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I find it very irritating but could be a vibe at a skatepark I guess
this would be more enjoyable if each song was like a third of the length
Ok, not my kind of music. Partly not so boring, but mostly didn't like it. And ... this is - in my opinion - not music to listen to at home - this is only fun when dancing
Too much audio fuckery 2/5
1. nouu - 1.5 2. zkank - 1.5 3. heaven - 1.5 4. trippin - 1 5. douun - 1.5 6. california - 1 7. zoul - 1.5 8. brighton - 1.5 9. praize - 1 10. love - 1.5 11. acid - 1.5
Long and repetitive. Standout song Build it up tear it down.
It was fine. Nothing really memorable. Don't think it belongs here if I'm being completely honest. 2/5
interesting
Not for me. Too many high pitched electronic noises
Your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move, your booty move. -Atom 8000
Not for me, but I can see how others would enjoy it.
This is most likely my favorite Beck album and also generally one of my favorites overall. Every song is memorable.
I liked that one song that was everywhere off this album ("Rockefeller Skank") but never had any desire to explore further, just not a genre I am into. Of course I've heard that "Right Here, Right Now" song about a billion times in commercials and at sporting events but I never knew that was Fatboy Slim. I did know "Praise You" was them. This album had some bangers, as the kids say. In the middle I got tired of it though - "Build It Up - Tear It Down," "Kalifornia," and "Soul Surfing" just annoyed me and the repetitive crap is why I don't like this genre. Ben used to listen to it constantly and I just didn't get it. But I'm sure it was great in the clubs, where I wouldn't be caught dead.
Most of the songs are not that exciting.
++*: Praise You ++: Fucking in Heaven, Soul Surfing +: Gangster Tripping, Build It Up – Tear It Down, You're Not from Brighton +-: Right Here, Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Kalifornia -: Love Island, Acid 8000 4,9/10
I remember the hype about this album. I don't mind a bit of sampling and looping but this has the feeling of someone experimenting with a new technology for the first time and people liking it just because it's novel. I find the first 30 seconds of each track is ok, bit of a groove, 3 mins later I'm bored stiff from hearing the same looped rhythm and lyric samples for the thousandth time. This album might have seemed fresh and interesting once but I don't hear any long term musical merit and I don't think it will stand the test of time.
Tedious, repetitive. There are maybe a few tracks that are okay. It's the kind of music that I might put on if the purpose isn't to listen to music, but rather while I'm doing something else; Playing a game (that doesn't have a good soundtrack). Cleaning the house. Doing laundry. Whatever...
I did not enjoy this album, and I don't know how anybody could. The exception being Praise You, I think this actually belongs on a list of albums to avoid listening to because it could result in your death. 2
2/5 Not as great as i remember, Except rockafeller skank, the rest of the album is abit boring.
2 out of 5. Another album I had no idea had so many famous songs on it.
I've never attended a rave. I don't know the difference between house and dub-step. This album is definitely too long. I was a conscious person in America in 1998, so "Rockefeller Skank" has been burned into my brain (although not the extended album version; just the radio edit). All that said, I somehow still enjoyed some of this. Is this what Throbbing Gristle aspired to? It was ultimately too repetitive to get to a 3, but it was close. 2.4
These jams are way too long. A product of the CD era though. “We must fill the entirety of a 74 minute CD!” Just gets boring after a while. Everything is of a similar tempo. I wonder how many club kids from that time still enjoy this album. I feel like it probably doesn’t hold up
One of the better electronica albums I've heard, but listening to it gave me a headache
Ergens begrijp ik de appeal van Fatboy Slim wel. Hij heeft een geweldig oor voor catchy funk en soul gems van vroeger, en hij wist die te verpakken in een typisch 90s house/techno jasje, waarmee hij de dansvloeren wist te veroveren. Maar ik kan niet zeggen dat het erg goed met de tijd is meegegroeid, vooral als je het vergelijkt met de creatieve creaties van 'sampledelia' artiesten uit het zelfde tijdsframe. Werk van DJ Shadow of The Avalanches hebben veel meer lagen, en blijven daardoor tot de dag van vandaag verfrissend. Ik begrijp wel dat de insteek van Fatboy Slim anders was, en dat het meer ging om de crowd te pleasen, maar hij komt er bij mij wel wat slechter van af bij de beoordeling. Ik heb me best vermaakt met de classics, en ik waande me weer eventjes in FIFA 98, maar over de gehele lengte is het gewoon te repeterend en raak je snel uitgeblust door het gebrek aan sample-variatie. De drops vind ik ook soms wel een beetje tenenkrommend. 6 voor de moeite, die er echt wel inzit. 6/10 Highlights: The Rockafeller Skank Praise You
Fatboy Slim is een makkie bij Hitster, net als veel andere 90-s artiesten, met name DJ's. Het klinkt zo erg naar dat decennium, dat heeft wel iets moois. En uiteraard voor dertigers ook speelt hier ook zeker de nostalgie mee. Maar zo lekker als muziek uit de jaren 60 verjaard, zo matig doet muziek uit de 90-s dat. Op alleen nostalgie kom je er niet. Dat merk ik ook bij Fatboy Slim. Praise Your en Rockefeller Skank zijn wel soort van bangers maar kunnen kwalitatief niet tippen aan veel ander vergelijkbaar werk. 5,5/10 Highlights Rockefeller Skank Praise You
Overall: 3/10 This is music for commercials. But also RIGHT ABOUT NOW THE FUNK SOUL BROTHER CHECK IT OUT NOW Fav Song: The Rockefeller Skank Least Fav Song: Kalifornia
Man I hadn't thought about this album in a long time. And that's ok. I feel like I don't need this record taking up any space in my brain. Not a fan of electronic music in general and this is pretty much right down the middle for the genre and the time. Just the repetitiveness of this is enough to turn anyone off. I seem to remember there being a lot of car commercials that used songs from this album. Or maybe that's just how it sounds. Anyway, not a fan. A generous 2/5
Built some decent beats and then just repeats the hell out of them lyric/vocals are just stupid. Debated between a 1 or a 2 but the beats are generally solid.
