You've Come a Long Way Baby

4.5

Fun

A solid album although starting to sound a little bit dated.

Pretty damn good even outside of the classics.

I love this album. Still so cool!

Really cool!

No one has made better electronic music that it's actually listenable and enjoyable, not only at rave parties so much as anywhere else, than Fatboy Slim. And this album alone, it's just a pure gem in the uplifting 90's music.

Here we go. This is a formative album for me. It's of the few albums that managed to cut across the divide at school between all the dullard "real music" britpop bores, and the super cool kids like me listening to electronic music. It drips with pop appeal but manages to keep a pretty cool edge. Album opener Right Here Right Now, sampling the wonderful Angela Bassett from the film Strange Days is an absolute powerhouse of a tune. Big lush and emotive. I remember being blown away hearing this on a mixtape for the first time. It doesn't quite tingle the spine as much today but it's a fine track. Rockafella Skank is amazing, it epitomises the bright and breezy pop appeal of the album. In a sea of po faced indy wankers it's not hard to see why tracks like this stood out. Fucking In Heaven at first glance feels like a bit of filler but I ended up loving the funky breaks thing going on here. It stands up better than some of the more overt big beat tracks like Build it Up Tear It Down. Big beat was a light that burned so very bright but for a very short period of time, so sounds very much of they're time. Gangster Tripping sandwiched between those two is another that was hammered on the radio. This really is a rare album for me. One that I both hold in fond regard personally and one where many of the singles were widely popular. You'd hear this wafting out of car windows, playing in shops or whatever. Kinda makes me wish I enjoyed more popular music. Or at least that the music I like was more popular. Anyway, as we get into the second half of the album there's still plenty to enjoy. Kalifornia is another nice breakbeat number, bringing in daftpunkesque vocoder type voice. I don't remember the breaks tracks being as strong as this. Soul Surfing was always a favourite, he used to chop this into his DJ sets, possibly works better as a DJ tool than an album track, but meh, it's still fun. But the time we get to You're Not From Brighton though it's feeling like it needs a bit of a change up. Which happily is delivered with the album's most successful single, the (amongst others) Camille Yarbrough sampling Praise You. Fatboy Slim always seems to work best when things seem at their most simple. Catchy vocal sample, breakbeat, bang. He's got a tremendous ear for it, as seen with his ace renegade master. Love Island brings a bit of of an urgency, with some driving beats as we get to the end of the album. This is more club gear really but it still fits pretty nicely here. Acid 8000 brings things to a bit bombastic squelchy end. These are not the cross over tracks, but they show off Cook's club chops. He could still get the cooler dancefloors jamming .I saw him play Back2Basics a few years after this and it was absolutely mega. He probably gets a bit of stick for being the first pop crossover DJ, but he's done it better than most.

4.5

Such a throwback!

Good memories

4/5

shockingly good the middle gets slow but there are a lot of bangers to go around 4.5

Not my normal music but pleasantly surprised.

Difficult to rate as I loved this album when it came out, listening to it now it's everything I hate about mainstream dance, but it does have some genuinely great hooks in there. could give it any score based on how I feel that day. 4 seems generous but fair

Bijzonder rap genre. goed gedaan en ik kan het waarderen maar niet zoveel als eerst.

90's Big Beat what's not to like about this Album, the mixture of humour and serious point making continues to make this relevant 23 years later. But the reality is you can't separate the music from the videos really. "Rockafella Skank" and "Praise You" are stand outs for me. Just love his inventiveness and his cheeky British lad like humour. "Right Here, Right Now" rightfully a classic in it's own right. Good Stuff all round.

Honestly, this album was more consistently good than I thought it was going to be. It's got a distinctive style, but manages to pack a lot of different moods into the album 4/5

Good stuff. My only criticism is that the tracks are each just a little too long, but that's pretty minor and probably just a side effect of the genre

Dope beatz

All bangers

Super fun!

This is better than the last FBS album. The question is whether it's enough to get it a higher rating. I think it is and I also like the cover. 

When FBS spun the first 2 tracks of this LP at the Olympic Games closing ceremony in London, I got a better idea of how popular and influential he was/is. His ability to construct catchy, surfy tracks using obscure samples is amazing. He still enjoys assaulting your ears a little too much with noise and repetition for my liking, otherwise it would be a 5 for me – that and the fact that the original of Praise You is superior to his bland remix. My CD had the record library cover but I love this original (UK) album cover from the fat people’s festival – the cigarette is a nice touch!

Took me back….

That cover photo is taken from Fat Peoples Festival, in Danville 1983, and the guy is still not identified. But was there ever a festival like that? Rabbit hole warning! https://www.reddit.com/r/nonmurdermysteries/comments/lw1wlj/the_identity_of_the_man_on_fatboy_slims_album/ And the the songs are great too! Best: Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Praise You.

Was one of my favourite albums growing up, and whilst it has lost some of its edge for me, and I can see maybe some flaws that I didn't when younger, I still think it has great energy and gets me wanting to dance and have fun.

kind of cool to listen to it with headphones. I feel like it changes the experience to a more active one.

I know what Fatboy Slim is!

Good album, listened to many times.

A classic

Never listened to an electronic album before, so I was skeptical but became pleasantly surprised. Each song is long, and you'd think it would be repetitive, but there's enough variation to keep you interested. The best example is The Rockafeller Skank which is just a single line repeated over 7 minutes, but Fatboy Slim's experimental movements are almost classical. With the exception of "Praise You", I did feel the second side was weaker in the first, but you can tell Fatboy Slim is having fun.

Pretty good, I did enjoy it a lot but to me in some ways it hadn't aged well. Still a few bangers though.

wow

A really good album some great songs on the album contains songs that I would listen to again and again 4/5

"Right Here, Right Now" is good, I like the violins they incorporated. Hey I know "The Rockafeller Skank" "In Heaven" has a good beat, but not in love with the lyrics. "Ganster Trippin" has a good beat. Not much to the lyrics. I'm finding the album has good beats but no substance to the lyrics. "Build It Up, Tear It Down" is good to work to. "Kalifornia" is a bop. "Soul Surfing" hey, some lyrics! Sort of. "You're Not From Brighton" I was bopping but didn't listen cuz work. "Praise You" hey I know this one too! "Love Island" is the only one that doesn't really seem to fit with the rest. "Acid 8000" ok this one doesn't fit quite with the rest either but I like the techno. Overall I like the album. It doesn't have much in the way of lyrics but it's easy to work to.

Ground-smashing.

