You've Come a Long Way Baby

Some really classic hip-hop songs on here. Pitchfork: 8.5 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Right Here Right Now The Rockefeller Skank Praise You

voto com os relatores desconhecidos desse site dolorosamente repetitivo, mas não é ruim

de fato, ruim não eh mas é repetitivo demais. mas é repetiti- mas é repetitivo demais. mas é repetitivo demais. mas é repetitititititi- mas é repetitivo demais. *breakbeat noventista intensifica*

Pretty average

nicht meines ...

Kaksi kovaa klassikkoa heti kärkeen ja yksi vielä myöhemmin. Muuten ehkä hiukan toistavaa ja tylsänpuoleista. Sopisi paremmin taas taustamusiikiksi jonkun asian taustalle. Muuten kyllä ihan hyvän henkistä kamaa. Tulee semmoinen positiivinen olo ja hyvä viba. Parhaat: Right Here Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You

I don't knooooow

Fun album but depends on my mood. Have conflicting feelings about it much like the album cover itself.

quirky and interesting, which is rare for albums on this list! some song were pretty annoying though

Fukin in Heaven....hieno kielikuva Itse levy jäi junnaamaan m8nessa kohtaa

I am living proof that being in your very early 20s at the same time Fatboy Slim was hitting big whilst totally totally ignoring Fatboy Slim will not seriously impair your future. Praise You is good though.

This is technically my first real electronic album, and it’s coming from a very familiar name Fatboy Slim. I’ve always known the name, but never actually listened to his music so this felt like the perfect chance to do so. This album is pure late 90s electronic chaos. Apparently the style is called Big Beat / Acid House? Interesting. Norman Cook basically took big beat and blew it up into something massive with breakbeats, basslines, goofy vocal samples, and huge festival sized hooks. The whole thing reminded me of an influence on Daft Punk and The Prodigy, that’s the closest artists I’ve heard that matches this style. It is repetitive, but it builds on that repetition in a catchy way, and it stays fun all the way through while still having plenty of standout songs. The sampling work is insanely creative: drum n bass touches, chopped up pieces of funk, soul, hip-hop, rock riffs, random spoken word bits and a lot of things that shouldn’t work together but somehow do here. The music is very drum focused and has a goofy, vibrant energy overall. The sound choices are quirky and playful, and I can imagine how much fun this would be live. Every track feels created to hype you up. I actually knew “Praise You” beforehand, but had no idea it was from this album, thats a banger. I don’t think I’d listen to the whole album daily, but I know I’ll enjoy it whenever I’m in the right mood. The album cover is crazy too honestly represents the artist name pretty well. Favourite tracks: Right Here Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, Fucking in Heaven, Gangster Trippin, Kalifornia, Soul Surfing, Praise You.

una parola: swag

I probably should’ve enjoyed this more, but idk I was just annoyed mostly. Not for me

A big beat classic, enjoyable.

Very repetitive but I could listen to again

An instant classic electronic album. The sampling and transitions were really fun, lots of catchy tracks. I wasn't too familiar with Fatboy Silm, but turns out I already knew like 3 songs on the album.

I listened to this album twice. At first I was impressed by the high-quality production, and even on a second listen I still appreciate how clean and polished it sounds. However, what didn’t stick with me was the songwriting itself. Tracks like "Right Here, Right Now", "The Rockafeller Skank", and "Gangster Trippin" are undeniable classics; they showcase how well Fatboy Slim can take repetitive samples and make them feel exciting, which is genuinely impressive. But those (and "Praise You", which doesn't do it for me) are also the tracks I already knew going in. Beyond them, the rest of the album didn’t really compel me to explore more of Fatboy Slim’s catalog. The remaining songs sound good from a production standpoint, but they felt repetitive and ultimately not memorable, which kept them from making a lasting impression. Ultimately, great production couldn’t save songs that simply didn’t stay with me, and while I can still understand why it's on the 1001 Albums list, I find myself listening to The Avalanches now.

I understand I might be off on my own here but this album is great fun. One of music's primary functions to make your body move and that's here in spades. It drags a little towards the end but that's a criticism of electronic dance music in general, my endorphins and dopamine have a time limit. Hilarious album cover too. Someone do a where is he now with the little fella wearing the t-shirt.

Fatboy has an excellent sense of when to throw a hook in before a sample becomes too repetitive. Beats so big, you gonna be banging your head on the ceiling.

Nyeh

Ok

Few undeniable classics on here but gets boring after a while.

Enjoyed the music, the “lyrics” were a little droney/repetitive but id listen to it again!

some tracks great, some meh

This is a fun album, it a bit of a brain rot kind of way. Incredible mixing from a largely pre digital time. The beats are funky and fun. Electronic has never been my favorite genre though. Favorite track is the titular you've come a long way

Fun play with repititions. A bit much as an entire LP and slightly dated.

It was just ok nothing to write home about 5/10

whoooaaaaaa I had completely forgotten about this album but I did in fact buy it in 1999 and listened to it on repeat on my boom box in my bedroom to draw comics. and OMGGGGGGG the WBCN clip to start out Rockafella Skank "who's your fahvorite ahtist?" has there ever been a more Boston moment in the history of Boston?? I cannot objectively review this album because it is apparently, somewhat embarrassingly, integral to my self hood.

This album isn't necessarily bad but I do question on what merits it made this list? Rockafeller Skank and Praise You are decent radio songs. In Heaven was a good laugh if nothing else. The album cover with the fat kid is way better than the American version.

Praise You is the only song worthy of eternal fame. The rest of the album has moments, sure, but it's more of the same electronic nineties stuff and I would take The Prodigy above Fatboy Slim any day of the week.

This is not my favourite style of music. This one has a bit of a spark that a lot of British electronic music does not. Extra point for Rockafeller Skank, which I heard a lot playing FIFA 99.

