Reviews (page 7 of 15)
211/1089 - Eh, it's music. I liked Praise You.
Artistic/original and commercially viable. Uses vocal samples almost as rhythmic drum beats. Some of the build ups not translate outside of the club and some beats have not aged well. Overall: great!
Not the worst, not my favorite. I loved the singles when they were released, wasn't much into the rest of the album. Not much has changed.
Not a huge fan, found it somewhat repetitive, my favourite song though was by far Soul Surfing. Final Ranking: Lyrics: 4/10 Instrumentals: 4/10 Originality: 3/10 Album Flow/Cohesion: 3/10 Vocals: 3/10 Didn't really enjoy it but I understand it is a significant album. Not my style and too repetitive.
Outhärdligt.
Has dated terribly.
A couple of the songs were certified bangers but the album as a whole was enjoyable!
I did roughly know what to expect from a Fatboy Slim record, but had never listened to a whole album. I was in for a treat here: Energizing and directly into the legs (great while cooking, although I don‘t know if it added any spice to the yellow curry tonight ;) ). I am not familiar with the genre, but the use of the break beats must be bold. The well-known singles are probably the best tracks, but the album is a great listen overall - also with its fun use of samples and interludes. Highlights: „Right here, right now“ and „The Rockafeller Skank“ certainly give the album a kick-start. But also the next three songs keep the pace up. Almost all gas, no brakes!
Favourites: Right Here, Right Now; The Rockafeller Skank; Gangster Trippin; Kalifornia; You're Not from Brighton; Praise You
Some catchy cool beats but it’s soooo repetitive… soooo repetitive
the rockafeller skank alone samples i fought the law, david bowie and jay-z. this man was operating on another stratosphere with this came out
some songs i'm familiar with and ended up still really liking! kind of repetitive and stupid at times so i was starting to get annoyed and then a song i did like would pop up and make me like it again LMAO. the song with 29268373737373 fucks needs to be banished for life tho. would probably like this more if i was drunk at a festival lbr
This album probably would’ve been better if I listened to it in a club/dancing setting. Alas, I did not. It’s not a terrible album by any means but it’s so repetitive, not good when you’re looking for how long is left til the next song. Could’ve been worse, from someone who isn’t the biggest fan of electronic music.
Good one. Will listen more.
90s banger, not my normal music taste but a lot of nostalgia
Previously rated: Better Living Through Chemistry (2/5) ******************************************* Because we really needed another album from this guy. I suppose we had to squeeze the funk soul brother in here somewhere. I could certainly have done without "In Heaven," which I'd certainly skip if I heard this album again. The repetition is here definitely, but wasn't as annoying as the other album, so I liked this one a bit better. +1 star
Gangster trippin It is the definition of feel good Veo como inspiro la música electrónica después de el
Starts off with a bang, but not my favourite ever - big beat is definitely an acquired taste, and one can't deny this album pioneered the genre. Still enough bangers to be an enjoyable listen.
have some of the best songs
Good - very much sounds like it was made in late 90s
Its good and ill come back to it as its a bit too long
A bit too lengthy and repetitive. The radio edit version of this album would be a certified banger.
I can understand people not getting this. But if you've been in a field or tent as a teenager at one of his shows then it'll become clear. Rhythmic, pounding, heartbeat-altering, bowel-bass-rumbling tunes that you will be drenched in sweat after.
This fucks, actually.
Some good stuff for running or dancing g but I can’t quite call it 4 musically.
Hot garbage
I knew the name Fatboy Slim, but didn't connect which songs that I already knew were theirs. It definitely is of a time and makes me feel a bit nostalgic. Much better recommendation than the previous album.
Nostaglic. But overall DJ albums aren't my vibe
Cover is funny asf, also the name gave me the vibe of a hip-hop album, but it's apparently electronica, low-key cooler hmm not sure, I think I'm gonna like this I usually fuck with albums that have a different take on music, rather than just folksing around, anyway we'll see.. First song, ambient start, and probably it'll continue that way, but more upbeat, big beat stuff as I heard in the preview. The violin is sick here mmm. Great track for a starting song, actually feels like an album's intro. Dammm the beat drop was amazing, this deffo a walking song too. Feels like she's rapping, but just repeating same stuff constantly. At one point in the middle best stopped, she's still repeating the words, and beat is slowly coming in. There's talking at the end, headphone play, and self praising ahah. daaam it's a transition to the Second song, the voice also became clear too, Yum. Tasty production, especially after it starts to build up. I can see that this can be seen as repetitive, but I mean, feel everything else not just words man. Guitar is soloing everything rn. Another walksy song too, I think so anyways, I might not keep up with it. back to the basics I hear. It's getting slower and reverbed AND AAAAAAA WHAT'S THIS SOUND, HEADPHONES HELPED ME A LOT RN AHH GOOD. Conceptually different production, but same lyrics. His voice is the most clear, now he's just repeating smth robotically, it's fine tho I am not bothered by such things. The transition to the Third song doesn't exist, the lyrics are fun tho yumm. Lol I think I'll remember this phrases for a long time idk AaA. Slim fucked around a lot in the literal sense m m m, anyway. Not a bad one you getting that nas waiting for that one jnjqkddhk *I was asleep writing that, I'm not sure what I mean lol*. 4th song, mm one quote is being repeated, and jazz is around kinda. I fw this yea, it's fun. Heavy drum play gotta say. Headphone play is also in action. Oo it's building, stopped aaaaand rap sound increased and continued with a different beat mmm. It seems repetitive but not for me, so much happened already, I'm satisfied with this. 5th song, daam it transitioned into this too. Too fucking good, I walked, fast walked with this shit, so fucking good. 6th song, good as the last one, best shit for walking y'all, also production is amazing too of course, can't even write anything, this too fun to waste. 7th song, hard to walk with, he says tropical in a mm funny way ig. This is a grower, I like it now, but compared to others it's a weaker one. 8th song, great start already mm. Lyrics were delivered too well, liked them too, unironically speaking. One of the best ones here tbh. 9th song, after so much beat on beat, this start is a fresh to my ears.. now it's stuck tho, better start walking. One of the best ones this too, the sample was too good to not mention, plus the build up beat drops were top notch. 10th song, I'm 1/4 into the song and it's already done some wtf moments, the beat iny right ear, the overall vibe, the buildup, walking calls me. This is my favorite song of the album for sure, I heard some reggaeton here, love that shit. Everything was perfect and not overdone, fuck I didn't expect this to go this hard. 11th song, the name says it all, it's good shit, I didn't know I fucked with this as much as I apparently do. Definitely want more from this guy, he's a producer too so, dream has been realifyed. The end part did feel like the album wrapped up, love when that happens. I didn't realize when I started this, but this is a definitely 5/5 album, no questions, I think I'll listen to these tracks if they ever come up and of course because of my will too. I can see how many wouldn't see anything in this, but for me, especially today I'm surprised how good this turned out to be. There is a big time gap after lie 4th song, because I got busy with stuff, so I don't remember what happens up up there, but even so the album gave me something I didn't know I lacked.