Qué disco más guapo de electrónica. Praise You me la pongo en bucle, pero además tiene las icónicas Right Here Right Now y Rockafeller Skank. Un gustazo.

Great album. Still makes your feet wanna move. One star off for 'Fucking In Heaven'. That one is annoying.

Massive break beats, very accessible electronic music fused with soul and funk, mostly. Great running soundtracks.

Super fun stuff. Could have been a 5, but a little bit of bloat just holds it back.

Big beats are the best beats. Get high all the time. Best Tracks: Right Here Right Now, Rockafeller Skank, Praise You

Unreal

Pelkästään Right Here Right Now'sta ja Rockafeller Skankin nostamista fiiliksistä voisi Pläskipoika Hoikkikselle antaa vitosen. Rockafeller Skank on syöpynyt jonnekin syvälle, koska se oli pleikkarilla FIFA99:n introssa... Right about now, the funk soul brother, check it out now, .... Loppulevyä en Praise You biisiä lukuunottamatta ollut kuullut, eikä levyn muut biisit nyt mitään erityisen sykähdyttäviä olleet. Tai sitten en vaan päässyt yli tymäkän alun nostamasta fiiliksestä. Kuitenkin pelkästään juuri tästä levyn aloituksen ansiosta hyvällä omalla tunnolla perusvahva nelonen (5,8%).

Jaaa, coole plaat!

Voor het eerst eens helemaal en op koptelefoon geluisterd. Wat een geweldenaar! Nothing but hits en supercatchy.

Ik werd hier wel weer vrolijk van, om deze weer eens helemaal gedraaid te hebben. Erg aanstekelijk en catchy nummers.

Een 4, maar met de kanttekening dat er ook wat mindere goden op deze plaat staan. Maar over all is dit natuurlijk fijn.

Classic Norman

A classic. I love The Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, and Soul Surfing. I wouldn't just listen to the album probably, but it's great party music.

Very good, great flow. Songs were a bit long, but all bangers. Obvi faves were the hits, but You're not from Brighton was a happy surprise :)

Nice!

Always liked this album, but the Chemical Brother's Dig Your Own Hole is probably my fave big beat album from the late 90's.

Real dancey upbeat bops, while the middle blends together a bit the high points outweigh the lows

Bon album techno j’aivraiment aime hehe 4.25*

Nice

Spent a lot of time with this one many years ago. Love the energy

Just really good electro-dancepop that is chock full of earworms and bangers. If I would consider the transcendent music videos, if give it another star.

Fatboy slim is so fun. RHRN, Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Tripin, Praise You, etc.

"The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You" were the two songs I knew. I heard "Praise You" recently on the radio and didn't know it was FBS and thought it was a new artist, so I think a lot of this has aged well. I especially like the stutter-vocals on Praise You that keeps going for a long time, a technique I am surprised to not hear more often in music honestly. There is a playfulness in the tracks that I really appreciate, it's just fun music but also the breakbeats and DJ-style mixing adds a depth to it. There are some somewhat cheesy 90s sounding acid-techno style squelching synths that feel a bit dated, but this was the 90s. The deluxe edition is a bit too long though, I'd cut it down in half personally. But, that original length album exists, so that's the one I'd listen to as a first time listener. Still really hard for me to rate. It's a 3.5 in terms of enjoyment, but I will round up to 4.

Very nostalgic album for me. Good to listen to in full. I may come back to it at some point.

Could use a party right about now...

Big beats and big boys. Liked more than I thought I would

Recognized a lot of these songs. Would listen again

Check it out now, the funk soul brotha.

Good tunes.

All these songs are good but you hear it all in the first 60-90 seconds and then it just keeps going. Undoubtedly good but every song that's sampled fat boy slim is better than the original.

Surprisingly, I remembered almost all the songs on 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby'. I didn't remember how annoying some of them are, though. The hit songs are excellent, but you get the best experience by watching the music videos.

En trea för nostalgin

This was a giant shot of nostalgia hearing Praise You and Rockefeller Skank were fun to hear again. There were cool moments on the rest of the record as well, but this music is also very very repetitive.

Not that far though

don’t remember this being worthy of this list. we’ll find out tomorrow. alright, it's still quite good. it's not gonna make it back into my listening rotation, but it's a solid album

I know this album very well through my dad’s car cd collection. We’d always ask to skip to song 9 and sing it on the way to my nans. It then moved into the big drawers in the dining room to be sold. It was really nice to hear this again. This album feels of its time which I think when it first came out made a big impact on commercial dance music. I think which is why now it doesn’t sound as great. It’s definitely stamped in my brain but think my nostalgia overrides its actual sound. I think it’s interesting at points. I enjoyed love island and it’s not one i remember.

I haven’t heard this in awhile. It kinda stands the test of time. Still reminds me a lot of the 90s, his songs seemed ubiquitous back then.

The three most famous songs from Fatboy Slim. Every single song is very repetitive though. I wonder why it is still iconic

The songs are so nostalgic but fucking repetitive

Very repetative

Riktigt bra när det är som bäst, men andra delar gillade jag inte alls.

A mixed bag. There are some great songs here, ‘Right Here, Right Now’ one every sports fan has heard before a big moment, and it’s joined in the early stages by the very good, if more teasing than tense, Rockefeller Shank and Gangster Tripping. My highlight comes in Praise You, a real listenable classic. However, the formula of Fatboy Slim of basically one sample and beat for the whole song really does grate on less good tracks where the concept is less interesting. Probably more of a singles act.

Surely one of the biggest electronic albums of the 90s (possibly ever?). The three famous hits are also the three best tracks: ‘Right Here, Right Now’, ‘The Rockefeller Skank’ and ‘Praise You’. I generally enjoyed the big beat sound, the choice of samples, and the fact that most tracks have really fun, catchy grooves. Early on I was really digging it, but unfortunately, pretty much every song is very repetitive, and most of them could have stood to be quite a bit shorter too. This did somewhat dampen my enthusiasm by the end. Still, it’s a very strong 3 stars.

I was big into mainstream big beat stuff like this in the late 90's - I remember buying this CD but never really clicking with it. I think a lot of the beats are kind of fun for a second but with a couple of exceptions (just the singles, probably), most of the ideas here don't justify the length of the songs. It's not bad by any means; even as of-its-time as this is, it's still enjoyable enough for the most part.

