What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

FATBOY SLIM "you've come a long way,baby" c d,1998.

glad this one finally worked its way onto my player, havent played it in a long while and was keen to see how it would fare after several years....and im not disapointed!
love the big beats,samples,loops....love everything about it infact!
not the usual style of music i "dig", but Norman Cook has something irresistable in the sounds he makes that draws me in...guess this was highly unique at the time, now, everyone who wants to be called a "dj" tries to do it...but nowhere near as good as this album IMO.
bits of hip hop,soul,reggae,pop,dance all rolled into one on this eclectic mix of sounds.
great effort from a geeky bass player in one of the UK's best but shortlived pop bands from the 1980s in The Housemartins and later Beats International....probably as far from The Housematins as Gorillaz is from Blur IMO.
this album hit #1 in UK/Aust, but only reached a poor #34 in the US,best showing single in the US was "praise you" reaching #36, whereas the same song reached #1 both here and in the UK, two other top 10 hits here in Australia in tracks 1+2, also three other top ten hits in the UK with tracks 1,2+4.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: gangsta tripping
best track: praise you

tracks:

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[TD]1. Right Here, Right Now ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HN4KdY5C7w audio[/TD]
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[TD]2. The Rockafeller Skank ***
Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim (High res / Official video).mp4 - YouTube video[/TD]
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[TD]3. ******* In Heaven ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5tJJhvb5g audio[/TD]
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[TD]4. Gangster Tripping **
Gangster Trippin - YouTube video[/TD]
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[TD]5. Build It Up-Tear It Down **
Fatboy Slim - Build It Up Tear It Down - YouTube audio[/TD]
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[TD]6. Kalifornia ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AvAYyu49_s audio[/TD]
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[TD]7. Soul Surfing **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWKH9GEVTj4 audio[/TD]
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[TD]8. You're Not From Brighton **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcGJnMaAZc audio[/TD]
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[TD]9. Praise You ***
Praise You by Fatboy Slim (High Res / Official video).mp4 - YouTube video[/TD]
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[TD]10. Love Island **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36USOElNFTo audio[/TD]
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[TD]11. Acid 8000 **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHBAEYXgviA audio
12. How Can You Hear Us **
How Can You Hear Us? - Fatboy Slim - YouTube audio
3s=5
2s=7
1s=0

rating: 2.4 [/TD]
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