Day 77 This was every house party from the year I turned 18 and for about 3 years afterwards. Every song burned into my brain even though it’s not one I’d choose to listen to often 7/10 for the happy memories. Highlights Kalifornia Acid 8000

Very fun! How can you not wanna bust a move to "Praise You", "right Here, Right Now", and "The Rockafeller Shank"? Favorite track: The Rockafeller Shank

oh hell yeah tracks are little too long for my liking, but this is still pretty rad

What a time to be alive. These songs are pretty good, and one of the sounds of the era, but they're way too long.

Сложно слушать сидя дома. Мозаика звуков, подходящая для веселья.

There's some really solid parts of this album but also elements that drag on to the edge of annoyance. Pretty likeable overall

Definitely liked this one more than the other fatboy slim record, praise you is a classic. Even more experimental but this time with the flow feeling more in place. Still not totally my genre but I respect it

Catchy club music from the year of my birth

Repetitive techno synth in combo with (is that) raps not my fave in the least, so the opening track put me off. Later tracks turned right round, so all in all I am a neutral fan of this selection. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Praise You, Rockefeller Skank -- if I have to choose ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it well enough.

Electronic music is not my favorite, but Praise You is great. So '90s. I'd save some other tracks to my favorites list to shuffle if they were shorter, but a few did get saved to themed playlists. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Praise You, Acid 8000 ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.

it takes a level of talent to make music this aggravating it’s not bad I just hate it feeling kind of kombucha girl w this one actually…

Ok, dragged a bit. 3 stars

Good album

Very 90’s x feel

There are 3 classic songs on the album, the remaining songs are lackluster. Hard to listen to with kids 😂

Loved a lot, but not Fucking in Heaven's duration.

Funk Soul Brother, Check It Out Now 1001 Albums Generator 144 (10/21/2025) You've Come A Long Way Baby is an album that makes me sad because some of the ideas and sample flips are so genius but others are so annoying. This may be the album thus far that has the highest standard deviation in quality. Songs like the hypnotic Right Here, Right Now, the iconic Rockafeller Skank (which gets way weirder that I imagined it would), and the great turntablism on Gangster Trippin' is interrupted by the obnoxious In Heaven. Some of the songs here are also experimental in a slightly unpleasant way, like Kalifornia and You're Not From Brighton. I was also slightly disappointed because the only other album I've heard that is in this style of Big Breaks is Prodigy's Fat Of The Land, which I think is great, but Fatboy Slim, while obviously having the production chops to run with the best of them, sometimes doesn't know when to stop himself from doing something annoying. But again, some of these songs are absolutely genius, so I guess this is a 3/5. Favs: Right Here, Right Now Rockafeller Skank Gangster Trippin Least Fav: In Heaven

An electronic album that stayed appealing, though not impressing.

It'd be great at a party, too repetitive at home though

Too repetitive, but 3* for the singles that came out of it.

I like Fatboy Slim's music, but many of the tracks get repetitive and go on for way too long.

Strong singles, the rest a bit meandering

2/1001 First listen. Fatboy Slim. The Praise you guy. Neve liked the song. The rest of this album however, I did enjoy and will come back to. Catchy. Fun. Druggy druggy druggy druggy druggy druggy

Great album

The opening four track salvo is like a best of Fatboy Slim for sure! It does tail off in the middle with three or four tracks that just don’t do much for me. I thought this would prove to be an album “of its time” but it has held up so well! Great album full of great big beat dance tracks!

Incredible instrumentals behind catchy samples, a bit repetitive but alright overall.

Not bad, but not particularly good. Not what I would want to listen to normally. 3/5

Praise You was on repeat junior year in college. Right Here Right Now was on repeat in every tv ad.

The first track was played to my old RE class on a lesson about evolution/ the Rockafeller skank I definitely know from somewhere (well not the ending) but I know the start- really should be called ‘funk soul brother’. They work and then fucking in heaven sounds like something they’d use to brainwash someone. Then I genuinely stop caring about this music… praise you is a good pop song though. So yeah good hits just not entirely for me 3/5… generously

tbr

Classics. Wasn't really a fan then, and I'm not now.

the tracks start to sound formulaic after a while - but why change the formula if it creates a banger after a banger

Meh...

Some big hits that I really like, but I wouldn’t choose to listen to the rest of the songs again. I must have heard The Rockafeller Skank a million times because of FIFA 99 on PC Praise You is genuinely a great song

великий альбом, мощная музыка, даже в 2025. Но пара треков вызывают недоумение и без них было бы лучше

I love my '90s electronic but I did in theory think the hits on this album were going to have more power than they actually ended up having in practice. They also kinda have their one central recognizable part (funk soul brother check it out now!) and they don't really know exactly what to do with the, like, six-minute average runtime of each song As they say; if you love a '90s electronic artist, don't listen to their full tracks Still a good, fun album

Meh

Didn't hold up very well. It gets repetitive and annoying quickly

Not a horrible album. Couple of bangers, but not traditionally my thing.

Huge nostalgia for this album, and I prefer it to Better Living Through Chemistry. Both are masterclasses in big beat repetition, but YCALWB has more bounce. On more critical listening today, this album comes out swinging, which makes it very front loaded. It’s also very long and plays longs, there are a few tracks in the second half that could be weeded out to make this more concise album with more punch. As much nostalgia as I have for this, it’s an album that sounds better when you are in Ayia Napa, or Amnesia.

This is a great album for dancing in a club. But for general listening, it gets too repetitive for me.

Мені 9 чи 10 років, я вмикаю FIFA 99 на PS і звідти після пафосної заставки починає грати The Rockafeller Skank. Супер кайф) Давно не слухав цей альбом повністю. Багато супер хітів, які було приємно згадати. Іноді потрапляються відео Baauer, де він розбрає його семплінг і завжди дуже цікаво дивитися за ходами. Не сподобалось, що багато пісень довгі, репетативні і часто хочеться щоб вони були в якійсь радіо версії та коротші.

