You've Come A Long Way Baby [PA] - Fatboy Slim

...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 he also said that "if you drink vodka shots through your nose you dont get drunk" ...
...get drunk 2) what???? lol. Anyway... The tracks on the album are as follows, in the order that they are on, on the CD; 1. Right Here, Right Now -Released on single earlier in the year that the album was released. A pure classic, that made him what he is today. 2. Rockafeller Skank -Released just after the album, which didnt even effect the sales, yet another hit from norman. 3. F%!*King In Heaven -Brilliant Dance song, im sure the young'uns love ...

2000andone 22.05.2001 (01.10.2001) · Read full review
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Norman’s Cook’s second album under the ‘Fat Boy Slim’ moniker was released with much commercial expectation, as the debut FBS album only gave one minor hit in ‘Everyone Needs a 303’ but after first single ‘Rockafella Skank’ hit the top five, people started to take notice. Unlike many of his contemporaries in dance / big beat Norman actually realises the importance of a memorable, catchy chorus and this ...
...The album as a whole, though, works very well with each track working its way into the next seamlessly and with an overall dynamic added to the album as a whole, rather coming across as merely a collection of assorted tracks, another fault obvious in many other DJ’s albums. A very inventive use of old and new samples works brilliantly, and encourages you to find out the originals to see just how much Norman has changed them. A great collection, ...

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Norman Cook has gone back to his housemartin days with this album, he must have missed chart success of his own after remixing so many other bands in recent years. 11 tracks of sheer dance/pop..its on the cutting edge of nothing...but ultimately listenable. Some great tracks, but you'd know all about the "Praise you"'s and the "Rockerfella Skank"'s already.....do look out for track 7 and track 5 for something with a bit of bass. If you like Rockerfella ...

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Chances are you’ve heard most of the songs on this album, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a home in your collection. The album is not particularly (61min59) and has only 11 tracks, but does have the well known tracks ‘Right Here, Right Now’ (from the Addidas advert), ‘The Rockafella’s Skank’, ‘Gangsta Trippin’ and ‘Praise You’. Chances are, if you like this tracks, then you’d like the rest (even if there are only a few more). This is definitely ...

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A lot of the more snooty folks in the techno/dance/electronic scene have taken to dismissing Fatboy Slim, because he's hit modern rock radio, movie soundtracks, MTV, and Billboard charts. Apparently they've decided to ignore this album in favor of more "intelligent", more underground artists. Well, it's their loss. "The Rockafeller Skank" was the one of the singles of 1998, hands down. It's easily a classic of the big-beat genre. "Praise You" really ...
...almost tracelike, "Gangster Trippin" is a great party track, and "You're Not From Brighton" is amazingly groovy hip-hop without the rapping. Even lesser songs like "Kalifornia" or "Build It Up - Tear It Down" are fun. So yes, this may be the more pop-oriented side of techno. But let's not dismiss it because of that. It's risen to the top of the sales chart because it's fun, well crafted music, and it deserves all the respect underground acts get. ...

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You've Come A Long Way Baby is a tremendous album and at the time of it's release it was a fresh new sound which everybody fell in love with. The album has a respectable 11 tracks all of which sound great and are hits within their own rite and from listening to these tracks you can also tell that cook has delved deep into his record collection and put many fantastic samples to use. The album kick starts with the great Right Here, Right Now this ...
...album Better Living Through Chemistry and sets the mark for the rest of the album which is instantly maintained with the next track The Rockafeller Skank. The Rockafeller Skank is another fantastic track and has a cool guitar groove with some nice beats and breaks i don't need to say much else everybody knows this track. There is then more of the same throughout the album which really is of a high standard, in particular with tracks such as Gangster ...

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fatboy slim has done some amazing tunes in his time, most of them you will have heard on the radio songs such as rockerfella skank and praise you. fatboy slims album youve come along way baby starts off with the song called right here right now. im sure youve heard it before i starts off really calm and soothing and escalades into an amazing dance tune its not too loud and off putting but it has got a lot of quite loud drumming its such an amazing ...
...heaven', rockefella skank and praise you which are all great tunes but most people have heard them on the radio before. but there are two songs at the end called 'love island' and 'acid 8000' they are mixed together so it may seem like one song. they should have their own class they are absoloutly amazing songs i didnt know anyone could make a tune that good. to conclude if you are looking for an album with a load af great dance tune on it the go ...

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Mr Zoe Ball knows 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. Like most albums from ...

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How to judge a dance record is a moot point, since dance music is meant to be constantly changing meaning that a record made in 98 must automatically be out of date. Well I don't know whether this would still be appreciated at a club but at a party or listening on your own stereo this is still a good (but not great) record. The songs we all know "Right hee, right now", Rockafellar Skank, gangster tripping and No#1 Praise You are all present and correct ...
...records cutting them up and pasting them to a big beat sound. The problem is that not all the other tracks live up to this high standard with tracks suc as acid 8000 and love island more club based and therefore dull just to listen to. Still buy this for praise you by itself its worth it ...

brownp1 07.02.2001 · Read full review
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This album released in 1998 still sounds pretty good.......and come on......that's not bad going for an artist whose music is on leading edge of pop-dance. But you have to admit it, fatboy has more competition nowadays not least from the brilliant Moby album. Whilst I loved the Fatboy album when it first came out I've got to say that quite a few of the songs seem old-hat now (eg, F**king in heaven, Kalifornia, soul surfing, you're not from Brighton) ...

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I HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN A BIG FAN OF THE LATEST DANCE MUSIC BUT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BUY THIS ALBUM AS IT WAS ON OFFER AT THE TIME AND I HAD ENJOYED SOME OF THE MUSIC THAT I HAD HEARD FROM FATBOY SLIM SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY. I WAS PLEASANLY SUPRISED. EACH TRACK IS VERY LONG WHICH MEANS THAT IT REALLY IS GREAT VALUE FOR THE MONEY. EACH TRACK IS COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT AND I FOUBD THAT I COULD RECOGNISE MANY OF THE TRACKS. THE ALBUM CONTAINS ...

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Norman Cook is a legend! In other ways to other producers though, he is a chart dance producer, what I mean by that is in his guise as fatboy slim he doesn’t make tracks for the dance floor but for the radio and charts. Although his tunes are sometimes droped in clubs I don’t think that is what he is about. Right here right now is a classic example of chart success mixed with a ripp you up dance floor hit. A track which also became the background ...

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As the big guy on the cover states on his T-Shirt on the cover "I'm Number One So Why Try Harder". I knew a lot of the tunes before I bought the album, either from TV advertising or from the pub jukebox, so it was a must buy from the day it came out. The Rockerfeller Skank and Praise You with the excellent Spike ("Being John Malkovic") Jonze video and the wonderful F***ing in Heaven this is another must have album from Normans mixing desk. It's ...

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Fat Boy Slim aka Norman Cook became a household name after releasing "The Rockafellar Skank" and then this album. It's an absolute must for all dance fans, but that's about the limit of it's appeal. There's little variation, but then again it's dance music and there's not supposed to be. The highlight for me is the single "Right Here Right Now", another track helping dance music to reach the masses. That's basically what this album is, a more mainstream ...

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You only have to look at the album cover to see what a hit 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby' has been. No less than 4 hits have been successes in the UK singles chart. These are 'Right Here, Right Now', 'The Rocafeller Skank' (that 'Right about now, the funk soul brother' one), 'Gangster Tripping' and 'Praise You (the one with the excellent video in the shopping centre). There is one 'naughty track' entitled 'F***ing in Heaven' which sort of repeats ...

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