Special boy
4- Wow what a surprise. Had absolutely 0 expectations and thought it would be kinda lame. Overall though thoroughly enjoyed it
Kinda fun, but the repetition wore on me after a while. Still, I can see exactly why it blew up. Big, cheeky, and built for late-90s parties and festivals. A cultural moment, even if not one I’d revisit often.
7 pour les 2 premières chansons, +1 pour la nostalgie parce qu'on l'a poncé ce putain d'album.
I'm not a big electronica fan, but I bought this back in the day. I loved it then and still do. Yeah, it's very repetitive, and that would normally annoy me, so I have no idea what kind of magic is woven into this album to entice me like it does. Favorite tunes: Right Here, Right Now, Kalifornia and Praise You
Very repetitive but I liked it overall. It’s nostalgic and fun - I enjoyed the listening experience!
I've heard the hits, everyone has. I was kind of curious to see how it will sound. A Lot of it sounds the same. 808 beats, samples.. some hooks. I mean, its good but its very a like.
.5 for me….
I mean, what is there to say about this album, a wave of sonic electronica moves over you from song to song, but are distinct enough to keep you engaged and not feel like it is really just one meandering song. Also, I love the fact that he produced the album on floppy discs.
Very good!
Some 'bangers' on here but I find repetition really fucking irritiating, which is a massive problem when listening to this. Which are ya boy, fat or slim?!
“You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby”’s cover captures the era’s carelessly cruel zeitgeist perfectly; that Cook has tried and failed repeatedly over the decades to find and compensate the dude in the photo is also appropriate. Playful, fun, infuriating once past each song’s first two minutes, the repetition of vocal samples crushing as in a nightmare that takes you back inside a playground circle of the worst kids, and they’re chanting mockery at you, right here, right now… Banging if you’re drunk or a four-year old though.
My god, I forgot how pervasive this was through '98-'99; it's still pretty fun today although you can hear technology creaking a bit. For a brief period this sound was all the rage; fond memories of gatherings in our flat soundtracked to Howard's "Big Beat Elite Complete" compilation (shout out to Indian Ropeman's "Dog In The Piano" if you want some more). Even though I've heard "Praise You" one billion times (today likely being the first of my own volition) it's still quite welcome. I remember the very first time, on Radio 1 in the lab (naturally), turning to Mark and observing (in a comedy Northern accent for some reason) 'Ee's gone and done a ballad! Brilliant!'. Happy days..
This album works like post-nut clarity
I didn't hate it. But I didn't love it, either. As a fan of later electronic music, though, I have to rate it on the more generous side.
This album got heavy rotation in the car back in the day. The single CD changer=I rocked this for a week or two of commutes before changing.
No es lo mío.
This was damn good. Tight mixes and just excellent DJ work. Every sample works near perfectly.
What a pleasant surprise! I didn't pay much attention to this album when it came out because I didn't really like Praise You. I still don't really like Praise You, but listening to it now, overall I really like the album as a whole. It doesn't take itself too seriously like other electronic artists of that era like The Prodigy. It is just really fun, interesting sounding music. I usually approach skits on albums with deserved trepidation...they nailed the one before Rockefeller Skank, though.
This is the 184th album I’m rating. I listened to Better Living Through Chemistry and it was awful. Adding to my Playlist - Right Here, Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Fucking in Heaven, Gangster Tripping, Build It Up – Tear It Down, Kalifornia, Soul Surfing, You're not from Brighton, Praise You, and Love Island. Not Adding to my Playlist - Acid 8000. Right Here, Right Now - I guess Fatboy Slim needed a couple years to actually get good. Praise You - This song is weirdly familiar. I wonder where I heard it before. Maybe I just heard the song that it samples. I just remembered where I heard it from. It was a YouTuber. Acid 8000 - This reminds me too much of the last album I listened to. All in all I liked 10/11 songs. This version of Fatboy Slim is much better. The last album was very boring and made me hate big beat. However, this album is much much better even though it does have one song that is a bit too much like Better Living Through Chemistry.
Technically, this album shows it's age. It's clear that the samplers and editors used aren't nearly as capable as what's available now. But it still sounds great and there's really no better example of Big Beat.
3/5
imagine being arm in arm with the boys listening to Fatboy Slim drop Praise You in Butlins swimming pool, 2025. What a moment, and what a way he's come from this records release
This was the first album I ever bought! My mum was not happy that it had a song called 'Fucking in Heaven' on it but I was so innocent that I didn't know why it was bad beyond having a swear word in it. It was a nostalgic listen and interesting hearing it again now I can parse how it was constructed after decades of listening to music since I first heard it, BUT (and it's a big but) it's pretty dull overall tbh
There are (obviously) a couple of big tunes on here but the rest is so much filler. Wouldn't go back to the full album again by any means.
Kinda nothing but a nice nothing. I don't think i'd listen again.
Fun, danceable, a bit of a time capsule to the 90s. Personally could have gone without "... in heaven" but the rest is more than solide with a few real standouts.
Interesting, but not my style.
not my style
Some big hits and a lot of repetition
Wheeeeeel never checked this. Its ok, kinda boring though, Slim’s style is nice but I get tired of it quickly. Still one of the better things this horrible list has recommended me though, overall boring experience.