Sampling and splicing are art forms that need to be more prevalent and Fat Boy Slim put them on the radar for most. Not really the kind of music I would listen to all the time, especially some songs with uncomfortable amount of expletives in them but, it makes for cultured listening.

if you know the singles from way back then you know this is a perfectly executed lesson in sampling and repetition so this is a perfectly executed rating between 1 and 5 stars

I liked it but the last two songs are horrible so that brings the rating down.

Contrary to popular belief, I think that Rockafeller Skank sucks and every other song on this album is waaay better. I'll give it 3/5 cuz it's definitely groovy and puts you in a good mood, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this.

brighton have the worst gulls and the best fries. and decent music. although i consider this as a club classic and pretty good its not something i would listen to every day. 3.5/5

Out there, very left of center hip hop.

Maybe a bit formulaic but some good hooks and great grooves

Repetition rules but an hour of it can get a bit tiring.

Ok never a big fan

Reasonable 90's electronic music. I didn't like this stuff as it came out, but I've grown to appreciate it a bit more.

I’ve never heard of Fatboy Slim before, and so didn’t have any idea what to expect going into this album. I thought it was very unique. Some of the audio techniques I’ve never heard from any other artists, and a lot of it was very catchy. The different tracks were very repetitive though, I would have a hard time telling them apart.

Have you read the Big Beat Manifesto? Big Beats are the best, get high all the time. Fave Tracks; Praise You, Love Island, Acid 8000 3.1/5

Wow. Other reviewers weren’t wrong. Each song is very repetitive. Perhaps too much. I enjoy some. Repetition drops it from like to meh.

Really enjoyed listening to that for the first time in years ! Rockefeller skank still banging.

3+

Great & novel in ‘98 but now seems repetitive

-mid -nice sounds though

I like a few of their songs but the rest of this particular album reminds me of the 80’s when we used to go to disco’s. Not sure as a kid I would spend the money to buy the CD.

Wish I was engaging in vegetable eating and hitting the pen stiller while listening instead of working.

This album kicks ass. It makes me want to go to the gym and rip the elliptical HARD for an hour. Which is the 40 year old equivalent of doing molly and dancing til 3am at the club. Still Not my favorite genre, but will probably jam this record again…. At the gym.

Probably a better album to take drugs and go dance to than to just sit down and listen to. That being said, it ain’t bad.

Fun listen overall, but very repetitive. There’s points that are really good but then just keep going on and on. The worse parts do the same. Some of the samples were really good. I just don’t think this is the type of album you sit down and listen to. Maybe one you play in the background because it’s got some great energy.

A clear idea well executed

Ugh! More electronic music again!

Literally me. I debated just leaving the review at that. Unfortunately, this sick ass album cover is not recorded by Spotify. Devastating. The easy confidence of this individual combined with the sassy t shirt stretched over ample torso girth makes for a truly memorable snap. Gets me ready for what will assuredly be an overly repetitive slog. Right Here, Right Now - I don’t love being right all the time, you know. I wish this wasn’t another dance music situation where we have to endure an hour of noises meant to be enjoyed in a nightclub with other things going on. Rockafeller Skank - This reminds me of huddling around the GameCube and skating around virtual Barcelona in the 2004 video game, Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. Played the living bejeezus out of that one. Should play it again. Anyway, this song is actually really great. So much more variety, and while it has that constant spine as many electronic songs do, there is enough variety around it to keep me interested. Especially that heavy breakdown around 4 minutes in. Hell yeah. Way to go, Fatboy, if that is your real name. In Heaven - Fatboy Slim is doing what? This is back to the repetition stink pile. A dumpster of annoying sounds that I’m sure was very difficult to put together, but it was arguably more difficult to endure for 6 minutes. Gangster Trippin - Ahh see this one is really fun. Just an undeniable groove. Shave a minute off for the dopamine addicted generation and you’ve got an absolute “bop” here. Build It Up, Tear It Down - Alright, the word that I will use again and again here is “fun.” There is a really exciting energy to all of this at this point. Kalifornia - Ditto the last track review. I’m losing interest in the track review formula, but I want to comment on individual moments still. Uhh. Well. Uhh, this is fun again. Soul Surfing - We’ve got swamp noises. I don’t know how else to describe those synth stabs, but they’re sick. You’re Not From Brighton - How did you know??? Praise You - An imperious megalith of nostalgia rises from the murky brine. The brine wasn’t all that murky, but hey, the megalith still rises. Is megalith even a word, or is that just death metal album knowledge rearing its ugly head. I love this song. It’s still fun to this day. The gentle singing is super camp, and the beat remains funk Love Island - A song as entertaining as the show that shares its name. Which is to say that it’s kind of entertaining in a “can’t look away from the train wreck” sort of fashion. Acid 8000 - About time we had some more drug innovations. For too long we’ve been friggin’ around with original acid. What is this, the 60s? Get with the times. This drug is super cool, you take it and just immediately fucking die, BUT you get to kind of feel pretty good for 2.8 seconds right before. It’s all the rage. This was a lot of fun. It takes a special artist to be able to instil this much personality into a record where you don’t even appear. It’s a collection of borrowed sounds and clips mashed into a digestible format that somehow has excitement and musicality in spades. Was it too long? Yes. Was it overly repetitive? At times. But not as bad as I thought it would be. Now that the “asking myself questions I know the answer to” portion of the review is out of the way, I can say that I had a good time with this. Not as good as whatever kind of time the man on the front cover is having, but I have a similar smile after listening to this Fatboy Slim project. 3-3.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Kalifornia, Praise You

this had some bangers but was a tad repetitive

It's the best big beat album, it's got some of the sounds of a time and it's also unfortunately wholly repetitive, as all dance music ultimately is. It's not for listening, it's for experiencing.

