Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet.
Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997.
On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single.
Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S.
hit.
Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard").
Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song for LindyFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | Santa CruzFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 07:30 | 17 MB | 45 MB |
| 3 | Going Out of My HeadFatboy Slim, Pete Townshend | Fatboy Slim | Play | 05:14 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | The Weekend Starts HereFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 06:41 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 5 | Everybody Needs a 303Fatboy Slim, Edwin Starr | Fatboy Slim | Play | 05:49 | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| 6 | Give the Po' Man a BreakFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | 10th & CrenshawFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | First DownFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 38 MB |
| 9 | Punk to FunkFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | The Sound of MilwaukeeFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| 11 | Michael JacksonNegativland, Fatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 05:49 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 12 | Next to NothingFatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim | Play | 07:16 | 16 MB | 44 MB |
| 70 mins | 162 MB | |||||
| 70 mins | 449 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatboy Slim | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 2 | Negativland | Composer |
| 3 | Edwin Starr | Composer |
| 4 | Simon Thornton | Engineer |
| 5 | Pete Townshend | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |