You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fun and harmless. Occasionally interesting

A fun dance/electro album that goes on for way too long and meanders on the same loops far too often. 7.5/10

I can only listen to Fatboy Slim in small doses. Listening to the whole album in one sitting gets really overwhelming. Great music but, I need to listen to other tracks between these songs.

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

One of those records where I thought I’d never heard a single song off of it, but it turns out I’ve heard every song off of it, just completely out of context. If you find this repetitive, you just don’t enjoy electronic music, I don’t know what to tell you. Fatboy Slim strikes the perfect balance between vibe curation and intricate clockwork. It never feels as complex as it is, and you never lose the groove. I don’t think any single moment on here hits the peak of Big Beat, but as a collective, You’ve Come a Long Way Baby is so quintessentially Big Beat that it might as well be seen as Best in Show™️. And that’s not to deny how absolutely great “The Rockafeller Skank,” “Fucking in Heaven,” and “Praise You” are, and those are far from my favorite moments when compared to “Gangster Tripper” and “Right Here, Right Now.” Really, really impressed by this record. I think I’m just a ‘90s club kid born way too late.

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

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Oh good lord. I mean, okay. The instrumentals was nice and I really did enjoy listening to it at some certain points. But the lyrics are downright annoying and VERY repetitive, like do I need to listen to this guy saying the same thing for the 30th time in a song? Probably not. This could be a good album to dance to tho, I'll give it that. When you kinda tune out the lyrics and mostly jive to good beats. 2/5

Great start to the album

There are a couple of "hits" on this record but overall it didn't do all that much for me.

Way Good

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.

The singles from this were pretty inescapable so there's a certain amount of nostalgia. I like it more than "Better Living Through Chemistry", but less than "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars" which doesn't appear to be on the list. Even that one would be unlikely to scrape a 5, though, Fatboy Slim is fine, but not world-shaking. Fave tracks - "Praise You" from the singles, "Love Island" from the other tracks....

Not my taste but a couple of good tracks

Perhaps I needed some chemical enhancement to appreciate this. Perhaps it was the wrong thing to listen to after completing three weeks work without a break. It certainly did nothing to relax me. So repetitive, and repetition can be good (see Philip Glass) but the trick is to repeat things just enough. This goes beyond that. I found the album mostly irritating, occasionally annoying. 1/5 only because I can't give it 0.

Fun head bopping rave-ish club music

Groovy sixties

Another album in this list that sounds like a piss take - when they make jokes in TV shows about how easy this music is to make it sounds exactly like this

Full of hits. Sounds like high school. Not too shabby.

I enjoyed this. Solidly 7/10 for me. Album title is prescient as I’ve gained some appreciation for electronic music in the year since I started this project. I used to pretty much rate electronic albums 1 or 2 pretty much by the end of their opening tracks. I would be curious to see if I still feel that way towards some of those records. This one has some songs that were popular in the mainstream, so there is some familiarity here that helps my rating.

Most of the time this was a lot of fun. A little of the time this was obnoxious

Everything fatboy slim is good. There is kind of no bad song. They have a unique electronic vibe.

It's a trip! It's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it!

ass

A bit too quirky/annoying for me, but some amazing big beats in there!

мемно (диджей ебан)

Some good but a lot of meh

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9/10 I agree that the album might be considered repetitive. But as a counter argument, that is what makes most house/electronic music so good. Furthermore, older electronic dance music tracks are simply just longer than more recent ones. Like it or not, it just cannot be denied how influential Fatboy Slim is for dance music. Samples which can still be recognized 25 years after the release of the album. Maybe the closest we've been to such an influential album is 10 years ago with the release of Settled by Disclosure. Personally Fatboy Slim remains to be an artist which I'd love to see perform live someday. Favourite tracks: Right Here, Right Now Rockafeller Skank In Heaven Gangster Trippin Praise you Acid 8000 Least favourite tracks: Kalifornia

Might have been a 2 star but I can't stand Praise You, the song my brother's played constantly that I hate the most. Making up some star debt from other UK DJs. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Rounding up to differentiate from all the other English DJs. On a curve with the others this is probably like a 7⭐️. At least it sometimes kinda goes somewhere.

A bunch of long electronica loops. No real lyrics. Would actually be pretty good if there were Beastie Boys dropping some rhymes over the music. As it stands, though, the novelty of the music wears out quick.

Like many of these albums lately, not my usual thing but you can't deny how well this is put together.

Some good, some bad. Some of it is just repetitive.

Great

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

Praise You rewired my brain as a preteen Love Island rips

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.

Not really made to be sat down and listened to, but that made it kind of interesting too. Some great, dumb big beats, loads of fun in the right context. But a lot of filler over the hour too. Big album in terms of where dance music was at the time, which made me wonder about rounding up from the 3.5 it's getting...

instantly flashes back to a movie where a bunch of cool teens are synchronized line dancing to Funk Soul Brother at a prom or something?

Made me feel like I was in high school again.

I like the two hits on this, but electronic is not my thing in general.

I hear your complaints about some of the repetitiveness, but as a someone listening to this for the first time im Ok with it. Would I listen to this over and over? no, definitely not. Are the songs fun? Yes. Praise you avicci levels of hook and feel. He's not hitting a home run but he sure aint striking out. I've learned to appreciate a good sample.

I surprised myself and liked this one.

elst þokkalega vel. alls ekki leiðinlegt. efast um að ég muni nokkurn tíma hlusta á þetta aftur.

might have felt revolutionary at its time, but the vocal sampling now feels repetitive at best, incredibly annoying (Fatboy Slim! Fatboy Slim!) at worst

Many classics from Fatboy slim, solid album

Classic hits and I mostly enjoyed the 'others' more than i might have initially expected. I will say some of the early techno sounds/tropes have not aged the best

Awesome album except for one annoying song

I really like it actually- pleasantly surprised. While I do wish there was more lyrics the beats bang so hard. Would like a rapper to sample some

+++ 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.

7/10

"Cook had a habit of buying obscure vinyl records and sampling elements that he liked". So he stole other peoples music and this is what he did with that stolen music. I can understand why the original music was "obscure". This is depressingly repetitive. Oh and repeating the same worth over and over and over does not make a lyric. Oh and like mega corporations like to remind us "Piracy is not a victemless crime" In this case the victems were my ears and my sanity.

The first two songs I was bumping but it immediately overstayed it's welcome. Every song is extremely repetitive, if I was at a club or something it would be fine but I'm at my cubicle in my office and it's painful. First two songs were electric though

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

Just not my thing.

Iconic.

Surprised how into this I was!

Right here, right now... Right here, right now... Yep, yep, labs albums!

Amazing album. I remember when it came it, how massive it was. Listening today. It still blows the roof . 5/5

One of the coolest albums i know. When i was in highschool i was trying to become a deejay and got a gig in a bar, I had recently discovered this album and ended up playing the whole thing cuz I thought it was perfect and everyone was having a good time. So why try harder??? 🤷❤️

Fun EDM album. Not too overly repetitive or monotonous.

Some big tunes here! I knew half of them, even though I only initially recognised 3 songs from the tracklist The non singles seemed more like filler, and were a bit long. But I still enjoyed the album I saw Fatboy Slim at a festival years ago, but forgot all about it until listening to this. Instant flashbacks of getting sunburnt and drinking cider in a field. Good times 4 ⭐️

weird. didn't like it much. maybe not my thing...

Kind of insane all these hits came from this album. That being said, every song is a minute and a half to long

this guy kicks ass

Way too repetitive for actively listening to, I’m sure if you like EDM or dubstep this would be enjoyable

A couple of times it was pretty good but some other times it was pretty annoying.

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

utter crap

You can put forward a very strong argument that Big Beat was as important a part of British music culture of the 90s as Britpop was. Fatboy Slim was instrumental in bringing it to the mainstream; this album was pretty ubiquitous for about a decade, between Rockefeller Skank and Praise You being big hits and Right Here, Right Now popping up in all sorts of places. And even now with more mature ears, it’s still a really consistent album that encapsulates his style and the whole movement perfectly. I thought my opinion of it might have cooled over time but I just don’t think I can justify not giving this a full 5 stars. I love it.

Too long.

Truly one of the albums of all time

It's barely believable that this album is almost 30 years old. It was one of the first albums of it's kind. There are multiple tracks on here that absolutely became anthems, and several others that were overshadowed by these through no fault of their own. If you don't like, or at least appreciate, this album you should check your pulse.

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.

Good composition skill. It is interesting that the human mind can at times find a repetitive sound soothing like staring into fire. This album does what it does well. I personally would feel ripped off if I bought this in 1998 based on one single. I'm on some night time cold medicine listening to this and the two do not mix. booty must be dead

Nice and chill and fun

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

This was everywhere at the time got a too much radio play. To me at the time it was the gentrification of the dance scene, pop ready songs that Zoe ball amd all those radio 1 wankers could bang on about, safe rave. Still many years later the album is on the whole mainly disapointimg and much bettrr edm out there, there are some good tunes like right here right now. But if i hear praise you one more time ill be a little sick.

