fatboy Slim. Best track: Praise You
rockrockrockrockrockrockrockrock rockafeller rockafeller
Still a classic of its time and one of the definitive big beat albums
Repetitive but fun
Refreshing even though it's not the most recent, up for an occasional listen.
Really fun collection of dance bangers from one of electronic music’s greatest decades The sampling on this is mind-blowing too Favourite tracks: Right Here Right Now, Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Kalifornia, Soul Surfing, Praise You
Wasn't for me tbh
DIRTY CAJUN RIIIIIICCCEEEE and the m e g -------- cover art pov: you are about to cross paths with R o b e r t
Some good songs on this album, but how do people listen to a full album of this? A car commercial...sure....but one hour?!
some fun sounds, but incredibly repetitive. they also sound more or less the same to me
A few okay parts but after a little bit it was just the same thing over and over.
Catchy electronic music, several fantastic songs on this album. Here be earworms.
expertly curated. god i love electronica. fav songs: rockafeller stank, gangster trippin, build it up tear it down, you're note from brighton
No skip album. Banhmgers front to back. Should be 4 stars due again to electronic music having too many long repetitive tracks. This album is OK on that front and just a great listen
I’m kind of a sucker for most electronic music on this list, aren’t I? I mean, I’ve mostly gotten more popular artists, really, except for Goldie and Boards of Canada, with even the latter being critically acclaimed, just not super accessible. Anyway, a lot of great songs on this album, some of my favorites being ‘Right Here, Right Now’, ‘Praise You’, and especially ‘The Rockafeller Skank’. Again, I just love this genre, but I like these songs a lot, and it’s a good example of great electronic music.
This type of music did not age well. It sounds stuck in the late 90s. It also seems very generic to me, which might be a product of it being played in arenas at sporting events.
The singles are catchy but overall this is not a good album
Love it. Great dance album. 5/5
Enjoyed when I was 13, it's perfectly fine now but a bit dated and repetitive. A friend called it the spiced rum of dance music and I think that's apt.
-i don’t think i’ve heard ANY fatboy slim -THE FUNKS SO RUBBBER -i know this one!!!!! -first song was cool but kinda got old halfway through -lmao the “f*cking in heaven” is really funny” -okay so far gangster trippin is AWESOME -favorites are: gangster trippin, you’re not from brighton -this is an UNEXPECTED album for me. i do really like it -one or two songs stand out, but i don’t love this album and idk if i would listen to this album again
So many choons!
Gets a bit repetitive, but some huge songs on here
Favourite song: Praise You
"You've Come a Long Way, Baby" is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, a project of English electronic producer, DJ and former Housemartin bassist Norman Cook. The album was recorded at Cook's home in Brighton, UK using an Atari ST computer, Creator software and floppy disks. The genres are big beat and techno with one critic naming it the definitive big beat album. It was widely acclaimed and his breakthrough album peaking at #1 in the UK and #34 in the US. The album cover (US changed it) was taken at the 1983 Fat People's Festival in Danville, Virginia. The album title was the slogan for Virginia Slim cigarettes. The name of the artist is Fatboy Slim. Ah, clever. I see the connections. A slow synth opens the fourth and final single "Right Here, Right Now." Beats. A dreamy song. Various music samples from the James Gang's "Ashes, the Rain & I." The song title and repeated vocal chorus is a sample quote from Angela Bassett in "Strange Days." The Lord Finesses vocal sample "Right about now, the funk soul brother, Check it...." repeats throughout "The Rockafellar Skank." Scratchy, repetition, tempo changes. One of the most memorable vocal samples. Quite creative. A highlight of "Gangster Tripping" is the layered samples. Scratching. "You got to get down." A sample of a DJ Shadow sample. I'm just going to keep using sample in every sentence and why not continue with "Praise You" since there arectwo brilliant uses of sampling here. "Take Yo' Praise" by Camille Yarbrough is stretched into the primary vocal chorus. The main melody is a piano sample from a JBL test album "Sessions." How did he even find that? Every song samples four to eleven songs, quotes, video games and noises. I don't know if there is any sound entirely original here except in the very creative and original way Cook puts this together. The music itself varies from techno, 80's synth computer pop, club, industrial, big beat and hip hop. The top-end hits are catchy, some of the best of the 90's and the rest was experimental enough for me to keep it interesting and definitely worthy the listen.
Some old classics. But most of the album wasn't great.
I can hear the layering of beats and loops and recognize it’s being done well, but the overall experience is repetitive. Nothing really stands out, it’s just a flat plane of sound. It was a real slog for me.
Unfortunately, I was born in the wrong time and the wrong place to be able to fully experience this music.
Really well done dance mix. Will listen to this again
98 vibe is strong with fatboy slim!
Lots of noises, got sick of it by the end
I wish I could go back to the late 90s and hear this again for the first time. 4/5
Extremely repetitive. I was glad when it was over.
me encanta
i beg you a pardon
this album is abundantly redundant. i suppose it is typical for this genre of music, but it is not for me.
If you like late '90s and early 2000s techno music, this is the album for you. I am fairly indifferent on this but this is, obviously, a prime example of that. So yeah.
Not my thing
Great album.
It's easy to forget how big this album was when it came out. And I think we've all heard some of these tracks so much (Praise You, The Rockafella Skank) that we take them for granted. But this was big and I feel it changed a lot in terms of what sort of music was popular in the UK. At the time of its release the UK album charts included Bewitched, Phil Collins, The Corrs, Ladysmith Blackmambazo, The Beautiful South, Cliff Richard and Boyzone - I shit you not.
I'm only giving it a 3 because I do enjoy the big hits on here to an extent (they could all be shorter) and it's probably important to the genre? I guess?