Cool, too long
mehhh
This album was…certainly something. The opening moments are pretty good, but like most songs on this album, it goes on too long. The only songs that I feel don’t go on too long are In Heaven and Praise You, which are also my favorites on the record. There was a section of this album in the middle where I wanted nothing more than for it to end. This lasted about 15 minutes, but Praise You swooped in to save the day. This album was meant to have individual songs played at parties and in clubs, not a full listen through. I honestly have no clue why it’s on this list. That being said, there are a few interesting moments. 2/5
Absolutely terrible
can't give every album 4
76/1001. Is this album a lot of fun? - He'll yeah. Would you consider this to be one of the 1000 masterpieces of popular music? -...
This is the top result for the term “repetitive”. Unfairly so, in my opinion. The songs use a lot of repeating patterns but the album is pretty varied and doesn’t get boring. The hits on here are great, I fondly remember Funk Soul Brother and Right Here, Right Now, so it was nice to hear the album they were from. That said, the hits felt like they were a cut above the rest. The other songs were fine but not nearly on the same level.
Rating: 2.9 All I was thinking the whole time was that this sounded like the music of Crashbox (which I am aware came out after this album did), FutureCop LAPD, C + C Music Factory and Insane in the Brain all smashed together. If every song didn’t repeat itself for nearly its entire duration this very plausibly could have been a weirdo masterpiece.
The first few songs are absolute classics. I wish the same could be said about the other ones. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" suffers from repetition. This is also the case with other '90s electronic albums. It seems that Fatboy Slim is only capable of a very limited number of great songs. 3 stars for "You've Come a Long Way, Baby".
I have this on CD from back in the day. It was hugely popular when I was younger but I'd go with an overall 3 now.
6/10
Norman at his best. I remember growing up with this album in the 90s and being at college. I was into Rock, pop, hip hop and unfortunately happy hardcore. This and Moby really changed the landscape of dance music. The mixing an sampling is fantastic and even when he writes a song like Praise you with it's awesome video it just rocks. Build it up tear it down at the beginning of Human Traffic really showed how influential Fatboy slim is to the dance culture. A fantastic album.
No
Praise you was the only song I knew and liked. The rest sounded like it was a long outro song to the 90s.
It was ok but pretty repetitive, which made the album feel even longer than it already was.
You hear this album and wonder why anybody wasted their time with The Chemical Brothers. FBS is just at another level.
Kind of pseudo-edm or like hip hop without the rap. Not really my thing.
Classic album, great for getting that head down and getting lost in something.
Garbage
some classic bangers on this one some tracks do overstay their welcome (when streaming which isn’t their ideal/intended listening situation tbf) Praise You is still amazing. Love Island is another fave
"Right Here Right Now" opens this album up... and what a song to do the job! Norman Quentin Cook is about my age... and he knows what it takes to get a booty shakin'!!! Before he became this monster DJ, he was the bassist for The Housemartins... that explains his ability to groove... Trip Hop... Nu Funk... indeed... as anyone knows, i'm a real instruments, real vocals, no frills kind of guy... but, i love good music... whether it be jazz, soul, or classical... and this is good music... how do i know? i feel it... "Right Here Right Now" GETS THE PARTY STARTED! "Rockefellar Skank" is next... right about now... the funk soul bruver... lol... if you don't like this cut, you don't like groceries... fat boy slim is fucking in heaven!! lolol... "In Heaven" is next... bad ass groove again... the use of cameo vocal snips, and jazzy breakdowns, and flat out dead air for a second, are some of the delights of this album... "Gangster Trippin'" keeps it goin'... every cut is cool... for example "Soul Surfing" into "You're Not From Brighton" into... the blissful "Praise You"... which turns a simple piano riff and bass pattern into an uplifting experience... if you are not dancing to this you must be injured... the way the piano and bass change into a Beatle-esque extravaganza and back again is just PURE... is every song a homerun? no... but... it gest Five big Stars from me...
Late 90s Electronica. His breakthrough. So many bangers. But also quite a bit of filler.
• 3/5 • A bit uneven, with some monotonous tracks, a few fun grooves and, of course, the one track that elevates it all: Praise You
Meh
Apart from the "Right Here, Right Now", I've never heard any other songs from this album, or indeed, any other Fatboy Slim songs at all. They're pretty good. I think I've heard "Praise You" before as well, that's another good one.
die Art vo Beat chan ich irgendwie eifach ned ha, drum hanichs Album ned chöne fertiglose. Es isch grundsätzlich Musig wo eigetlich e party dezue brucht, so elei uf de chopfhörer wirds sehr schnell alt.
Not a style I listen to regularly, but is very entertaining!
Truly #1, but outside the greats album sometimes sounded repetitive
what did i just listen to
This may be the first album that has come up that I was honestly surprised that I enjoyed as much as I did. Sure, there have been some, like Jeru The Damaja's "The Sun Rises In The East", that I had never heard. But anyone around in the late '90s has probably heard Praise You and Rockafeller Skank. So to put this on and enjoy it start to finish, color me surprised for the first time in 139 albums. Not earth shattering. Not groundbreaking. But solid. Will listen to again.
Three cracking singles. Album tracks get a little repetitive sometimes but this is a masterclass in sampling songs that, if not obscure, are at least off radar for most
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Meh
Every song should be 50% shorter
Very familiar with this albums big hits. And good to listen to as a cohesive whole.
Best listened to while doing other things.
Loved this - very sad I missed his Coachella set rhis year
A decent album but there is something unrelentingly obvious about the whole "big beat" sound. 3.5*
Franchement sympa on enchaîne bien Et surtout énorme classique en intro ça fait plaisir
Entre Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 et Les Zinzins de l'espace
Trop expérimental pour moi Quelques bonnes instru mais j'ai du mal
the origin of dj-ing some classics there czuc ze stare niektore juz sluchalne
V repetitive, not for me
Its a classic for me at least. Like even in the intro to Rockefeller skank that guy is singing it to get his point across. I feel that in my soul. But as I get older I see too many flaws in things like this. At least flaws to me. Its alot of the shit I hate in other electronic music. its repetitive but it does a better job than most mixing it up. Praise you is a sick song but do I really like it or is it nostalgic? That's where im stuck mostly. Its good but am I just thinking it's good because it was good back then? It gets a positive look but I won't be the funk soul brother anytime soon.
