Fatboy Slim / Better Living Through Chemistry

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Artist

Fatboy Slim

Album Title:

Better Living Through Chemistry

Album Cover:

Primary Genre

Electronica/Dance: Big Beat

Format

Released

08/26/1996

Reissue Date

09/23/1997

Label

Astralwerks/ Caroline

Catalog No

ASW6203

Bar Code No

0 17046 62032 1

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Song For Lindy (4:50)
2.	Santa Cruz (7:30)
3.	Going Out Of My Head (5:14)
4.	The Weekend Starts Here (6:41)
5.	Everybody Needs A 303 (5:49)
6.	Give The Po' Man A Break (5:50)
7.	10th & Crenshaw (4:20)
8.	First Down (6:18)
9.	Punk To Funk (4:57)
10.	The Sound Of Milwaukee (6:18)
11.	Michael Jackson (5:49)
12.	Next To Nothing (7:16)

Date Acquired

09/15/1999

Personal Rating

Acquired from

Amazon

Purchase Price

13.00

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Notes

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-12-30 02:18:19

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Analyzed: Fatboy Slim / Better Living Through Chemistry
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.73 dB -12.04 dB 4:50 01-Song for Lindy
DR9 -0.73 dB -11.62 dB 7:30 02-Santa Cruz
DR7 -0.73 dB -10.61 dB 5:14 03-Going Out of My Head
DR10 -0.73 dB -12.43 dB 6:41 04-The Weekend Starts Here
DR5 -0.73 dB -8.62 dB 5:49 05-Everybody Needs a 303
DR5 -0.73 dB -8.10 dB 5:50 06-Give the Po' Man a Break
DR8 -0.73 dB -11.15 dB 4:21 07-10th & Crenshaw
DR8 -0.73 dB -10.88 dB 6:18 08-First Down
DR7 -0.73 dB -9.60 dB 4:58 09-Punk to Funk
DR7 -0.73 dB -8.96 dB 6:18 10-The Sound of Milwaukee
DR8 -1.13 dB -11.65 dB 5:49 11-Michael Jackson
DR10 -1.13 dB -13.29 dB 7:17 12-Next to Nothing
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 861 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews

All Music Guide Review:

Review by Greg Prato
Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet. Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997. On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single. Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S. hit. Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"). Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s.

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