Muy lindo el punchi punchi, pero ya estoy viejo para darle 5 estrellas
cool undso aber in welcher situation hört man sowas?! 3/10
A compelling showcase of how the electric mainstream worked back in the 90s: thick sounds and spicy tunes at full speed
плясала весь день
Heard before while exercising. The first half is iconic, so many good songs and memories. I love especially the Fucking In Heaven Simons GT Remix!
Yeah speaking of fat people, this really just feels like a slimmed down (ha) version of "The Fat Of The Land" by The Prodigy. Every other Big Beat album pales in comparison to the funny crab album, sorry to say. The most interesting thing about this album is the cover. Who is that man? Is he 15 or 50? Is he still alive? If yes, why didn't he reveal his identity even after Norman Cook wanted to send him money?
Rating: 10/10
Define: Big Beat. This for me is the epitome of 90s dance, along with Prodigy and Chemical Brothers. The whole album is just anthem after anthem. Easy 5
Even if you enjoyed this album, you gotta admit it gets repetitive. The lyrics were never my favorite, with the exception of a few songs, but the music was top-notch. Some songs, however, I genuinely did not enjoy.
There are some fairly strong tracks in here, and they’ll definitely be familiar to anyone who went to a club/movie/party/mall shoe store in the late 90s, but there’s way more middling filler tracks and most of those go on several minutes longer than they should.
Banger
Full of all the “hits” that people will recognise but then ask you to skip after 30 seconds, repetitive soulless junk.
Praise You is perfection. Some of the album tested my patience but most of it is a good time.
Great! Lots of great bangers. Trip/acide house big beats.
It's very much of its time, but at least it defines the era. Praise You and Rockafeller Skank are standouts.
This is another one of those ones I am surprised I didn't own at the time... heard it endlessly andseveral tracks still kick around today, I had the Propellerheads, how did I NOT own this one?
Some albums age like milk. Others, like this one, sound derivative because everyone copied it afterwards. The production is high and the musical ideas are fully fleshed out. Happy I listened. Glad people improved on it over tie.
This album reminds me of Malcolm in the middle and 2001. I had Fatboy Slims Why Try Harder stuck in my car pretty much. Great stuff
I feel like You've Come A Long Way, Baby is music nerd music made by a music nerd. What's better is it makes your butt shake. Can't find fault with it, it does its job well. Unlike Dig Your Own Hole, the other Big Beat record we have reviewed, this one is not fatiguing in the home setting. It feels like an album, I'm not sure if that is because of the interstitial pieces, fades, better programing. I feel like it is a little of all. Like the Chems, Fatboy Slim came up doing dj sets, he applies that knowledge to his first two albums. The Chems never really got that their albums should flow until Surrender, which interestingly enough was after they released a dj style set mixtape (Brothers Gonna Work It Out).
The first two tracks and 'Praise You' were all over the Radio and TV when they were released. ALL OVER. They're not terrible, but I am utterly sick of them now. I have never heard the other tracks on this album. Blimey, 'The Rockafeller Skank' does drag on a bit, doesn't it?! Oh, I remember this one too, terrible. Christ. This one! I remember everything! Did every single song from this record get a release? Perhaps I have secretly listened to this album before? Bored now. 2 / 5 stars.
Love this album. I remember when it came out when I was in middle school -- it still hits. :)
It’s a great Dance Album. But Dance Albums aren’t great to listen to… It’s era defining in its own way - I was just getting into mixing around this time so I’m surprised we didn’t have a copy of this kicking around. I guess I never could really dance to this kind of stuff, so what’s the what’s the point in dance music you can’t dance to? Maybe? I’d love to find out how he made this using 3.5’ floppy disks though!
The question is whether I would turn up—get crunk—raise the roof, dare I say—if this came on in the club. The long answer is I wouldn’t.
I took this way too seriously the first time I listened. It's actually really funny and ironic and I feel like that's the point of his music. Probably wouldn't play it in the club but it helped me whip through 100 pages of my book, so that says something right?
Not quite bad enough for a one but nothing more than a 2.
C- Right Here, Right Now - 2 The Rockefeller Skank - 3 In Heaven - 2 Gangster Trippin’ - 2 Build It Up - Tear It Down - 2 Kalifornia - 1 Soul Surfing - 2 You’re Not from Brighton - 2 Praise You - 4 Love Island - 1 Acid 8000 - 1 Late 90s/Early 2000s teen rom-com's would've been nothing without this album.
Always preferred Fatboy Slim to Moby, but I knew what was on the radio. Listening to the album, it seems like there's a lot of filler (like half of the albums on this list).
Praise You is a banger. Everything else kinda made my ears bleed. I’m sorry Slim, this ain’t it for me.
Super album, super original, l’échantillonnage dans l’tapis, that guy kick ass!
acompañamiento para manejar e ir pensando en la definición canónica de lo que es (o no) música y en lo difícil que es no juzgar
listened
Fun
I'll bet this is great if you're on day three of a mdma bender trying to keep the vibes sailing, but in literally any other scenario this is interminable.
I really, really dislike anything that resembles techno or dance music, but I’ve always liked Fatbot Slim for some reason. Maybe it was the awesome videos of his when I was younger. This album was a fun way to start my morning commute.
I liked this more than I thought I would.
Some absolute classic tracks on this but the other songs really aren't great and drag the album back down to average for me.
Good beats
Listening to a full album of this is wild. It's long a little much, but I enjoyed it.
always cool to see electronic music in its early forms, and I dig the use of samples on this album. some of the songs either don't really work for me or tend to drag on. favorites: the rockefeller skank, praise you
Multiple radio bangers bolstered by a solid rest of the album. All it neede3d was a little Christopher Walken.