This was so ubiquitous that it came close to capturing a joyous collective dance experience. That moment has passed and now it's just mostly annoying, especially as an album.

Classic nostalgia fest. We don't get enough dance music in this list, although a solid ninety minutes of dance hits is hard to achieve.

I only found out recently that the "Right Here, Right Now" sample quote is Angela Bassett in "Strange Days". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmL5uWrvUUM Overhyped, overplayed, yup, but there's way too much nostalgia with this album that I couldn't give it anything less than a 5.

I cannot remember what got me initially interested in Fatboy Slim. I think Soul Surfing was music in a commercial and Gangster Trippin' was in the soundtrack for the movie Go. The music really resonated with me. This album is brilliant and I couldn't even tell you how many times I've listened to it. You should listen to it now! Fun fact, Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) played bass for the Housemartins before becoming Fatboy Slim.

the biggest and phattest beats from the undisputed king of big beat. plenty of tracks, both ones you've heard on the radio at least a thousand times and more underground beats that are worth a deep dive into. quentin cook has truly mastered the big beatmaking process, every single flip from who knows what vinyl is done in a way so effectively, every loud thump of the drums and every repeating vocal chop is infectious. it's electronic genres like these that dominated the culture and style of the 1990s, and to this day it has a fresh sound unlike any other. fatboy slim is fucking in heaven.

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

I really liked this one. Brought back some nostalgic memories of trying to shred "the rockafeller skank" on just dance.

awesome

Awesome electronic jams that I hadn't listened to in a while.

3.5

Not as repetitive or generic as some of the other electronic music in this list. But it's still not that great.

Timeless classic took me back to my youth

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

Gute Banger vom Fat Boy.

einfach fast alles mega nice songs

Die Banger sind Banger, der Rest halt auch echt nicht. Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine

Not my thing. That stupid rockafeller song really brings it down and the rest of it isn't much better or even worse.

reminds me a lot of my childhood strangly enough.

Not as annoying as some electronic albums but still annoying!

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.

Mostly instrumental beats, recognized several songs

Surprisingly good

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.

A very fun version of the avalanches. Not saying the avalanches are not fun but I'd say this is a perfect time capsule of what the 90's were

Artiste inconnu. En fait non, j'avais déjà entendu 'Right Here, Right Now' sans vraiment l'apprécier. Et bien les morceaux qui suivent ne sont pas mieux. C'est terriblement répétitif et inintéressant. J'ai arrêté au 4eme. =>1/5

I have to criticize you like I should. One bonus star for two undeniably iconic tracks, otherwise pretty unlistenable.

Dude does not know how to end a song

Dear lord that was annoying to listen to

25% music video nostalgia bliss 25% pump me the fuck up dance music 50% “hey, want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?”

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.

Catchy as heck. Totally mainstream and this was everywhere back in the day. My wife says it was one of her favourite albums and enjoyed listening to it on our Christmas shopping trip today. It’s not high art but Norman really knows what he’s doing with music like this. Somewhere between a 4 and a 5. It can be a 5 just to piss anyone off who hates it - at least it isn’t fucking Rumours for the 576th time.

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.

Not for me

no

Repetitive. Opener is good along with hits. Final rank after finish. Just not my cup of tea.

I like Praise You and that’s it really

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.

Dance music. Fun to dance to but boring and repetitive to just listen to.

Such a fun lesson. I forget how much I like fat boy slim songs are totally going into the rotation

perhaps a lot of the repetitive beats and crazy loud noises should bother me here, but they really didn't a whole lot. maybe a little. but the album is pretty fun and doesn't take itself seriously, which i appreciated. i wasn't expecting much out of this one but it was pretty enjoyable!

Proper tunes!