Club beats aren’t really my thing, and this isn’t quite close enough to club beats that I’d enjoy anyway.
A wonderful record for making commercials.
This is enjoyable enough, in fast-casual dining chain sort of way – very large portions, smothered in sauce, and very much wants to be everything to everybody, but quite unhealthy to consume very often. Bottome line: big beat is just for stupid people with dodgy tastes and taking off extra points for so blatantly name-dropping and propping himself on the second cut with radio call-in sample.
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby At least there are some enjoyable moments here and there, and it is quite fun to listen to, but the music sounds all over the place. One thing goes after the other quickly, it's confusing to listen to this all together. Even though each song does transition to the next, personally it works best in shuffle honestly. It sounds kind of good, but there are other artists that did this better than him, to be honest this is decent. 1.- Right Here, Right Now = 8/10 2.- The Rockafeller Skank = 8/10 3.- Fucking In Heaven = 4/10 4.- Gangster Trippin' = 6/10 5.- Build It Up - Tear It Down = 5/10 6.- Kalifornia = 4/10 7.- Soul Surfing = 4/10 8.- You're Not From Brighton = 4/10 9.- Praise You = 9/10 10.- Love Island = 6/10 11.- Acid 8000 = 8/10 FINAL SCORE: 6/10
medio pe. Praise you es un temon igual
🎧Here Fatboy Slim answers the age old question, “if cocaine was an album, what album would it be?” Praise You is terrific though.
The individual songs are all fine, but as the whole the album becomes a little tiring and tedious to listen to.
I guess you had to be there
Well done, but too repetitive for me.
"Right Here, Right Now," "The Rockafeller Skank," and "Praise You" all have some good stuff going on but overall the album is kind of obnoxious. It dethrones Orbital 2 by Orbital as my least favorite techno album on the list.
Brand new genre of music for me.
2.5 This music should be listened to in the club and i don't go to the club :(
Techno is another genre of music that I’m not well versed in. As such, the best I can say for this album is it’s ok. I don’t dislike it, but it also didn’t strike me in any kind of way. I will say that I’ve listened to some Chemical Brothers stuff that I find more appealing. But I don’t know how to really verbalize the differences, or even what they’re called. So this album was fine, but nothing that I would necessarily come back to either.
I'd listen to this occasionally, perhaps while working or exercising.
Hard to listen to in one sitting- moments of funky edm, but mostly just annoying. Praise You is the most listenable track. Not a fan of the genre, clearly. Why does it sound like the dentist's drill?
Several songs on this album that are decent, or even pretty good, in isolation. As a whole-album experience it bored the crap out of me. Much too much repetition. Just not my bag.
5/10
There are definitely good parts of this, but it’s absolute torture to have to listen to an hour straight of this. Nothing but samples
It sounds like an evolutionary step in music. Boxy 90s hip hop beats, overly repetitive songs that are about twice as long as they need to be, and a paint-by-numbers approach to creating some sort of structure. Praise You is far and away the strongest song, largely due to having lyrics longer than four words. The beats are good, but it’s far too much for an album.
While more tolerable than a lot of electronica on this list I’ve encountered thus far, still very skippable. I vaguely remember a lot of this from listening to it on my Walkman riding the bus to school in 1998 when I was an equally annoying middle schooler. Half a star added for being a Seagulls supporter.
This is enjoyable enough, in a chain-restaurant or all-you-can-eat-buffett sort of way – very large portions, smothered in sauce and extras, but quite unhealthy to consume very often and attracting all the wrong sorts of people. The occasional earworms are way overplayed and the name-dropping and propping himself on the second cut with radio call-in sample is worth a full-point penalty. Big beat is clear evidence that more isn't more.
Not really my thing but I recognize it's full of what were considered to be 90s electro-pop bangers. Tip of the hat to this album.
[vocal sample with drum beat] FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT [dramatic music sample] FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT [middle 8] FAAATBOOOY SLIIIM IIIS SHIIIT FATFATFAT BOYBOYBOYBOY SLIMIS SLIMIS SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT [new dramatic music sample] FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT FATBOY SLIM IS SHIT
Oh good lord. I mean, okay. The instrumentals was nice and I really did enjoy listening to it at some certain points. But the lyrics are downright annoying and VERY repetitive, like do I need to listen to this guy saying the same thing for the 30th time in a song? Probably not. This could be a good album to dance to tho, I'll give it that. When you kinda tune out the lyrics and mostly jive to good beats. 2/5
Rounding up to differentiate from all the other English DJs. On a curve with the others this is probably like a 7⭐️. At least it sometimes kinda goes somewhere.