Nicht mein Stil
Idk, another mid album. Beats started decent but then got noisy and repetitive. I dont even remember if i finished this one
Like getting stuck talking to Colin from Accounts at a work networking conference. I attended out of politeness but found it boring and tiresome and couldn't wait to get away.
At least once a week, every week, I log on to see that a 90s British electronica album has been generated for me. They're all an hour-long, they're all filled with vocal loops consisting of like five words, and they're always the absolute lowpoint of my week. Please, I beg you, no more!
Sampling all this stuff must have taken forever. Incredible work. Some might find this repetitive, but don't hear or appreciate the details. Still, this is just party music, with nothing deep to it, just to have as much fun as possible.
Album 831 of 1089 Fatboy Slim -You've Come a Long Way Baby (1998) Rating : 3 / 5 It’s well known that electronica isn’t really my genre—I’ve just never connected with it. That said, this one was a bit more tolerable than most I’ve heard in that space. It had a few moments that caught my attention and managed to keep me engaged here and there. One could possibly even argue that the “electronica” category doesn’t quite fit this album—it leans more toward big beat party energy than moody synth landscapes. While it may not be one I'll return to, I can understand why it made the list. For fans of big beats and club energy, I’m sure this one’s a classic. Honestly, I can’t believe I rated an electronica album this high… but here we are.
Has not aged a second, for some weird reason.
I don't like it.
A repetitive tho not exactly redundant electronic record, You've Come A Long Way, Baby goes a long way in realizing a 'big beat' album abounding in small touches and lasting flourishes. Clearly, Fatboy Slim doesn't take himself seriously, but he does his art. I'm no expert in electronic, sample-based music, but this feels like something between DJ Shadow and Daft Punk: it has the studio-atmosphere of the former, the club-atmosphere of the latter. Not every track is worth your time, particularly the irritating 'In Heaven,' but at his best, Slim spawns an imaginative aura that demands our attention - and our bodies. The four or five masterstrokes are not only addictively upbeat and golden, they're in my head whilst in my toes.
Iconic. Some of my first and most fond memories of electronic alternative? Not sure what it would be categorized as
This is party music. It's not meant to be listened to and critiqued like this generator requires. You're supposed to be jumping with your arms in the air, bumping in to the people you just met 10 minutes ago, who are now your dance floor best friends. He's a legend, and I didn't appreciate Fat Boy Slim when I was a child in the 90's like I do as an adult who loves a good DJ set. So many DJs are influenced by him, Girl Talk specifically came to mind as I listened. This man exclusively DJs barefoot, so while he's not taking anything too seriously, neither should his listeners.
As a lad from the UK might say, this album has more bangers than a sausage factory.
Yas
Got bought this album when I was a teenager as a gift and enjoyed it so got a bit nostalgic when I saw it - in saying that, it has not held up to my changing music tastes and I struggled to keep it playing through
This album is perfect to study to. It feels like a blast from the past but not in an overwhelming way.
it’s a classic
Good album, I’ve never listened through this one before but familiar with most of the songs
just found out fatboy slim isn’t fat and is english. so all that feels wrong
Fatboy Slim fucking in heaven is my personal Pearl Harbor. This album sounds like if a white dude took a great funk record, a few Viagra, too much acid, and then asked himself "how can I make this album suck?"
Ryan: [Sees that You’ve Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim is on the 1001 albums to listen to before you die list] Maybe we're being Punk'd! Sharpay: What? Ryan: Maybe we're being filmed right now. Maybe we'll get to meet Ashton! Sharpay: Oh, shut up, Ryan!
So creative and the transitions are so smooth
4/5
lotts of great tunes in isolation , but doesn’t stand an albums worth . 3.5
It’s a tricky one to rate, because at the right time and in the right place (ironically NOT ‘right here, right now’) this would be a banger album!!! Outside the context of a nightclub/rave or a Mitsubishi/volvo/toyota car commercial, the album can be pretty fucking repetitive and irritating. It’s a solid 3 from me. I had never heard the song fucking in heaven, but after just one listen, I managed to learn the whole thing. That track is such an ego wank. Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking
Good memories of a few tracks from this album - a few party anthems from my high school years - this album was everywhere! Its not a genre I listen to heaps, but enjoyed the spin today (mostly anyway, there are a few tracks I'd skip on a second listen through!). Fatboy Slim has some awesome music videos! Ya Mama (Push the tempo) - a long time fave.
Really hard to take this album seriously. Interesting melodies and beats are completely lost to repetition. Maybe it’s cool at the club, but it’s not for listening enjoyment. Ultimately, the only tracks worth the price of andmission are Rockafeller Skank and Praise You, both of which are far too long.
Very fun. Nothing absolutely blew me away, but good background music.
Today I learnt that there are people that don't like Fat Boy Slim. I hope they're ok.
Uneven album with a couple of standout tracks.
4/5 repetitive, mindless fun. this album took me back to playing Jet Set Radio when i was a kid. could each track be 2 minutes shorter? yes; but that wouldn't be very funk soul of you, brotha fav tracks: Right Here Right Now Rockafeller Skank Praise You Gangster Trippin Build It Up, Tear It Down In Heaven
meh
Definitely some huge highlights here in the hits. "Rockefeller Skank" is an amazing single. "Praise You" is great too. I like how Fatboy Slim uses and distorts samples. The only thing I have to complain about on this album is that most of the time its every other song that are great. Makes it seem it would have just worked better as a shorter album, like 35-40 minutes range
7/1001 Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby Heard before? ❎ Would I revisit? ❎ I've heard the singles before and they're decent, but this sort of thing is so far out of my comfort zone. One of those where I neither liked nor actively disliked. I can obviously appreciate it's influence on the dance/rave scene.
Great record - lyrics are excellent!
5 ⭐️ for nostalgia than anything. Has some banger tracks. Favorite track: rockefeller skank other picks: right here right now, in heaven, gangster trippin, praise you
Great album. I've heard the funk soul brother tune but didn't know who it was. Funny things is, I thought Fatboy Slim was another 90's slacker rock artist like Uncle Cracker or Beck or G. Love, boy was I wrong. But anyway, I listened to this 5 or 6 times yesterday. Just outstanding. File this under albums that make you dance in your living room.