I really like when hip-hop/electronic albums have very playfully repetitive sounding vocal snippets that create a sort of counter-rhythm, really well mixed drums, the only thing that brings this album down for me is the overly candy coated horn and bass samples from soul/rnb songs that make it sound like something out of diners dine in and drives or whatever it's called, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. - guy feirie (jk)

Känns som en bättre skiva än Better Living.... Men det är lite lika med loopar och upprepningar. Ingen skiva man spelar till frukost. Praise You bäst. 2,5 av 5 så jag avrundar uppåt till 3.

Love it

The hits and some others had me bobbing my head and having a little 90s nostalgia. There were some mundane stretches, though. Album could have been a third shorter and still done its job.

this is fuuuun

Pretty cool. Would be a great work album. A little long. Lots of record scratches

it's like im channel surfing but in a not bad way

Ritmos infecciosos, rápidos y frescos. Sentó las bases de un género y su influencia es innegable. Pero en algunas ocasiones se me ha hecho repetitivo.

An iconic British album which I don’t think I’ve ever listened to before. I was never into Mr Cook’s alter ego and outside the obvious hits this did little to convince me that I missed much. Dance you can’t dance to.

This album is fine. A few songs are good. They are all catchy but some I'd rather not listen to for more than 2 minutes.

For the most part I really enjoyed this but two things kept me from giving it 4 stars - the excessive length of each track and of course “Heaven” which was just juvenile and idiotic. Really enjoyed Kaliforina in particular.

Good for a dance party

There is nothing too spectacular here outside of the three hits, which are all classic 90s big beat bangers. Alright stuff. 6/10

Daft Punk this is not, it is certainly fun though.

Wasn't really in the mood for this when I listened, but it's fine I suppose.

I already liked a few songs on this one but even those go on a bit too long

A classic at the end of the Millenia. This thing was everywhere... and then it wasn't. Still a good album though.

mid 3.5. Algumas músicas boas mas é repetitivo como álbum.

It's alright, outside of the singles It's pretty repetetive and kind of boring in parts

The album contains a couple of absolute bangers. Great music videos too. It was the music I danced to in the late nineties. I never listened to the entire album though, so I was pretty stoked. Listening left me underwhelmed. The tracks I didn’t know all sounded a bit the same. The setting was probably not right. This is music to be listened to by young people in a club. Not by a middle aged dude with earphones in on his lunchbreak walk. I’ve come a long way, but I feel like I’ve gotten nowhere

A much better FBS album than the other one on the list. Also aged better than I expected - it remains a very creative electro record with infectious beats and fun samples. A bit uneven, however (and that was already my opinion when it came out). First two tracks are absolute classics, but the remainder of the album feels less compelling, and kind of too long for its own good. Would probably sound better on a dancefloor and / or with chemical help. I can still enjoy it as a one-time listen, but it's certainly not something I'd play at home. 5/10

As huge as the guy on the cover back then, with four or five singles on constant rotation, this album ruled the big beat scene alongside The Fat of the Land and Dig Your Own Hole, both released just before it. It definitely brings back memories, but I much prefer those two last records. This one is a bit boring to sit through. Yet, it’s never really unpleasant and it belongs to a period of electronic music that I really like.

Really wish there was more manipulation to some of the vocal samples throughout because they really start to wear on me after hearing them as is 50 times in a row. Thankfully everything else rules

some james on here but also annoying

⭐⭐⭐ Blev lite glad när jag såg att detta albummet kom upp då det väcker en del minnen från när jag var ung. Hit-spåren är engagerande och fortfrande och riktigt bra väcker dessutom minnen då man satt och kollade på musikvideos på MTV. Som album så är det lite för mycket mellanspår för att jag ska vara taggad att lyssn på det i sin helhet. Det får bli en 3a. Bäst är Right here right now, The Rockefellar skank, Gangster trippin, Praise you

Electronic music for people who don't like electronic music. Extra star for Praise You.

The Rockafeller Skank was an earworm I remember from the 90s. Just about every track on this album gets you moving a little, and I imagine in a large crowd with the volume at 11, watching Fatboy Slim doing his thing, you could really get into this. Popping in earbuds and listening to it during the workday, it's just numbingly repetitive.

That was not at all what I expected. It was pretty good but way too long.

3.2/5 - Generally pretty good. Would not listen to in my own time, but definitely suitable party music for an evening BBQ in the summer.

1. Fajny początek to oh oh, skoczne szybkie, nie no te przerywniki super, brzmią trochę jak muzyka filmowa nawet momentami 8/10 2. Fajne przejście z pierwszej nuty, coś co usłyszysz na plaży, ok zmiana bitu na coś cięższego, przyspiesza ok to było spoko i powrót do początku 6,5/10 3. Powiedziałbym że oldschool, głupkowate ale brzmi nieźle 6,5/10 4. Niby gangster ale trochę taki ice cubowe bym powiedział, fajny ten co śpiewa 7,5/10 5. Do rozgrzania sceny takie, build up w drugiej połowie fajny 7,5/10 6. No takie mocno narkotykowe, słychać crazy froga, za długie imo 6/10 7. Funky trochę, brzmi spoko ale nie czuć tego 6,5/10 8. Niby ładnie skomponowane ale coś jest nie tak 5/10 9. Pianinko, spokojniejsze ale główna linia melodyczna szybsza 7/10 10. Co do tego basu nie przekonany 6/10 11. No jest kwasowe, zabawny tekst 7,5/10 Album 6,73/10

While the world is certainly a better place for having Norman Cook in it, and this IS an undeniably fun record, it does feel like a bit of a one trick pony. It launches into its stride immediately and doesn't really change gear throughout. It's fun, bouncy, dance music from the 90s that sits nicely alongside all the other fun, bouncy dance music from the 90s. I listened to the whole thing, but I probably didn't really need to.

Too fat

Fatboy Slim is so good at his job. Maybe I’m just a product of the 90s but the big beat just makes me want to move. On the other hand, a little bit goes a long way. A whole album starts to drag with its repetition. One song, though, is *chef’s kiss*.

I enjoyed this album

This was very dance-able! I found myself involuntarily bopping my head to the beat a few times. All in all, a solid electronica album, even if a lot of it was pretty monotonous and would've benefited from some trimming (especially the first two songs as well as the last one).

Too tired. Not inspired. It's fine

Not bad, but very repetitive. Not sure I liked every song but there were a few bangers from my childhood

FIFA !

Gets a bit repetitive and it's quite a long. Still good music. 3/5

5.5/10

Portada durísima, electrónica full noventera, canciones que podrían estar en el FIFA y cositas que creo que influenciarían más a delante a grupos como Kasabian y toda esa ola de indie rock británica. Las cuatro primeras canciones me han molado mucho, las siguientes 4 han pasado como música de fondo durante 20 minutos y las últimas tres han vuelto a mejorar un poco, sobretodo Praise You. En definitiva, buen disco, para la lista del gimnasio directo.