I was familiar with Right Here, Right Now and The Rockafeller Skank since I've heard them in movies/tv over the years. It's a fun album, though I did start to tire of it toward the end. I have the same issue with instrumental beat/electronic music where the looping of hooks and music starts to get a bit repetitive.

que buena forma de conectar con la nostalgia entrando suave la primera cancion, me ganan los instrumentos de oriente medio. Cuando va pasando el disco se va haciendo un poco pesado pero reconozco la calidad

The majority of Fatboy Slim's most popular songs are on this album (apart from Weapon of Choice). And they are all bangers. They work better as singles, but it's still a really fun album. Overall, might be worth a listen.

good techno

Though I do dig two of the songs, even those two became irritating as they carried on and on and on. But FSB keeps this 3 instead of the 2 I'd have given it.

Ah, Fatboy Slim--the sound of 1998. While I didn't love the singles at the time, I did appreciate their music videos (especially Spike Jonze's dance troupe in the "Praise You" clip). Listening to the album as a whole, I can appreciate the FS vibe, even if it is not something I would actively choose to put on.

It's good dance pop. I'd never choose to listen to it nowadays but it has its place in the ecosystem, as it were.

Pretty fun, but not a 4.

Entertaining, but repetitive at times.

211/1089 - Eh, it's music. I liked Praise You.

the rockafeller skank alone samples i fought the law, david bowie and jay-z. this man was operating on another stratosphere with this came out

some songs i'm familiar with and ended up still really liking! kind of repetitive and stupid at times so i was starting to get annoyed and then a song i did like would pop up and make me like it again LMAO. the song with 29268373737373 fucks needs to be banished for life tho. would probably like this more if i was drunk at a festival lbr

This album probably would’ve been better if I listened to it in a club/dancing setting. Alas, I did not. It’s not a terrible album by any means but it’s so repetitive, not good when you’re looking for how long is left til the next song. Could’ve been worse, from someone who isn’t the biggest fan of electronic music.

Previously rated: Better Living Through Chemistry (2/5) ******************************************* Because we really needed another album from this guy. I suppose we had to squeeze the funk soul brother in here somewhere. I could certainly have done without "In Heaven," which I'd certainly skip if I heard this album again. The repetition is here definitely, but wasn't as annoying as the other album, so I liked this one a bit better. +1 star

Some good stuff for running or dancing g but I can’t quite call it 4 musically.

I knew the name Fatboy Slim, but didn't connect which songs that I already knew were theirs. It definitely is of a time and makes me feel a bit nostalgic. Much better recommendation than the previous album.

Nostaglic. But overall DJ albums aren't my vibe

Special boy

Very repetitive but I liked it overall. It’s nostalgic and fun - I enjoyed the listening experience!

I mean, what is there to say about this album, a wave of sonic electronica moves over you from song to song, but are distinct enough to keep you engaged and not feel like it is really just one meandering song. Also, I love the fact that he produced the album on floppy discs.

I didn't hate it. But I didn't love it, either. As a fan of later electronic music, though, I have to rate it on the more generous side.

3/5

imagine being arm in arm with the boys listening to Fatboy Slim drop Praise You in Butlins swimming pool, 2025. What a moment, and what a way he's come from this records release

Kinda nothing but a nice nothing. I don't think i'd listen again.

Interesting, but not my style.

Some big hits and a lot of repetition

can't give every album 4

76/1001. Is this album a lot of fun? - He'll yeah. Would you consider this to be one of the 1000 masterpieces of popular music? -...

This is the top result for the term “repetitive”. Unfairly so, in my opinion. The songs use a lot of repeating patterns but the album is pretty varied and doesn’t get boring. The hits on here are great, I fondly remember Funk Soul Brother and Right Here, Right Now, so it was nice to hear the album they were from. That said, the hits felt like they were a cut above the rest. The other songs were fine but not nearly on the same level.

Rating: 2.9 All I was thinking the whole time was that this sounded like the music of Crashbox (which I am aware came out after this album did), FutureCop LAPD, C + C Music Factory and Insane in the Brain all smashed together. If every song didn’t repeat itself for nearly its entire duration this very plausibly could have been a weirdo masterpiece.

The first few songs are absolute classics. I wish the same could be said about the other ones. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" suffers from repetition. This is also the case with other '90s electronic albums. It seems that Fatboy Slim is only capable of a very limited number of great songs. 3 stars for "You've Come a Long Way, Baby".

I have this on CD from back in the day. It was hugely popular when I was younger but I'd go with an overall 3 now.

6/10

It was ok but pretty repetitive, which made the album feel even longer than it already was.

• 3/5 • A bit uneven, with some monotonous tracks, a few fun grooves and, of course, the one track that elevates it all: Praise You

what did i just listen to

Franchement sympa on enchaîne bien Et surtout énorme classique en intro ça fait plaisir

Its a classic for me at least. Like even in the intro to Rockefeller skank that guy is singing it to get his point across. I feel that in my soul. But as I get older I see too many flaws in things like this. At least flaws to me. Its alot of the shit I hate in other electronic music. its repetitive but it does a better job than most mixing it up. Praise you is a sick song but do I really like it or is it nostalgic? That's where im stuck mostly. Its good but am I just thinking it's good because it was good back then? It gets a positive look but I won't be the funk soul brother anytime soon.

