Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits - Fatboy Slim

Palookaville - Fatboy Slim

The most recent studio album released under Norman Cook s Fatboy Slim moniker, was a shift in style compared to his earlier albums. Instead of his previous dependence on vocal loops Cook decided to take things back to basics (sort of) and use live instruments and vocals as well as more traditional song structures. However, compared to those earlier albums, the critical consensus was pretty bleak, with review ranging from the okay to the bad. When I first listened to this album, about a year after it s initial release, I had a similar opinion, I thought the album was distinctly okay. Nothing special. Last year though, something strange happened, I listened to the album ...

Palookaville - Fatboy Slim

The most recent studio album released under Norman Cook s Fatboy Slim moniker, was a shift in style compared to his earlier albums. Instead of his previous dependence on vocal loops Cook decided to take things back to basics (sort of) and use live instruments and vocals as well as more traditional song structures. However, compared to those earlier albums, the critical consensus was pretty bleak, with review ranging from the okay to the bad. When I first listened to this album, about a year after it s initial release, I had a similar opinion, I thought the album was distinctly okay. Nothing special. Last year though, something strange happened, I listened to the album ...

Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim

This is the latest album from Fatboy Slim after the phenonmenal succes of the You've Come A Long Way Baby album. This sees Fatboy Slim depart from the traditional Big Beat style of recent years for a slightly more agreeable style of music. The tracks here are very good and you find yourself humming or dancing along quite easily. The best track in my opinion is Song For Shelter which has a very ambient feel to the synthesizer and with excellent vocals from Roland Clark. It has a slight big beat style coming through with a subtle guitar-ish element working alongisde the rhythmic bass. Star 69 is an interesting song with it's liberal use of the F word.... ...

Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim

This is the latest album from Fatboy Slim after the phenonmenal succes of the You've Come A Long Way Baby album. This sees Fatboy Slim depart from the traditional Big Beat style of recent years for a slightly more agreeable style of music. The tracks here are very good and you find yourself humming or dancing along quite easily. The best track in my opinion is Song For Shelter which has a very ambient feel to the synthesizer and with excellent vocals from Roland Clark. It has a slight big beat style coming through with a subtle guitar-ish element working alongisde the rhythmic bass. Star 69 is an interesting song with it's liberal use of the F word.... ...

Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim

Norman cook's last album was good but his latest one - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars is well...not good. Its ok for artists to change styles but i think such drastic change is brave at best. Middle tracks are halfway to been descent but beginning and ending gets a big thumbs down i'm afraid. And to think i actually ...

Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars - Fatboy Slim

Norman cook's last album was good but his latest one - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars is well...not good. Its ok for artists to change styles but i think such drastic change is brave at best. Middle tracks are halfway to been descent but beginning and ending gets a big thumbs down i'm afraid. And to think i actually ...