Vaaaale mejoramos. Una pena las dos últimas que me han gustado cero y dejan un sabor de boca regular. Algo machacón a ratos, pero en general ha estado guay. Creo que solo conocía The rockafeller shanck, así que me ha gustado escuchar el disco entero. Me guardo Soul surfing, me ha parecido la mejorr.

Big beats are the best, get high all the time. Trimmed a bit, could be such a tight album

Screaming and crying begging for the radio edits 3

Extremely fun record to listen to, just lacking in memorability for me. 3/5

Lot more breakbeats and genres than just pure house record. Love seeing him live and love the various sounds in this overall but not my favorite record front to back

- Uh it's chill ig haven't listened to stuff like this - Some songs were lit - Also I was cutting my hair

Goofy record. Fun first half, back half falls off a cliff. Standouts: Build It Up - Tear It Down

sample de niño gordo flaco de wos !!!!!!!! el album meh 6/10

Definitely very dated. A few bangers tho.

crazy sound

i have my favorites off this album but by the end of it i realized how most of the songs couldve been cut short to half their length it became very monotonous but still fun to jam to

Sample based big beat music. Coachella-core. Music that is fun if you just want to dance. You’re not pouring a finger of scotch and putting this on the hi-fi for an evening of active listening.

It’s good. A bit high energy for my boring ass self

At times 'You've Come a Long Way Baby' is both Infectious and inventive, featuring impressive four and five-star hooks but those hooks unfortunately outstay their welcome across repetitive, overly long tracks. While this approach works to some degree - offering a fun, engaging listen if you are in the right mood - some pruning was definitely needed on what becomes an unduly long 58-minute record. For this reason, while individual elements certainly deserve a four- or five-star ratings, as a complete album it achieves three stars 1 "Right Here, Right Now" (3/5) 2 "The Rockafeller Skank" (4/5) 3 "Fucking in Heaven" (2/5) 4 "Gangster Tripping" (3/5) 5 "Build It Up – Tear It Down" (2/5) 6 "Kalifornia" (2/5) 7 "Soul Surfing" (2/5) 8 "You're Not from Brighton" (3/5) 9 "Praise You" (5/5) 10 "Love Island" (3/5) 11 "Acid 8000" (2/5) Total - 31 Average - 2.8 362/1001 192/362 albums reviewed were new to me.

Not my genre of choice but good for what it is.

Some good tracks and some boring tracks.

i initially wasn't expecting to like this album very much, but the first couple songs definitely changed my mind. right here, right now was cool but the couple songs after that were awesome. usually i'm not a fan of repetitive lines or sounds, but i think when it's done right it can sound nice. a few songs also reminded me of tv girl which was cool. that being said, after around the halfway point i started getting lost in the repetitiveness a little and it was harder to pay attention, so that bumped my overall rating down a bit. favorite tracks: fucking in heaven, gangster trippin

Some great numbers on this album, some not so great

Massive album back in the day and it doesn't sound dated at all to me. The singles are great but the rest of the album is so-so.

Fun album Right here, Right now is great

The album starts off with a bunch of bangers that highlight how exciting Fatboy Slim seemed for at the time of this 1998 release. Maybe he was not groundbreaking for those initiated with electronic music and triphop, but his drum heavy, amphetamined and amplified beats made for some slamming tracks. The first two songs, “Right Here, Right Now” and “Rockafella Skank” both blaze as do later tracks like “Soul Surfing.” God knows what the BPM are on these songs, they certainly would wear out those on the dance floor. The problem comes when Fatboy Slim adds anything else to the music. The raps/chants that accompany the beats are annoying, and juvenile. This is not music for the sophisticated as it veers towards frat bro shouting complete with fist pumps rather than the open embrace of clubs. The exception, of course, is “Praise You”, whose organ riff and soft vocals in the chorus come close to the gospel vibe that Fatboy Slim seemed to be striving to achieve. I cannot say this album aged poorly as it always sounded fun, but puerile, to me.

Decent but didn't love it

The criticism that this is repetitive is true. If this album was cut by about a third it would be better. Still not a bad album though

Leans a little too much on the same basic idea, but enjoyable nonetheless

danse danse danse het is wel funny.. beetje repetitief

I realised, as soon as I saw the album cover, that I listened to this album a lot in my younger years, either at a sleepover with one of my old school buddies, playing video games in the afternoon, car trips with my parents on my ipod... but I haven't listened again since that time, some 20 years ago now. Boy, how time flies. Will be interesting to see if I still like any of this. "Right Here, Right Now" is still a classic, with it's epic strings and big beats, layered with the two contrasting vocals. It became the anthem of summer endings and has been sampled and remixed countless times now. It's important for me to note that it seems Nostalgia is playing a big factor here, so this review is probably not going to be useful to anyone who doesn't feel that same throwback to a time where you were becoming an adult and every experience, banal or otherwise, felt intense. "Rockafeller Skank" I found more irritating than I once did, with the high pitched electric buzz before the beat switch up just annoying me and all the repetition being sped up; the latter half of the song just ruins the rest of it's iconic vocal sample and beat/guitar mix. "Fucking In Heaven", for all it's creative mashing of it's samples, was also just irritating due to the lyrical repetition. Even in the sections without it (which isn't often) it just sorta snakes along in a generic mash of hip-hop sounds. The beats, echoing vocal sample and the trumpets combined in "Gangsta Trippin'" are still incredible for me; this is nostalgia in overdrive. The muffled vocal fading into clarity is still super cool, followed by the bubbly beat and recording scratching; just lots of cool sounds in a better arrangement. Still, it's the trumpet that really sells it for me. "Build It Up Tear It Down" I don't remember as much, that it comes off for me as a mix of Crash Bandicoot soundtracks and SFX. It was interesting, but not exactly enjoyable. "Kalifornia" with it's grimey beat and shrill beats reminds me of another video game I loved as a kid and, again, I wonder if this is carrying my enjoyability of the song (that being Jet Set Radio Future). Lot's of similar sounds here (especially at 2:37). Unfortunately, another one where he just went way over the top with that vocal sample to the point it became annoying. As the album goes on, the more I think it's my age (or exposure to much more music?) that's pushing me away from this type of music that I so adored when I was younger. "Soul Surfin'" was another I found insufferable, but for some reason I really enjoyed "You're Not From Brighton". This is possibly because the vocal sample used is more satisfying in general, so repetition of it works just fine here. Just like Right Here Right Now, "Praise You" became a iconic for having memorable piano chords surrounded by well arranged beats and a satisfying and memorable vocal sample. Along with the Flash Mob music video being a completely new thing in the 90s too, it is a staple of the 90s zeitgeist for good reason. "Love Island", I did not realise, is what played in one of the most hilarious scenes in 'Kevin and Perry Go Large'; instant nostalgia, but also chuffed that I actually manage to find what the song is. The dark beat on this one is insane and I can't help but love it. "Acid 8000" was enjoyable in places, but outstayed it's welcome some 3-4 minutes after the fact. Strange way to end the album; Personally, I think it would been better to end on high with "Praise You" instead. I enjoyed this one far less than I used to. Seems even nostalgia can't rescue absolutely everything. That said, there is still stuff in here that I am glad I found again. It is still fun, regardless.

