Fatboy Slim - Palookaville (Deluxe) (2004/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 921 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 353 MB
2:31:23 | Electronic, Big Beat | Label: Skint Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 921 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 353 MB
2:31:23 | Electronic, Big Beat | Label: Skint Records
Looking back on Fatboy Slim's discography, Palookaville is up against some stiff competition, which makes it the low point only because it isn't another beginning-to-end stunner. The Fatboy himself – Norman Cook – had given plenty of hints in the press before the album's release that this was going to be different. He went through marriage problems and declared a renewed interest in hip-hop over dance music, dance being a genre he sees as going through another dry period. Still, this isn't a "forget everything you know about…" album since the jittery "Slash Dot Dash" and "Jin Go Lo Ba" sound like old outtakes. They're the lesser tracks on an album that could have been tighter had Cook not played it safe by including them.
There's so much more heart in the non-club numbers, with each one sounding inspired and full of that quirky Fatboy flair. A cover of Steve Miller's "The Joker" with Bootsy Collins on vocals is brilliant fun and the most direct example of the rolling along despite the nasty weather, naked hippy feel of the album. When Cook brings it down, he brings to mind the best of Tranquility Bass, just a lot more fun and approachable. For its hook, "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" uses the "long-haired freaky people" line from Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" and guest singer Lateef's two appearances are nothing short of frolicsome. They offer the trippy ying to the marriage problem yang of "Put It Back Together" with Damon Albarn, and the intentionally maudlin "North West Three" (the first address where the recently patched-it-up Cook and Zoe Ball lived together). That "North West Three" samples from a husband-and-wife's record (John and Beverley Martyn's "Primrose Hill") is just one of Palookaville's deeper-than-before ideas. There are scars here, but with only hints of the specifics, you can apply Cook's heartbreak to any hurt of your own. Palookaville could stand one more trimming pass, but it gives Cook's canon the needed depth. Now there's a Fatboy Slim record for that rainy day and one the long-haired freaky people can enjoy.
Palookaville Review by David Jeffries
Tracklist
01. Don't Let the Man Get You Down
02. Slash Dot Dash
03. Wonderful Night
04. Long Way from Home
05. Put It Back Together (feat. Damon Albarn)
06. El Bebe Masoquista
07. Push and Shove
08. North West Three
09. The Journey
10. Jin Go Lo Ba
11. Song for Chesh
12. The Joker
13. Close to Home
14. What They're Looking For
15. The River Card
16. Don't Let the Man Get You Down (Justice Remix)
17. Slash Dot Dash (DJ Delite Remix)
18. Jin Go Lo Ba (Jon Carter Mix)
19. Wonderful Night (Trash Remix)
20. Wonderful Night (Wonderful Nightclub)
21. Wonderful Night (Chief Xcel Mix)
22. Wonderful Night (Instrumental)
23. Push and Shove (Acoustic Version)
24. Push and Shove (Instrumental)
25. El Bebe Masoquista (X-Press 2 Remix)
26. The Journey (The Fantastic Plastic Red Special Mix)
27. The Joker (ATFC's Aces High Remix)
28. The Joker (Yousef Circus Rework)
29. The Joker (Justin Robertson Vocal Remix)
30. The Joker (Instrumental)
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