Idk, another mid album. Beats started decent but then got noisy and repetitive. I dont even remember if i finished this one

Album 831 of 1089 Fatboy Slim -You've Come a Long Way Baby (1998) Rating : 3 / 5 It’s well known that electronica isn’t really my genre—I’ve just never connected with it. That said, this one was a bit more tolerable than most I’ve heard in that space. It had a few moments that caught my attention and managed to keep me engaged here and there. One could possibly even argue that the “electronica” category doesn’t quite fit this album—it leans more toward big beat party energy than moody synth landscapes. While it may not be one I'll return to, I can understand why it made the list. For fans of big beats and club energy, I’m sure this one’s a classic. Honestly, I can’t believe I rated an electronica album this high… but here we are.

Got bought this album when I was a teenager as a gift and enjoyed it so got a bit nostalgic when I saw it - in saying that, it has not held up to my changing music tastes and I struggled to keep it playing through

lotts of great tunes in isolation , but doesn’t stand an albums worth . 3.5

It’s a tricky one to rate, because at the right time and in the right place (ironically NOT ‘right here, right now’) this would be a banger album!!! Outside the context of a nightclub/rave or a Mitsubishi/volvo/toyota car commercial, the album can be pretty fucking repetitive and irritating. It’s a solid 3 from me. I had never heard the song fucking in heaven, but after just one listen, I managed to learn the whole thing. That track is such an ego wank. Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fatboy Slim is fucking in heaven Fucking 'n fucking 'n fucking

Very fun. Nothing absolutely blew me away, but good background music.

Uneven album with a couple of standout tracks.

7/1001 Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby Heard before? ❎ Would I revisit? ❎ I've heard the singles before and they're decent, but this sort of thing is so far out of my comfort zone. One of those where I neither liked nor actively disliked. I can obviously appreciate it's influence on the dance/rave scene.

Catchy thx!

Of course I knew Praise you. To my surprise the rest is not bad either

I mean, I don’t even think Fatboy himself would recommend sitting down and listening straight through while sober, but I did it and regretted not having spent my time doing pretty much anything else. Right Here, Right Now and Praise You kick ass and I like all the peacocking throughout though!

Very cool, but sometimes he ruins it with long stretched/slowed sound bites.

Some bangers but a lot of meh

There must have been a lot of copies of this album sold. This is because you can always find a copy or more for sale cheap at charity shops which is where I bought my copy. Not a must buy but I do recognise it to be a significant album and deserves a place in my collection. So whilst not entirely to my taste there are one or two tracks which I really do like. Probably like what the rest of the world’s population think Right Here Right Now is the stand out track and must be one of the most popular tracks of the last 20 plus years and will continue to be a staple at wedding do’s and the like for years to come. For that reason alone a seminal album. 3/5 27/6/25

this was fine. i think this type of music is a product of its time. not because it’s bad, but because it’s not impressive anymore. like this was weird almost unheard of stuff when it came out but now it’s just kinda old, run-of-the-mill sample electronica. i somehow have another album of his to listen to next so maybe it’ll stand out more

Not quite my tempo, but I acknowledge and respect the cultural significance

this was fun as hell obsessed with this fat little boy on the cover too - an icon <3

If the songs had been 2 minute long, I would have loved it. After the second minute, most of them got quite repetitive for me. Even though I really liked many of the beats and melodies, I must admit I skipped a couple songs.

Some classics, others not. 3/5

5/10 Yep, something happened here 6-23-2025

goeie nummers... maar om een hele plaat na elkaar te beluisteren is het teveel... maar hier en daar eentje op de dansvloer, dan heb je me mee...

Good for what it is, but incredibly repetitive (the nature of the genre, I suppose).

je préfère d'autres artistes de breakbeat, notamment The Prodigy et les Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim a toujours eu un peu de mal à me parler même si en temps normal mon oreille apprécie vachement les sonorités hip hop

Solid 90s soundtrack. Interesting to get this right after Moby. I'd always conflated them, but Fatboy Slim is heaps better, more original and funkier. Main issue is just how overplayed it was

If I could score 3.5 I would. Some really great tracks mixed with some mid tier ones

Good four songs in here, used to love the praise you video

Not my cup of tea. Skank and Praise You was everywhere in the late 90s and I’m still not ready to revisit.

Big beat indeed. Across the iconic hits on this record Norman Cook brings his very biggest beats, clever manipulation of samples and pop sensibilities from his time in a band to deliver a brash record with popular appeal. At its best these are dramatic, panoramic songs with a real sense of energy and fun to them. The bravery of the man also. To let some of these songs run on for as long as they do. When you’re in the groove with Cook and onboard with the song then this is a definite enhancer. Away from the singles there are several songs that could have done with either a trim, or removing entirely. The track names that you do not recognise in the middle of the album could all go. There is a significant uptick in quality at the end, songs which could have happily sat in the middle. The album as a whole is feast and famine with big singles followed by filler, and at 61 minutes in length that didn’t need to be the case.

Obnoxious, but found myself still bobbing my head. I used to listen to this often in high school and I think has a time and a place, but not so much in my 40s.

It get's kinda old quick but there's some bangers in here.

Great first half, but pretty average second half (other than Praise You).

What a record!

Not to bad, a really good album of the genre. It has some really good songs i enjoy even today. Still it is not my preferred genre of music, gets a little tiring after a while.

straightforward fun

great

This album screams late 90s in every concievable way. It has four massive singles (from the UK, anyway) and lots of other tunes which are familiar from films and adverts from the time. It's big, fun, brash, dumb and very disposable. Enjoyable but a strange one for the 1001 list.

Not sure if this is the best Drum and Bass album we've had, or if I enjoyed it because I've heard a bunch of these songs and snippets from this album in commercials, on soundtracks, and in various other places pretty much all my life. Praise You goes so hard, and I'd assume its hard to find someone that hasn't at least heard the main part of Right Here, Right Now. Definitely notable, just don't know how much I'll seek out this album on my own.

