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Very cool, but sometimes he ruins it with long stretched/slowed sound bites.
Some bangers but a lot of meh
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
Not quite my tempo, but I acknowledge and respect the cultural significance
this was fun as hell obsessed with this fat little boy on the cover too - an icon <3
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.
Some classics, others not. 3/5
5/10 Yep, something happened here 6-23-2025
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...
Good for what it is, but incredibly repetitive (the nature of the genre, I suppose).
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
straightforward fun
great
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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
The first two songs are bangers, of course, and the rest don't stand out at all. Typical electronic music.
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
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?
Bit dated, but still has some great songs. Songs can be too long, and some of them a little boring.
Decent. Some timeless classics and one or two still sound fresh.
The very definition of a "you only need to listen to the singles". Some astonishingly good singles mixed with some ok and mildly catchy and some downright irritating songs. I think I liked this more when I was younger.
The hits from this are tremendous. It's incredible how he could pull samples together and make them such impressive cohesive tracks. Especially considering how long ago it was and what technology was available. Also though he loves having his name mentioned in tracks, it's a bit Shakira Shakira. Plus they're very long and the non album tracks are pretty repetitive. The hits made it good.
This came out the year I was born and I remember hearing quite a bit of this album into the mid 2000s, so a lot of this is quite nostalgic like Praise You and The Rockafeller Skank. Gangster Trippin is quite like the Beastie Boys, I liked that one because of that Fucking in Heaven is actually quite good instrumentally, but the stupid vocal refrain spoils it. Kalifornia is kind of annoying, kind of 'kiddy'. Love Island sounds like some schlocky pisstake that Limmy would make on Ableton Good, but gets a bit tiring and repetitive after a while Highlights: Gangster Trippin, The Rockafeller Skank
Very nostalgic!
Much as In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was of its time, You’ve Come A Long Way is very much a 90s album. A good 90s album. I could listen to any of the songs any time, but the album as a whole I probably wouldn’t. Interesting that this was our follow up to Soul II Soul. They’re both dance albums that would be great in a club, but without folks shaken’ what they got, they’re a bit less interesting.
Isn’t this the most 90’s album to ever 90?
Really funky but soon got quite repetitive
Fun listen. Funky and catchy songs. The samples are a bit long and repetitive as you go through the album. It's a listen I prefer with individual songs.
Some classics in there obviously, but the loops are a bit too annoying and repetitive for me. Teenage me thought it was the coolest shit though.
what in the ancient EDM. it was catchy at times though. [robot voice] fatboy slim is schmoicking in heaven
It's fine.
Praise You and Rockafella Skank are still cool. Much of the rest sounds the same, but more interesting and clever than a lot of the other EDM on here.
I bought this album but I could only really remember the singles. It turns out there’s a reason for that, but the singles are still fun.
ist ganz gut 3.5 Sterne würd ich sagen aber jetzt nicht für die Playlist fav Gangster trippin
It isn't bad. It's of it's time. The hits are good and the rest are fine.
Good but not great electronic album
It's fine. I imagine I would've liked this more when I was in high school. It's certainly no "Discovery" or "Since I Left You," but it's fine. Speaking of, why is the former not on this list?
The 4 hits from the album still stand the test of time. The other tracks are kind of repetitive and dull. And the Praise You music video is still a work of genius from Spike Jonze.
I forget how repetitive this record is. Incredible innovation for its time.
3.25
I was obsessed with finding the opening track as a child (in a Spotify free world), although that has dated quite a bit now. Some really obnoxious stuff on here - always hated some of the more popular tracks - but a lot of hits on one record so an extra star for that.
Interesting case of an album that was groundbreaking and unique at its time of release, but just has not aged well. It sounds old and simple. Electronic music has come a long way since this came out. There are still a couple bangers on here, but even those are pretty nostalgia driven.
not my fave but it was fun to listen to and funky and groovy
Fatboy Slim’s 1998 breakthrough, *You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby*, is a monumental work of Big Beat that undeniably helped define and soundtrack a generation, launching huge, iconic singles like “The Rockafeller Skank” and “Praise You” that perfectly captured the hedonistic spirit of the late '90s. However, despite its cultural impact and flawless energy on the standout tracks, the album ultimately suffers from a degree of thematic and sonic repetition, relying heavily on the same foundational loop-and-sample formula which causes some of the deeper cuts to feel like variations on a theme rather than distinct, compelling ideas.
Fucking in heaven
Banger macht sehr viel Spaß irgendwann bisschen repetitiv aber schon sehr cool
This album has the hits "Praise You", "Right Here, Right Now" and "Rockafeller Skank" which are great and carry this album. The other tracks aren't bad but not particularly memorable. As a result, I would probably choose to listen to just the tracks I like rather than the album as a whole.
This album took me a while to get into, to me it had a stronger back half. Enjoyable but isn’t going to be one I would probably re-listen to.
Fun album, reminds of my fist year of Uni. Great tunes and the videos are what really cemented these for me at the time. So many bangers…not an album I’ll listen to often but always love it when I do
3.5
Ohh yeah I did like actually! Lots of classics on.
