You've Come A Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim

I do like my dance music and Fat Boy Slim aka Norman Cook does lay down some great tunes, I have seen him perform a few times both here and abroad and he is a top performer with some great mixes. You've Come a Lond Way, Baby was probably the first album that bought him to the attention of the wider public beyond the dance scene. It is a very strong album full of hard hitting beats and pacy dance tunes with some eclectic saples thrown in to provide the vocals. There is a lot of swearing on the album and perhaps the weakest track on the album involves the almost repetitive use of the F word, it is even in the title of the track, and is retty unnecessary in my ...  Read the complete review

Fatboy Slim: The legend begins. This album was the launcher of Normal cook's, known as the artist fatboy slim, huge music career and Dj'ing popularity buzz. The album was launched in 1998 after the huge sucess of his first hit single, Right here, Right now... The music on the album, You've come along way baby, as mostly acid house as this is the music norman specialises in. Which is an odd mix between Funky house music and acid jazz. Funky house music is more popular in the clubs and acid jazz can often be refered to as a form of "rave" music dipped in acid to get an edge that "rocks" as a fellow clubber once said. But then ...  Read the complete review

Mr Zoe Ball knos how to do a good tune. I'll give him that. You should be able to tell from the vast amount of singles he's managed to pull off from this, namely Praise You, Rockafellar Skank, Gangsta Trippin', Right Here Right Now. There isn't really a bad song on this album. They're all listenable for sure. If you are a fan of the big beat style you should buy this. May Fat Boy Slim continue to make more albums like this. ...  Read the complete review

This is one of those albums that you can return to again and again and still be rewarded with a decent listening experience. Fatboy Slim is better known as Norman Cook, or should that be the other way round? This has been his biggest selling album to date and it is easy to see why. Who is he: DJ and producer Norman Cook, found fame in The Hosuemartins before changing styles and venturing into dance music. He has been behind Beats International and Freakpower. Highlights: The obvious choice is the breakbeat driven 'Rockafella Skank' which is an in your face affair, beats exploding and cut up vocals interweaving with a guitar ...  Read the complete review

This is the second studio album by the infamous Fat Boy Slim' and was released in 1998 when I was only 12. the forth track 'F***ing in Heaven' made sure there was a parental advisory sticker on it and my dad would not let me hear it, until I finally got the album one day a listened to it in secret. I didn't appreciate this album until I was about 16 when I started to really get into the whole samples music, house electro ect. And it was then that my love for his work blossomed. Apart for being top of its game in its own genre of music it is actually one of the best albums of the 90's and definitely of the early 2000's! The track as feel good upbeat ...  Read the complete review