Fatboy Slim Vinyl Records

Originally recorded in less than a week, the fun and moxie will hit you with every beat of Better Living Through Chemistry.

Released in 1996, this is the first full-length album Norman Cook was to release under his successful moniker Fatboy Slim. Fuelled by his signature Big Beats that would come to dominate the '90s dance scene, sprinkled with Acid House bleeps and squeaks and heavily sample-laced, Better Living Through Chemistry proved to be just the tip of Cook's proverbial iceberg.

After this release he quickly went on to make hit singles 'Rockafeller Skank' and 'Praise You', but on this album we find classics such as 'Everybody Needs A 303' and 'Going Out Of My Head', where both Acid House and Triphop influences prevail.

Better Living Through Chemistry isn't just a promise of more to come, it is the starting point of a journey, and we're all invited along for the ride.

Track Listing:
1. Song For Lindy
2. Santa Cruz
3. Going Out Of My Head
4. The Weekend Starts Here
5. Everybody Needs A 303
6. Give The Po' Man A Break
7. 10th and Crenshaw
8. First Down
9. Punk To Funk
10. The Sound Of Milwaukee
11. Michael Jackson
12. Next To Nothing

"Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars" is Fatboy Slim's third album, and it is also this prolific dance producer's third release on Music On Vinyl. Here, Norman Cook continues the work he started on "Better Living Through Chemistry" and "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" , bringing in collaborators Macy Gray, Bootsy Collins and Roger Sanchez, yet he steps away from the capricious commercial world of the pop charts in favor of the steady beat of the dance floor.

This album contains floor fillers such as Sunset (Bird Of Prey) (vocals by the late Jim Morrison), 'Star 69', a heavy four-to-the-floor acid-techno rampage (which was funnily enough removed entirely from the 'clean' version of the album), and the Big-Beat oriented 'Ya Mama', 'Weapon Of Choice' and 'Mad Flava'. Soulful Gospel track 'Demons' with Macy Gray on vocals is the true highlight of the album; it feels like sunrise on a beach the morning after a Dazed And Confused-like life-changing-all-summer-in-one-night-experiences.

"Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars" calls for closer listening than previous albums, but it will still make you dance around your house like Christopher Walken.

* Gatefold Sleeve
* 180 grams audiophile vinyl

Track Listing:
1 Talking Bout My Baby (3:43)
2 Star 69 (5:43)
3 Sunset (Bird Of Prey) (6:50)

1 Love Life (6:59)
2 Ya Mama (Radio Edit) (5:38)
3 Mad Flava (4:33)

1 Retox (5:17)
2 Weapon Of Choice (5:45)
3 Drop The Hate (5:30)

1 Demons (6:52)
2 Song For Shelter (11:26)

You've Come a Long Way, Baby was Fatboy Slims 2nd studio album, released in October of 1998 on Skint Records. Fatboy Slim was, of course, none other than Norman Cook, formerly of The Housemartins, Beats International and Freakpower. The album peaked at # 1 on the UK Albums Chart and 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Four hit 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.

The album received very high praise from critics, particularly for its beats and catchy hooks, and is considered a benchmark album in so-called 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 #81 in Q magazine's readers' poll of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Available again in this gatefold 2LP edition!

Track Listing:
1. Right Here, Right Now
2. The Rockafeller Skank
3. Fucking In Heaven
4. Gangster Trippin
5. Build It Up, Tear It Down
6. Kalifornia
7. Soul Surfing
8. You're Not From Brighton
9. Praise You
10. Love Island
11. Acid 8000