The singles from this album are some of my first exposure to electronic music. A ton of great producing of big beat music that has stood the test of time and, imo, a must listen. Would definitely spin this anytime and enjoy it.
Banger of a live show. Extra point for that
Solid background music. This project has me listening and enjoying more electronic music than I would have thought. Overall I enjoyed it, but I think there were some slight misses and the length could have been a little shorter. Favorites: Right Here Right Now, Rockafeller Skank, Fucking in Heaven, Praise You Least Favorites: Acid 8000
Groovy 90's background music but nothing of real substance.
Bin du bon beat electro. C'est ma limite de musique électronique. Juste assez sans que ce soit désagréable. Une couple de gems sur cet album 3-4 toune qui s'écoutent assez bien.
Everybody likes a bit of Fatboy Slim, right? I wouldn’t say I’m familiar with loads of his music, but the stuff they gets played on the radio is usually good fun. I don’t think I’ve listened to this album in full before - or if I have, it was a very long time ago. Songs I already knew: Right Here Right Now, Rockefeller Skank, Fucking In Heaven, Gangster Trippin, Praise You Favourites: Rockafella Skank, Kalifornia I hadn’t realised before listening to this today how despite the music being obviously something intended to dance to, there are enemy’s of surf-rock and maybe even rockabilly at times. It’s an interesting fusion of genres that works very well. There were a few songs that felt more skippable but on the whole I did enjoy this quite a lot. It’s feel-good music with no expectation to follow the lyrics (as there is minimal), so you can easily just relax and enjoy the ride.
Like
ugh
I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one so I was surprised to say the least. Praise You is obviously a classic… not sure that I liked the rest of the album enough to give this one a 4.
day 8. All I knew of Fatboy Slim before this was Rockafeller Skank and that Christopher Walken video for (checks notes) Weapon of Choice. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Could've been cut down for size, but as background music for grind-it-out type work it actually made the hour go by fast. I could see myself coming back to this. 3.5/5 rounded up to 4 faves: Acid 8000; Right Here, Right Now; Praise You
This was one of the first albums I ever got and to me it holds up really well! It also got me introduced to Spike Jones who I think directed the music video for Praise You. This album is one of my all time favorites!
The only thing keeping this from being a one star album is "Rockafeller Skank"
Tiukka meininki! Kyllähän tässä kuuluu se että samplaustekniikka on ollut mitä on mutta hieno meininki. Sillai sopivan yksinkertainen! 4/5
Hyvää settiä, vaikka Fatboy Slim vähän liikaa tuo mieleen EDM:n esiasteen. Ei soundit sinänsä, mutta fiilis.
Samplaus-musan uraanuurtajia tämäkin, tosin ei koskaan omien suosikkien joukossa. Vähän arvon kolmosen ja nelosen välillä, mut nyt jää 3.
It's so easy to get acid, you can get it anywhere.
-sound bite king -90s movie nostalgia -drum n bass vibes
The hits on this are dance records for the ages and still sound terrific. As a fan of big beats I'll always be up for getting down to this. More venues should play this kind of stuff, it's good fun.
This album suffers from having too many overplayed tunes on it, but that's because the tunes are BANGERS and MASH, quicktime ya see. Has funk, has industrial, has some glory samples. What's going on in the background of Praise You is bonkers - bongos, industrial beats, lasers. It's what I imagine kezzle is like. One downfall is the drums, which are pretty much the same all the way through. 4.5 A year after this release Mr Slim played Woodstock and the crowd brought a van onto the dancefloor and set it alight and Fatboy had to escape. I'm not surprised.
Red hot bangers on this one. I did feel some of them got a bit obnoxiously repetitive after a while but still deserving of a big number
3.5/5
Fatboy Slim managed to capture the essence of what was happening amongst electronic music in the late 90s and, in the process, came up with some of the most iconic and enduring songs not only in his catalog but in the genre. You've Come A Long Way, Baby is about an hour of exciting, relentlessly fun album. If you don't make your booty move to this then your booty must be dead. Favorites: Right Here, Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Fuckin'/Illin in Heaven, Gangster Trippin', Kalifornia, Praise You, Love Island, Acid 8000.
i mean it was cool
Really enjoyable listen. Definitely similar vibe to the other trip-hop/plunderphonic type music I've heard from the 90s, though a lot more streamlined and an entirely different focus. This album is absolutely packed with catchy musical ideas, super entertaining chops and samples, and everything I could've wanted from an album like this. The run from Rockafella Stank up through Praise You is just hit after hit, and I was never bored for a second even with the long runtimes on these songs. I do wish it was a bit more experimental in its execution, since none of the ideas were at all mindblowing, just super catchy and fun to listen to. But there's nothing wrong with that!
A ton of fun, with deliciously layered samples and a relentless tempo. Arguably Norman Cook’s crowning achievement.
Stopped listening after track 4. Not my taste; music seems like it's on one continuous loop. Overall rather annoying, will not finish the album.
Heard it before?: a few tracks but first time in entirety Enjoy it?: Yeah was good for most parts and important for genre but a lot felt like long filler Favourite song: Track 1 - Right Here Right Now
The funk soul brother? The funk's so rubber? The funko grubber?
Hauska heh... Ei tämmöinen harmia tee.. Paljon helpompi kuunnella kuin jotain rock paasauksia.. Oikeasti miellyttävää kuunneltavaa kun joskus täällä joutuu hampaat irvessä.. YLLÄPITO SAATANA.. laittaa semmosta paskaa sieltä yläilmakehistä.. Tässä parasta.. Selvästi näkyy mikä vuosi tehty.. hassu heh..
