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Rating: Rumor has it. Fatboy, Norman, uomopizza, chiamatelocomevoleteCook, created this album in just 3 nights, following a painful heartbreak. Truth. I don't know, but I'm only interested in listening to the record.
Now he's even serving us gospel as the opening track, “talking bout my baby” is a crescendo of voice and electronic beats, of instruments layering over the final phrase repeated about ten times “...in the big yellow sun...”, but, mysteries of faith or joyful mysteries, it doesn't bore. On the contrary, it energizes you and gets you ready for the really wild, “star69”. No, if you thought that with the excellent “Talking bout my baby” Fatboy had mellowed down, you were greatly mistaken, and “star69” will confirm it for you.
There's also time to sample Jim Morrison in “Bird of Prey”, a beautiful song. And let's throw in some rock with the lively “Ya mama”, after all, with Fatboy everything is allowed. The lead single from the album, with a video shot by the now cult Spike Jonz, is “Weapon of Choice”. And on vocals, of course, there's Bootsy Collins. Fatboy Slim never ceases to amaze us, 11 tracks and not one identical song, culminating in the sweet finale, “demons” sung by Macy Gray, perhaps the deepest track on the album. The last track, eleven minutes long, is “Song for Shelter”, those who love atmospheric music will surely appreciate it. He surprises us album after album, improves us, and makes us dance. He is liked by many and hated by just as many. This is Fatboy Slim.
When a dj seasoned by years of music, played in countless different bands, enjoys producing elaborate dance records, which are not too dance, the result needs to be digested very slowly. Far from the immediacy of a cigarette ad, this tongue twister must be listened to and relistened to. Not to hurt oneself, but to discover a thousand different facets.
If perfection is somewhere between the gutter and the stars, Fatboy came very close to it.
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