7/10

I bought this album many years ago. I saw the clip for The Rockafeller Skank on MTV at the time. I found the music a bit exhausting, but the clip was very funny. Later, I also saw Right Here, Right Now on MTV. I was thrilled, the piece is one of my favorites and is played again and again. Yes, the music is repetitive, but I like that. So I was looking forward to listening to this album again. Well, I guess my taste has changed a bit. Towards the end of the album, I didn't feel like listening to it any more. But it was still nice to hear it again. 4/5

Incredibly consistent album song-quality wise

Kick ass as usual

Godt! Otto og jeg har en fest

Fint nok

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Thoughts before listening: I remember this being huge. I wasn't into the electronic/dance scene back in the 90s and I doubt I'll be into this today either. Review: Yeah this isn't for me. Repetitive and nothing is really drawing my attention. I'm sure this is fun music to dance to at a festival or something, but its just not something I'm interested in listening to sitting here at my desk this morning. I added "Rockefeller Skank" and "Praise You" to my playlist as a nice reminder that this existed, but otherwise I have little interest. 2-stars

Peak Big Beat. For good and (mostly) for bad

The point for me of listening to and reviewing these 1001 albums is multitudinous: It makes me think about music in a thoughtful way that I can write about, it exposes me to things I haven't heard, and it reminds me of things I've heard but have forgotten about. Having said that, some genres of music and specifically, some albums, just remind a person of things that are so deeply ingrained that it's impossible to hear them in a fair or clear context. I was at the height of my indie record store employee snobbery when this came out and I hated everything about it and I dismissed it as techno garbage. I've since learned how the songs were assembled via vinyl samples on floppy disks fed through an old Atari computer and I think that's pretty cool but it's still too repetitive and amphetamine spazz out for me though. More than anything though it's just boring. And in keeping with my aforementioned snobbery: DJ Shadow does it better. Way better.

very entertaining, some bops in there

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.

Appreciate the classics, but my days was this a tedious and boring listen. All the songs should be cut in half.

It's a fun groove is you can handle the repetition.

good, but no song catched me like the first one. could be because im listening at work.

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.

Bof

Takes me back!

Right about now

Some real head bangers here, but I still only come back for the hits

I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Definitely one of the better albums of that kind of music.

I don't think this is really my thing but I do love praise you

Too much filler. This should’ve been an EP.

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

I remember playing just dance to funky soul brother at my friend's house when I was 6, song goes hard I must commemorate Fatboy Slim's artistry, and give him props for his achievement of making the first song that was so bad I had to skip it, and then he made another on the same album Real rating is a 2, I just want to give him a 1 because Fatboy Slims is fucking in heaven

Check it out now, the funky smell brotha! Surf is up, dude! Barely listenable. Did I need to hear this before I die? 1.5

Never listened to Fatbot Slim and didn't know he was responsible for Right Here, Right now and Rockafeller Stank (didn't know it was called that). Liked it, probably wouldn't spin it too often.

A cold Monday morning was probably the worst time to listen to this album and may have cost it the extra star

Has a couple bangers, but otherwise eh.

An exceptional dance album

Solid electronic album, it may have aged poorly somehow, but I find the music by Fatboy Slim really "fun" (and this is an adjective that is not often used to describe music).

Funk soul brotheeeeeeer

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.

Some very cool songs on this album, but I'm not feeling it today.

Amazing, especially considering it's a single person. You've come a long way baby.

He sehr nöch amene 5i für mich. Finds sehr sehr geil

ich kenn ihm de right here! recht geil eigentli meeega 90er. schono repetitiv aber s goht au mega los. aaah rockafeller skank isch das mit funk soul brother. au en banger eigentli. det wos halb so schnell wird aso die zweit hälfti vom song isch huuuere streng. fucking in heaven isch chli viel findi. gangster trippin het meega cooli samples. build it up tear it down isch chli langwilig. s tönt mit de ziit eeh alles irgendwie glich. californiaaa 🤙 soul surfing isch wieder chli cooler geils soul sample. nocher breakbeat time. youre not from brighton findi sehr sehr streng. aso au recht cool aber jo sehr repetitiv. fuck praise you isch seeehr geil. hani kennt. sehr sehr geil mega feelgood. love island isch wieder sehr sehr dumm. goht aber recht ab. über gwüssi streckene ischs langwilig gsi s album well zu eintönig und afoch nervös aber wenns funktioniert isches soooo geil

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

Chaotic noise!

Somehow I know a lot of Fatboy Slim songs when I didn’t think I’d ever heard more than two or three. Had a blast listening to this. Fun mashups and grooves. 4.5/5

I mean, I was born in England in 1991, bangers bang, what am I supposed to say. It feels a little overstuffed at points, and I think it'd be like a 4.5 if we had more granular scoring available, but we're rounding up for just how high the highs are.

What can you say. An album I can listen while wandering round the house, as I’ve committed so much of it to memory.

