You've Come a Long Way Baby

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Biographers of Norman Cook should look no further than the title of this--his second album under the pseudonym Fatboy Slim. From humble beginnings as the bass player in prole rock band The Housemartins, through chart-topping fame with Beats International, and even a spell scraping a meagre living from writing computer game soundtracks in the early 90s, Norman Cook has done it all. You've Come A Long Way, Baby, though, is the Fatboy's culmination; the quintessential, and utterly essential big-beat album. "The Rockafeller Skank" is a manic collage of surf-guitar looped into ever-tightening spirals; utterly simplistic, but a work of devilish genius. "Gangster Tripping" and "Fucking In Heaven" are in a similar celebratory mood, but to prove that the Fatboy doesn't always work by a formula, try the purloined gospel of "Praise You", or the rave nostalgia of "Acid 8000". It's seldom poetry, but dumb dance music doesn't get much better. --Louis Pattison

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Description
Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim, shows off his big beat-dancestyle once again with the release of YOU'VE COME A LONG WAYBABY. 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 bigbeat.
"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 tomake 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 stateof Fat Boy Slim's work. Catch up or you'll get stomped by the big beat explosion.

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Customer reviews

review by: D.Mills, Detroit USA date: 2006-07-21 rating:
big beat master
Fatboy Slim looks like a normal bloke, but really he's a freak of nature. He has this mad scientist mentality that creates these classic dance tracks. In my opinion the guy was mr 1998 and 1999. I still think the guy has potential even though big beat has feel through. Shame he released that Slash Dot Dash as his first single from his last album.

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review by: date: 2002-03-07 rating:
Fatboy slim was made in heaven
Top album just dont listen to it to often coz like all good albums you play it to death and end up hating it. Picture the scene nice hot sunny day, driving along in your car the stereo pumping out "Right about now the funk soul brother".............Nuff said.............Respect.......We praise you like we should

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review by: date: 2001-12-20 rating:
some quality bonus tracks, euphoric to any fatboy fan!
if you've not heard this album yet or have heard it and have yet to acquire it for yourself, this imported version beats it's uk twin hands down. guaranteed you'll listen to this and think "oh...it was fatboy who did that track"!! the bonus tracks such as "michael jackson" and "everybody needs a carnival" are hard to find and give you that little 'my mate doesn't have this and probably never will' edge! for an extra few tracks it's a bargain! definately a classic

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review by: date: 2001-04-17 rating:
THE GREATEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD
This truly is one of those albums you pick up and will continue listening to for years. It is beautifully enginnered with classics like PRAISE YOU and Gangster trippin coupled with some of the best b sides ever on an album which will hold its head high in the music industry for many years it has a song for every mood and occassion. Without doubt the best album he has ever produced well done Norman


review by: date: 2001-02-17 rating:
Good mix of beats and more subtle tracks
This is a really good album by Fatboy Slim. There is an excellent mix of raw Big Beat tracks and softer, more relaxing ones. A lot of the tracks on this CD have been released as singles (and they have all deserved it), and therefore this album is a great way of listening to all of them. Fatboy Slim is one of the best Big Beat artists around, and this is one of his best albums.

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