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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[3]
NME[4][dead link]
Pitchfork Media(8.2/10)[5]
Q[6][dead link]
Rolling Stone[7][dead link]

You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 19 October 1998 through the label Skint Records. The album liner notes state that the album was made at The House of Love. The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200.[citation needed] Four singles were released from the album: "The Rockafeller Skank", "Gangster Trippin", "Praise You", and "Right Here, Right Now", each of which reached the top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[8] "Build It Up – Tear It Down" was also released as a promo, but not as a commercial single.

The album received critical acclaim, particularly for its beats and hooks, and is considered a benchmark album in big beat music. In 1999, it was certified 3× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2000, the album was ranked number 81 in Q magazine's readers' poll of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".[citation needed]

The album's title is taken from a marketing slogan for the cigarette brand Virginia Slims, similar to how Fatboy Slim's debut album Better Living Through Chemistry borrowed chemical company DuPont's "Better Living Through Chemistry" tagline for its title. You've Come a Long Way, Baby faced issues regarding the use of profanity, most notably on the track "Fucking in Heaven" where the word fucking is spoken 108 times by DJ Freddy Fresh. Because of this, the album was given a Parental Advisory sticker.

Track listing

All songs produced by Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim).

# Title Samples[9][10] Writer Time
1 "Right Here, Right Now" Fatboy Slim, Dale Peters, Joe Walsh 6:27
2 "The Rockafeller Skank" Fatboy Slim, John Barry, Winifred Terry, Robert Hall 6:53
3 "Fucking in Heaven"[B] Fatboy Slim 3:54
3:47 (edited version)
4 "Gangster Tripping" Fatboy Slim, Dust Junkys, Josh Davis 5:20
5 "Build It Up - Tear It Down" Fatboy Slim 5:05
6 "Kalifornia" Fatboy Slim, Mr. Natural 5:53
7 "Soul Surfing" Fatboy Slim, Earl Nelson, Fred Smith 4:56
8 "You're Not from Brighton"
  • "The Groovy Thang" by Minimal Funk
  • "Nobody's Business (Nosey Parker Mix)" by Peace by Piece
 Fatboy Slim 5:20
9 "Praise You" Fatboy Slim, Camille Yarbrough 5:23
10 "Love Island" Fatboy Slim 5:18
11 "Acid 8000" Fatboy Slim 7:28

Bonus tracks

# Title Writer Time
12 "How Could They Hear Us" (only on Australian edition) Fatboy Slim 5:08<[A]
12 "The World Went Down" (Japanese edition) Fatboy Slim 6:43[A]

Bonus disc on some editions

# Title Samples[10] Writer Time
1 "Everybody Loves a Carnival (radio edit)" Fatboy Slim 4:05
2 "Michael Jackson" Fatboy Slim 5:47
3 "Next to Nothing"
  • "Gravitational Arch of 10" by Vapourspace
 Fatboy Slim 7:15
4 "Es Paradis" Fatboy Slim 5:43

10th Anniversary bonus disc

# Title Samples[10] Writer Time
1 "Cowboy" (featuring Eve) Eve Jeffers, Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Kaseem Dean, Mashonda Tifrere, Norman Cook 5:33
2 "Radioactivity" Emil Schult, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter 3:41
3 "Because We Can" Jim Broadbent, Marius Devrie, Norman Cook 3:29
4 "Always Read the Label" Norman Cook 5:52
5 "Tweakers Delight" Norman Cook 3:08
6 "The World Went Down" Norman Cook 6:43
7 "Jack It Up (DJ Delite)" Norman Cook 4:05
8 "Don't Forget Your Teeth"
  • "Word Play" by X-Ecutioners
  • "Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" by James Young and the House Wreckers
 Norman Cook 5:41
9 "Praise You (original version)" Camille Yarborough 6:41
10 "Lounge Island" Norman Cook 3:13

Charts

Charts (1998)[8][11] Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 1
U.S. Billboard 200 34
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 2
Charts (1999) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[12] 13
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[11] 10
Charts (2000) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 10

Releases

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 19 October 1998 Skint CD BRASSIC 11CD
2×LP BRASSIC 11LP
22 September 2008 2×CD BRASSIC 56CD

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[13]

  • Norman Cook – performer, producer
  • Simon Thornton – engineer, mixing, photography

Notes

  • A^ The Australian and Japanese releases of You've Come a Long Way, Baby each have a different bonus track, extending the album's runtime accordingly.
  • B^ "Fucking in Heaven" is renamed "In Heaven" on the North American release of You've Come a Long Way, Baby. It is also listed as "Illing In Heaven" on a certain promo release.

References

  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "You've Come a Long Way, Baby [Clean] - Fatboy Slim". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ Robert Christgau. "Fatboy Slim". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  3. ^ David Browne (19 October 1998). "You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  4. ^ link[dead link]
  5. ^ James P. Wisdom. "Fatboy Slim: You've Come A Long Way, Baby". Pitchfork. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=133492&resource=133492&fixture_artist=142845[dead link]
  7. ^ link[dead link]
  8. ^ a b "Fatboy Slim". chartstats.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Search". the-breaks.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  10. ^ a b c "Fatboy Slim". whosampled.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Item Display". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
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