"If this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead!" As an elder millennial, I grew up hearing loads of these songs absolutely everywhere - and unlike many elder millennials, I still bloody love them! This album is not necessarily going to win any awards for lyrics, but you can't help but dance to it - the star rating is just for the personal party I have each and every time I listen to this, even twenty years after its release. Faves: Build Em Up, Break Em Down; Praise You; Right Here Right Now

Enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would. Obviously I knew all of the classics, but there was something particularly great about listening to the album in full. Glad I did!

I'm actually surprised by how many of these songs i already know. Like if you'd asked me this morning to name a Fatboy Slim song I don't think I could have done it, and yet... These songs are sooo long and sooo repetitive. I'm not really a fan of it. Maybe in smaller doses, but as a full album it got old pretty quickly. My reaction when the last song ended was "thank God that's over".

Right about now right about now right about nowwwwww

Right about now-the funk soul brother! I love this album. Instrumentally it’s perfection. Lyrically it’s just random phrases and words and they somehow make perfect sense. Quentin is a genius- his work with the Beasties, Tribe, even the incredible David Byrne should be a bio of its own.

Some well known tunes, too repetitive for me (songs in itself).

Couple good tracks but not all are winners and overall it became very repetitive.

Very electronic background, mostly loop based, funky 90s feel. Not the best music I've heard from him. Similar to chemical Brothers in style.

One of the worst listening experiences I've ever had. So repetitive and monotonous.

55% Best: Right Here, Right Now; Gangster Trippin; Praise You Must-Hear? No

Way more enjoyable than I remember, I figured this was going to be an album I liked as a kid and hated as an adult but its better than I thought. The hits do the heavy lifting here but the rest isnt bad, a little repetitive sure, but thats a hallmark of the genre.

Really fun album that’s buoyed by great singles. Praise You is a 5/5 on its own!

Enjoyable listen. Obviously not my genre but def could listen to again.

In times of great stress, I repeat the same phrase over and over to myself until the utter monotony calms me. No more need for that - I can just play this album.

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 only gave this album one star because zero stars was not an option

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.

ein weiterer oldtimer aus meiner plattensammlung! reingehört und hängengeblieben aus interesse, was norman cook aka fatboy slim nach housemartins, beats international und freak power als nächstes ”bringt”. ja, house/dance-lastig, aber immer wieder frisch und frech.

Ja, die Platte gefällt mir. Guter Mix aus tanzbarer Musik und Einsatz von Technik. Erstaunlich, dass dafür ein Atari ST und Floppy Disks genügten.

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.

A bit bubblegum but quite entertaining, especially the 3-4 bangers 3.8

So nice, I listened twice! Fatboy Slim is top notch. 'Right Here, Right Now' wins my fave, though I love the album as a whole.

This was very dated and very repetitive. Not for me.

Fatboy Slim? Fatboy Slay!

annoying

Gave it 3 strikes but it struck out. Each of the first 3 tracks is a nothing burger or one or two sentences repeated over literally for the length of the track and set to club beats that are great if you’re high on coke and dancing your ass off, but of little value in the normal world.

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..

Every track is way too long for the content. Can only see this being interesting if you're on drugs.

Breakbeat samples delivered like a chocolate box: a sugary technicolor acid funk explosion.

This might be the first metal album I've listened to all the way through. I don't know if I like it because it's actually good or if it's just very tolerable as far as metal (almost metal pop with a little prog)

Excellent stuff.

I feel as if my intelligence is being insulted and my tastes in music are mocked. Basically, Fat Boy Slim was to the 2000"s what Herbie Hancock was to the 80"s. That's not a compliment.

Fatboy Slim sure knows how to make a repetitive beat interesting all throughout. Nice build-up, nice production, banger tracks. That IS how you do an electronic album.

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

Not as fun as I remembered

Not my jam.

Right Here Right Now // The Rockefeller Skank // Gangster Trippin // Praise You // Love Island 4.5/5

I was glad it ended 1.5 rounded up

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.

I am impressed by Fatboy Slim, but I don't like it. It's a unique skill to make music the way he does. Still, he doesn't make music I like. It's also weird to hear albums like this here. I don't think the proper way to experience this music is by yourself, listening to it on a schedule. Maybe I would like it if I went to a show with other people. By itself, it's just repetitive.

This was just a banger era for electronic music. Full of hits and brimming with energy. Repetitive by modern standards but the sound design and production hold up. 10/10 A well deserved classic

Not very daring as an album but I enjoy the beats. 7.5/10 Favorite songs: Right Here Right Now, Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Tripping, Kalifornia, Love Island Would I listen to it again? Maybe once in a while when I need something that makes me move.

