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Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet. Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997. On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single. Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S. hit. Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"). Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s.
© Greg Prato /TiVo
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Jimi Dabney, Composer - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Estelle Levitt, Composer - Donald Thomas, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Instruments, Electronics, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Performance - Martin John Kershaw, Performance
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Grover Washington Jr., Composer - Norman Cook, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Featured Vocalist, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Pete Townsend, Composer, Writer - Fatboy Slim, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Fatboy Slim, Producer, Vocals, Instruments, MainArtist - EDWIN STARR, Composer - Mickaël Karkousse, Composer - Bert Libeert, Composer - Tom Coghe, Composer - David Martijn, Composer
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Karl Bartos, Programmer - Jimmy Lewis, Writer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Featured Vocalist, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Vocals, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Keith Mansfield, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Instruments, MainArtist - Leslie Hurdle, Performance
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Norman Cook, Composer - Fatboy Slim, Producer, Programmer, Instruments, MainArtist
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1996 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
Album review
Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet. Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997. On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single. Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S. hit. Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"). Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s.
© Greg Prato /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:55
- Main artists: Fatboy Slim
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Skint Records
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1997 Skint Records Limited, a BMG Company
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