Palookaville (album)
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| Studio album by Fatboy Slim | ||||
| Released | October 4, 2004 (UK) October 5, 2004 (US) |
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| Genre | Big beat | |||
| Length | 53:27 | |||
| Label | Skint (UK) BRASSIC29LP (LP) BRASSIC29CD (CD) Astralwerks (US) ASW 64748 |
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| Producer | Fatboy Slim, Simon Thornton | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.6/10)[3] |
| Q | [citation needed] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5][dead link] |
Palookaville is the fourth studio album by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 4 October 2004. It was also a temporary name of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C.'s Withdean Stadium, due to their sponsorship deal with Skint Records.
[edit] Background
The album, being the first Fatboy Slim album released in four years, represented a significant shift in style for Cook, with a reduction in the traditional Fatboy Slim reliance on vocal loops, and the introduction of real instruments (Cook himself returns to his Housemartins roots by contributing live bass on some tracks, with engineer/mixer/executive producer Simon Thornton also adding guitar) and more conventional song structures. More "traditional" Fatboy Slim tracks such as "Jin Go Lo Ba" co-exist with full-length vocal tracks such as a rendition of the Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" performed by Bootsy Collins. There are also many more vocal collaborations, including two with the rapper Lateef ("Wonderful Night" and "The Journey") and Brighton-based band Jonny Quality ("Long Way from Home").
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" | Norman Cook, Les Emmerson | 4:01 |
| 2. | "Slash Dot Dash" | Cook | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Wonderful Night" (feat. Lateef) | Cook, Deaumont | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Long Way from Home" (feat. Jonny Quality) | Cook, Moody | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Put It Back Together" (feat. Damon Albarn) | Cook, Damon Albarn | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Mi Bebé Masoquista" | Cook, Shel Silverstein, Settle | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Push & Shove" (feat. Justin Robertson & Sharon Woolf) | Cook, Justin Robertson | 4:27 |
| 8. | "North West Three" | Cook, Beverley Martyn | 4:30 |
| 9. | "The Journey" (feat. Lateef) | Cook, Deaumont | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Jin Go Lo Ba" | Olatunji | 4:40 |
| 11. | "Song for Chesh" | Cook | 4:19 |
| 12. | "The Joker" (feat. Bootsy Collins) | Steve Miller, Ahmet Ertegün, Eddie Curtis | 5:21 |
[edit] References
- ^ David Jeffries. "Palookaville - Fatboy Slim". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r709797. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Caroline Sullivan (1 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim, Palookaville". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/oct/01/popandrock.shopping8. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Johnny Loftus (5 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3011-palookaville/. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ Robert Christgau. "Fatboy Slim". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=fatboy+slim. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ 22 Sep 2004[dead link]
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