Fatboy Slim

As its name suggests, Fatboy's fourth album conjures up a swell if quirky place full of white-picket fences, BBQs and soccer dads who slip away for a toke. He of the Big Beats is clearly maturing with this mellow-ish LP for the post-clubbing generation (though there are still some exultant exhortations to the dancefloor). Features Damon Albarn and Bootsy Collins.

Fatboy Slim's late-nineties hits "Praise You" and "The Rockafeller Skank" may be fading into
K-tel memory, but the all-star DJ is still happily exchanging any one-way ticket to
Palookaville for lucrative round trips to Ibiza. Four years after his spiritually inclined
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, Fatboy hasn't stopped pandering to his core
crowd of fun-loving jalape–o- poppers. The difference this time is he's deployi... More >