A bunch of long electronica loops. No real lyrics. Would actually be pretty good if there were Beastie Boys dropping some rhymes over the music. As it stands, though, the novelty of the music wears out quick.
might have felt revolutionary at its time, but the vocal sampling now feels repetitive at best, incredibly annoying (Fatboy Slim! Fatboy Slim!) at worst
The first two songs I was bumping but it immediately overstayed it's welcome. Every song is extremely repetitive, if I was at a club or something it would be fine but I'm at my cubicle in my office and it's painful. First two songs were electric though
weird. didn't like it much. maybe not my thing...
Way too repetitive for actively listening to, I’m sure if you like EDM or dubstep this would be enjoyable
A couple of times it was pretty good but some other times it was pretty annoying.
Too long.
Truly one of the albums of all time
Good composition skill. It is interesting that the human mind can at times find a repetitive sound soothing like staring into fire. This album does what it does well. I personally would feel ripped off if I bought this in 1998 based on one single. I'm on some night time cold medicine listening to this and the two do not mix. booty must be dead
Nice and chill and fun
This was everywhere at the time got a too much radio play. To me at the time it was the gentrification of the dance scene, pop ready songs that Zoe ball amd all those radio 1 wankers could bang on about, safe rave. Still many years later the album is on the whole mainly disapointimg and much bettrr edm out there, there are some good tunes like right here right now. But if i hear praise you one more time ill be a little sick.
This was so ubiquitous that it came close to capturing a joyous collective dance experience. That moment has passed and now it's just mostly annoying, especially as an album.
Not my thing. That stupid rockafeller song really brings it down and the rest of it isn't much better or even worse.
Not as annoying as some electronic albums but still annoying!
Mostly instrumental beats, recognized several songs
I have to criticize you like I should. One bonus star for two undeniably iconic tracks, otherwise pretty unlistenable.
Dude does not know how to end a song
Dear lord that was annoying to listen to
25% music video nostalgia bliss 25% pump me the fuck up dance music 50% “hey, want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?”
Repetitive. Opener is good along with hits. Final rank after finish. Just not my cup of tea.
I like Praise You and that’s it really
Dance music. Fun to dance to but boring and repetitive to just listen to.
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Thoughts before listening: I remember this being huge. I wasn't into the electronic/dance scene back in the 90s and I doubt I'll be into this today either. Review: Yeah this isn't for me. Repetitive and nothing is really drawing my attention. I'm sure this is fun music to dance to at a festival or something, but its just not something I'm interested in listening to sitting here at my desk this morning. I added "Rockefeller Skank" and "Praise You" to my playlist as a nice reminder that this existed, but otherwise I have little interest. 2-stars
Peak Big Beat. For good and (mostly) for bad
The point for me of listening to and reviewing these 1001 albums is multitudinous: It makes me think about music in a thoughtful way that I can write about, it exposes me to things I haven't heard, and it reminds me of things I've heard but have forgotten about. Having said that, some genres of music and specifically, some albums, just remind a person of things that are so deeply ingrained that it's impossible to hear them in a fair or clear context. I was at the height of my indie record store employee snobbery when this came out and I hated everything about it and I dismissed it as techno garbage. I've since learned how the songs were assembled via vinyl samples on floppy disks fed through an old Atari computer and I think that's pretty cool but it's still too repetitive and amphetamine spazz out for me though. More than anything though it's just boring. And in keeping with my aforementioned snobbery: DJ Shadow does it better. Way better.
Appreciate the classics, but my days was this a tedious and boring listen. All the songs should be cut in half.
Too much filler. This should’ve been an EP.
Some very cool songs on this album, but I'm not feeling it today.
I'm actually surprised by how many of these songs i already know. Like if you'd asked me this morning to name a Fatboy Slim song I don't think I could have done it, and yet... These songs are sooo long and sooo repetitive. I'm not really a fan of it. Maybe in smaller doses, but as a full album it got old pretty quickly. My reaction when the last song ended was "thank God that's over".
Couple good tracks but not all are winners and overall it became very repetitive.
Very electronic background, mostly loop based, funky 90s feel. Not the best music I've heard from him. Similar to chemical Brothers in style.
55% Best: Right Here, Right Now; Gangster Trippin; Praise You Must-Hear? No
In times of great stress, I repeat the same phrase over and over to myself until the utter monotony calms me. No more need for that - I can just play this album.
This was very dated and very repetitive. Not for me.
annoying
Every track is way too long for the content. Can only see this being interesting if you're on drugs.
This might be the first metal album I've listened to all the way through. I don't know if I like it because it's actually good or if it's just very tolerable as far as metal (almost metal pop with a little prog)
I feel as if my intelligence is being insulted and my tastes in music are mocked. Basically, Fat Boy Slim was to the 2000"s what Herbie Hancock was to the 80"s. That's not a compliment.
Not as fun as I remembered
Not my jam.
I was glad it ended 1.5 rounded up
Loop much?
Elektro pur. Nicht schlecht aber ohne vocals
Ummm, well I recognized some songs, but this was way too repetitive for my taste.
First listen. Meh.