Well done Norman not a bad effort at all! Some of it is a bit repetitive but that’s the nature of the beast. All in all a decent bit of sampling!

not sure how I feel about this one, but the album cover is great Will I listen to again: 7%

bin natürlich nur bis zum zweiten lied gekommen, weils DER banger ist, aber wär nie auf die idee gekommen, n album vob fatboy slim zu hören

Any yokes?

This one was a lot of fun. Funk and soul brothers for life. But besides a few great moments I just don't see myself returning to it any time soon.

Hella funky, hella groovy, tons of variety from song to song. I don't quite see this one making it into my rotation, but for the purpose of the challenge it was a banger. Standouts: Rockafeller Stank • Gangster Trippin

The first two songs are bangers, of course, and the rest don't stand out at all. Typical electronic music.

So, the hook-drop-hook/repeat style never really was my thing. This sound hit the airwaves right when I took the full guitar-based rock path on my musical tastes journey. Bouncing in a room full of my sweaty peers while some dude with headphones and a turntable spun hooks as we were ecstasied up didn't land with me. No, I preferred bouncing in an arena with my sweaty peers, working my way to the rail to see (insert rock band here) shred their axes was more my thing. Most of our drug experience went up in little chimneys throughout the show. That being said, the sound of this album is pretty amazing considering how it was produced, and it was an undeniable influence at the time. He knows how to set a hook, I just kind of feel like I'm listening to the same 30 seconds on repeat, though goddamn if I don't find myself on occasion involuntarily moving to this one. Guess that's the point.

Two back-to-back albums from any artist is a stretch for this list. I'd give preference to this album over Better Living Through Chemistry. This album is more infectious and has a better vibe, if not more repetitive.

Listened to it too early. Need to do drugs.

Makes me want to watch the Italian Job

This is very much not my genre. In fact I think it's currently my lowest rated genre in this project. That being said, I enjoyed this album. I'm not sure I would want to listen to the full thing again, there's only such much repetitive music I can listen to. But I would happily listen to a lot of the songs again. Some great samples used really well, some fun beats. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Fav song: The Rockafeller Skank Least fav: Kalifornia

ecstasy is a helluva drug

very entertaining, loving all the breaks. 3 or 4?

Bit dated, but still has some great songs. Songs can be too long, and some of them a little boring.

Decent. Some timeless classics and one or two still sound fresh.

The very definition of a "you only need to listen to the singles". Some astonishingly good singles mixed with some ok and mildly catchy and some downright irritating songs. I think I liked this more when I was younger.

The hits from this are tremendous. It's incredible how he could pull samples together and make them such impressive cohesive tracks. Especially considering how long ago it was and what technology was available. Also though he loves having his name mentioned in tracks, it's a bit Shakira Shakira. Plus they're very long and the non album tracks are pretty repetitive. The hits made it good.

This came out the year I was born and I remember hearing quite a bit of this album into the mid 2000s, so a lot of this is quite nostalgic like Praise You and The Rockafeller Skank. Gangster Trippin is quite like the Beastie Boys, I liked that one because of that Fucking in Heaven is actually quite good instrumentally, but the stupid vocal refrain spoils it. Kalifornia is kind of annoying, kind of 'kiddy'. Love Island sounds like some schlocky pisstake that Limmy would make on Ableton Good, but gets a bit tiring and repetitive after a while Highlights: Gangster Trippin, The Rockafeller Skank

Very nostalgic!

Much as In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was of its time, You’ve Come A Long Way is very much a 90s album. A good 90s album. I could listen to any of the songs any time, but the album as a whole I probably wouldn’t. Interesting that this was our follow up to Soul II Soul. They’re both dance albums that would be great in a club, but without folks shaken’ what they got, they’re a bit less interesting.

Isn’t this the most 90’s album to ever 90?

Really funky but soon got quite repetitive

Fun listen. Funky and catchy songs. The samples are a bit long and repetitive as you go through the album. It's a listen I prefer with individual songs.

Some classics in there obviously, but the loops are a bit too annoying and repetitive for me. Teenage me thought it was the coolest shit though.

what in the ancient EDM. it was catchy at times though. [robot voice] fatboy slim is schmoicking in heaven

It's fine.

Praise You and Rockafella Skank are still cool. Much of the rest sounds the same, but more interesting and clever than a lot of the other EDM on here.

I bought this album but I could only really remember the singles. It turns out there’s a reason for that, but the singles are still fun.

ist ganz gut 3.5 Sterne würd ich sagen aber jetzt nicht für die Playlist fav Gangster trippin

It isn't bad. It's of it's time. The hits are good and the rest are fine.

Good but not great electronic album

It's fine. I imagine I would've liked this more when I was in high school. It's certainly no "Discovery" or "Since I Left You," but it's fine. Speaking of, why is the former not on this list?

The 4 hits from the album still stand the test of time. The other tracks are kind of repetitive and dull. And the Praise You music video is still a work of genius from Spike Jonze.

I forget how repetitive this record is. Incredible innovation for its time.

3.25

I was obsessed with finding the opening track as a child (in a Spotify free world), although that has dated quite a bit now. Some really obnoxious stuff on here - always hated some of the more popular tracks - but a lot of hits on one record so an extra star for that.

Interesting case of an album that was groundbreaking and unique at its time of release, but just has not aged well. It sounds old and simple. Electronic music has come a long way since this came out. There are still a couple bangers on here, but even those are pretty nostalgia driven.

not my fave but it was fun to listen to and funky and groovy

Fatboy Slim’s 1998 breakthrough, *You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby*, is a monumental work of Big Beat that undeniably helped define and soundtrack a generation, launching huge, iconic singles like “The Rockafeller Skank” and “Praise You” that perfectly captured the hedonistic spirit of the late '90s. However, despite its cultural impact and flawless energy on the standout tracks, the album ultimately suffers from a degree of thematic and sonic repetition, relying heavily on the same foundational loop-and-sample formula which causes some of the deeper cuts to feel like variations on a theme rather than distinct, compelling ideas.