Entertaining

Loop much?

Elektro pur. Nicht schlecht aber ohne vocals

Ummm, well I recognized some songs, but this was way too repetitive for my taste.

Echt wel nice eigg

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.

First listen. Meh.

Correcto

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.

kinda boring YNN

This was not what I expected. Its not rap. Its "Electronica." I guess that means it was made on a computer because that's what it sounds like. If Max Headroom made an album, it would sound like this. The sound is good and was even enjoyable.....for a short time. I even recognized some of the songs. But it was incredibly repetitive in the most headache inducing way. It de-de-de-de-de-deserves deserves deserves a 2.

I feel like I’m playing that ice sledding game in Club Penguin Iiin in heaven is kinda good & catchy, still feel like I’m playing club penguin, this time the disco game Praise you is a hidden gem in this mumble jumble stuff Good fun beats to dance to while I wait for my pot of water to boil

Just way too repetitive.

Just not for me

yeah ngl i skimmed thru this in like 3 mins bc its just way too repetitive and aged like milk

way too annoying for such a long album. rockafeller skank was iconic though

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.

Not really a fan of this genre, but I did enjoy this. Absolutely belongs on this list.

Yes

Amazing

Some impressive tracks take the album to a higher level.

Goed album, maar naast de hits niet veel andere goeie nummers. 3.4

Also ich war positiv überrascht wie viele Songs ich doch davon kannte. Es hat echt Spaß gemacht zu hören obwohl die letzten Songs sich sehr in die Länge gezogen haben. Dennoch war es sehr cool auch mal zu erfahren woher die Songs und Originals kommen.

Not a big electronic/house fan, but even I liked a few of these!

Il y a des disques qui sont des marqueurs temporels, des bornes kilométriques indélébiles plantées au bord de l'autoroute de nos vies. Ils ne sont pas forcément les plus profonds, les plus intelligents ou les plus émouvants, mais leur simple évocation nous replonge instantanément dans une époque, une odeur, une sensation. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" de Fatboy Slim est l'un de ces monolithes. Un monolithe de pur plaisir régressif, un monument élevé à la gloire de l'hédonisme décérébré. Et putain, qu'est-ce que c'était bon. Nous sommes en 1998, le cadavre du Grunge est encore chaud mais commence à sentir, la Britpop est en pleine gueule de bois carabinée et cherche désespérément un taxi pour rentrer chez elle. Le Trip-Hop de Bristol, bien que génial, commence à tourner un peu en rond dans son propre brouillard de fumée. Et là, débarque un type, Norman Cook, l'ex-bassiste des très propres sur eux The Housemartins (oui, oui, le groupe de Paul Heaton, celui des pulls jacquard et des mélodies pop parfaites), qui balance à la face du monde un disque qui sent la bière tiède, la sueur de club et la connerie extatique. À l'époque, derrière le comptoir de mon magasin de disques, je voyais le truc arriver avec un mélange de fascination et de snobisme. Le "Big Beat", comme on l'appelait, un genre musical dont le QI moyen devait frôler celui d'une huître sous anxiolytiques. Des grosses rythmiques piochées chez les rois du breakbeat, des samples évidents comme le nez au milieu de la figure, des scratchs, des slogans débiles répétés jusqu'à l'hypnose. Sur le papier, c'était tout ce que le fan de post-punk, de post-rock et de néofolk que j'étais pouvait détester. C'était la fête pour les nuls, le fast-food de la musique électronique. Et pourtant... Et pourtant, il fallait être sourd, ou d'une mauvaise foi à faire passer un politicien pour un saint, pour ne pas reconnaître l'efficacité redoutable de la machine. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" n'est pas un album, c'est une putain de machine de guerre festive. Un rouleau compresseur conçu pour anéantir toute velléité de réflexion et transformer n'importe quel salon en dancefloor improbable. L'album n'essaie jamais d'être autre chose que ce qu'il est : une collection de bombes soniques. Il n'y a pas de message, pas de concept fumeux, pas d'état d'âme. Juste une envie irrépressible de faire bouger les culs et c'est peut-être ça, le coup de génie de Norman Cook. Là où des artistes comme Aphex Twin ou Underworld (que j'adore, ne vous méprenez pas) construisaient des cathédrales électroniques complexes et labyrinthiques, Fatboy Slim, lui, a construit un hangar à patates géant avec une boule à facettes et un bar à volonté. Et devinez où les gens se sont le plus amusés ? Inutile de détailler les morceaux, ils sont gravés dans l'inconscient collectif. "The Rockafeller Skank" et son "Right about now, the funk soul brother" samplé jusqu'à l'écoeurement, mais qui fonctionne à chaque putain de fois. "Praise You" et son piano de gospel lo-fi, son clip amateur génial qui a retourné MTV, une ode à la joie simple, sans fard, presque punk dans son dénuement. "Right Here, Right Now" et son envolée lyrique piquée à je ne sais plus qui, qui a servi de bande-son à absolument TOUT pendant deux ans : pubs pour voitures, reportages sportifs, génériques télé... On en pouvait plus, mais secrètement, on tapait du pied. C'est un disque qui ne s'écoute pas, il se subit. Il vous agresse joyeusement, il vous rentre dedans avec la subtilité d'un supporter de foot anglais un soir de victoire. Les boucles sont pachydermiques, les scratchs sont grossiers, les idées sont d'une simplicité biblique. Et c'est précisément pour ça que ça marche. Norman Cook ne cherche pas à impressionner, il cherche l'efficacité maximale. Il pique un riff de guitare ici, une ligne de basse funky là, un slogan crétin ailleurs, et il passe le tout à la moulinette de ses machines pour en faire un carburant de fête hautement inflammable. Alors, est-ce que c'est un grand album au sens noble du terme ? Est-ce que c'est une oeuvre qui va changer votre perception de la musique ? Non, bien sûr que non. Ma note de 4 sur 5 reflète bien ça car ce n'est pas "Disintegration" ou "Spiderland". Il n'y a pas de quoi se taper la tête contre les murs en pleurant sur la condition humaine. Mais sa place dans les "1001 Albums" est tout sauf volée. Pourquoi ? Parce que "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" est un instantané parfait de son époque. C'est la bande-son d'une fin de siècle un peu idiote, insouciante, qui voulait juste oublier le bordel ambiant en dansant sur des rythmes primaires. C'est l'album qui a fait entrer le Big Beat dans tous les foyers, qui a prouvé qu'on pouvait faire de la musique électronique qui soit à la fois populaire, fun et un minimum crédible. C'est un plaisir coupable, une régression jouissive. Un disque qui ne vous rendra pas plus intelligent, mais il peut, l'espace d'une heure, vous rendre un peu plus heureux. Et parfois, c'est tout ce qu'on demande à la musique.

