You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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| You've Come a Long Way, Baby | ||
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| LP by Fatboy Slim | ||
| Released | October, 1998 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Electronica | |
| Length | 61 min 57 sec | |
| Record label | Skint | |
| Producer | Fatboy Slim | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=A9d9sa9ygi23f) |
| Robert Christgau | 3 stars | link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=453&name=Fatboy+Slim) |
| NME | 8 out of 10 | link (http://www.nme.com/reviews/1636.htm) |
| Rolling Stone | 3 stars out of 5 | (RS 799) (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=45621&cf=2640) |
| Q | 4 stars out of 5 | (October 1998) (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=133492&resource=133492&fixture_artist=142845) |
| Fatboy Slim Chronology | ||
| On the Floor at the Boutique (1998) | You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) | Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) |
You've Come a Long Way, Baby is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim and was released in 1998. The most popular track on the album was The Rockafeller Skank (also referred to as "The Funk Soul Brother", one of the only lines in the song). A common mondegreen, or mishearing of this song was "The Funk's Your brother".
The album has a Parental Advisory for explicit lyrics because of the third song "Fucking in Heaven" which has the word "fucking" repeated 105 times.
Track Listing
- "Right Here, Right Now" (Fatboy Slim/Peters/Walsh) - 6:27
- "The Rockafeller Skank" (Barry/Fatboy Slim/Terry) - 6:53
- "Fucking in Heaven" (Fatboy Slim) - 3:54
- "Gangster Tripping" (Davis/Dust Junkys/Fatboy Slim) - 5:20
- "Build It Up, Tear It Down" (Fatboy Slim) - 5:05
- "Kalifornia" (Fatboy Slim/Mr. Natural) - 5:53
- "Soul Surfing" (Fatboy Slim/Nelson/Smith) - 4:56
- "You're Not from Brighton" (Fat Boy Slim) - 5:20
- "Praise You" (Fatboy Slim/Yarbrough) - 5:23
- "Love Island" (Fatboy Slim) - 5:18
- "Acid 8000" (Fat Boy Slim) - 7:28