Fucking in heaven

Banger macht sehr viel Spaß irgendwann bisschen repetitiv aber schon sehr cool

This album has the hits "Praise You", "Right Here, Right Now" and "Rockafeller Skank" which are great and carry this album. The other tracks aren't bad but not particularly memorable. As a result, I would probably choose to listen to just the tracks I like rather than the album as a whole.

This album took me a while to get into, to me it had a stronger back half. Enjoyable but isn’t going to be one I would probably re-listen to.

Fun album, reminds of my fist year of Uni. Great tunes and the videos are what really cemented these for me at the time. So many bangers…not an album I’ll listen to often but always love it when I do

3.5

Ohh yeah I did like actually! Lots of classics on.

A damn good start and good ending stretch to this album is killed by a hit or miss middle

Aight

Interesting experiments with electronic and pop music, tiring after a while

Always happy to find more instrumental albums for work! Nothing super interesting tbh and a lot of the 90s era hip hop sounds have dated a lil imo, but it’s still a nice groovy background listen while trying to stay focused

I didn't know Fatboy Slim was chill like that

Fun

Some good parts but very repetitive. Could’ve been half as long.

Enjoyed it much more than I expected to. Obviously the hits are hits for a reason but I was surprised by the quality of the other tracks too. Not one I’ll revisit too often but a positive experience nonetheless

This album was pretty repetitive but it did have some good tracks. Standout tracks: Right Here Right Now, Fucking In Heaven, Praise You

The Herr Fatboy Slim Shady mit sim pionier werk an album! So Art vo Albe hani erhofft bide 1001, ned wills absolute bangers sind, sondern will so Albe doch d zuekunft i verschidne genres prägt hend. Spassig zum lose, doch ide hütige ziit classy biz veraltet. Ich Gsehn de Fatboy aber mit sine retro synthies I sinere garage sites, chli umeexperimentiere und das Album us em ärmel schüttle. Dadefür biz abgrundeti 3 Fatboy Skinnyjeans

Stupidboy intelligent, Oftmals es bar classy tracks vu ihm ghört aber mir na nie ziit gnah für die fatboy. Isch gmüeltich, sicher au neui richtige ihgschlage mit dem style. Aber isch ez au nöd musikalisch mega schön für mich. 3 mal s(ch)lim inegrätsche vu mir

Solid electronic music, but not the type I like personally. Favorite was Acid 8000.

It's good, and the hits are awesome. But the album as a whole is quite repetitive

Fun 90's electronic music.

So I think this is one of those projects that has great ideas, and I can see why people would enjoy it. For me, though, it's just not engaging enough. I don't mind repetition, but some of the ideas here just don't get the fully baked treatment that others do. It's not super consistent as a whole.

90s sample-based dance music. Not bad and some classics on here, but I can’t see myself listening to the album again.

Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now Right here Right now

Fun and accessible

Oh weh, 1998. So lange ist das schon her...? Nicht mein Genre, aber 4 gute Songs gibt es. Wem (wie mir) der Opener Right Here, Right Now gefällt, dem empfehle ich, mal Ashes The Rain And I von James Gang anzuhören.

Liked it more than I thought I would. I'm not a huge electronic music fan but there is stuff that is fun and catchy.

I hated this when it came out. Now that is probably because I was a snotty teenager on the other side of the rock vs. dance separation that existed throughout the 90s. A quarter of a century later I can appreciate it more, but it's still overly repetitive. It will probably be a long time before I listen again.

Not a record I would normally listen to, but I quite liked it

Elektronika, której nie trawię. Był taki czas, kiedy trzy hity z tej płyty leciały wszędzie. Mogę je przesłuchać, uszy mi nie odpadną, ale czy to naprawdę jest muzyka najwyższej jakości? Powtarzalna i odtwórcza? 5/10

This was a fun listen but didn't actually want to listen again

1) major nostalgia 2) great choice for AM workout! love the generator today.

3 stars

Pretty good, not totally my thing but it wasn't a bad listen at all. Makes me want to take up breakdancing!

3 - I loved this album when it came out and I still love it today. This is classic late 90s big beat techno. Lots of bangers on this album but also this not going to be an album for everyone.

Just okay... outside of the three really popular tracks, one of which isn't even all that great, there's maybe one or two more tracks worth listening to. 5/10

I’m not well versed in electronic music. This seemed kinda bland. That one song I only remember because it was the song Rachael Leigh Cook had her dance battle at prom in She’s All that. This will be a neutral score as the music wasn’t great, but I was reminded fondly of Cook and her uncanny ability to choose the worst movies to act in.

Not gonna lie, I kind of enjoyed this album. EDM was never my gig, but sometimes it fills a need. This is one I’d go back to if that itch needed a good scratch. Except for the “fucking” song. Stupid.

Sort of amusing for a single listen, but it would get quickly annoying to listen to this multiple times.

3.5

osea bien pero medio repetitivo

Ich glaube wenn man darauf Lust hat macht das richtig Spaß

As much as I'm not a fan of electronic music, Fatboy Slim has a couple of iconic tracks under his belt that I love. This album demonstrates that he can make incredibly catchy music... but not necessarily that he always does. This album consists entirely of repetitive loopy songs with occasional interludes and minor additions to the loops. The problem with this style is that for the songs not to sound boring, the loops need to be really good. This album achieves this... with various degrees of success. And here's the issue: The average song length here is over 5.5 minutes, which is on a longer side for dance music. I don't mind The Rockafeller Skank begin almost 7 minutes long, because it's fun as hell, but there are some tracks here that are not that good (In Heaven, You're Not From Brighton, Acid 8000), so instead they feel like an overly long slog. You've Come a Long Way, Baby is definitely of its time, but it has its charm and the songs mostly range from fine to incredibly fun. 7/10

Some memorable songs like right here, right now, the rockafeller skank and praise you The rest of the album is easily forgettable 3.5

hits are good, some of the other ones aren't working as hard yk

Nostalgic 90’s electronic mood (not vibe). A bit too repetitive without much build to be better than it is

All in all, it's a fun listen.