Interesting project, catchy, i'm sure well regarded among Electronica fans, only reason it is not rated higher is because this music simply is not my bag
What an excellent electronic album. I've only heard the name Fatboy Slim and never really knew what music he's made, but this album is incredible. 5/5. Favorite track: The Rockafeller Skank
At least one of these stars is for Angela Bassett
Seriously great
Hmmm. So am familiar with this album, so all a bit meh at first, but by the end I was raving to all the forgotten album tracks. Actual lol at the one where it sounds like it says I am a druggy druggy druggy.
I can handle this in small doses, and only if it can skip past the repetitive bits.
nice
Couple of good parts and a lot of rubbish. Favorite song: Praise You.
Most of that was fun
A perfect example of the genre
Fun listen, funny moments, the way he uses the samples is decent. There seems to be a repetitive nature to his beats and production 6/10
Old man trying to be cool vibes
Why listen to this album when you can just rail cocaine? For real love this album, hype but not unlistenable. It’s 3-4 songs too long
First few tracks sounded very distinct to me, others blended in as it went. Fun and high energy
Can appreciate some of the samples used, but the songs were very long and repetitive. Felt like every song could have been cut in half
Banger, great start
Hell yeah
Awesome album start to finish. Bought on vinyl
legal eletrônico.e pah, mas não é muito de ficar curtindo na baia
Didn’t listen to it, but I didn’t have to. Heard it many times. Solid 5 star for me, lots of really awesome songs. Very 90s defining for me!
What an album! I've listened to most the tracks before. It edges on being just noise sometimes but steers clear into greatness. Love the soul beats, love the scratches and the funk. My only complaint is that it might be a bit too long. The second halft drags on slightly but I would still call it a 5.
Very good
This was truly the sound of my teens. I completely wore this CD out back in the late 90s. Sadly it's showing its age now. Maybe it's because some of these tunes are still so ubiquitous. Still, I guess it's still the most pure embodiment of the genre of big beat. Enjoyed it but didn't blow me away like it did 25 years ago
Part of the soundtrack of life in the late 90s, early 00s. Includes the ubiquitous "Praise You", plus the classic "Right Here Right Now".
i can appreciate fatboy slim's you've come a long way, baby with its creativity and its place on this list. some tracks i enjoyed more than others; i think the ones i didn't enjoy just fell into the category of too weird. electronic music can allow the artist to explore the bounds of music, and i think fatboy slim was able to do so. the album is electronic, but there's a funk or rap feel throughout. he was able to make each song pretty catchy, to boot.
I feel like "Right Here, Right Now" and "The Rockafeller Skank" alone are two songs that most people know from radio, commercials, or various media without even realizing it. Overall, this was a pretty fun listen. I did feel like the music was quite a bit repetitive and looped at times, but given the way this album was created (which I found to be cool), maybe that was the intention. I do like the heavy funk influence across the album. This album kind of feels locked in a small period of time. I don't know of too many artists who dabbled in this sound, and it was ultimately a short-lived time in music.
Not my style 1/5
Been a long time since I listened to this, I forgot how good it is! Obviously, it's best enjoyed in a nite club or something similar, vs on headphones in my home office. But it brought back some nice memories. There are are couple of songs that run a bit too long, and tbh "Soul Surfing" and "You're Not From Brighton" don't do much for me. Other than that though, great album. Weirdly enough, I had Acid 8000 stuck in my head a few days before this popped up, despite not having heard it for years. Maybe I'm psychic!
Well I enjoyed this at the time and got pretty heavily into big beat, though in 2023 I never imagined I would listen to this album again. Obviously it's aged terribly for the most part. There is a reason this album was overflowing the bargain bins of record shops for £1.99 everywhere after a while. Nice to hear Right Here right now and Praise You, the other two singles were hugely overplayed but still good - as is Praise You but is more fun somehow. The rest of this - without exception - is pure filler. Some more egregious than others, Soul Surfing is alright, but that's it. Honestly, absolutely noone needs this in 2023. Will reserve judgement on the other one but honestly, TWO Fatboy Slim albums in this list, with the stuff they've left out? Criminal. Amusingly the book leaves an error in, referencing the sample from the Chambers Brothers - Fried Tomatoes, which doesn't exist. Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes however is a banger.
Rockefeller Skank was a banger in just dance. You won't forget you're listening to Fatboy Slim. 3
I enjoyed more than half of this, which was surprising. However, since it was really long that means I didn't enjoy about 20 minutes of the music. Still worth trying, of course. I don't think I'd normally put anything like this on. More a 3.5 than a 3, but since we don't have that, it gets a 3.
Yes boy! Some sick beats in here. Lovely bass, really working my headphones. A lot of it IS very repetitive, but it's still a head-boppin' good time. What I appreciate about a lot of these songs is that they're a real, real happy time. Standing in the sunshine with friends, pint of cider in your hand, feeling the good vibes kind of songs.
Time and circumstances make this album a hit or miss, but as luck would have it, this review comes on the heels of a day in the office where this energy was apropos. This album, like many in the electronic music genre, makes use of sound effects, loops, tons of repetitive elements that eventually get boring, but Fatboy Slim finds a way to break that monotony of sounds and put out actual songs. This is what separates this album and Fatboy Slim from their electronic contemporaries who either focused solely on dance, or trance. Catchy electronic music that justifies a few minutes of key repetitions is truly an elusive element in that genre, but that's where this album really shines.
Cool sampling, a little bit dated except for when listening in altered states of mind.
Better than I expected but second half especially pretty shite. Love island can get in the bin.