A damn good start and good ending stretch to this album is killed by a hit or miss middle
Aight
Interesting experiments with electronic and pop music, tiring after a while
Always happy to find more instrumental albums for work! Nothing super interesting tbh and a lot of the 90s era hip hop sounds have dated a lil imo, but it’s still a nice groovy background listen while trying to stay focused
I didn't know Fatboy Slim was chill like that
Fun
Some good parts but very repetitive. Could’ve been half as long.
Enjoyed it much more than I expected to. Obviously the hits are hits for a reason but I was surprised by the quality of the other tracks too. Not one I’ll revisit too often but a positive experience nonetheless
This album was pretty repetitive but it did have some good tracks. Standout tracks: Right Here Right Now, Fucking In Heaven, Praise You
The Herr Fatboy Slim Shady mit sim pionier werk an album! So Art vo Albe hani erhofft bide 1001, ned wills absolute bangers sind, sondern will so Albe doch d zuekunft i verschidne genres prägt hend. Spassig zum lose, doch ide hütige ziit classy biz veraltet. Ich Gsehn de Fatboy aber mit sine retro synthies I sinere garage sites, chli umeexperimentiere und das Album us em ärmel schüttle. Dadefür biz abgrundeti 3 Fatboy Skinnyjeans
Stupidboy intelligent, Oftmals es bar classy tracks vu ihm ghört aber mir na nie ziit gnah für die fatboy. Isch gmüeltich, sicher au neui richtige ihgschlage mit dem style. Aber isch ez au nöd musikalisch mega schön für mich. 3 mal s(ch)lim inegrätsche vu mir
Solid electronic music, but not the type I like personally. Favorite was Acid 8000.
It's good, and the hits are awesome. But the album as a whole is quite repetitive
Fun 90's electronic music.
So I think this is one of those projects that has great ideas, and I can see why people would enjoy it. For me, though, it's just not engaging enough. I don't mind repetition, but some of the ideas here just don't get the fully baked treatment that others do. It's not super consistent as a whole.
90s sample-based dance music. Not bad and some classics on here, but I can’t see myself listening to the album again.
Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now
Fun and accessible
Oh weh, 1998. So lange ist das schon her...? Nicht mein Genre, aber 4 gute Songs gibt es. Wem (wie mir) der Opener Right Here, Right Now gefällt, dem empfehle ich, mal Ashes The Rain And I von James Gang anzuhören.
Liked it more than I thought I would. I'm not a huge electronic music fan but there is stuff that is fun and catchy.
I hated this when it came out. Now that is probably because I was a snotty teenager on the other side of the rock vs. dance separation that existed throughout the 90s. A quarter of a century later I can appreciate it more, but it's still overly repetitive. It will probably be a long time before I listen again.
Not a record I would normally listen to, but I quite liked it
Elektronika, której nie trawię. Był taki czas, kiedy trzy hity z tej płyty leciały wszędzie. Mogę je przesłuchać, uszy mi nie odpadną, ale czy to naprawdę jest muzyka najwyższej jakości? Powtarzalna i odtwórcza? 5/10
This was a fun listen but didn't actually want to listen again
1) major nostalgia 2) great choice for AM workout! love the generator today.
3 stars
Pretty good, not totally my thing but it wasn't a bad listen at all. Makes me want to take up breakdancing!
3 - I loved this album when it came out and I still love it today. This is classic late 90s big beat techno. Lots of bangers on this album but also this not going to be an album for everyone.
Just okay... outside of the three really popular tracks, one of which isn't even all that great, there's maybe one or two more tracks worth listening to. 5/10
I’m not well versed in electronic music. This seemed kinda bland. That one song I only remember because it was the song Rachael Leigh Cook had her dance battle at prom in She’s All that. This will be a neutral score as the music wasn’t great, but I was reminded fondly of Cook and her uncanny ability to choose the worst movies to act in.
Not gonna lie, I kind of enjoyed this album. EDM was never my gig, but sometimes it fills a need. This is one I’d go back to if that itch needed a good scratch. Except for the “fucking” song. Stupid.
Sort of amusing for a single listen, but it would get quickly annoying to listen to this multiple times.
3.5
osea bien pero medio repetitivo
Ich glaube wenn man darauf Lust hat macht das richtig Spaß
As much as I'm not a fan of electronic music, Fatboy Slim has a couple of iconic tracks under his belt that I love. This album demonstrates that he can make incredibly catchy music... but not necessarily that he always does. This album consists entirely of repetitive loopy songs with occasional interludes and minor additions to the loops. The problem with this style is that for the songs not to sound boring, the loops need to be really good. This album achieves this... with various degrees of success. And here's the issue: The average song length here is over 5.5 minutes, which is on a longer side for dance music. I don't mind The Rockafeller Skank begin almost 7 minutes long, because it's fun as hell, but there are some tracks here that are not that good (In Heaven, You're Not From Brighton, Acid 8000), so instead they feel like an overly long slog. You've Come a Long Way, Baby is definitely of its time, but it has its charm and the songs mostly range from fine to incredibly fun. 7/10
Some memorable songs like right here, right now, the rockafeller skank and praise you The rest of the album is easily forgettable 3.5
hits are good, some of the other ones aren't working as hard yk
Nostalgic 90’s electronic mood (not vibe). A bit too repetitive without much build to be better than it is
All in all, it's a fun listen.
Would have been a 4 if it weren't for the high repetition of lyrics
Good tunes but overplayed on my end. Great FIFA 99 menu music on the PC.