Catchy thx!
Pretty r-repetitive I'd sa-sa-say. Tho it's a nice album. Prolly an average 2.50-3.00
This was really fun. Good to know I still like the songs I knew, and the rest of the album's pretty solid. Sure, the repetitive sections go on long enough to almost start to be annoying, but there's always release when the beat finally drops again. Fatboy Slim created an amusing musical universe to just hang out in for awhile, and I enjoyed my time there.
Was a brave girl about this one and finished the whole thing, and: absolutely not. Repetitive. October 19, 1988. Big beat/techno. British/English. 11 tracks. 62:00 runtime.
A name I've heard, but never before listened to. Good stuff.
Pues hay música en este disco, la verdad. Mucho mejor de lo que esperaba.
fun album with some bangers on it, really enjoyed it
Good fun. Not something to listen to a lot though imo. Too repetitive as I'm sure others have said
Not normally what I'd listen to but this whole album slaps.
Right Here Right Now hits as hard in 2025 as it did in ‘98. Unbelievable album.
The sound of my late 90s
Delightful suprise, a big hype album
Of course I knew Praise you. To my surprise the rest is not bad either
I mean, I don’t even think Fatboy himself would recommend sitting down and listening straight through while sober, but I did it and regretted not having spent my time doing pretty much anything else. Right Here, Right Now and Praise You kick ass and I like all the peacocking throughout though!
Quite good. Probably 3.5. I was going to give it a 4 but I think it’s maybe just a slight bit dated.
Very cool, but sometimes he ruins it with long stretched/slowed sound bites.
Some bangers but a lot of meh
Dance/hiphop uit de 90-er jaren. Veel wel geinig, soms ook wel vervelend. Natuurlijk de bekende Rockafeller Skank. Dat was wel weer even herinneringen. Cowboy ook wel echt lachen, goed op gevibed. Radioactivity is ook wel viben zeg. Tot nu toe bevalt disc 2 mij een stuk meer. Oke, vanaf Tweakers Delight realiseer ik mij dat ik toch weer gematigd aan het irriteren ben.. Hmm, gematig gevoel. Echt wel viben af en toe en back to the 90s. Maar ook wel dooge ergerd. Zou zeggen 2.5 maar vind 3 echt teveel. Wordt een 2 tje dus.
There must have been a lot of copies of this album sold. This is because you can always find a copy or more for sale cheap at charity shops which is where I bought my copy. Not a must buy but I do recognise it to be a significant album and deserves a place in my collection. So whilst not entirely to my taste there are one or two tracks which I really do like. Probably like what the rest of the world’s population think Right Here Right Now is the stand out track and must be one of the most popular tracks of the last 20 plus years and will continue to be a staple at wedding do’s and the like for years to come. For that reason alone a seminal album. 3/5 27/6/25
this was fine. i think this type of music is a product of its time. not because it’s bad, but because it’s not impressive anymore. like this was weird almost unheard of stuff when it came out but now it’s just kinda old, run-of-the-mill sample electronica. i somehow have another album of his to listen to next so maybe it’ll stand out more
This is such a classic album, and testament to the quality that many of the songs are still sampled in ads etc. some 30 odd years on.
Not quite my tempo, but I acknowledge and respect the cultural significance
Länsimaiseen kulttuuriin viitaten ja länsimaalaisen näkökulmasta on vaikea ymmärtää, miten asiat ovat muuttuneet. Tämä aikakapseli tuo mieleen paljon ajatuksia, ja paljon on purettavaa, kuten poliisin/vallankäytön puute, muodin/tanssityylien heterogeenisuus. Yleisin mieleeni tuleva ajatus on, miten vapailta ihmiset näyttävät verrattuna nykyään näkemiimme robotteihin. Robotteja kaikki nykyään, robo-hobo meininki vaan. Kraftwerk type ihmiset vaan liikkuu sanattomana kuolaa kuolaa suusta ja pärähtää sulakkeet päässä aivan romuksi. Kaikki siis robotteja paitsi minä, (meikälläinen observatoorio, observer of others... just see truths and harsh realities of life) right ehre right now.
Some bangers on here, but also the songs are incredibly long. Not sure if I could do this whole album back to back again.
Long time fan, gets me moving. Let’s go!
Not a big fan of the repetitive beats. Meh.
this was fun as hell obsessed with this fat little boy on the cover too - an icon <3
Classic but looon ggggggggg
the music gets a 4. “praise you” is an actual banger and rockefeller stank gets stuck in my head 😅
If the songs had been 2 minute long, I would have loved it. After the second minute, most of them got quite repetitive for me. Even though I really liked many of the beats and melodies, I must admit I skipped a couple songs.
23/06/2025 I've never listened to the album before and I was pleasantly surprised with it.
Iconic. It did not felt like it was an hour long endeavor like most albums that were released on the CD era where they filled the album because they had the space to do so, to the detrimental of the quality of the project. Praise you still sounds as vital as it was when I first heard it back in the day. https://youtube.com/shorts/RpmFhr0dlSA https://youtube.com/shorts/LVx0u22Dnbs https://youtube.com/shorts/OOUficQth0k https://youtu.be/MaaQyVRndMA I should probably stop here 😂
FUNK SOUL BROTHER
8/10 check it out now the fuck soul brother
Best electronic album I ever heard, really enjoyed the listening Fav song - Right Here, Right Now 5/5
A nostalgic album for me as I had it on CD back in the 90's, when I was just a wee teen. Not an album I would normally sit down and just listen to, but I still think it's full of bangers. Praise You is literally one of my favorite songs of all time.
Some classics, others not. 3/5
걍 존나좋은거지 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
really solid. while being a repetitive it was such a fun listen and really unique compared to anything i’ve heard before. great record!
Meh
Such a good album. Back when you could sample anything. Historic
Important album in transformative times.
5/10 Yep, something happened here 6-23-2025
Good album
This feels like meme music - but when it was released was likely not the case. The songs / style are not for me - especially with the repetitive phrasing or lyrics. While the album art is iconic and the Parental Guidance logo is nostalgic, the music is not my preference. The song Praise You almost feels like an outlier from the overall sound, but a favorite.