Brilliant production and some classic singles, but so repetitive it makes me want to smash my head through a wall, especially in the second half. 7 minutes of Rockafeller Skank?!
Not my cup of tea.
Epic from start to finish
Right Here Right Now is a five star banger. A true classic. I did like the big beat sound of the late 90s and even though it is somewhat dated, I still enjoy it. You're Not From Brighton is a hidden gem.
That was really good. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this album, but I recognized a lot of the song. Also, I thought the lyrics were, “If this don’t make your booty move, then your booty must be gay”. Their lyrics are fine but I like mine more.
It was a 5 when I heard it as a kid and it’s a 5 now.
Too repetitive and it said the F word a lot in one song.
Soo many hits. This album slaps
Rockafeller Skank is voor mij voor altijd verbonden aan de zomervakantie en Fifa 99 op de PS1 bij de buurjongen. Right Here Right Now en Praise You zijn meesterwerken van bijna buitenaards niveau. De rest van de nummers kende ik niet, maar zijn gewoon prima nummers. De tracks klinken opvallend goed op m'n headset ondanks dat het geen remaster is. Ik ga een misschien iets te makkelijk gegeven 5 uitdelen hiervoor.
Good times.
Mehh, too electronic 66%
too repetitive for my taste
The album was pretty good. I recognized a couple of the songs which i would listen to again.
Good vibes only. Every track is a hit
I think this is a good album when you already know it. It's not a, "I'm gonna go on a long drive and listen to this," but more of a, "This is an album I grew up listening to and have fond memories associated with it." Like I wouldn't choose to listen to it but I'm glad that I did.
Better than I remember, the samples are outatanding
Pioneering but the style wasn’t for me
Owwff, I think this was the first album I ever bought, and I remember liking it back then - but now it's borderline un-listenable for me. The songs just sounded repetitive, and not catchy - which is a shame, as I was looking forward to listening to this.
This is so incredibly late 90's. The songs are way too fucking long. I like it more than the Tina Turner and less than Blondie
Right Here Right Now is a classic. I’m not too into electronic music so take this rating with a grain of salt.
Just no.
Eh
Tunes
Il y a quelque chose d'incantatoire dans la répétition forcenée chez Fatboy Slim. Le montage rythmique est impeccable. J'imagine que c'était audacieux pour l'époque, et ça s'écoute encore très bien aujourd'hui.
Esse som não me atrai muito
I expected to enjoy this one a lot more than I actually did. Every track feels so good... until it doesn't. Norman always seems to take his tracks at least one step too far to be 100% enjoyable. For example, about 4 minutes into "Rockafeller Skank" (arguably the biggest hit on this record), there's a sudden, escalating siren of a saw-wave that's a solid 15 seconds of painful noise. And I'm not sure what the point of that is. Because, ostensibly, this is dance music, right? So why does every track seem to have an extended section of completely undanceable noise? The ONE exception is "Praise You" which is inarguably fantastic. The weird, noisy break on that track is at least short and remains danceable. But, even though "Praise You" is utterly fantastic, it's just not enough to save the album as a whole. I fully expected to give this 5 stars when I hit play but quickly downgraded it to a 4-star rating. By the time it wrapped, I was so annoyed with Mr. Slim's nonsense that I was forced to remove yet another star from the final score. Just... just quit it with the noisy, undanceable nonsense, man.
El sentit de la melodia i la seva creativitat musical ja es van fer ben paleses amb Housemartins. Com si volgués deixar emprempta a cada década amb el so que li correspon als diferents temps, Norman Cook es va treure de la màniga un dels discos més cacarejats a l'época, vitorejat per gairebé tothom. En realitat, viu dels seus millors temes. 'El començament amb 'Right Here Right Now' i 'Rockefeller Skank' és certament espectacular. Però la resta del minutatge perd molta efectivitat, amb moments aquí i allà, com a 'Praise You', on es recupera puntualment
Fundamentals of electronic dance music.
A fun record, but a bit dated I suppose. Having been born in 1994, it gives me a weird sense of nostalgia. I heard the few two songs a lot as a kid. Advances in sampling techniques and digital production mean that, today, this album sounds a bit rigid. It doesn’t help that the songs are so long. It’s a slow burn.
Fantastic dance album
Buena musica para ir empastillao
It's okay but Jesus Christ, the repetition is enough to drive one insane. I'm the kind of guy that, if you tell me that Fatboy Slim is Fucking in Heaven, it might go in one ear and out the other. Tell me a second time and it's still possible I will miss it. Tell me three times and I've got it, no need to belabor the point. Tell me 200 times in a row and it will make my head explode. Literally. I enjoy this in very small doses but that's about it. 2 stars.
I remember when big beat sounds from Britain were hip. The singles, "Right Here Right Now", "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Tripping" and "Praise You" are still cool tracks, even if they obviously sound dated now. Unfortunately, the rest is far less pleasant, often too linear, and even borderline obnoxious in some spots--not *every* repetitive vocal samples out there can work to great effects--even shrewd opportunistic foxes such as Moby or the Chemical Brothers, who used those too, know that (which is why they often shifted gear and went to other places as well if needed). Of course there's a way to compare Fat Boy Slim with those latter artists I've just mentioned to make it work in his favor. One can consider he offered a crazier, tastier meal than them somehow. But he was also much more of a one-trick pony than those other artists were. Besides, you also need to take into account the fact that there's that huge discrepancy between highlights and fillers within his debut album--the sort of awkward discrepancy that makes "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" a somewhat awkward candidate for a list of essential albums imho. Number of albums left to review: 659 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 169 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 81 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 96
Nice to jam out to while at work
Great album, still sounds very modern decades after its release.