Blast from the past. 3.5 stars
Went into this knowing nothing and some of the songs were so fun!! Didn’t love the middle section of the album but I definitely see its merit as an electronic/dance-pop album from the 90s
the mixing is so cool but my brain is so numb
The three songs on here you know, you know. The rest just doesn’t seem to carry the age as well I give an extra star just because at the time it was something, but now it just feels a little grating.
Schwankt zwischen guter Partymusik und absolutem Schrott, hat aber irgendwie Spaß gemacht. Vielleicht ist es so schlecht, dass es schon wieder gut ist.
A fun dance/electro album that goes on for way too long and meanders on the same loops far too often. 7.5/10
The hits on here are very good (albeit a bit repetitive) and the other tracks are generally good. A groundbreaking album but not necessarily a top listen. 3.2/5 -> 3/5
A precursor to modern EDM, the techno stuff of the 90's was often repetitive but damn if it wasn't catchy. A whole album of repetitive songs is a bit much but there's still lots to appreciate here.
Slughtly hard to rate. The hits are catchy but so familiar, the album tracks are not very interesting.
Ret fan men ikke lige mit jam i længden 3,4
USED TO DANCE AROUND TO THIS ONE IN THE KITCHEN AS A BABY. GOOD SHIT. THE BANGERS BANG BUT LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLR ALBUM IT CAN GET REPETITIVE AS FUCK. 3/5
There are a couple of "hits" on this record but overall it didn't do all that much for me.
A good fun album, I seem to remember it being pretty unique at the time. Anyway, I quite enjoyed Right Here Right Now and Rockafeller Skank. Fave from today is You're Not from Brighton.
Not my taste but a couple of good tracks
Full of hits. Sounds like high school. Not too shabby.
мемно (диджей ебан)
Some good but a lot of meh
Some good, some bad. Some of it is just repetitive.
Deserves its place here - despite being 26 years old, you hear snatches of this album all over the place, and it still sounds good. Whilst it might be a tad unimaginative to use Right Here, Right Now to introduce YET ANOTHER live TV event (ahem, Sky Sports and BBC) it does, still, create a sense of excitement I suppose. Praise You is a really great track and I remember loving the video. The singles are all strong tracks, helped no doubt by Norm being a bass player. The other tracks are very repetitive though, as lots of reviewers have said, and a couple (Love Island!) were pretty unlistenable. But I like the overall sound he created from the vocal excerpts, soul vibes, basslines and great rhythms. PS just listened to Take Yo' Praise by Camille Yarborough (which the sample comes from). Now that's a bassline.
Some classic bangers but found the rest a bit uninspiring.
Good if you’re frantically cleaning your home, at a 90s rave, coding, or a 90s teen romcom soundtrack…and not much else
Creative, dated
The nostalgia is understandable, but this album isn’t my flavour. Have obvious stand outs, but overall very indifferent to the sounds produced here.
I like the two hits on this, but electronic is not my thing in general.
elst þokkalega vel. alls ekki leiðinlegt. efast um að ég muni nokkurn tíma hlusta á þetta aftur.
+++ rockafeller skank, kalifornia --- in heaven, praise you very mixed feelings about this one. i dont hate anything, and the songs i like i LOVE, but the ones i don’t i feel purely indifferent towards. in heaven grates a bit. the backing track sounds like the loop of an annoying toy, but the songs that lean away from strings and more towards the d+b or electronic side of things are utterly fantastic. praise you, despite being the most famous track from this and the only one i had heard before, is honestly kind of lacklustre next to everything else in my opinion.
The singles are very very good. At times it feels like the album tracks are just filler until we get to another single. A lot of the album tracks are a bit bloated and you could probably cut a good 90 seconds out of all of them. Maybe at that time to Praise You and let it last an hour. Or cut the album down to 40 mins and keep all the good bits and we'd have a 5*.
Day 0004/1001 of One Album a Day My favourite songs from this album will always have a special place in my heart as I have loved them since I was a child, but I have to say the rest of the album was quite dissapointing and forgettable. Also have no idea why some of the tracks are as long as they are, they drag on and the album as a whole really started to bore me in its latter stages. I like though how if you search this album into Reddit to top posts are all talking about how the fat obese smoker on the cover is unidentified to this day as opposed to any reviews of the album itself lol Fav tracks: Right Here, Right Now / The Rockafeller Skank / Gangster Trippin' / Praise You Bad tracks: Kalifornia / Acid 8000
Kind of insane all these hits came from this album. That being said, every song is a minute and a half to long
Lubię elektronikę, ale ten album tak sobie płynął i nie ruszył mnie jakoś specjalnie, w dodatku według mnie bardzo czuć upływ czasu. 3/5 głównie z powodu klasyków: Praise you, right here right now
Hype music. Workout? Heard at stadiums.
When this hits, it sounds great. But man does this get repetitive and have some misses. For the genre and style it was doing a lot with some key songs.
There is definitely some nostalgia seeping through hearing the big singles from this album, as they were typically played everywhere back in the late nineties/early noughties. Objectively, it's OK but it's quite repetitive and it's not really an album I would choose to hear.