Correcto
kinda boring YNN
This was not what I expected. Its not rap. Its "Electronica." I guess that means it was made on a computer because that's what it sounds like. If Max Headroom made an album, it would sound like this. The sound is good and was even enjoyable.....for a short time. I even recognized some of the songs. But it was incredibly repetitive in the most headache inducing way. It de-de-de-de-de-deserves deserves deserves a 2.
I feel like I’m playing that ice sledding game in Club Penguin Iiin in heaven is kinda good & catchy, still feel like I’m playing club penguin, this time the disco game Praise you is a hidden gem in this mumble jumble stuff Good fun beats to dance to while I wait for my pot of water to boil
Just way too repetitive.
Just not for me
way too annoying for such a long album. rockafeller skank was iconic though
Why in God's name are these songs 6 minutes long?
Not a fan
I have never listened to Fatboy Slim. — I listened to Fatboy Slim. I will not listen to Fatboy Slim again.
This is an album made for annoying white dads who say they like funk and then put this on. Culturally appropriative and didn’t even do it well but let me be FRANK: Rockefeller shank goes crazy
Iconic. I think I'm having a flashback. Unfortunately it's not lasting nearly long enough and the filler in this album is a little dull. The mid-album tracks are... What's a nice way to say dull and repetitive. Fatboy Sim is not for albums. I skipped large parts of many tracks, positive I want missing anything. I have positive memories of Praise You, which is a standout track for me along with Rockafeller Skank. Four stars for those, but two for the rest, two for the rest, two for the rest, two for the rest...
POV: me and the boys carpooling to the mall in 6th grade to go rizz up girls from school. No really, this album is very cringe. I already had the hit “praise you” saved previously- and I can see why I never gave the rest the light of day. This sounds like some montage a kid would make over cod zombies on vine. Gangster Trippin’ is actually fire too though, I will give them that. I don’t know if I’ll ever be in the mood to listen again tbh.
Meh
As I started listening I thought this was going to be pretty good but it went downhill very quickly. So repetitive, etc. Giving it a 2 only because of song "Praise You"
It’s really good in small doses, but an album full of it is just too much for me. He does go on a bit doesn’t he? Throwing any Fat Boy Slim track on at a wedding disco is fine with me. Always gets the drunk aunties up dancing.
I wonder what possessed me to buy this. Was it because of the singles? Was it because I picked up the wrong CD? For whatever reason, I did. Anyway, the singles are ok the rest is toilet. 2
Quite annoying to listen to and it’s super long but it’s better when you don’t think about it. It’s background party music for many I’m sure but definitely not for me.
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Overplayed and just horrible earworms now not even sure I liked it in its heyday
Mmm yeah okay I guess. Some are nice some aren't
Too repetitive for me
not bad, not my thing at all
Yeah no
**not my cup of tea, no real music, just noises and rap
I'm not sorted for E's and Wizz, so this album is about four times too long. Some good work but just so repetitive. Works in a rave but not anywhere else.
Couple of hits are sentimental just because of where I was in my life when they came out, but otherwise, sadly kind of boring. Nice as background music.
Other than one or 2 good songs the rest is just too repetitive and too much swearing. I don't mind a song that cusses but there has to be a point to it snd not just cussing for the sake of cussing
The album starts off strongly with the first two tracks; however, both are a minute or two longer than they should be. After that, it takes a significant downturn. I have to question who approved the inclusion of "Fucking in Heaven"—it's truly awful. The rest of the album is ok, and "Praise You" somewhat redeems its score. Unfortunately, many of the songs become repetitive very quickly, which could have been avoided by making them all shorter. One final point. How did he know I'm not from Brighton?
A couple of bangers, but album goes on for far too long.
Sucks
Very repetitive
I have to praise you like I shouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuld. This song has lived in my head, rent free, since 1998.
Liked certain bits but not my thing really on a whole. Ended up skipping a couple of tracks. Went on a bit
I don't have to love everything.
Quintessential 90s movie/show music.
I learned that the lyric is “the funk soul brother” and not “the funk’s yo’ brother” like I thought it was. And that it is repeated 64 times in the song. Props for several mainstream hits on this but I can barely make it through a full song much less a whole album.
I suffered through this. Bonus star for Ganster Trippin, which tripped me down memory lane to being 13 and thinking it was great. Also when I hear Fat Boy Slim I see in my mind Christopher Walken dancing. But this shit is obnoxious. Repetitive, grating, juvenile in all the worst ways. I’d have to do a mountain of ecstasy to get in this groove; even then I’d want something less idiotic.
Never heard this one. Tbh when I saw it I first thought “ I’m gonna hate it “ but I was wrong. And I realize now that I’ve been narrow minded with music. Or I mean I only listened to a handful of artists at any given time and so I’m SO APPRECIATIVE of this site ) Favorites: Right Here Right Now. The Rockefeller Skank In Heaven. Dammit totally ruined my vibe that I had going on !!!’ No matter the meaning of the song, those two words together in a sentence. Just , no. love most of the rest , though. Love to listen to this with earbuds in the library and bop around maniacally like I do. That part is a lot of fun!!
Hit hard, hit fast, left fast. He will forever be why I hate club DJ's.
If "The Rockefeller Skank" wasn't on here, it would be a 1. This album is practically unlistenable as it is annoying. That one song is good but that's it, everything else is god awful.
