Track Listing
1. Right Here, Right Now
2. Rockafeller Skank, The
3. Illin in Heaven
4. Gangster Tripping
5. Build It up-Tear It Down
6. Kalifornia
7. Soul Surfing
8. You're Not From Brighton
9. Praise You
10. Love Island
11. Acid 8000
| Details | | Producer: | Fatboy Slim | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Full title: You've Come A Long Way, Baby.
YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. "Praise You" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim, shows off his big beat-dance style once again with the release of YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY. Packed with pure energy, smart breaks and edgy samples, YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY is a strong follow up to 1997's BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY. The first single, "The Rockafeller Skank" cleverly uses a Lord Finesse vocal sample that dominates the massive-sounding track. In addition, the twangy surf guitars provide a texture not often heard in big beat.
"Gangster Tripping," the second single, is a funky, mind-bending head-nodder that uses smashing drums, horn shots, reggae breaks and filtering techniques. Other tracks to make you move are "Build it Up," the adrenaline wig-out "Acid 8000" and "Praise You," with its catchy, '70s-like piano hook. The title of this album speaks volumes about the state of Fat Boy Slim's work. Catch up or you'll get stomped by the big beat explosion.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.
Q (12/01/1999)
Included in AP's 10 Essential Dance Albums That Rock - ...Norman Cook's Big Beat masterpiece is dancefloor crossover material at its finest.
Alternative Press (05/01/2000)
Ranked #81 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums
Q (06/01/2000)
8 (out of 10) - ...the thrill-intensive Fatboy Slim approach favors monstrous, often incongruous breaks, bass lines, and riffs, aggressively diced and looped in service of wacky, cut-and-paste juxtapositions....few dance producers working today are as keenly attuned to the pleasure principle as Norman Cook...
Spin (12/01/1998)
Included in Mixmag's Ten Best Albums of 98 - ...Fatboy turns his 303s up to 11 with a second album that rocks from start to finish.
Mixmag (01/01/1999)
Ranked #18 on Spin's list of Top 20 Albums of '98.
Spin (01/01/1999)
...Other than the way it deftly blends obscure records, there's nothing subtle about Fatboy Slim. BABY is clever, hectic, relentless--and very of its time. It's music desperate to be noticed above the din of TV, movies, the Net, and the zillions of other records out there... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (10/23/1998)
...Cook proves what all pop pros know: that obvious is harder than subtle....Cook makes the hooks as blatant as a dance-world denizen can...
Rolling Stone (11/12/1999)
...Other than the way it deftly blends obscure records, there's nothing subtle about Fatboy Slim. BABY is clever, hectic, relentless--and very of its time. It's music desperate to be noticed above the din of TV, movies, the Net, and the zillions of other records out there... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (10/23/1998)
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