It’s not terrible it’s pretty cool I just don’t fw this kind of music at all
Praise you goated, rest of album quite mid
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland Ultra viele Banger!
goeie nummers... maar om een hele plaat na elkaar te beluisteren is het teveel... maar hier en daar eentje op de dansvloer, dan heb je me mee...
Perfect album for doing work to.
Good for what it is, but incredibly repetitive (the nature of the genre, I suppose).
swag made palpable
not my cup of tea personally
je préfère d'autres artistes de breakbeat, notamment The Prodigy et les Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim a toujours eu un peu de mal à me parler même si en temps normal mon oreille apprécie vachement les sonorités hip hop
Solid 90s soundtrack. Interesting to get this right after Moby. I'd always conflated them, but Fatboy Slim is heaps better, more original and funkier. Main issue is just how overplayed it was
Just some good time tunes. Praise you is an all timer.
Fantastic album, love it front to back
Pretty good instrumental album Big since I left you vibes
5 for the album cover, 1 for the album.
Listening to Praise You and feeling like a kid playing outside again.
probably banged in 1999, but does not hold up
Great album … but probably overplayed. Felt a bit like an extended advert.
I struggled. I've read more overblown and abstract reviews from my fellow reviewers that really captured the sentiment of how this felt to (re-)listen to, even if I didn't understand their words.
It reminds me of my youth, which was a super cool and totally not cringe time. I would probably give a 4.5 actually but I can't do that dammit.
I’ve seen Fatboy Slim live at Soho House festival aka Valhalla for Patagonia picante pricks. I’d been drinking hard seltzer like water and eating with gluttonous indulgence like a jarl in a silk shirt. I was eating rotisserie chicken, the weather was brilliant and I could expense a taxi home. That was the intended listening experience. Here’s my summary based on hearing it driving kids to Saturday school and not being one bite away from gout in a Gunnersbury Park. • if bootcut jeans and brown shoes were music • every song is 2 minutes too long • most tracks are a never ending intro • Advert music for divorced dads • I can hear the shell necklace It may be seminal and further show how iconic the British music scene is that a lad from a rock band in Hull can be a 90s big beat superstar DJ. I was 11 when this came out, it felt rebellious and you went with it. Nostalgia of a simpler time makes me want to like it but I’m old now, and I don’t like this.
Dated sound. Few ok tunes but overall poor
If I could score 3.5 I would. Some really great tracks mixed with some mid tier ones
Good four songs in here, used to love the praise you video
Not my cup of tea. Skank and Praise You was everywhere in the late 90s and I’m still not ready to revisit.
As far as electronic music goes, this is near the top. Normally, redundancy in lyrics is of peak annoyance to me, but in this, the lyrics are used as an instrument, so the repetition makes sense. Besides, California is druggy druggy druggy. Points off for the third track, don’t care for it. But there are so many great tracks that I can just skip over that and hear a fantastic album.
Nú veit ég ekki alveg hvernig ég á að flokka þessa tónlistarstefnu en ég veit samt hversu mikið ég hlustaði á Fatboy Slim og sérstaklega þessa plötu hans í gamla daga. Mér finnst þetta enn gott stöff og skil ekki af hverju ég hlusta ekki meira á plöturnar hans. Dansidansi.
Bullshit. The music is not bad but 2 points less considering the guy is a complete jerk in real life. Fuck you, entitled piece of shit.
absolute king of the game. everytime I listen I envy the people who were able to attend the free concert at Brighton in 2002.
If every song was shorter, and F*cking in Heaven was removed, I might have enjoyed this. It was a tough listen with a couple of highlights.
I'm not prude, but the swearing was distracting. Not arty, not holistic, just like someone farted. Constantly.
Oh yes! This made it onto the list…. The intro to Right Here Right Now is like a time portal back to the late 90s. What Normon Cook did with his Atari ST is just astonishing looking back. No library of samples, just a stack of floppy disks he’d amassed with samples he’d created. Sometimes the greatest innovations are driven by the technology being just good enough for a genius to take it to another level (a bit like the Beatles and a 4 track recorder in the 60s). There - I said it….genius! Having said that, the singles are the majority of the standout tracks on the album. Having said that, the rest is far from filler and it’s fascinating to hear the singles surrounded by the rest of the album (often is). Solid 4.
Some iconic and fun singles (who doesn’t like Praise You?), but it’s not something that draws me in.
I'm not sure about this album.
Bra grejer! Gangsta var bästa låten.
A mixed bag. The singles still feel strong, Fucking in Heaven felt like a lad culture throwback, and then the others were between fun and forgettable. Love Island and Acid 8000 were pleasant surprises near the end.
This album came out when I was 16; a lot of people at school loved it; I the contrarian, therefore thought it was naff. My assumption was going into this listen that nostalgia would override my anti-Ibiza alcopop snobbery... this didn't really play out. I liked a lot of what was going on: Build it Up, Tear It Down and Soul Surfing are great. Love Island is an absolute banger. There are loads of great samples and layering, but it's also crass and a bit lightweight in places; the big hit singles can stay at the foam parties with the WKD.
To anyone under the age of 30. It’s probably hard to understand how big these songs were on release. An era where every dance song had to have a drop. It can be a bit tiring though when the same song has 3 drops. As can the over use of the same vocal sample “what we doin when the fat boy slippin’” “ right about now, with the funk soul brutha”. This was absolutely giving the masses what they wanted at the time. Thankfully the samples (sampling) is strong, as is the source material. Praise You is probably the pick of the bunch. If follows the same formula as the rest, but the main sample is extended allowing the song to breath. You’re not from Brighton / Love Island and Acid 8000 follow a different pattern influenced by the rave era. Only the last of those is strong though. I expected to enjoy this more. 2/5
Overplayed at the time, no surprises here
Big beat indeed. Across the iconic hits on this record Norman Cook brings his very biggest beats, clever manipulation of samples and pop sensibilities from his time in a band to deliver a brash record with popular appeal. At its best these are dramatic, panoramic songs with a real sense of energy and fun to them. The bravery of the man also. To let some of these songs run on for as long as they do. When you’re in the groove with Cook and onboard with the song then this is a definite enhancer. Away from the singles there are several songs that could have done with either a trim, or removing entirely. The track names that you do not recognise in the middle of the album could all go. There is a significant uptick in quality at the end, songs which could have happily sat in the middle. The album as a whole is feast and famine with big singles followed by filler, and at 61 minutes in length that didn’t need to be the case.