You know, with the exception of the Rolling Stones, every artist so far to give me multiple albums has been one that I had a pretty positive opinion of from the first album of theirs that I listened to. Even then, I knew that I would eventually find a Rolling Stones album I cared about, and I was right. I did not care for my first Fatboy Slim album, if you can call it that. I myself refer to it is a collection of random beats. However, I have seen more praise for You've Come a Long Way, Baby than that other one. So, do I care for this album more than the first? Well, I do, but only by a tiny margin. I really just don't think I care about Fatboy Slim. Is he talented at making beats? Sure, I guess. I just don't feel anything when listening to this. There's enough substance here for me to actually call this one an album, but not enough for me to like it. The added words make the album feel more complete, but they're so repetitive that it doesn't really matter. There's some okay songs on here. I thought "Praise You" was pretty solid. Other songs just aren't fun to listen to. That third song really made me want to fucking-fucking-fucking-fucking end it all right there. I don't really care at all about this album or artist, and I'm happy to say that Fatboy Slim doesn't have any more on the list. 2/5.
The sampling and chopping is great fun, but it gets tired pretty quickly.
2.5/5
When I was in college, the web cartoon Homestar Runner was huge. In one episode, Strong Bad creates an electronic music song and explains that every techno song has one random sentence that just repeats over and over for now reason. That’s what this whole album is.
I bet this album was cool when he played the songs live at a 90's rave and everyone was rolling their faces off.
Der er nogen kæmpe bangere her på men det var også lidt trættende i længden
Shot out to WBCN If you took out all the repetition on this album, the playing time would be 46 seconds. I danced once, reminisced twice. And got bored by the repetitive nature of it all. You don't NEED to hear one Fatboy Slim album (maybe a few songs, but aside from that), let alone 2 Praise You is good though.
The singles really pop on this, but even all of those overstay their welcome. All I need from this is the shortened radio edits of the singles. As a full album (and even as album-length songs) this really started to grate on my nerves. Over the course of a full hour, this music really starts to feel like a gimmick.
Sometimes catchy but too long. I couldn’t do the whole album.
- this was mostly a tough listen - a couple 90s jams - otherwise this album is made for people who like the same 5 words repeated over and over
I really tried. But some times you have to admit, it's just not for you. I appreciate the effort and creativity but I don't enjoy this firm of music.
Wanted it to be so much better. Most songs just weren’t listenable for me
Thats ok but so repetitive. 2 stars
Enjoyable, recognizable music. Probably won't revisit this though.
Think I’m too hungover for that
punishing repetition...
Was surprised by how many tracks I recognised and can see why it's on the list. Not my cup of tea as I found each track a bit repetitive.
Meh. Pure meh.
A lot of this album is way too repetitive, I think 20 minutes could easily have been cut to make this a normal-length LP. Two stars for that reason alone, otherwise this music is well-produced, nostalgic, fun to listen to.
Check it out now, this album is not bad. In fact, it’s pretty good. Other than In Heaven, that song sucks. All songs are very repetitive and run long. Album comes in at (2.3*s)
Well Fatboy...you've come a little way from 1st album. Starts off pretty good but I lost interest by side 2. I'm not into party electronica and prefer a darker, headphone listen from the genre. Def has hits that were all over MTV and the radio in the 90s and had an impact on popularizing electronica so I see why it's on this list....2.4
Die 2 Hits sind ganz ok, aber dann nerve’s.
Didn't have high expectations, but, I enjoyed it!
Praise You and The Rockafeller Skank are the high watermark achievements here, they're both iconic tracks that have been imbedded into the culture zeitgeist of the 90's. The rest of the record is an unproblematic listen, but hearing it all at once back to back makes it feel less special, like maybe Fatboy Slim isn't even a musician, just a guy who got lucky that a few of his "experiments" were sonically delightful. I think hearing all these tracks back to back highlights what I don't like about electronic music, the repetitious nature and intentionally grating tones, because it makes each track feel so formulaic and dispassionate. It's the same thing every track - come up with a beat and lay a weird lyrical phrase over it, then repeat it over and over and over again for 3.5 - 5 minutes until the song is over. It’s monotonous to listen to and if that’s the whole point, then fuck you even more electronica!
All I could think listening to this is how much better it would be live. But as I am in bed, listening to this by myself, I can't do anything but pray for it to end. But again, if it was in a better setting, it would probably be fun, so 2 stars it is. Fav songs: - Right Here Right Now
Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive... Some sounds are okay, but just by repeating them over and over and over they become extremely boring. No need to listen to the whole song. Just the first 30 seconds are usually enough to know how the rest is going to be like. Praise you and Right Here, Right now are okay.
One good song
hmm. some good some very repetitive. interesting but yet whole songs that have 2 phrases huh.
It's very well heeled in its time. I reckon it was more impressive when it was released but perhaps hasn't aged as well, or just, not as good in the modern context. 2.5 but some 3.0 tracks.
4.5/10. Lots of movie jams,but a little too much
Best: Acid 8000 Love Island Praise You're not from Brighton Worst: Fucking in Heaven
2/5. How in the world does Fatboy Slim have 2 albums on this list?
If I was 18 and took MDMA and was at a rave this would have slapped. I’m 51, I take blood pressure medication and listened in an airport waiting for a flight. Didn’t enjoy, but not the target audience.
2.5 for whatever this did for electronic music at the time .....