Another album I know I've heard a couple songs on the radio. For sure Praise You and maybe Right Here, Right now. But to be honest, I think I change them pretty quickly. Electronic dance music just not for me. Tough for me to listen to a long stretches. This no exception. After this an Zombies, I had to go back and binge on some Prince to get my head straight. If he named the song Rockafeller Skank, Rockafeller Shank, I would have scored higher. But he didn't, so I won't. If I were on acid, I probably would have scored higher, but I'm not, so I won't. This one was tough for me all around......... 1
There's something iconic about Fatboy Slim. I have no idea where I know 'The Rockefeller Skank' from but I immediately recognized it. Really catchy music and beats that kept me on my toes. Between this and Leftism, I think I'm starting to enjoy some electronica. 4
4 Probably not something most people would think I’m into, but as far as big beat and electronica goes, I think Fatboy Slim is the best in the game. His beats are so goddamn epic and catchy, and straight out of the gate this album starts with a strong example of that with Right Here, Right Now. Then, at nearly seven minutes, The Rockafeller Skank seems like the kind of song that would grow annoying quickly, being that’s it basically one line repeated over and over, but the dynamics of the composition are so snappy and interesting that it really doesn’t grow old, to the point where I probably wouldn’t even mind if it went on longer. I don’t think there are a ton of DJs that could pull that off, and he does so successfully a few times here on the album, though also notably on one of my personal favorites of his, Don’t Let the Man Get You Down (not on this album). While not every song reaches the highs of the above mentioned tracks, they’re all still fun and have a good vibe to them, though I do have to praise Praise You in particular for being an absolute 10/10 song and probably the best of his career. If you haven’t seen the Spike Jonze-directed music video, I would recommend giving it a watch. While not a 5/5 album, I do think Fatboy is a 5/5 in the genre, and if you enjoyed anything here I would encourage giving at least the rest of his Greatest Hits a listen.
Ouverture à Right Here right now suivi de Rockafeller Skank.. Ensuite que des sons très scratch qui s'écoutent moyen et puis : Praise you! Stylé.. Love Island aussi pas mal avec le sample de "So Few words"
Why…
Beats, maar toch iets aangenaam om op de achtergrond op te zetten
Dunno
I really enjoyed this. Some cool DJ mixes in here.
2+
A bit dated, but it's chock full of bangers and creative ideas
Iconic
Od svih vrsta elektronike devedesetih big beat je najgore ostario, ali kad slušaš ovaj album koliko je retardirano zabavno. Da pisme su preduge i prerepetativne ali je istodobno urnebesno
This held up really well
decent album all the way through but just some amazing classic songs.
I don’t have Fatboy Slim nostalgia goggles?
Far too long, but at least it's fun
Sometimes an album grows on you the more you listen to it. This is not one of those times.
Very different type of music but enjoyed the energy of the album at the start (got a bit sick of it towards the end as listened to it nonstop). I liked how every song has its own twist on a normal beat, for example in Gangsta trippin there was a part of the song with a Ukulele in the background which I liked. Very electric and high energy album. Would enjoy some of the songs in certain situations but some of them were just not good. 2.5 STARS
Interesting synths and vocals starting in Right Here Right Now, kinda a vibe👌. Okie vibing, just saw a floofer too. Hold up it’s 5 minutes?? Hmmm not vibing at minute 1:50 and so. …it’s good but repetitive. Love the violin parts though. I dig the flow of the music. Resisting the urge to skip the last minute… Rockefeller Skank: had no idea what they were saying, looked at lyrics 😂 Loving the groove of the rythme. Noticing a theme of repetition… okie it’s literally all the same lyrics, imma skip ahead and see if there is a beat change. Interesting shift at minute 4 some matrix stuff. Minute 5: intrusive thoughts be like.
The first song of this album has plagued my time in Fitness World like, “Fortunate Son,” plagued Quagmire in Vietnam. 3/10.
Some soongs were repetitive. Buuuut, biigg butty but it wass a goood vibeeee. Me liki
The electronic style of this album isn’t really my thing but it had a really good energy to it. The Rockafeller Skank is my fav.
1.5 Some of the songs are lowkey and almost a jam. Some gets or are boring. Some of the songs are horrible. Some parts of the songs are really good, some parts of the songs are really bad. Praise you is a fine song. Also his most popular in fact. Not my type of album. To much… techno?
Some great songs from my high school days, but didn’t care for the rest of it.
Really good, worth a relisten
This probably deserves a higher rating but it simply isn't my style of music.
Un bell'effetto nostalgia per quel periodo tra la fine degli anni '90 e l'inizio dei '00 in cui la quasi totalità delle pubblicità usava brani di Fatboy Slim e Moby.
Good album — really brings me back to the late 90s and the music and movie of that time; Oceans 11 comes to mind.
Musica orecchiabile, ascolto piacevole, qualche canzone spettacolare. Canzoni preferite: 1. Rockafeller Skank 2. Right Here Right Now 3. Praise You
Muss man mitnicken.
Pretty good, nostalgic.
Ovo je baš zabavan album sa onim jakim hitovima. Nije za 4, ali je u sredini.
Un nice album d'electro, pas spécialement mon genre mais des bangers quand même.
I don’t feel good and this album gave me a headache but I feel like if I felt good this would be fun and jez me up. So I don’t know what to think, 2.5/5
Listened to this while on a run. Might have gotten a personal best time, might have also pulled a hammy. Fat boy slim giveth the groove, and fat boy slim taketh the groove
this album gives me kids-jumping-around-in-a-bouncy-house vibes. At times the repetition got old but for the most part it was one of the most fun albums I’ve heard so far
Check it out now, the Funk’s lil brother! Check it out now, the funks soul rubber! Right about now the chunk hole snubber! High energy, move that body music. Kinda exhausting after a long day of work, but still got me schmoovin and groovin. 3.5/5
4.4
Hard to refuse a 5 for this one
Good!