Ich glaube wenn man darauf Lust hat macht das richtig Spaß

Why in God's name are these songs 6 minutes long?

This shit rules. Energy and hooks for days. Can't recommend enough.

not really my thing, so i listened while working, and found it good background music for programming to

Nice Electronic music

right about now the funk soul brother check it out now the funk soul brother right ab- 6/10

Not a fan

Nope

I have never listened to Fatboy Slim. — I listened to Fatboy Slim. I will not listen to Fatboy Slim again.

This is an album made for annoying white dads who say they like funk and then put this on. Culturally appropriative and didn’t even do it well but let me be FRANK: Rockefeller shank goes crazy

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*

Iconic. I think I'm having a flashback. Unfortunately it's not lasting nearly long enough and the filler in this album is a little dull. The mid-album tracks are... What's a nice way to say dull and repetitive. Fatboy Sim is not for albums. I skipped large parts of many tracks, positive I want missing anything. I have positive memories of Praise You, which is a standout track for me along with Rockafeller Skank. Four stars for those, but two for the rest, two for the rest, two for the rest, two for the rest...

Slaps

POV: me and the boys carpooling to the mall in 6th grade to go rizz up girls from school. No really, this album is very cringe. I already had the hit “praise you” saved previously- and I can see why I never gave the rest the light of day. This sounds like some montage a kid would make over cod zombies on vine. Gangster Trippin’ is actually fire too though, I will give them that. I don’t know if I’ll ever be in the mood to listen again tbh.

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

Bangin!

Some of the songs are great but they also get very repetative.

8/10

Pretty damn good! The ones I really liked were the ones I already knew were bangers - Right Here Right Now, Rockafeller Skank, Praise you - and I really enjoyed Gangster Tripping too. The rest of it was nothing astounding but all solid.