Mostly overplayed now, but Praise You still makes my playlists
I thought this album was a the best thing ever when it came out in the late 90s and I have listened to it more times than I can count. I still like it but my opinion has cooled somewhat over the years. Rating: 3
3.5
Not as repetitive or generic as some of the other electronic music in this list. But it's still not that great.
Check it out now, funk soul brother! aber "Built it up, Tear it down" für n Arsch. Geile Songs, aber auch viel Mist - 3 Sterne
Die Banger sind Banger, der Rest halt auch echt nicht. Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
The singles are good and catchy (though they've definitely been played to death). The rest of the tracks are interesting from a technical standpoint, just oodles of samples cut and manipulated expertly. However, most of them seem twice as long as they need to be, and the vocal samples quickly get tiresome.
Not a bad album. It's not my go-to music style, but growing up and hearing these songs all the time, I recognize how influential this album was, and how it really broke barriers in the music industry.
Not quite thinking music but there are some boppy instrumentals. The more lyrical stuff like Praise You or Heaven, though, I don’t care for and take me out a bit. Other times, it’s a little too electronica even for my tastes. But ultimately a decent listen.
The three megahits (The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You, Right Here, Right Now) are good and bring back a lot of nostalgia (though I prefer their radio edit versions), but listening the whole album at one go is too much, because it is really very repetitive and exhausting overall. Some songs were really dumb (the Heaven song), too. I was leaning towards 2 but because of the hits I give it a 3.
It was good but dated. Nostalgia.
TBH, I totally forgot about him, but then I was like oh yeah. That guy. I can always dig a good DJ, but hard to look at it from a produced album. I like intuitive DJ performances.
7/10
Godt! Otto og jeg har en fest
Fint nok
Some good late 90s British electronic music (which isn't very common). Right Here Right Now, The Rockafella Skank, and Praise You are all huge songs that I grew up with. There are some songs that get a bit annoying/repetitive looping but that's to be expected. 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
3 Stars (8/15)
I was very familiar with one song, The Rockafeller Skank, from the movie She's All That.
It's a fun groove is you can handle the repetition.
You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, originally released in 1998. The recording story of this album is pretty interesting. Cook recorded and produced the album at his home studio in Brighton, known as the House of Love, using an Atari ST computer, Creator software, and floppy disks. Must've been such a pain in the ass to work with. The content on this album is fairly run-of-the-mill electronic music from that era. It's very sample-based which can get repetitive after a while. That being said, lots of the tracks are pretty groovy, especially on the latter half of the album. This type of electronic music isn't usually my vibe, but this absolutely belongs on this list as it is a very important recording in the history of electronic music (even if it hasn't aged very well). And man, check out that album cover! It's a shame they changed it for the US release.
Takes me back!
Highlights: Right Here Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin', Praise You. In a nutshell: the great 1998 copy and paste job. At time of release, You've Come A Long Way Baby was a juggernaut. Retrospectively, you can tell Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) found a winning formula after years of DJing and applied it hard throughout. Overall: 6/10
Has a couple bangers, but otherwise eh.
I bought this album in middle school and listened to it quite a bit back then. My musical tastes have come a long way, baby.
ahh oke I get it vill samples und nöd wüürkli lieder im konventionelle sinn die erste zwei lieder sind na funny gsi aber füre 1h? idk bro wie lang zieht sich rockafeller, es isch eig na cool aber fast 7 minute??? idk ich find sample rig öppis mega cools aber wenn halt eifach 4 min eifach s gliche wiederholt wird ohni twist, ohni öppis speziells, weiss nöd au wenns iwo durre öppis het, e gwüssi nostalgie wo iwie cool isch build it up, aka BOUNCE BOUMCE BOUNCE hani no geil gfunde habaha, da hets jz au die switches geh wo ich mier chli erhofft han soul surfing findi de eint beat sehr geil, aber sie passed nöd so recht für mich? you're not from brighton riiichtig geil entweder bini ufgwärmt oder di zweit hälfti isch um einiges besser, praise you iach super ok han jz würkli e gueti ziit gha, aber will ichs ganz ehrlich wahrsch niemeh wird lose, gits es guets 3
Some well known tunes, too repetitive for me (songs in itself).
Enjoyable listen. Obviously not my genre but def could listen to again.
Interesting to listen to the tracks outwith the single but don’t think they lift the record to anything above a 3 really, it’s good but didn’t blow me away on first listen, the nostalgia of Praise You and Rockefeller Skank hit hard though
I get the appeal, it's definitely got a beat and you can dance to it. The repetitiveness just gets to me, and that's why I can never get into techno. Still, I have to give this one props for having a couple huge hits that got way more airplay than I'd expect from this type of album back in the 90s.
This is #day78 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... right about now, the funk soul brother, check it out now, the funk soul brother! Clearly, You've Come A Long Way, Baby is a product of its era, an unmistakable slice of late '90s break/big-beat electronica with plenty of sampled vocals. Somehow, though, this album and Fatboy Slim himself passed me by in the early '00s, aside from the ubiquitous "The Rockafeller Skank." Back then, I was more into The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers, I believe. I also liked Moby's 18. It's a jam for the ladies and the superstars if you know what I mean. Listening to this record for the first time now, I found it to be a fun collection of tunes that takes you back in time. However, I'm not sure if I'd want to revisit it in full anytime soon. But hey, I've ticked it off this list before I kick the bucket, so that already counts, right? This is a strong 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day79.