I always feel like I would like the dance albums more if I was listening when they came out. It's just not the right experience to listen to this at work. I feel like this is the type of CD that should be stuck in a CD player in 1999, and you listen on repeat. But, alas, I didnt experience it that way. Still, a good listen. Liked it more than I thought I would.

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This is the first album on the list that came out in my living memory. While I never listened to the album in full I clearly remember it's two hits praise you and funk soul brother. In 1998 sounded so current to the point that it felt futuristic. I remember feeling like this is what all music would sound like in the 2000s. I think it's hits are my favorite songs from the album but it was a fun listen over all. In the intro to funk soul brother a voice says fat boy slim is the band of the 90s and idk if that's true but the band of 1998 maybe lol.

Had some pretty iconic songs, but was a bit out there

6/10 Sounded nice and all but the songs getting repetitive after a few min

I’m not a fan of these instrumental electronic albums or any instrumental albums in general and it seems like either this list has too many of them or I’m just generating them way too often. 6/10

Praise You is the obvious standout of the album, and the rest isn’t bad at all.

Early 2000 vibes that peaked

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Not really my bag, but definitely some classic tunes in here.

A common issue I have with this type of music is the songs are good for about a minute but the simplified unceasing repetition gets old real fast.

Right here right now is such a cool opener to this album. I didn’t know what to expect at all going into this but I can vibe with this. Rockafellar skank was also a bop, but it got very repetitive for me very quickly. In heaven was just plain bad. It felt like it went on for so much longer than 4 minutes. At least gangster trippin was back to having a bit of a better flow and some more ideas, including the horns. It was still very repetitive and got old fast though. Build it up, tear it down, again. Super fun music, but it just doesn’t keep my attention. Kalifornia was super grating, I hated it. I don’t really have much to say about Soul surfing or You’re not from Brighton. Again, alright music but super repetitive (kind of like how I’m being now). Praise you was slightly better. Still some similar complaints but this one at least had some different sounds. Love island had some great sounds to it, and Acid 8000 definitely wasn’t bad. 3/5 ⭐️ 151/1089

Yeah, there are tracks here that everyone has heard at least once in their life. They’re definitely cool, but listening to the whole 6 minutes of them gets boring. Just like listening to the whole album in one go.

I liked it more than I expected

I think I’ll stick to the few popular songs by Fatboy Slim that I know! Not a fan of this album personally overall

And I’m back again! Sorry it’s been so long since my last review, but now that it’s summer I’ll have a lot more time to review albums. But enough of that, what about the album? Honestly, I thought that this Fatboy Slim album was a pretty good showing of his talents as a DJ. Songs like Right Here, Right Now, and Praise You, which are my two standout songs the album, incorporate interesting samples along with the album’s electronic elements. The use of these samples to impact the feel of a song instead of making it feel like just a song to mindlessly jam out to in a club was a pleasant surprise. However, there are still some club jams on the album, such as Rockafeller Skank and Gangster Trippin’ which are two of the hip hop/dance influenced tracks on the album. However, some songs do stretch on longer than they should, such as Build It Up, Tear It Down, and Acid 8000, which stretch in for 5 and 7 minutes respectively, but don’t feel like they use that time for much other than repetitions. The middle of the album is kind of a slump as well. But, these low points do not detract from an otherwise impressive album, I’d give this album a high 3, low 4. But you also have to remember, if this don’t make your booty move, your booty must be dead.

Super groovy and danceable, everything on here sounds like it should soundtrack a late 90's/early 2000's montage. I wish each track was trimmed by about 1-2 minutes in length. Strong 7/10

"right about now, the funk soul brother" - this is in the album to give me a reminder of the kind of music. It's like electronic music that feels big band, upbeat, and fast pace. A lot of it is just fun beats with phrases repeated over and over again. It's fun but not something I could listen to over and over.

Very on theme for the Era of release...some solid tracks

Big beat Right here right now The rockefeller skank

has some bangin moments

Great artwork but not my cup of tea, the last song is fucking peak

Fine

The first half of this album is brilliant, but second half ventures into territory I don't really enjoy as much.

Better as background music than stuff you listen to actively. Still pretty fun though Favorite Song: Praise You

I like some of Fatboy Slim's work, but it's clearly a couple of steps below the best artists in the genre. The build-up in a lot of these tracks feels really unimaginative, which is sad because the hooks often show promise. The second half of the album thankfully shows some improvement in this regard. Overall, though, I think this album could've ended up much better than it is with just a couple of adjustements. Favourite track: Soul Surfing

3,2/5

AIDS

3.0 - Ok

Quite loud, what is the content or meaning? Sounds relatively uniform within itself

Another album that is undeniably influential but I wouldn’t quite place in the top 1001. This is kind of a “you had to be there” album.

Pretty fun ride. This is not a genre I listen to much, but as young adult in the 90s, I had definitely heard the hits. There is plenty of stuff to listen to beyond the singles but I have a dance music ceiling, I guess.

There's a handful of standout tracks that hold up: Right Here, Right Now; The Rockafellar Skank; Gangster Tripping; Praise You. The only song that really grinds this down is In Heaven, and that's more from the repetition and abrasive choices overwhelming the idea of the song. Not really my go-to genre, and I never need to hear Praise You again after years of it, but this is still danceable, fun, and is definitively 90's. Adding up all the songs, this rates at a 3.75 for for me, but I'm rounding down instead of up because I can't get enthused about Rockafeller Skank and Praise You anymore from overexposure. I can, however, keep Gangster Tripping around, cuz that shit still works.

A couple of timeless pieces in here, beyond those, I think this album has a time and place, for which it would hit, but not an everyday album for me

as fun as it was in 1998/1999. dark basement party dancing vibes.