I like the hits but it sounds dated and kind of annoying in anything but a small dose.
Nah. Pass. Not my flavor of EDM.
not for me, didn’t make it through
Obnoxious, but found myself still bobbing my head. I used to listen to this often in high school and I think has a time and a place, but not so much in my 40s.
While it certainly sounds “of its time” I think it does a great job perfectly encapsulating the creative pioneering that the confluence of technology and 90’s “anything goes” ethos, and in that respect, it holds up. For what it is, I can’t give it a 3, though it’s a 3.5. 4 stars it is.
Annoying. 2/5 just for Right Here Right Now and Praise You, but they're still annoying though.
Esta guapo instrumentales interesantes
A bangeR.
I skipped a few albums to get this in with Aphex Twin and Moby in the same night, because they sort of represent the three most successful prongs of electronic music in the 90s. Moby had the enormous crossover appeal by tapping into the pop consciousness of American music; Aphex Twin had the critics swooning (especially in the UK) with his darker, minimalistic techno Fatboy Slim sort of occupied the middle path between them, at least from an American perspective. I remember hearing his remix for "Brimful of Asha" on the radio here, including, yes, WBCN, which is featured on this very album. I can't say I heard that particular phone call that plays as the lead-in to the superb "Rockafeller Skank" but there's no doubt in my mind it's legit. BCN used to get some insane calls, especially during the evening show, which I'm pretty sure this was, given that the DJ in the clip is Bradley Jay (which is confusing, given that the caller's name is also Brad). That infectious enthusiasm about Fatboy Slim was a real thing for about 4 or 5 years, spanning the turn of the millennium, but it inarguably peaked with the video for "Praise You", which starred and was directed by Spike Jonze (made while he was working on his debut film, Being John Malkovich). It was inescapable, and the album became inescapable, part of the soundtrack to the last couple of pre-9/11 summers. Those times didn't last, and weirdly, neither did Fatboy Slim; he basically stopped releasing new music 20 years ago. But it's not nostalgia speaking when I say that this album still absolutely cooks, more than a quarter of a century later.
It get's kinda old quick but there's some bangers in here.
Great first half, but pretty average second half (other than Praise You).
What a record!
Terrible. Each song need only be 30 seconds long as they constant loop for the rest. Sounded like a toddler who's drunk to much orange squash, very repetitive and annoying
This album could be twenty minutes long and nothing would be lost. It’s not terrible, but it’s dull and incredibly repetitive. Its only strength lies in the quality of a handful of the samples, and that’s not enough for me to like this. It does bring back memories of clubbing at university though - Norman Cook was omnipresent in the late 90s, and some of this music really soundtracked my mid twenties so it’s not all bad.
Probably giving this more than it deserves on the whole but my day was spent in mad dash work mode and this is a. Incredible soundtrack for crossing items off of a list.
LOL everyone on the planet knows Right Here Right Now. Fucking in Heaven is terrible. So repetitive. Repetitive. Repetitive. Soul Surfing just started and I am impatiently waiting for this album to be over.
7,09
This album has not aged well. I found it jarring and distracting rather than enjoyable
His second album. Electronic / Dance. Right Here, Right Now and The Rockafeller Skank are two quintessential 90s electro tracks. Love the sleeve on this album too. Gangster Trippin is also a good track. A masterpiece of repetition, samples and beats to move to. Praise You, what a banger. This track also has one of the great videos!
Not to bad, a really good album of the genre. It has some really good songs i enjoy even today. Still it is not my preferred genre of music, gets a little tiring after a while.
Epitome of 2000s dj music. Was ok
straightforward fun
Favorit
Extremely fun, some of the biggest bangers around. I distinctly remember being sat in the back of the car on the way home from school after hearing this for the first time trying to explain to my parents what "Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven" was called without cursing. It didn't go well.
great
don’t you want to dance?
This album screams late 90s in every concievable way. It has four massive singles (from the UK, anyway) and lots of other tunes which are familiar from films and adverts from the time. It's big, fun, brash, dumb and very disposable. Enjoyable but a strange one for the 1001 list.
Very interesting. I believe that they have a very good foundation to produce intricate and serious music, but they chose heavy beats and the most straightforward way to present themselves. This makes them different from other DJs, as they are making brainwashing big beats by their artistic choice not because they could only do loud basslines. I do like praise you, love island. Very fun to listen. Also it’s realised in 1998, very impressive.
The hits sure do hit don’t they. It feels like a lot of this album is him just messing around and having fun because I don’t think anyone makes “In Heaven” in the hopes that it gets radio play. It’s a DJ with some songs that get pretty repetitive, to the point I was almost starting to sour on the style. But “Praise You” brings it all back around. Rockefeller Skank is great and iconic, but Praise You just has such uplift to it. Highly recommended checking out the source material, Praise You by Carmille Yarborough. I think the pacing of the album with the hits positioned as they were gave the rest of the album time to make a nice background music, that was begging for some soul, just in time for Praise You to hit.
This album slaps. I really enjoyed listening to it and it’s a pretty good summer time jam. Might even bump this up to a five star - as the story itself is so cool.
Bangers
Not sure if this is the best Drum and Bass album we've had, or if I enjoyed it because I've heard a bunch of these songs and snippets from this album in commercials, on soundtracks, and in various other places pretty much all my life. Praise You goes so hard, and I'd assume its hard to find someone that hasn't at least heard the main part of Right Here, Right Now. Definitely notable, just don't know how much I'll seek out this album on my own.
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I don't see the appeal. Too repetitive
I'd consider myself a "big beat" fan. I remember how huge this album was when it came out, and it has some great tunes for sure. "Right Here Right Now", "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Trippin", and "Praise You" are the standout tracks. While looped beats are a trademark of the style, I do think it gets a little too repetitive a few times, when not enough has been added to keep the sounds "evolving" so-to-speak. All-in-all, great album though.
Well done Norman not a bad effort at all! Some of it is a bit repetitive but that’s the nature of the beast. All in all a decent bit of sampling!