Strong work, iconic tunes.
That opening is absolutely iconic - Right Here Right Now with the radio bit at the end into Rockafeller Skank - but overall the album is a bit of a disappointment. I came into it knowing those two plus Gangster Trippin and Praise You, and I don't think there's another song on there that I'll ever actively listen to again. That said, those 4 alone are enough to get this album to a 3, but no higher.
Even though I am not a huge fan of electronic music, I was very much looking forward to this album. I remember his hit songs and the cool music videos when I was younger. However I don't think the music holds up all that well. The samples being repeated over and over and over and over is annoying. I don't think it is quite deserving of a one as I usually reserved those that I had to skip songs or shut off immediately. Barely passing grade.
De bra
Värt att återkomma till
Good album. I had heard a few
Interesting but too repetitive for me, and not in a good way. Too punk for me I guess.
Some classic bangers but also a bit repetitive in places. Would selectively listen again.
terrible
Just pure awesomeness - one of the best albums out there.
This is the kind of music I want to listen to when I haven’t slept in 36 hours and I’m driving 2700 miles on a case of Red Bull….
Has some great tracks that are a lot of fun to listen to, but the repetition can be a little much.
Funky DJ Mashups. Classic 90's hits "Praise You" and "The Rockefeller Skank" are on this album. Rest of the album sounds similar. Good listen overall.
Eh, it’s like Moby on acid
This is great!
This album was everywhere in the late 90s. It sounds quite dated now, but very nostalgic and still a lot of fun. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Praise You Date listened: 10/12/22
So many classics on this album it’s ridiculous
Not an album but rather a collection of repetitive singles and half-cooked club tracks, some of which capture a short moment in music history when Fatboy Slim was relevant. I award this one jump rope. You figure out why. 𓀪
Patchy. Very of the moment. Feels v corporate.
Irriterende med de digitale effektene, spesielt Rockafeller Skank. Både effektene midt i og når den bytter stereoside i begynnelsen. Slitsomt lydbilde generelt, men deler av det var kult.
This is one of those albums that made sense to some people at a certain time. It got huge air play for the couple of catchy songs it has, but overall, the album is boring and the two songs are played out.
I used to think that Fatboy Slim was a joke. Like a prank on orchestrated by Spike Jonze. It wasn't hard to imagine him moonlighting as a half-assed DJ / Producer. The Director has broad endeavors. He was behind Jackass, is silent partner for Girl skateboards, had a major part in the Three Kings film, and was plugged in in to the 90's music scene while making super-creative, award winning music videos. Yeah, I was under the impression that FBS was Spike Jonze who was made terrible music to pair with creative visions for MTV. It seemed totally plausible. I don't think I was the only person to believe this or consider the possibility that our celebrities have alter egos. Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton comes to mind, and later, Andrew WK who was accused of doing something similar. Anyhow, I really dismissed that this was real music created with earnest effort. I think SJ had some great videos, was super talented and very creative. Somehow, it never occurred to me that if SJ had created music, it would've sounded a lot better than this.
I’ve come a long long way since the time in my early college days when I found Fatboy Slim tolerable, or even enjoyable. And yet, I kind of dug this. Parts of it at least. Not just some songs but not others. Rather parts of songs. And not other parts of those same songs. To some extent, “Right Here, Right Now,” “Rockefeller Skank,” and “Praise You” all deserve the hype and airplay they got. But each is also a little too repetitive, wait a bit too long for the break, or promptly return right back to the repetition. I heard DJs use these songs, though, and they’re better when remixed and mixed quickly with other things. And I didn’t know why I knew “Gangster Trippin” until dmo pointed out that it was in the movie “Go,” and that took me back. But really, that says it all about Fatboy Slim - perfect for weird white wanna-be raver kids in search of drugs. Also, “In Heaven” is neither a good song nor something I want to listen to with a car full of middle schoolers.
I’d almost completely written this album off, then Praise You came on and that twang of nostalgia bumped this album up to a 2.
This album spans the generations. It managed to annoy me AND a carpool full of middle schoolers.
This is really a 3.5 but i love the song gangster trippin, which was on the go soundtrack and I just found out was released on my birthday.
In Heaven: I am truly uncertain if Fatboy Slim is enjoying extensive coitus sessions in the afterlife or if he is in a heightened state of euphoria. Yes, I had to look up how to spell coitus correctly. Yes, I guessed correctly the first time. Yes, I’m proud of myself.
Hip hop samples without the hip hop. Not coming back to this.
Fun listen with some absolute fire singles.
It really has some amazing highlights, like "Right Here, Right Now" (especially with video clip) "The Rockafeller Skank," and "Love Island" I know this album well and after absolutely adoring it for quite a few years, I now find this album to be dragging on a bit.
Almost a 5 I guess
Nobody starts a party like Fatboy but you spend almost all this album wanting to play the singles versions as they are much better
1/2
Dated
Never been a fan
This would make me want to riot in a Woodstock 99 airplane hangar too
This was what cool sounded like in the 90s. I can see how if you weren't there you'd think this was lame. But I was there and I think it's awesome.