Would have been a 4 if it weren't for the high repetition of lyrics

Good tunes but overplayed on my end. Great FIFA 99 menu music on the PC.

Blast from the past. 3.5 stars

Went into this knowing nothing and some of the songs were so fun!! Didn’t love the middle section of the album but I definitely see its merit as an electronic/dance-pop album from the 90s

the mixing is so cool but my brain is so numb

The three songs on here you know, you know. The rest just doesn’t seem to carry the age as well I give an extra star just because at the time it was something, but now it just feels a little grating.

Schwankt zwischen guter Partymusik und absolutem Schrott, hat aber irgendwie Spaß gemacht. Vielleicht ist es so schlecht, dass es schon wieder gut ist.

A fun dance/electro album that goes on for way too long and meanders on the same loops far too often. 7.5/10

The hits on here are very good (albeit a bit repetitive) and the other tracks are generally good. A groundbreaking album but not necessarily a top listen. 3.2/5 -> 3/5

A precursor to modern EDM, the techno stuff of the 90's was often repetitive but damn if it wasn't catchy. A whole album of repetitive songs is a bit much but there's still lots to appreciate here.

Slughtly hard to rate. The hits are catchy but so familiar, the album tracks are not very interesting.

Ret fan men ikke lige mit jam i længden 3,4

USED TO DANCE AROUND TO THIS ONE IN THE KITCHEN AS A BABY. GOOD SHIT. THE BANGERS BANG BUT LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLR ALBUM IT CAN GET REPETITIVE AS FUCK. 3/5

There are a couple of "hits" on this record but overall it didn't do all that much for me.

A good fun album, I seem to remember it being pretty unique at the time. Anyway, I quite enjoyed Right Here Right Now and Rockafeller Skank. Fave from today is You're Not from Brighton.

Not my taste but a couple of good tracks

Full of hits. Sounds like high school. Not too shabby.

мемно (диджей ебан)

Some good but a lot of meh

Some good, some bad. Some of it is just repetitive.

Deserves its place here - despite being 26 years old, you hear snatches of this album all over the place, and it still sounds good. Whilst it might be a tad unimaginative to use Right Here, Right Now to introduce YET ANOTHER live TV event (ahem, Sky Sports and BBC) it does, still, create a sense of excitement I suppose. Praise You is a really great track and I remember loving the video. The singles are all strong tracks, helped no doubt by Norm being a bass player. The other tracks are very repetitive though, as lots of reviewers have said, and a couple (Love Island!) were pretty unlistenable. But I like the overall sound he created from the vocal excerpts, soul vibes, basslines and great rhythms. PS just listened to Take Yo' Praise by Camille Yarborough (which the sample comes from). Now that's a bassline.

Some classic bangers but found the rest a bit uninspiring.

Good if you’re frantically cleaning your home, at a 90s rave, coding, or a 90s teen romcom soundtrack…and not much else

Creative, dated

The nostalgia is understandable, but this album isn’t my flavour. Have obvious stand outs, but overall very indifferent to the sounds produced here.

I like the two hits on this, but electronic is not my thing in general.

elst þokkalega vel. alls ekki leiðinlegt. efast um að ég muni nokkurn tíma hlusta á þetta aftur.

+++ rockafeller skank, kalifornia --- in heaven, praise you very mixed feelings about this one. i dont hate anything, and the songs i like i LOVE, but the ones i don’t i feel purely indifferent towards. in heaven grates a bit. the backing track sounds like the loop of an annoying toy, but the songs that lean away from strings and more towards the d+b or electronic side of things are utterly fantastic. praise you, despite being the most famous track from this and the only one i had heard before, is honestly kind of lacklustre next to everything else in my opinion.

The singles are very very good. At times it feels like the album tracks are just filler until we get to another single. A lot of the album tracks are a bit bloated and you could probably cut a good 90 seconds out of all of them. Maybe at that time to Praise You and let it last an hour. Or cut the album down to 40 mins and keep all the good bits and we'd have a 5*.

Day 0004/1001 of One Album a Day My favourite songs from this album will always have a special place in my heart as I have loved them since I was a child, but I have to say the rest of the album was quite dissapointing and forgettable. Also have no idea why some of the tracks are as long as they are, they drag on and the album as a whole really started to bore me in its latter stages. I like though how if you search this album into Reddit to top posts are all talking about how the fat obese smoker on the cover is unidentified to this day as opposed to any reviews of the album itself lol Fav tracks: Right Here, Right Now / The Rockafeller Skank / Gangster Trippin' / Praise You Bad tracks: Kalifornia / Acid 8000

Kind of insane all these hits came from this album. That being said, every song is a minute and a half to long

Lubię elektronikę, ale ten album tak sobie płynął i nie ruszył mnie jakoś specjalnie, w dodatku według mnie bardzo czuć upływ czasu. 3/5 głównie z powodu klasyków: Praise you, right here right now

Hype music. Workout? Heard at stadiums.

When this hits, it sounds great. But man does this get repetitive and have some misses. For the genre and style it was doing a lot with some key songs.

There is definitely some nostalgia seeping through hearing the big singles from this album, as they were typically played everywhere back in the late nineties/early noughties. Objectively, it's OK but it's quite repetitive and it's not really an album I would choose to hear.

Mostly overplayed now, but Praise You still makes my playlists

I thought this album was a the best thing ever when it came out in the late 90s and I have listened to it more times than I can count. I still like it but my opinion has cooled somewhat over the years. Rating: 3