"You've Come a Long Way, Baby" ist ein energiegeladenes Album, das den Geist der späten 90er-Jahre perfekt einfängt. Mit Hits wie "The Rockafeller Skank", "Praise You" und "Right Here, Right Now" hat Fatboy Slim nicht nur die Clubszene, sondern auch die Popkultur stark beeinflusst. Das Album bietet eine Mischung aus elektronischen Beats, funkigen Samples und wuchtigen Basslinien, die es zu einem unverkennbaren Klassiker machen. Es ist ein Album, das sowohl tanzbar als auch experimentell ist, und es hat den Big-Beat-Sound in den Mainstream gebracht. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" hat seinen festen Platz in der Geschichte der elektronischen Musik und bleibt auch heute noch ein einflussreiches und mitreißendes Werk.

Meh

90s party Some bangers on here

I feel like I already know 70% of this album, without having listened before. Lots of fun. Great cover art.

There's a reason no one knows more than one or two Fatboy Slim songs

Det er er festlig omgang. Jeg blev sendt tilbage, og fik hørt det hele 2 gange. Flere bangers på en jeg havde regnet med.

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

4/5 Although obviously the hits slap, as well as some other great moments, there are some passengers in the tracklist that are just ok, and too long. Overall, however, there are enough standout tracks to make this a great album. Right Here Right Now 5/5 (FAV) Rockafeller Skank 3.5/5 Fucking in Heaven 4.5/5 Gangster Trippin 3/5 Build It Up, Tear It Down 2/5 (LEAST FAV) Kalifornia 4/5 Soul Surfing 4.5/5 You're Not from Brighton 5/5 Praise You 5/5 Love Island 3.5/5 Acid 8000 3.5/5

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.

Pretty funny to me that we had another Fatboy Slim album and I started by saying "I know the hits and they aren't here." Well, we found them. This one's got the big ones, and it's just a great ride. Sonically feels like a perfect album to soundtrack a JSRF game. "Rockafeller Skank" is a classic from my youth, as is "Praise You," we love that one too. Hadn't heard "In Heaven" before but that's a certified jam too. Great album! Favorite tracks: Praise You, Rockafeller Skank, In Heaven, Right Here Right Now, You're Not From Brighton. Album art: Apple music has this lame cover of a bunch of shelves of records, but the OG of the fat boy with a shirt that says "I'm #1 So Why Try Harder" is so epic, such a classic. 4/5

verrrry what I think of 90s sounds; obvi knew some of the songs, but definitely found a couple others to add to some party playlists, happy listen

As I started listening I thought this was going to be pretty good but it went downhill very quickly. So repetitive, etc. Giving it a 2 only because of song "Praise You"

One of the best dance albums.

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.

Gangster Trippin is great, the rest of it is so REPETITIVE

I remember in the dim distant days of yore, people saying that the music I liked gave them a headache. Well now it's my turn. To an extent you have to admire him for the fact that he has probably made more money out of the music he has produced from other people's music that he sampled, than they did from the original. But that doesn't mean that I have to find it easy to listen to. Sorry Norman, but it's a 1 from me.

It’s really good in small doses, but an album full of it is just too much for me. He does go on a bit doesn’t he? Throwing any Fat Boy Slim track on at a wedding disco is fine with me. Always gets the drunk aunties up dancing.

I wonder what possessed me to buy this. Was it because of the singles? Was it because I picked up the wrong CD? For whatever reason, I did. Anyway, the singles are ok the rest is toilet. 2

Quite annoying to listen to and it’s super long but it’s better when you don’t think about it. It’s background party music for many I’m sure but definitely not for me.

right here, right now

Awesome beats, especially if you consider how it was made. In 2024 this would be much easier to make, but back then he had to cut and paste it all using a sampler, which is a PITA to work with. Impressive albeit a little repetitive.

Pretty good

'The Rockafeller Skank' used to be one of my most hated songs in the 90s, mostly because it was way overplayed on the radio. Remembering that, I fully believed I'd hate this album, but surprisingly... I did not. It was funky, at times silly, but mostly really fun to listen to. I just wish it wasn't so bloated; the length of several songs could've easily been cut down by 30%. Still, I had a really great time listening to this. 4 stars

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

I have a bit of a nostalgia for this kind of music, and have also started to enjoy the kind of meditative quality of the repetitive nature of the music

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

Big, beaty tour de force. A couple of absolutely slamming tunes in Right Here Right Now and Praise You and Gangsta Trippin also good. Also love the skewiff funky vibe of Fucking in Heaven. Middle stretch of the album is less poppy and more of a clobbering dance workout and not as strong. The exotic Love Island and epic Acid 8000 make for a triumphant pair of closing tracks though.