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Norman Cook has had his day
Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim
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Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim
Date: 05/04/01, updated on 05/04/01 (2 review reads)
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Advantages: You can use it as a mirror
Disadvantages: It's boring and samey
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars is a massive departure for Fatboy Slim. As a proud owner of previous albums Better Living Through Chemistry, You've Come a Long Way Baby and "Fatboy Slim's Greatest Remixes", a compilation of some of his remixes of tracks by other artists, I was anticipating another excellent album from Norman Cook.
He has failed to deliver on this occasion, though. He said he was taking a big risk leaving bigbeat in favour of house, and he was right to be concerned. There is absolutely nothing special about this album. It fails to live up to any genre in any significant way, and sounds like the work of an entirely different artist.
Fatboy Slim tracks are not supposed to have meaningful lyrics, and having those lyrics sung by Macy Gray is the last straw. This album is a massive let-down, and I'm afraid I'm going to have to advise that anyone who likes Fatboy Slim for his previous work just stick with that previous work: There is nothing for you here.
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