Ingenious? No. Unique? Somewhat. Too Long? Yes.
not sure how I feel about this one, but the album cover is great Will I listen to again: 7%
bin natürlich nur bis zum zweiten lied gekommen, weils DER banger ist, aber wär nie auf die idee gekommen, n album vob fatboy slim zu hören
Any yokes?
Ever since he debuted in the ‘90s, I have never been a fan of FBS. Figuring maybe decades later I’d change my mind, but I can say I stay firm in my stance. Electronic music just hits or it doesn’t for me, and when it is this repetitive with audio clips and such, I just find myself getting irritated as shit. I made it through most of the album, but eventually had to hit stop to save my sanity.
Repetitive and annoying. Never really got the hype. Maybe I need to be drunk or high. The only song I can somewhat stand is Praise You.
It falls JUST short of a 5, though it could easily be one if the later songs start to stick with me. This album is such an ancestor of so much modern music I like, or even just a lot of internet content I like.
This one was a lot of fun. Funk and soul brothers for life. But besides a few great moments I just don't see myself returning to it any time soon.
Extremely fun! Great, catchy, funky breakbeat goodness made for nothing more than getting stuck in your head and getting your booty in gear on the club floor.
I feel like this kind of music is extremely polarizing and might get annoying in certain contexts. Super simple stuff, lot of the same samples over and over and over again. But… idk, I found myself movin’. Great beats and it never felt too samey to me. I can’t help but love it. I’ll call it a guilty pleasure. I knew a few before listening to the album. The Rockafeller Skank has an extremely nostalgic connection for me, but it’s good regardless (maybe a little too long). Praise You is awesome. Gangster Trippin was a new one to me and it slaps. Found myself bopping along to most of the middle of the album too. I’ll definitely be revisiting this one.
Hella funky, hella groovy, tons of variety from song to song. I don't quite see this one making it into my rotation, but for the purpose of the challenge it was a banger. Standouts: Rockafeller Stank • Gangster Trippin
Man this album rocks. It is blistering, fast, and merciless. Very rarely do i think it's ok for an album to be over an hour, but I honestly found myself looping it and wanting more.
Strange mix of songs that I love and songs that I hate. Lot more that I didn't enjoy however.
The first two songs are bangers, of course, and the rest don't stand out at all. Typical electronic music.
The problem with repetitive music like this is if it's not done perfectly it's really annoying. There are a couple obvious boppers in here, but altogether I found the album obnoxious. He made some really catchy loops, but a four second loop for six straight minutes will get pretty annoying no matter what.
Quite the obsession with the “F” word.
Dance electro masterpiece by a DJ. Wonderful.
Long album for sure. Not necessarily for me, but still had interesting moments. Definitely moments where the album ran long in my opinion. 5.1/10
Fatboy Slim is one of those iconic and just plain fun dj mix club, techno, pick a "hop" bands that I don't understand people wouldn't like. This is one of those bands that plays their hearts and minds to their audiences and everyone just grooves. Sometimes silly, sometimes weird, but always fun and always accessible, I have always liked Fatboy Slim. It is so easy to just slip into their groove that I listened as my youtube auto play just kept going with them for hours. Why not? It is just "yeah, it's all good, chill baby."
Great
Fav: ayeyaiyai, they all seem so pretentious. Praise You is probably the most listenable.
So, the hook-drop-hook/repeat style never really was my thing. This sound hit the airwaves right when I took the full guitar-based rock path on my musical tastes journey. Bouncing in a room full of my sweaty peers while some dude with headphones and a turntable spun hooks as we were ecstasied up didn't land with me. No, I preferred bouncing in an arena with my sweaty peers, working my way to the rail to see (insert rock band here) shred their axes was more my thing. Most of our drug experience went up in little chimneys throughout the show. That being said, the sound of this album is pretty amazing considering how it was produced, and it was an undeniable influence at the time. He knows how to set a hook, I just kind of feel like I'm listening to the same 30 seconds on repeat, though goddamn if I don't find myself on occasion involuntarily moving to this one. Guess that's the point.
Two back-to-back albums from any artist is a stretch for this list. I'd give preference to this album over Better Living Through Chemistry. This album is more infectious and has a better vibe, if not more repetitive.
Listened to it too early. Need to do drugs.
Makes me want to watch the Italian Job
I honestly loved this. Part of the reason I wanted to do this exercise it to broaden my taste in genres and I definitely want to give more big beat music a try. Is every song 20% longer than it needs to be? Sure but I had to stop myself from dancing along to all of them on my walk.
This is very much not my genre. In fact I think it's currently my lowest rated genre in this project. That being said, I enjoyed this album. I'm not sure I would want to listen to the full thing again, there's only such much repetitive music I can listen to. But I would happily listen to a lot of the songs again. Some great samples used really well, some fun beats. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Fav song: The Rockafeller Skank Least fav: Kalifornia
ecstasy is a helluva drug
very entertaining, loving all the breaks. 3 or 4?
great. amazing. fun. the rockafeller skank was on one of the weird playlists my mom made me when i was a child so i like it even more
I remember hearing some of these, but I'm just not a fan of this genre. It is nice to know that it is "the funk soul brother" and not "the funk's so rubber" even though it still doesn't make sense.
Great album, still sounds fresh and not much like it
Banger after banger after banger after banger. When you like electronic music as much as I do : this is a absolute classic. Yes it's repetitive but so much thing is happening in the background and that makes each track incredibly rich and generous. 8/10 fav songs : The Rockafeller Skank & You're not from Brighton
I was surprised to enjoy this EDM as much as did.
Pop 90's EDM. Gets the endorphins flowing. Thanks Mr. Slim.
Lots of fun. "If this don't move your booty, your booty must be dead."
Obviously knew the hits, but unexpectedly enjoyed the rest of it too.
I’m sure what is being produced is very innovative, seems to be an interesting story behind it. Not really what I’m interested in, samples of samples of samples.
I understand the importance of Fatboy Slim for the electronic music scene. The beats and the constructions are incredible! But some mixes make some songs a little tiring to listen to at the end. But I understand that it is an aesthetic of the time, many DJs used it in their songs. Good album.
Bit dated, but still has some great songs. Songs can be too long, and some of them a little boring.