I can see this as a painstaking trawl through collected sound bites from a huge record collection, and assembled using a computer. But at the end of the day, it all sounds like a mish mash produced by a scratching DJ. As an album, the tracks all sound pretty samey, it's technically pretty accomplished but rather lacking in musicality and emotion. Probably fairly influential in club scenes at the time. I've played it twice now. Will I play it again? Most probably not.
This album is a double-edged sword, bringing a sense of bittersweet nostalgia. On one hand, it was really nice to revisit because I have a strong connection to it on a nostalgic level. The memories of my teenage years, living a carefree life and adapting easily to things, come flooding back. The album has some really cool parts that were enjoyable and fun at the time. However, there’s a flipside. Some tracks feel kind of sloppy, as if Fatboy Slim was still honing his production skills. I noticed this even when it first came out, but I was more accepting back then. Now, if I disconnect from the nostalgia, I find that this album hasn’t aged well. As I’ve grown older and my musical tastes have evolved, the flaws that were once minor annoyances have become stumbling blocks, making it harder to appreciate the album for what it’s meant to be.
Repetitive but not too bad ig
It was OK in its day and still.ok..
No siis kyllä, bileet saa tällä pystyyn. Hyvä meininki kyllä. Kansainvälisempi kuin brittitanssimusiikki usein (dupista on vain aavistus täällä, ainakin mun korvaan). Voi laittaa soimaan klubilla tai leffan soundtrackiksi (nykyään varmaan ennemmin jälkimmäinen).
Meemiarvoltaan listan kärkeä: ykköshitti on ollut tuttu siitä lähtien kun kuulin sen "funksouraba". Keksitkö tarttuvamman hokeman?
Only know Fat Boy Slim for their hits. Album flowed well and was a lot more accessible than I thought it would be.
funky, a few good songs but there were a few that kind of blended in the background
I knew some of this was going to be recognizable. I didn't know it was going to be 3 songs right off the bat. I do like this. Understanding and familiarizing more beat-driven (electronic?) stuff has been a standout with this project for me. Also, the original cover is way better than the American one.
I don't hate it, but I'm really not into it either. It's just too repetitive and "dancey" for lack of a better (real?) term. I think I just don't like beats unless someone is rhyming over them.
Entertaining
Ah yes, Fatboy Slim. The man who inspired dozens of Brooklyn hipsters to drop out of art school and use their parents' money as a front to become a DJ. You can smell the sweat coming from now 40-something men with once-ironic mustaches as they dance with one arm in the air and the other arm DJ'ing while several 20-something girls surround him, aided by the drugs in their system and enamored at the genius of this person who is making the same phrase come out of the speakers at an intolerable decibel level. You know what? Another tattoo isn't a bad idea and we can post the whole thing on Flickr for the world to see. Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven, but right now she is in fucking heaven. The attention her parents never gave her is now forgotten as she dances beside the mustached man on stage. Life is good. My college roommate loved this album and would play it quite often. I grew to not dislike this album and eventually the same phrase being repeated 983 times does get caught in your head. I always wondered why Fatboy Slim hates verses and/or hates using different words for a chorus just to throw a bit of a changeup. Nonetheless, when I think of electronica in the late 1990's I think of Fatboy Slim. I think of the same chorus repeated over and over. I think of pretty good beats and an overall interesting album that I would never put on unless there was a specific reason to or I wanted to go to American Eagle. I think this one has to be in the book because this is more mainstream techno. So, it is.
Meh. Not a big electronic music fan. This has some undeniable hits on it that can't be denied. So I suppose it has that going for it. Electronica just gets so repetitive.
I know some of these songs from 90’s alt rock, but the style isn’t for me.
Man, I really thought I was liking this. I thought I was being hypocritical that I enjoyed this over so many other electronic 90s albums, but I couldn't deny how great Rockafeller Skank or Praise You were. However, looking bsck on it made me realize how much of this opinion was built upon comfort. Sure, the other, lesser, tracks are okay, but do I really care? Especially enough to sit there and act like the album is better for them, running over an hour long? It's an okay album with some great tracks, but if you stick to the greatest hits records for Fatboy Slim, you will be missing very little. Luckily, this album has a good chunk of those hits, so there is something here to enjoy.
Goed album, maar naast de hits niet veel andere goeie nummers. 3.4
Not a big electronic/house fan, but even I liked a few of these!
Ich glaube wenn man darauf Lust hat macht das richtig Spaß
not really my thing, so i listened while working, and found it good background music for programming to
right about now the funk soul brother check it out now the funk soul brother right ab- 6/10
it wasn't bad, but an entire album? really?