At times I could have given this a 5, at other times a lowly 1. It Is creative. It Is infectious. And it certainly is a 'time capsule' of the late 90s. But it's also repetitive, sometimes grating and designed solely for late night dancing, not for a wet Friday morning on the way to work. Big, Obnoxious Brighton Beats. I found it interesting that upon release in North America, they changed the cover to avoid any issues around fat-shaming and links between obesity and tobacco. I suppose if it had been a gun he was holding it would have been fine.

So nice and groovy but I'm getting somehow bored during Fatboys albums. Throughout small boredom stays on really good side. I need to listen this again

#389 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ (some of it is familiar) Revisit? ❌ I've heard tracks off this one, plus off his first release. I was quite doubtful since usually UK club sound is not to my liking. Surprisingly I do like the groove, I've also just learned this is called the Big Beat sound, I feel like this is missing the thin drugged out breakbeat shite that I mostly associate with the early to mid 90's UK sound. It's also quite impressive that it's been done with Atari ST! Well, the sound capabilities of IBM clones weren't that amazing, from what I can remember playing with trackers, DirectSound was just becoming a thing, SoundBlaster and Turtle Beach were the shit... ah yeah, DAWs were just becoming a thing in 1998! Anyway and all that reminiscing aside, I liked it way more that I was expecting to! Very strong 3, tipping into 4/5

Ja ne znam kako album s ovolikim bangerima može ispasti ovako mučan za preslušati, valjda jer svaka pjesma traje koju minutu više nego što je potrebno. A i zato što su samo ti bangeri dobre pjesme. Gangster Trippin moj #1 zauvijek.

Infectious grooves that can be repetitively annoying

The hit songs are classic, the filler is repetitive. I know Fatboy Slim was on the forefront of this electronic wave stuff becoming mainstream.

The three singles (Praise You, Right Here Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank) are definite highlights of the album. The rest of it is ok, but gets slightly tiring after a while. Overall, pretty average, in my opinion. When you are in the mood for big beat its great, otherwise - not so much.

i mean its just so... wow really smth

When I was a kid I thought Fatboy Slim actually held that note in Praise You and I would always take a deep breath and try to sustain it as long as he did, inevitably failing. Three stars.

This album works for me. Sounds like freshman year of college and everything that comes with that. I was waiting for weapon of choice the whole time and didn’t realize that’s from a different album.

Some great tracks, but a bit more dated than I would have expected

A record that does as much with the DJ-led electronic dance genre as you can possibly do. Not my cup of tea, but undeniably infectious with some truly great transcendent tunes ("Right Here Right Now", "Praise You"). Not going to spin this a lot - or perhaps ever again - but it's about the pinnacle of what you can do with this otherwise insipid style.

I find the corniness of this release to be terribly endearing. Genuinely awesome idk. I like what I like straight up

tiresome. right here, right now is fun

Quite a strange techno album. It felt a bit all over the place. Very unique sound but a smidge too chaotic for my taste. Giving a more grunge Daft Punk… on crack….maybe heroin too… and coke… lol what a wild listen. I appreciate it for its uniqueness but not sure I’d listen to again, sorry!! Favorite 2: Rockefeller Skank, Praise You

Nothing hugely special for me, nostalgic hits for sure but there's something a teeeny bit neither here nor there about this for me. Some fun bops to dance to, some slightly more boring stuff that feels like early 00s optimistic background dancey music.

Back in the late 90's I recall enjoying this album very much. I also really liked The Housemartins, so I think Norman Cook held a small place in my musical heart. With all of that, I was quite excited to jump into this record today. I won't say I was completely disappointed, but it no longer "did it" for me as it did back then. At the time I thought it was very cool (and likely thought my musical taste was very cool too). Listening today I mostly thought it was painfully repetitious. Each song built on one theme and stuck with it almost completely. When they were interesting to me (In Heaven, Gangster Trippin, Soul Surfing, and especially Praise You), I was getting into it. But the other songs felt like they just went on and on with no point. I'm not sure how I'm going to rate this, as it's around a 3.5 but I can see it going lower rather than higher.

I find this album both enjoyable and frustrating. Enjoyable because, for my surprise, it's a very funny record. At least at some points. And that's something surprising because I rarely like repetitive music. And this album is very repetitive. But, I can't find interesting songs that are all the time the same. Yes, they are funny, but just that. I don't think I would like to listen to it again. So, surely, I've liked this album, at least at times, but I can't find it much of my taste, and, definitely, not something I would call good.

3/5, альбом детства, Прейз Ю и Райт Хир Райт Нау были добавлены ранее, Ты Не Из Брайтона, Рокафеллер Сканк и Асид 8000 добавлены после прослушивания альбома, но асид возможно будет удален, надо с ним пожить; кал-ифорния не понравилась; у Лав Айленд есть потенциал, но мне не очень нравится основной вот этот странный дребежащий бас, с 1:46 вводится вообще клоунский гуфи ахх инструмент, который все окончательно превращает в саундтрек сабвей серферс; остальное сойдет

A good album, I liked Right Here Right Now and Praise You the most.

I remember "The Rockafeller Skank" being one of the really big songs in the summer of 1998. I also really like "Praise You" and hearing that a lot on the radio too. Pretty good electronica album. Definitely repetitive but interesting enough that it didn't get on my nerves.

I love the first few tracks but gets repetative and dies towards the end.

ich brauche TEXT, das sind nur snippets und geräusche... halt gute dj skills und guter 90s vibe aber nicht meins... es wiederholen sich einzelne sounds auch viel zu sehr, ich kann das nicht ab

All I knew of Fatboy Slim was "Weapon of Choice." This album was interesting but not really my cup of tea. A lot of the songs sounded really similar and had similar beats, which admittedly did sound cool. I skipped a few parts of songs (including that awful fucking in heaven song) and don't feel like I missed much.

I'm not into DJ music, but it's not unlistenable. 2.5/5 rounded up to 3.

Quite repetitive although it does have 'Right Here, Right Now' on it which I do like, so a bonus star for that tune.

It’s got a good beat and I can dance to it.

Nostalgic

It is 1999, I’m wearing pleather pants and dancing to this album at a dorm party with a Marlboro Light and a bottle of Zima. “This is the coolest I will ever be”, I think. I am mistaken on all counts.

It's NBB (nothing but bangers) but it's hard to take seriously as one of the greatest records ever. One of those albums which isn't the best of pop and it isn't the best of dance music it's in that radio playable middle ground

Blast from my past 3.5/5

Nice, bit nostalgic of course, very much of its time. But couple of bangers.