Nadal nie rozumiem muzyki elektronicznej, dzisiaj trafilo na big beat z drugiego studyjnego albumu pana Fatboya Slima, czyli elektronicznego czlowieka orkiestry z wysp, o ile jakos kojarze sama postac, czy niektore utwory z tej plyty tak nigdy nie sluchalem go wczesniej, nic dziwnego, bo przeciez elektonika z 98, wiec mocno samplowane orkiestrowe skreczowanie i multum dziwnych dzwiekow skompilowane w ponad godzinnym materiale, jesli dwa pierwsze utwory gdzies mi sie obily o uszy, to im dalej w plyte tym bardziej obskurne duze bity sie robily, no moze poza przed ostatnim utworem praise you, ktory rowniez zachacza o mainstream, ale tak czy inaczej odsluch raczej wymeczony, za malo pozytywnych zaskoczen na rzecz katowania dziwnoscia, gdyby jeszcze bardziej basowe to bylo granie, to pomyslalbym ze jestem na totrurach erwinowskich, gdy odpali swoja diabelska muzyke w samochodzie, na plejke elektrykowa dodam otwierajacego right here right now, ktory nie wiem czemu kojarzy mi sie z wczesnym jutubem lub jakimis reklamami
I enjoyed this album. It is classified as bigbeat and the influence of earlier beat driven electronica (like techno or acid house) can be heard. This album fit comfortably into the background, but moments throughout fully captures my attention. Simply put this album has a very infectious groove.
Praise You is fun. There are not many other fun moments.
Fun music but sits a little stagnant for my taste. Broad use of soundscapes and samples used to good effect however, some sounds can't help but come across as a bit goofy at times to my ears (also owes to my unfamiliarity with the genre). Mix is a bit safe at times, but some songs break this trend (Love Island). Some solid grooves, but has a lighthearted and dance-y atmosphere I have trouble connecting with. Not a bad album by any stretch, in fact to my ears pretty effective at what it sets out to be and carries some solid tracks; Just not entirely for me I think. Favorite Tracks: Kalifornia Praise You Acid 8000
As long as you’re not in it for the lyrics…. I do love a lot of these tracks, they’re great to dance to. Yes they’re repetitive but Ravel’s Bolero repeats the same melody 14 times but is still a great piece of music. Listening to the whole album straight off can be a little mind-numbing but there are enough hooks to entice you back in. Could do without the Fucking in Heaven altogether.
I'm gonna pog on you like I should
pretty solid. not what i expected but good
way too repetitive
esencial del Dance music a final de los 90, nunca lo había escuchado pero nada que llame en gran manera mi atención. Prodigy es mil veces mejor que esto.
I didn't knew what to expect from this album, but it is really great. It has a lot of "experimental" sounds that are really good for all the songs. However the middle of the album is very similar, so it could became boring, but even that doesn't mean that all the album is boring. It needs that "something" to be better, but in general is very good
3/10
I don't usually listen to this kind of sample based music, but this album is surprisingly good. Especially the first few tracks pulled me in, but sadly the album loses some of its steam in the second half. Still a worthwhile listen. 3/5
We're Gonna party like it is 1998. An album that just has fun is often all you need
This is not for casual listening or the concert goers... this is dance club / festival music to get people moving around. It typically criticize tunes for having canned beats but tjis is where they belong. Norman Quentin Cook aka Fatboy Slim is a genius electronica dance club DJ and producer. The songs are long but the constant sense of ADHD due to constant introduction of new content while keeping a thread of repeation that would drive you nuts if not distrated by the crowd if out of control dancers. I only counted 102 times the word "f**k!ng" was used in the song "In Heaven"... repeation to the level of uncomfortable but exactly as intended. This is template for anyone wanting to produce dance music... keep them on the floor.
When I saw that this was the album for today I thought that either I was going to be really happy or really disappointed. There was a bit of both. When the first song started I was immediately disappointed because it wasn’t as good as I remembered it being. Rockafeller Skank was as fun as ever. In Heaven repeated fucking about a million times too many. Then came Ganster Trippin. From that song on my sensibilities shifted and I was happy. Except for Kalifornia. That was annoying. The thing that made me happiest was remembering that Norman Cook used to have a group called Beats International and my roommates and I listened to the album (cassette) Let Them Eat Bingo a lot in 1990. It still holds up. I was also thinking about how I say I don’t like jam bands but this seems to be an electronic jam record. And jazz has lots of jamming going on. So I guess I just don’t like the Grateful Dead and Phish.
Got to listen to a couple of songs, but not the whole thing. Gonna be tough again today. Get out and vote!
Area man goes on a murderous rampage after enduring Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long Way, Baby. Is acquitted of all charges.
When I first heard Praise You, it was a vibe I never heard before and I fell in love. Like literally in love because it was the time in my life when I also met my future husband. I still dig that song (and my husband) but some of the tunes got too repetitive even for me. Still it’s a worthy album for this list
Very much of its time, but undeniably some proper bangers in their, including best song Praise You. And Norman Cook was a very nice and patient man when he listened to me going on about Take That and Suede during a drunken night when we were both at Rosie's in Kings Cross.
Fatboy Slim is part of the soundtrack of my high school life, particularly “Praise You” and “Rockefeller Skank”. But as much love as I have for those songs (and later hits like “Weapon of Choice”) it never occurred to me to listen to the whole album? Bless streaming sites. On the topic of YCALWB, I loved every minute of it. The repetitiveness of the whole thing makes it super easy to have on the background while working, but then I pay attention and it makes me smile. Gotta take a look at all the other FBS albums I missed.
Good not great.
Fine, not into this style of music. One track I recognized.
Yes, yes, yes, hell yes. Finally some EDM. I already knew several songs from this album as my brother had this CD growing up, and I know I covertly borrowed it at least once. Forgot all about The Rockefeller Skank so that was a fun surprise.
Buen disco de hip-hop con buenos ritmos y del estilo de la época. Para gente que le guste este estilo.