This reminds me of a soundtrack for a movie like Blade; get repetitive with a driving beat. Listening to it on it's own is... Fine. Just a little boring. I'm sure these were bangers in the club, though. I can absolutely see some drunk AF guy finger blasting his high AF rando in the dance floor of Jive while Breathe plays in the background. Lesser known tracks>>>>Famous ones (minefields>breathe)
I understand it was influential, but it’s really just a forgettable album.
Not really for me.
This style suffers from repetition and these songs in particular with overplay. I don't need to hear "The Rockafella Skank" or "Praise You" again in my lifetime.
It kind of started out okay, but when the repetition kicked in with that incredibly annoying song, The Rockafeller Skank that was it. To be honest, the beats and music was alright, but come on, you don't have to drill it into our brains with the repeated lyrics with military precision to get your point across. It goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on about now, about now, now, now, now, about now, now, nownownownownownownow....!!! (Fat Boy Slim can go fucking in heaven in heaven in heaven forever.)
Not as bad as I thought it would be, but it does get very repetitive. Originally, I was going to give it 3 stars, but towards the end I was just hoping for it to end. 2 stars.
Alright, a classic of course. And it's nicely illustrated by the photograph over at Spotify's "about the artist". This is a sculpture of vuvuzelas: kinda funny, for a very brief moment in time, but quickly just irritating af. And look! It's also a guy in a football jersey blaring PAAAARTY! in your face. For an hour. When this came out and its hits played everywhere, I tolerated it for its novelty but today, *as an album*, I find this utterly obnoxious.
Eletrônico que cheira a anos 90! Tem músicas que marcaram a geração.
HL: “Right Here, Right Now”, \"Rockafeller Skank\", “Praise You”, “Love Island” I almost made it to April this year before getting an album I was ‘meh’ about. It was bound to happen… Not that it was a waste of an hour, I understand this could be a banger in the right environment, and I almost always have time for “Check it out now, Funk soul brotha”! But like some other 90’s electronic jams on this list, I felt tested listening to it in full. It seems like many of the songs- “Like Heaven”, “Kalifornia”, “Acid 3000”, the last minute of “Soul Surfing”, yes even my beloved “Rockafeller Skank”- have some element I find so irritating that it distracts me from the otherwise cool samples n beats. Part of my drive to complete every album stems from the fear of my music taste fossilizing: being only to derive pleasure from MY music, not whatever YOUR music is. Oddly though, that anxiety works both ways. Since I’ve had so many 4s and 5s recently, I was starting to wonder if I’m not putting ENOUGH critical thought towards those albums. Thanks to Mr. Slim, for reminding me there are genres I still have to work hard to appreciate. You’ve earned both these stars. March 25, 2024
De hits zijn leuk, de rest is zielloze muziek voor onder het TL-licht in een wezenloze snackbar om twee uur 's nachts. En dan ook nog die zinloze herhaling, het duurt allemaal zo lllaannnggg. Sorry Eric D.
Eh. Not my thing
Some decent beats & interesting samples (albeit not always deftly applied) going on for '98 but now to me it's like listening to a string of TV or video game commercials.
Quite easily a 1 if not for the nostalgia bump and occasional decent moments. Overall a repetitive pile of annoying garbage. Could not wait for it to be over.
You start with two decent tracks and then the rest is bad? Favourite track: Rockafeller Skank.
Not for me
Turns out, the more you repeat the same phrase over the same beat, the song doesn't get any better. Not an enjoyable listen whatsoever.
Hard to get through, repetitive and annoying
# 188 : Very enjoyable as repetitive background music! An exercise in repetition, and lets repeat again! solid music of the genre, but a genre I only want to listen to 1-2 songs from before I say "What The....". If it wasn't so repetitive, it might have pulled an extra star 2/5! Fav Track : Praise You Praise You Praise You Pra....
did not finish
I had this album back when it originally released. I'll say what I thought then and it still stands. The beats and samples are infectious and very reflective of the time, however it's so so repetitive. I'm trying to listen to this to start my day at work. It's upbeat and fun, but makes me want to throw my monitors through a window.
I literally fell asleep
Not for me. 2.
I understand why this album is on here, but this genre isn't for me.
A few good tracks in The Rockefeller Skank and Praise You, but besides that - nothing special here.
Not my cup of tea
Ahhh Fatboy Slim. Made popular by Rockafeller Skank, which is unfortunately the only standout song on the album. Many of the songs feel like a 15-30 second clip replayed on loop for 6 minutes. Not necessarily offensive, but it gets old pretty fast.
It's very repetitive, all the songs sound like the same, Gangster trippin is really good tho. Not really my style. 2.5/5
music to dance to, not listen to 2.5
I mean, it wasn’t “make me angry” bad - but I can’t say I’d ever listen to it again.
Jea okay
My son said this album sounds like a producer asked somebody to make a bunch of tracks for a popstar to sing over, but then they forgot to record the actual vocals
Would be ok without the lyrics.
Some decent songs with good beats / mixes but repetitive at times. Some songs were so bad though I had to skip to the next track.
It's ok. Electronic is not my favorite.
#140. While one or two of these songs may be interesting enough on their own, I absolutely cannot handle 62 minutes in a row of this repetitive nonsense. 2/5: don't
Couple of notable bangers....the rest is repetitive electronica/rap/groove/machine beats. I wouldn't seek it out, but didn't hate it. I thought Fatboy Slim was a person - guess not :)
Meh... I'd have to be in a rare mood to enjoy this
Teils, teils
Couple classics like Praise You and Rockafeller Skank mixed with meh.