I used to LOVE this album as a kid. Absolutely blew my mind when it came out. Very interesting to revisit it 27 years later. Because in hindsight it's actually...not as incredible as I was expecting. It's almost like entry level, pop electronica. The beats are quite surface level, far far too repetitive, each song should either be half the length or actually go somewhere else. The most interesting thing about this album is that the only song that actually excites me is Acid 8000, which is probably the only song I disliked as a kid. A totally different genre to the rest of the album. Bit of Acid house that comes out of nowhere and slaps hard. If I was 9 years old again this would be an easy 5*. As it is, tbh it's done well to get a 3*
God I love this era of electronic music so many iconic and important records here and Fatboy Slim may take the top of the list. In the songs that changed the era Praise you and Right Here Right Now these are invaluable. Where I see a shift is in the beat being samey for my taste even though I like house. I think slim was a bit too overzealous in this aspect and it hurts the enjoyment. I think this type of electronic was engaging and I wish it came back more. Slim is always better with lyrics
Det er sjovere end både Prodigy, Daft Punk og Basememt Jax. Der er nogle virkelig catchy numre. Men desværre går jeg død i hvor repetitative alle numrene er
the transition from Right Here Right Now to The Rockafeller Skank was very enjoyable for me I imagine this album would be 1000x better if I was on ketamine however I do not believe I could source that just for this one album
This was a blast. Some parts hung out too long but there were a few classics in here and some new ones I liked. Right Here, Right Now, Rockefeller Stank, and Praise You.
Fun, if repetitive, 90s dance tunes.
Way too repetitive. I really don’t care that Slim is fucking in heaven. If that’s what’s up I want to be in hell.
Thought this was a Fats Domino album and got real confused initially. A good album but again electronica has come so far as a musical style. There's lots of playing with interesting beats on this album but the lyrics are nothing, the songs are extremely repetitive, and the style doesn't vary much across the hour. This album has a place in the evolutionary fossil record of electronica. I liked Praise You best.
right here, right now
Pretty good
This just isn’t my kind of thing. I found some stuff interesting, but, sadly, I was mostly bored. “Rockafella Stank” and “Praise You” are classic but their brilliance does not elevate “In Heaven”, possibly the dumbest fucking song I’ve ever heard. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-youve-come-a-long-way?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I actually like the grooves of this album but far too repetitive for it's hour long runtime. Probably could stand it more if I had some X on hand. But I still love "Praise You" like I did way back then, and really dug the surf music samples in "Soul Surfing". I also really enjoyed "Right Here. Right Now", but that was before I realized this repetitive groove thing takes up about 80% to 90% of the album. [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½ [7.6] ★★★½
Meh. Very repetitive and the songs go on forever. Even the songs you think you know and like, like "Praise You, are twice as long and monotonous as the single versions you're used to hearing. 3 stars.
3.5
Had this CD years ago. Hits are the clear highlights. Low 3 stars.
Everyone who hasn't been under a rock for the last 26 years has heard The Rockefeller Skank. The album is cool, but it's not my type of music. I'll leave 3 stars!
„Right Here, Right Now“, „The Rockafeller Skank“ and „Praise You“ are great songs. I did not enjoy the rest of the album that much. Too repetitive and sometimes even annoying, and what the hell is the idea behind the lyrics of „Fucking in Heaven“? Sounds like a child just learned a new word it’s not supposed to say.
A few bangers on this, but it does get repetitive after a while.
This is one of those albums that mostly everyone in the late 90’s owned. A few classic tracks but relentlessly repetitive on the fillers.
Don't know if id enjoy it or not Not particularly my thing but the music is quite good
Other than hearing The Rockafeller Skank in all its glorious context, this didn’t do much for me. I’m sure it’s good for those that enjoy this kind of sampling electronica.
Club music that I don't hate. Knew a couple of these that are radio staples but the sound gets monotonous after a while.
This was fine but felt monotonous. I'm sure this was hard to make but it didn't do very much for me.
OK, but nothing exciting.
actually really helped me get into the groove for sudoku but my ears bled a little into my headphones. this album may haunt my nightmares
Great workout album
Way too repetitive but the songs stuck in my head and I didn't end up hating it.
3.5/5 essential tv-backgroundmusiccore b-side deutlich schlechter
Rip Fatboy Slim. You would have loved garage band
I enjoyed this.
Nice grooves - if you like raving, it's perfect. Some of the tracks are OK to run to, so that's fine, tbough I wouldn't choose to listen to it.
I enjoyed it for a while but by the end I was a bit fatigued
C+
Maybe I’m overvaluing this a touch, but it’s just so much fun. “In Heaven” is an all-timer
Not my cup of tea and the album was a bit too long, but Praise You, Right Here Right Now, and Rockafeller Skank we’re pretty good which is probably why I’ve heard them a million times before
A few very recognisable tunes which I enjoyed. Wouldn't listen to the album again though, feel like it's just made to be soundtracks in movies or games.
I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. Although Fucking in Heaven was Fucking shit. The Rockafeller Skank gave me FIFA 99 Flashbacks which was fun even if the song annoyed me. Praise You is great.
I liked the two popular songs. But even on those, it’s a ton of repetition in each song. And they seem to go on forever. Do we really need 5 full minutes where he says nothing but fat boy slim is fucking in heaven? The beats and hooks are great. And maybe this is what this type of music is supposed to be but for me it was just too much.
Background music, not my first choice.
This is peak 90s. The kind of electronica hinted at on Bjork’s Debut is on full display here. At the time it was a groundbreaking smash. But now, it’s hard not to regard this as background music. There was almost never anything to really grab me and let me know “THIS is the heart of the song”. It wasn’t until close to the end of the album when the song “Love Island” came on that my ears perked up. It was so different from the previous 9 songs that I thought the album was over and a new artist was auto playing. Which, speaking of… When the album was over, this song "Spitfire" by The Prodigy came on, and it blew me away in all the ways Fatboy Slim didn’t, so I put on the full album it came from - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. The songs here were full of hooks and variations and melodies that wormed their way into my brain. Every track found some way to surprise me. So even if I was disappointed with the Fatboy Slim album, it was worth it to be led to The Prodigy, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned.