7/10 Buen album, divertido, no aburre con los ritmos y te levanta

Entertaining and unique listen but can definitely get repetitive and annoying at times. Likes: Right Here Right Now; Rockafeller Skank; Praise You

High energy, repetitive club hits from the late 90s. I think I’m more of a Crystal Method fan.

All of these songs work great as individual tracks but listening to it all back to back gets really boring. 6/10

much better than expected

Fatboy Slimin You've Come a Long Way, Baby on ihan hauskaa jumputusta, vaikka biiseissä on ihan helvetisti liikaa toistoa. Tuskin tätä tulen enää kokonaan kuuntelemaan, mutta joitakin yksittäisiä biisejä voisin kuunnella vielä uudestaankin.

Fine. I did get bored halfway through.

Old school electronic dance music. Some of the sound hasn't aged well

Two Fat Boy Slim albums on the list is excessive.

These songs were too repetitive and long. Like a 6 min track contains 2 min portion repeated thrice. But good music tho

An absolutely fine album. Most of the songs go on for a bit too long, but there's enough variety on here to keep it interesting.

It’s pretty good but I think the songs would be better if they were shorter

Fun listen; not my normal genre but fun background music. Best Songs: Praise You; RH,RN; Kalifornia; Soul Surfing Worst: Love Island; Acid 8000; In Heaven (THE WORST)

Decent album, praise you is a banger just not my kind of music

No offense to my guy fatboy slim but i lowkey coulda cooked this up in 1997 too

I actually enjoyed this more than i thought I would. It definitely grew on me as it went along. Not being the biggest fan of UK electronic music, I had my doubts going in but I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable a lot of the sampling is on this. Although repetitive at points, each song has a great groove to it, and a surprising amount of humour baked in. There’s nothin deep going on here, but I still enjoyed my time with it

I am aware of Fatboy Slim and I have 1 song liked by him - the song "Praise You" which is on this album. It seems like that was on alternative radio back in the day. But that's all I know of him. So, I'm curious how this is. After listening 3 times... Oh yeah, I recognize and like "Rockafeller Skank" but didn't realize that was the name of that song. Funny, I just listened to The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust album yesterday as part of this 1001 Albums project. It makes for an interesting contrast. I realize they are operating in a somewhat similar electronic music territory - BUT I thought the Chemical Brothers' album was GREAT and really liked EVERY song on that one. This one by Fatboy Slim kinda gets old and repetitive after awhile - and the deeper cuts don't stick with you as much as the ones by Chemical Brothers. Fatboy Slim's trick of speeding up and slowing down the music also loses it's novelty after repeated uses. The endlessly repeated vocal samples get tiring as well. I ended with 5 songs "liked" - the 2 songs mentioned above plus "Right Here, Right Now", "Gangster Trippin" and "Acid 8000". I must admit - even on the songs I liked there are some parts of those songs that get a little annoying and tediously repetitive - so I may have to be in the right mood to enjoy these when they come back around on my automated playlists. Liked songs on Spotify: 5/11 Rating: 3/5

First listen

It’s ok. I like some of the songs

A few club bangers here and a nice "FIFA music" or "PS2 music" vibe. Some terrible ones too and some that don't work in a casual listening environment and would be fun in a club or dance floor

The highs are probably some of the dance songs that are going to be on this list, but the lows drag it down quite a bit for me.

5/10 Best songs: Right Here, Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You I have always found it interesting that this album found so much success. Its singles were literally EVERYWHERE in the late 90s, and they were not anything like what was popular at the time. This album is much the same: dancey electronica music, with a lot of repetitive elements. When the album is good, it's very, very good; when it's bad, it's just dull. I don't think this is the type of album anyone is going to turn on as background music - it's very much the kind of thing you might hear at a club (er, a few decades ago). Not bad, but not great.

Solid, couple of bangers but kind of dated now

Some absolute bangers here, but it is hit or miss. Right here right now slaps tho

6.5/10

It's cool or whatever but it's basically just a collection of loops and while I could imagine this went up at a 90s warehouse party, it's doesn't hold up on a casual listen. Highlights: Right Here, Right Now (ofc)

I don't know if it's nostalgia for the time period clouding my judgement but I felt like the hits off this album held up well. I couldn't really say the same for the other tracks - not a genre I gel with.

Stopped a couole songs in because I’m not a dj rave house music type of person

Franchement bon album. Même si c'est extrêmement particulier, les samples et les répétitions marchent en réalité plutôt bien dans le registre comique. La caricaure de l'égotripe avec "Fatboy sleam is fucking in heaven", et les skits en début de morceaux marchent très bien aussi. Franchement ce fut une assez bonne expérience, avec une multiplicité dans les sonorités qui d'ordinaire n'est pas au rendez vous

Some catchy songs, a bit annoying and repetitive at times but fun for the vibes

Not a big fan of dj albums. But nice

The gimmick of making it a call in Radio was kind of cool but the songs were a bit repetitive at times.

Some Bangers on there!

A few really good tracks and several that aren’t very rememberable but still enjoyable.

I’ve heard this one before. I think one of my roommates in college had this. It was a fun party record and several of these songs were inescapable throughout 1998 and 99, you’d hear them at parties and on the radio but also in grocery stores and on commercials, which is kinda wild. Everything on this still stands the test of time but it’s also pretty pedestrian compared to everything else that was happening in drum and bass and jungle and “electronica”, as mtv tried to call it, at the time. It’s a solid album but nothing special.

This would be higher going by the sound but it’s so repetitive I can’t do it.

I grew up with this album and always thought of it as incredibly important to the dance genre. The four or five singles are absolute bangers. That said, on relisten, it’s fucking obnoxious. What’s with that extended drone noise? Sometimes it feels like Norman Cook is trolling us

Most of the album didn’t stand out to me The last 4 songs are cool though I never knew he made Praise You I’ve been hearing that song for years

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Si escuchas solo una canción, no está mal. Pero no es mi estilo.

Oh yea these vibes are definitely different! I liked a lot of the songs and how they made me feel like I was a hacker in the 90s or something.

Took me back.

Classic fucking album. REMINDS ME OF MY YOUTH

Only got chance to play it once, was already familiar with the singles but giving them a listen as a whole package made them more. Bit repetitive in parts but overall, great

I probably can’t judge this album very objectively, since it was everywhere when I was younger and I heard it countless times. Much of it is built from simple, repeating phrases, yet it works surprisingly well and remains very catchy. Praise You in particular still stands out to me.