Very repetitive, not my style. Good background music though
Not my thing. Songs are a minute too long
Me gusta lo electrónico, esto me aburrió. Esperaba q explote en algún momento. No me pasó. Vamos por más.
One good song.
Not gonna lie, that kinda sucked.
not for me
Didn't age terribly well...
Electro, samples, triphop, funk, singles well known, still airing at indiediscos (with chemical brothers and prodigy). Other songs more interludes or copy of the hits, missing the consistency, some songs rather boring, not eyeopening - expected more. But the music videos and album cover are great.
This is tough to rate—classic songs, but repetitive beats and lyrics make it difficult for me to enjoy listening to the album from start to finish. I’d rate some of the individual songs highly (between 3 and 4), but I just can’t bring myself to rate the album as a whole higher than like a 2.5.
Day16 - makes me want to dance like christopher walken
Really not my style
Better than expected, did not finish the entire album though, only about 3/4ths.
Long e) electronic songs
It had a few catchy songs I remember from the 90s, but even the better songs were incredibly repetitive and mindless. This feels like an edm album only old boring people would pretend to like to try to be cool. 2.1 just for nostalgia.
This album was a huge moment in time in my formative years, and really rode a wave to be a huge part of pop culture at the time - further immortalised by Christopher Walken's dance moves. The three big tracks are great. Listening to it today I was quite shocked at how boring the album felt outside of those three big singles. Some tracks felt like they were more closely resembling an emergency klaxon that repeats for 4 minutes rather than enjoyable music. Maybe I am just an old man yelling at clouds, but I feel like this album, as revolutionary as it was at the time, does not hold up all that well.
REPETTETIVE
not for me.
Not my thing… I wasn’t expecting it to be just instrumentals, some nice stuff here and there but overall ??? skipped through most of it
very likely the best version of this sort of thing, which is not saying much
Started out really enjoying this. Hit a nostalgia nerve the right way and still sounded good. Then I realized 9 years had passed, I’d heard the same 2 phrases 840,000 times and track 2 still had another minute left on it. It was then I remembered why I never bought this album back in the day. Would prob add 2 stars if I had a bunch of ecstasy.
a lotta repetitive and a little pretentious for a second album - not the worst thing i’ve heard but i have no real desire to hear it again. although it’s really a product of it’s time i have to admit it grew on me as i listened to it
Not my cup of tea
Apart from the singles that made it big, the rest of this album isn't great.
Right here right now is a song I didn't know, but had heard a million times. Good song. The Rockafeller Skank (Short edit) is a little annoying tbh Fucking in Heaven is even more annoying my god. Gangster Trippin isn't great, and at this point I think it seems clear that Fatboy Slim isn't my kind of music. The lyrics are the same line repeated over and over again... The next songs are also not great, until... Praise You is a great song. And the rest aren't great :/
I thought overall that the songs are all too long. They go on beyond my interest level. They are also way more “techno” than I prefer. I did like the first song l thought, but mostly because of the video.
Not my type of music, but respect the talent involved. I had heard a few of these tracks back in the day. 1.5/5
Not my style, but a lot of songs got my head bobbing. It was a little too lengthy, but i get that it comes with the genre
it's Alright
Headache but disco vibes
Da funke litt, men ikkje nok
There was an element of fun in this one but ultimately it's too repetitive, too long, too much of bloody everything.
Cool album, but quite repetitive and not my style.
Avg
FIFA98 vibes!
The songs that slap, slap. But there is a lot of filler.
Meh. Right here, Right now—I don't think this has aged that well—funk soul brother.
My issue with this album is similar to my issue with every album from this genre - the songs are too long. If I was at a party, I probably wouldn’t hate it, but listening to it on its own is repetitive and annoying. I expected I was going to like this album more than I actually did. I hated “Praise You” when it first came out, but it has grown on me. But I think I liked the radio edits more. They felt more purposeful and concise. With that said, I do understand why this album is on this list, and Fatboy Slim really changed the game and brought this genre mainstream in a way it wasn’t at the time. I just don’t care for it. This album gets an extra star for “The Rockefeller Skank” because that song is amazing to this day. But I didn’t care for it overall.
Nothing really stood out to me. I tend to enjoy lyrics the most in a song and this album really isn’t that. The actual production is fun so I’ll give him that but man… I just don’t think I care that much.
So many repetitive vocal samples. 2
Strange how boring this hyped artist of my adolescence sounds today to me.
The best song on this album is Praise You...a fantastic tune.
These 90’s techno albums just don’t cut it over a full album. Couple jams, but I wouldn’t give it another spin.
If this was album was 3 songs long, it would be a 4, but alas, it isn’t. But this album did remind me to watch the Christopher Walker dance Weapon of Choice music video which was such a treat
interesting never heard of this guy until right now might have heard his name once or twice before electronic hip hop????? not rlly my thing a lot of repetitiveness not my fave genre or sound this was so fucking mid lol
Just a lot of noises
Not really my cup of tea this music, unless there's drugs involved...
It's an album of fun beats, but every song is just the same beat and the same line looped like 200 times over 4 minutes. Then do that 11 times. So incredibly repetitive. The kind of music that plays when the credits roll in a 2002 rated PG spy comedy.
