I was SO surprised to find out that big Mr. Fatboy hasn't lost his roots. This is a fantastic album that highlights the best in bigbeat and Big Norman mixes it all so well. I know alot of the kids out there who love Fatboy Slim for Praise You and "The Funk Soul Brother" have bought this CD and hated it, and they deserve it. This is what true bigbeat is all about and for some it may take a little getting used to, but in the end it's worth it. Notable tracks by the Bassbin Twins, Cut La Roc, Jungle Brothers (my all-time fav FBS remix), and DJ Tonka. I promise you that if you play this album at a party, everyone will have 4.592 times as much fun (that's a proven statistic.)

Fatboy Slim, it seems you either love him for bringing happy bounce music to the masses or loathe him for dragging the big beat genre into insipidness. Personally I'm in the middle, finding his "Better Living Through Chemistry" a well-done effort and his "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" a dumbed down mess.

Well this mixed set of selected tunes is neither, residing in a happy middle ground. Fatboy drops inspired choices like the often sampled "Apache", the Jungle Brothers' "Because I got it like that"- with a great ELO sample in it, and a few of his own, "Michael Jackson" and "Rockafeller Skank." He generally picks fun quality songs with a hip-hop flavor to them, making this disc a parallel to the Chemical Brothers "Live at the Heavenly Social" mix disc of years back.

70 minutes of this can wear thin at times, and his apparent love of squeally acid tunes which he drops 2/3 the way in won't work for everyone. Still, in the right doses it makes for a good party on a platter.

This latest US release from Fatboy Slim, a.k.a Norman Cook is truly an amazing piece of art. First off, the entire CD is a non-stop mix, making it great for a party, and showcasing Fatboy's talent for seamlessly mixing tracks. Second, the music is classic. There isn't a single track that isn't worth listening to, and the variety is nice. It really is a must have CD if you like this kind of music. Plus, the enhanced track features a cool video from the Concorde Club, where the disc was made. It's definitely worth just that track alone.

When I fist bought this CD and listened to it I was a bit shocked. This was not the Fatboy Slim that I knew. However, after listening to this CD a few times I was completely in love. This is not "You've Come a Long Way, Baby", so don't buy it if that's what you're looking for. However, if you're looking to listen to some incredible music just pop this booty- licious CD in the player. Track 4 is classic. Oh Norman...what can't you do?

first of all, let me just say that fatboy slim is (you know what) in heaven. that being said, he does a great job mixing up and sampling a wide array of tunes, from big-beat classics ("The World's Made Up of This and That," "Because I Got It Like That") to a great miasma of saw waves and acid loops ("Give Me My Auger Back").

I don't like acid all that much... the last five or six songs on the CD, therefore, don't turn my crank at all. However, I LOOOOVE big-beat, and especially the Jungle Brothers... the work that Fatboy Slim does with these tracks just blew me away.

...one problem. The CD doesn't sound like it's mastered very well - the bass and upper registers don't balance each other very well, and no matter how I adjust my receiver, the overall sound puts too much emphasis on the upper registers, making certain parts of the melodies (particularly the horns in the first few songs) sound clipped.

This CD would be an excellent addition to any technophile's collection, as it represents a pretty representative mix of the genre, played by someone who really knows their stuff. As long as you don't mind the mastering (or lack thereof), I would highly recommend that you buy this album.