I didn't know what to expect, having never listened to a FBS album in it's entirety. There were some good bits and not so good bits so I might wind up getting a copy for shits and giggles.

Ah, the late 90s, when rock was dead and electronica was the new hotness. It's a fun album and definitely puts you in a specific time. Do I need to listen to it again? Not really.

2026.03.08.

I'm not sure club records like this are meant to be "listened to." Each of these tracks is built around one great idea/sample that gets beat into the ground. The first 30 seconds of each is great, but the remaining 5 minutes of each is a slog

Sure, he does a fine job pasting together disparate snippets of music in unexpected ways. That’s neat. But to my ears, Fatboy Slim’s output lacks the key ingredient that makes dance music appealing outside the packed, sweaty confines of the club: the soul that moves your body and feeds the heart and mind.

Better than others in this genre.

It's just *fine*. Another album that I'd classify under "decent enough listen while alone but probably way better of a listen in an actual club setting". Some catchy electric piano/organ loops are really all that catch my attention here. 7/10.

Very funny, very 1990s, with a couple of classics songs. Sometimes it soundls too much like the soundtrack of a kid's bithday party. 3.5 / 5

Bought this when it was a new release. Hadn't heard it in years and it wasn't as good as I remembered

It' good. It strikes me that, on the one hand, it seems infantile. At the same time, it also strikes me as almost avant-garde. Specifically, the repetition of human words and vocal sounds until they become abstract and lose their meaning. The effect is evocative of Brion Gysin.

the repetition gets irritating and then comes back around again somehow, you pick up on these little variations high three though

Ok

Very fun, very 90s.

2/27/26 - Listened during "work". Not sure what to think. It had me rocking out a bit I can admit, but I have interest in listening to this kind of music. Top Song - Soul Searching

great singles, but doesnt stack up as an album

Som pretty iconic songs on here. Interlaced with repetitive trance shite. Again fatboy is cool for the era but euro house and 2010s EDM is peak. Listen to this not because its good but because its a testament of where electronic music started and where it was going.

Muuuuuy bueno, muy interesante lo mucho que puede hacer con estos samples; instantáneamente, cada canción es un BANGER. Tengo demasiado que aprender de los samples y de cómo mezclarlos de esta manera tan orgánica. Mis favoritas por el momento es "Fucking in Heaven" y "Gangster Trippin" Aunque me está gustando, definitivamente no me enganchó, llevo como 5 días intentando escucharlo todo pero aunque me gustan mucho las canciones individuales tampoco lo hacen lo suficiente como para poder tomarme el tiempo de escucharlo todo, pero lo estoy intentando, lo juro. sorprendentemente mi favorita de todo el album es "Praise You", me pareció hermosa, quiero averiguar de donde vienen esos vocales. Son de "Take Yo' Praise" de Camille Yarbrough. no sé como sentirme con respecto a este album, me gusta pero no me gustó la experiencia de ecscucharlo cocmpleto, no pude y eso que AMO escuchar albumes completos, este aunque amé los tracks uno por uno, tuve que sentarme unas 6 veces a hacerlo. 7/10, en el mérito de que me está dando muchas bases para aprender a samplear y tiene temas genuinamentes muy buenos, lástima que sea un género al que estyoy aprendiendo a entrar hasta ahora.

unoffensive

sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit

Some sick ass instrumentals in the background, but I wouldn't listen to it again tbh

I'd only listened to that once all the way through when someone had brought their cassette over a million years ago. The singles are all fun and that - maybe I'm associating them with the music videos? - but an hour of that without some heavy medication is too much.

"Fatboy slim? More like white boy retarded!" - Chris Rock

Meh.

There’s a reason The Rockafeller Skank and Praise You are radio hits. There’s also a reason they’re the only radio hits on the albums. They get a bit lost in their own sauce

had solid grooves but kinda forgettable

Es muy entretenido la verdad.

Honestly a little surprised at how dated this one sounds. Considering it's damn near thirty years old, it shouldn't be a surprise, but it is.

Started the morning with a little run, and this was great. Got it my car for my work commute, and it almost gave me a panic attack. Classic Fatboy Slim vibes.

Too repetitive, aged like milk.

13# Heard this one before, but its always fun to return. Starting to feel like one day isn't enough for concept dense albums like The Suburbs from Arcade Fire, i didn't have the time to fully appreciate it, but that speaks on the quality of it. Fatboy Slim is an acquired taste from my dad, it brings nostalgia to my children days when i used to move like crazy to this music. I think all of the songs should be shorter because it repeats too much or to the middle end it tries to do something new and it doesn't stick. That's the biggest flaw in here, besides that, I'm constantly bumping my head.

Fun

3 stars Enjoyable with some really nice moments. But as many have pointed out, can be very repetitive. I’m sure that’s how it’s supposed to be for purposes of dancing and the kind of music, but as an album it makes me tune out.

As a kid, whenever I played FIFA 99 (or FIFA 2000, I can't remember), the "Funk Soul Brother" song came on when I paused the game and I wouldn't resume the game right away while my sister and I jammed out to this absolute BANGER. What a classic song, still an awesome track. Decent album too, albeit very repetitive. But the repetitiveness isn't as bad here as it is in other albums (not sure why that is)

it was fine

Good songs are good. The others notsomuch.

It was alright?

okei gleder meg! Ikke hørt mye fatboy slim eller elektronisk for den del // Hhaha det er gøy men klysete. Høydepunkt: Right Here, Right Now, The Rockafella Skank, Fucking in Heaven, Love Island

He was really onto something here. I want to give this a higher rating but there's just too many songs full of repetitive dogshit.

definitely a jammer, couple of stone cold classics in here. i think the genre maybe doesn't lend itself to filling out a whole album. favorite song is Acid 8000. strong 3

Rating: 6/10 A trimmed down track list would have really served this Fatboy Slim album because when it hits the tracks can be infectiously energetic and dancey and overall lots of fun. Absolutely mix this shit into DJ sets and party playlists because a few minutes of these funky beats would slap. I really don't mind sampled repetitions in electronic dance because that's sort of the point, there's just a balance. And even here it's fine for me. This veers a bit into the "too much" range where a 40 minute album of the best hits would have made an all-timer because I honestly think this ages well. It's fun. Looking back at the track list though I already don't remember its moments outside of the ones I really enjoyed. First two tracks are obviously awesome, along with Gangster Tripping, Praise You, and the appropriately named Acid 8000 would have made the bulk of a good project as it is. This is dangerously close to 7 as it is for me.