Audio CD review:
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry

Band: Fatboy Slim Title: Better Living Through Chemistry Rating: Release Date: 23 September, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Song For Lindy 2: Santa Cruz 3: Going Out Of My Head 4: The Weekend Starts Here 5: Everybody Needs A 303 6: Give The Po' Man A Break 7: 10th & Crenshaw 8: First Down 9: Punk To Funk 10: The Sound Of Milwaukee 11: Michael Jackson 12: Next To Nothing

Editoral Review The single "Going out of My Head" is crafted with funky beats thrown down on top of the guitar riff from the Who's classic "I Can't Explain. Fatboy Slim (also known as Norman Cook, formally of the Housemartins) has composed a collection of tracks so dependent on samples that they'll keep "Name That Tune" fans busy for hours. " Mr. Slim borrows, begs, and steals from some of the best. You'll hear obvious influences from every genre from industrial to house. But these songs do not mimic; rather, Cook takes the established and reinvents it, mixes it up, rearranges it. The result is an energized, motivating, even endearing big-beat album that feels, grooves, and moves from beginning to end. --Beth Bessmer .. You can see a complete list of all Fatboy Slim discography, or go back to the Fatboy Slim tabs