Not a huge fan. Praise is a classic though.
The tunes were pretty great, got me bobbing my head, but the repetition (though fun in the beginning) became old pretty quick. 2 stars because by the end I was just waiting for it to be over
Two songs. Two songs that I like. Two songs that I like on this album. Everything else. Meh.
A few great songs, a few "I'm stuck in a locked room and can't get out" songs.
2.5/5
Overrated. Great album if you like tripping your balls off at a rave while hearing the same samples be repeated nonstop for 7 minutes until the next song comes on and the cycle repeats.
aside from rockafeller skank, this is one of the most irritating listens
Annoying songs that you end up bobbing your head to
I’ve loved Praise You since I was a kid, and that’s the only reason this didn’t get one star. I see the value of this album as high art or “couture” music, but honestly there’s a limit to how much repetition a person can stand, and modern electronic artists thankfully seem to have a better understanding of that.
advert music.
Not something I would return for but was not the worst thing I have heard and probably not the last.
I wouldn't say any of this was necessarily bad, just really repetitive. The lyrics were garbage, but that's pretty much expected for this kind of music. My main issue with this was that every single song could've been at most 3 minutes. The repetitiveness would start to get annoying around that time and then there'd be a false ending where I felt a real ending would've been natural, only to then go on for 2-4 more minutes with no payoff. Easily could've been a 3/5 from me if it was just shorter. 2/5
Seven nation army seuraavaks?
I can't say I'd listened to this through in one session before, it's not bad but quite repetitive and was definitely made for other artists to sample.
Not really my type of music did not finish
It's 4AM, your tranced out on XTC & Yayo, and the glow in the dark pacifier is starting to loose its chew. Holy shit I need some water. That's where I need to be in order to enjoy this album. Unfortunately I not. There were two radio bangers from back in the day though.
This is jolly modern pop music by numbers - nothing subtle but quite catchy in an obvious way. It passed a morning quite pleasantly, but I wouldn't go out of my way to play this album. The production is slick, if basic. About the most complimentary thing I can say is that it's preferable to The Housemartins. By track 7 I did feel like I had been listening for too long already, though.
Wasn't for me tbh
Favourite song: Praise You
I can hear the layering of beats and loops and recognize it’s being done well, but the overall experience is repetitive. Nothing really stands out, it’s just a flat plane of sound. It was a real slog for me.
Lots of noises, got sick of it by the end
Extremely repetitive. I was glad when it was over.
i beg you a pardon
this album is abundantly redundant. i suppose it is typical for this genre of music, but it is not for me.
Not my thing
cool undso aber in welcher situation hört man sowas?! 3/10
Full of all the “hits” that people will recognise but then ask you to skip after 30 seconds, repetitive soulless junk.
The first two tracks and 'Praise You' were all over the Radio and TV when they were released. ALL OVER. They're not terrible, but I am utterly sick of them now. I have never heard the other tracks on this album. Blimey, 'The Rockafeller Skank' does drag on a bit, doesn't it?! Oh, I remember this one too, terrible. Christ. This one! I remember everything! Did every single song from this record get a release? Perhaps I have secretly listened to this album before? Bored now. 2 / 5 stars.
The question is whether I would turn up—get crunk—raise the roof, dare I say—if this came on in the club. The long answer is I wouldn’t.
Not quite bad enough for a one but nothing more than a 2.
C- Right Here, Right Now - 2 The Rockefeller Skank - 3 In Heaven - 2 Gangster Trippin’ - 2 Build It Up - Tear It Down - 2 Kalifornia - 1 Soul Surfing - 2 You’re Not from Brighton - 2 Praise You - 4 Love Island - 1 Acid 8000 - 1 Late 90s/Early 2000s teen rom-com's would've been nothing without this album.
Always preferred Fatboy Slim to Moby, but I knew what was on the radio. Listening to the album, it seems like there's a lot of filler (like half of the albums on this list).
acompañamiento para manejar e ir pensando en la definición canónica de lo que es (o no) música y en lo difícil que es no juzgar
ugh
The only thing keeping this from being a one star album is "Rockafeller Skank"
Heard it before?: a few tracks but first time in entirety Enjoy it?: Yeah was good for most parts and important for genre but a lot felt like long filler Favourite song: Track 1 - Right Here Right Now
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Couple of good parts and a lot of rubbish. Favorite song: Praise You.
Can appreciate some of the samples used, but the songs were very long and repetitive. Felt like every song could have been cut in half
Well I enjoyed this at the time and got pretty heavily into big beat, though in 2023 I never imagined I would listen to this album again. Obviously it's aged terribly for the most part. There is a reason this album was overflowing the bargain bins of record shops for £1.99 everywhere after a while. Nice to hear Right Here right now and Praise You, the other two singles were hugely overplayed but still good - as is Praise You but is more fun somehow. The rest of this - without exception - is pure filler. Some more egregious than others, Soul Surfing is alright, but that's it. Honestly, absolutely noone needs this in 2023. Will reserve judgement on the other one but honestly, TWO Fatboy Slim albums in this list, with the stuff they've left out? Criminal. Amusingly the book leaves an error in, referencing the sample from the Chambers Brothers - Fried Tomatoes, which doesn't exist. Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes however is a banger.