Name: Palookaville
Brand: Skint
SKU: 70849328
Price: 298 HKD
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Palookaville

By FATBOY SLIM

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Format

Vinyl (2 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

20 November 2015

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Album: Palookaville
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Don't Let the Man Get You Down	More Info...	0:04
2)	Slash Dot Dash	More Info...	0:03
3)	Jin Go Lo Ba	More Info...	0:04
4)	Long Way from Home	More Info...	0:04
5)	Put It Back Together	More Info...	0:04
6)	Mi Bebe Masoquista	More Info...	0:04

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EAN

5025425552922

Writer

FATBOY SLIM

Country

United Kingdom

Studio/Live

Studio

Guest Artist

Bootsy Collins; Damon Albarn; Lateef

Label

Skint

Dimensions

32 x 2.5 x 30.5 centimeters (0.36 kg)

Performer Notes

Heavy-hitting DJ Norman Cook (AKA Fatboy Slim) brings the Big Beat back on 2004's PALOOKAVILLE, a record that rivals Cook's previous efforts for imagination, groove, and fun. Cook's particular skill lies in creating a collage of genres from his seemingly never-ending vault of vinyl, bringing them all under one happy, party-time umbrella. The lead-off track, "Don't Let the Man Get You Down," for example, blends gospel vocals, Latin-tinged polyrhythms, and a snippet from Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs," with flashes of robotic IDM sounds, for good measure.
PALOOKAVILLE is a bit more textured and chilled-out than Cook's earlier albums. The acoustic-guitar-based "Put It Back Together," for instance, sounds like the clubby equivalent of a campfire sing-along. "North West Three" is based around the refrain of John Martyn's folky "Primrose Hill," and is true to the feel of the source, despite Cook's additional edits and beats. On the disc's most notable track, "The Joker," Cook re-imagines Steve Miller's hit as a piano-laden funk tune with the one-and-only Bootsy Collins on vocals. This is not to say the record doesn't feature Slim's infectious techno beats, however. The nervous, skittering "Slash Dot Dash" and the distorted, bass-heavy "Long Way from Home" prove PALOOKAVILLE packs a serious punch.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.115) - "'Slash Dot Dash' turns a two-note bass riff and a percolating surf beat into a manic go-go freak-out..." - Grade: B

Uncut (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]here is still something life-affirming about the bounce and brashness of the Fatboy's fourth album..."

Alternative Press (p.156) - 3 out of 5 - "PALOOKAVILLE offers yet more fun funk/blues-rock mashups for unpretentious gatherings of all sorts."