The first two tracks and 'Praise You' were all over the Radio and TV when they were released. ALL OVER. They're not terrible, but I am utterly sick of them now. I have never heard the other tracks on this album. Blimey, 'The Rockafeller Skank' does drag on a bit, doesn't it?! Oh, I remember this one too, terrible. Christ. This one! I remember everything! Did every single song from this record get a release? Perhaps I have secretly listened to this album before? Bored now. 2 / 5 stars.
I feel like You've Come A Long Way, Baby is music nerd music made by a music nerd. What's better is it makes your butt shake. Can't find fault with it, it does its job well. Unlike Dig Your Own Hole, the other Big Beat record we have reviewed, this one is not fatiguing in the home setting. It feels like an album, I'm not sure if that is because of the interstitial pieces, fades, better programing. I feel like it is a little of all. Like the Chems, Fatboy Slim came up doing dj sets, he applies that knowledge to his first two albums. The Chems never really got that their albums should flow until Surrender, which interestingly enough was after they released a dj style set mixtape (Brothers Gonna Work It Out).