High 3
Is it just me, or does this get old really quick?
Here’s the formula for a Fatboy Slim song: take a vocal sample (right about now funk soul brother), repeat it many many times, then start stuttering the sample over and over and over until it just starts repeating again, then add the same drumbeat to every song, some repetitive guitars or piano and repeat for about five and a half minutes. All that being said, it does work more often than I expected it would. Not great and way too long, but better than some other albums of this ilk on the list.
One of the better (maybe the best?) electronica albums we’ve heard so far. This was much more fun and interesting than previous ones, and I didn’t mind listening to this at all. He did a lot of cool effects, and beats, and variations. But, it was still too long and repetitive for me, and I’m sure that’s just personal taste and, ultimately, maybe this genre just isn’t overall for me.
Much better than I remember it being. This came out when I was 17 and heavily into American alt rock. I've had Dub Be Good To Me and his remixes of Body Movin' and Brimful of Asha on my playlists for years and I've always had a soft spot for the Housemartins but I guess my teenage cynicism about this album has unwittingly persisted. The reality is, this album is pretty good in places, but is patchy, the singles are enough. The rest is just filler.
Classic
Didn't use a private session on Spotify. I have heard most of these songs, but never sat down and listened to the whole album. I was amazed how repetitive this crap is, maybe it should only be played in the background, maybe it should only be listened to when you are tripping balls, but when soberly focusing on the music, this crap is annoying. I don't want to use the word repetitive again as it would be repetitive but Fatboy has no issue being repetitive with beat or being repetitive with the lyrics, so why should i avoid being repetitive in my use of the word repetitive?
great 90s dance album
The repetitive nature of this was painful to get through at times. I understand the nature of establishing a groove in a club setting. This is average at best IMO, but I’ll round up since it had some mainstream success. 2.5/5
I can dig the songs that made regular rotation and most likely will up my number here, but overall this was just too much of an assault on my senses. Too repetitive, a bit annoying and not my thing.
Props for the successful songs on here, just not my thing
It’s like a parrot on speed, strangely enjoyable
When will the palest and whitest of white guys stop taking samples of music made by black people, putting them into a computer, and turning them into “their” songs and making millions of dollars off of them? Never. You can’t make them. I can’t make them. They will never stop. The last number one song before humanity dies out will be created from a snippet of the chorus from 1920’s Mississippi blues man “Blind Willie” Tyrone “Blackity Black” Johnson’s song “Oh Lawd I’m Glad You Took My Eyes (So I Can’t See What Dem Crackers Done Done)” mixed with a horn section from Isaac Hayes, a beat from Kurtis Blow and an anime porn video game voice sample mixed in garage band by Greg Mayonaisington under his stage name DJ Lil Coochee Stank. And it will be a bop. That’s the thing. Fatboy Slim, Moby, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, The Chemical Brothers, I like them all. It’s a winning formula. The original artists made great music and the DJs who sample them make great music out of that other great music. Now, could the DJs make great music without relying on the earlier artists? Probably not. So I’m glad they did what they did. Cause this shit is bangin’.
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Fun, but very repetitive after a while
Way better than 95% of 3s I have given but not enough for a 4 Heard many of the hits before
Loved it as a teenager. Disapointing listening to it today. Too repetitive and boring loops. Though, the sound ist fat.
2.54
Nice for what it is, but I’m not a huge fan of one-man “bedroom djay” albums. They’re not album-sized meals, just appetizers for me. Opening acts. It’s amazing what computers and other technologies have opened up creatively, but it’s rare that I’ve had this genre provide a cohesive, full album experience as opposed to some nice beats on a series of songs. This one comes close, but still falls to the same pitfall for me.
bom, mas gosto apenas de 4
Certainly influential in its time. The artistry in sample-craft and beats is still solid. My nervous system these days simply can't handle the entire album at once! "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You" are club/dance/EDM canon.
Despite being an incredibly repetitive album, when he uses fun and creative samples, I really dig it. However, most of the samples don’t connect with me at all. But, there are a few bangers on here.
Worth a revisit. Very fun.
A staple of my college salad days. I don't think deep cuts on it aged particularly well, though, and re-listening to the album reminded me why I moved on to stronger EDM things (Machine Girl and danmaku VGMs spoiled me hard). These vocal samples get annoying fast... I think his subsequent album is generally better, though I'm a bit afraid to relisten to it and find out that it's not.
Even when I was a kid who liked house music, I felt that Fatboy Slim was a little more redundant than the other electronic musicians. Important for the popularization of electronic dance music, but not a great listen today.
3.5? Interesting mix of genres, a bit repetitive in spots
6/10 I’ve been wanting more electronic stuff on this list, so it pains me to give a mixed to negative review On the good side: it takes me straight back to that 90s period where UK dance was the new rock and roll. Reminded me of seeing him DJ in the dance tent at Glastonbury. Generally excellent samples and a good sense of melody. But this is one of the most painfully stuck in the late 90s things I have heard in a while. Has aged poorly compared to e.g. the Chemical Brothers. Drum programming is pretty weak in retrospect Songs aren’t exactly complex ad are often maybe 25% too long Some of this is just straight bad Best: Praise You
My son got in the car at the absolute wrong time during this album. As others have pointed out (and to contribute my own repetitive rating), the songs kinda blend together and are, you guessed it, repetitive. 3/5
As with many records made for dancing, they work better in a DJ set than in an album. I like fat boy slim and listen to his sets from time to time but as an album it blured into the background except for the hits.
Some classics
This album ended up being more fun that I thought it would be.
More swearing in that one song than all of wolf of Wall Street
This was better on 2nd listen as I used on a long bike ride. But I feel the same I did about the Australian group--fun for dance parties and definitely technically amazing, but would probably not just toss on to hear.
Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly rep rep repetitive. Incredibly repetitive. Incredibly rep repetitive.
There some bops on here tbh. Praise you, right here right now, and the Rockafeller skank were all recognizable. Def see why it’s on this list
Epic start. For me, this sound defined that decade, even though I wasn't around to hear it.
Day 10 - June 11th I think the only thing Fatboy Slim is fucking is my ear drums. 3/5
Sounds like a shitty hostel in Amsterdam. Better wash your hands.
Probably revolutionary, but nothing too amazing in my book.
The standout tracks on this are absolutely incredible, but the rest dip into the bad side of repetitive - I’m sure this was fun in a club when my uncle was a DJ in the late 90s/early aughts, but sober in my living room it’s a bit of a headache. Will absolutely go back to the best tracks more often now that I’ve been reminded.
Right Here, Right Now, Rockafeller Skank and Praise You are amongst the very best dance tracks of the 90s taking samples of classic riffs and putting monster beats and breakdowns behind them. Unfortunately they are also the best things on this album by a long way. I could really have done with out hearing the track ‘Fucking in Heaven’ immediately after the first two bangers. Out of the non hit tracks, the highpoint is an old school acid track at the end.
I didn't listen to this in more than 20 years. I still know what to expect next at the end of each title, so I guess I listened to it quite a few times back in the day. So, I was happy to bring back memory, but re-listening to this album, it strucks me how repetitive it is. I have no issue with repetition — I generally love it — but when it's the music, not the lyrics. And it gets annoying. Apart from that, the music itself is diverse and there are not two similar tracks. An instrumental version of this album would deserve another star.
I cannot imagine being passionate in any way about this album. It's not bad! I want to be clear I don't think it's bad. It's just forgettable. It's music that plays and doesn't offend sensibilities and is generally fun, but nothing that'll stick with you. Fun, forgettable music that I could listen to pretty much whenever, but I'd never actually choose to listen to it myself.
Very solid club bangers for the 90s.
Certainly dated, but nonetheless it has a few classics. More so than not the album has some repetitive beats, but I do enjoy a few b sides. Great background house music.
Started off so strong. And then it dips. And then Praise You comes on and your back at the top. Really good album.
Okay, so i wasn't interested in this album, but gave it a listen anyway. First song is iconic, especially when you are watching it with the video, but i got high once and the song gave me anxiety, so since then i skip it. The rest of the songs are OK. Gets an extra star for the iconic sleeve.
Perfecto para el viernes. Lo escuché bastante es su época. Hoy en día me sigue gustando, aunque se hace pesado en una solo tacada. Temas brillantes para siempre y otros más "estándar".
Fatboy Slim is Fucking in heaven
It's good while it's on, and it's impressive that the 3 big singles he had all came from this same album, but it does get a bit tiring towards the end. Though the blow is softened a little bit by that banger of a closing track, that did have me grooving. It just seems to be common with electronic albums that they stretch the albums and songs out to longer lengths than they need be, but I guess the intended listening experience is on a dancefloor, not sitting at home with headphones on. So it's understandable.
3 von 5 Repetitiv, macht dennoch Spaß zu hören. Etwas zu lang. Favoriten: Rockafeller Skank, Kalifornia
Usually don't like this kind of music but this wasn't half bad.
This album is pretty solid, it had most of the tracks I recognize from FBS and was a fun listen. It does get a bit repetitive and some tracks are a little too long but that's to be expected in this genre (considering it was designed to be digested on a stimulant-induced dance floor). Given that, it still translates to other settings pretty well like driving, working out, or vigorously cleaning your floors. I don't know if we've come a long way in terms of sound, but the fact that this was recorded and produced with an Atari and some floppy disks is absolutely insane. Rounding up on that, high 2.65.
As much as I like Praise You and some other early moments on this album it is still repetative and punishing at times. While the backbone of the sound feels more joyous and natural, it still lacks the variation or exploration that keeps me engaged.
nice change from his previous work
Some fun hits and some meaningless repetitive drivel.
The influence on electronica is clear, with a mix of classic and beach rock guitar riffs, hip-hop drum beats, and electronic blips. Gave me a huge nostalgia hit of JSR, but overall not something I would listen to everyday.
Some bangers.
Pretty fun
Actually pretty good dance club beats - fast and pumping! Would listen again
The singles from this album and particularly The Rockafeller Skank and Praise You were absolutely huge in the very late nineties in a way that was really fun. The video for Praise You has to be one of the all-time greats.