The Brighton Port Authority

Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook is a DJ whose best tracks ("Praise You," "Rockafeller Skank")
always sounded like dusty singles. So this "lost album" by a fictional group — essentially
Cook and a crew of vocalists — is a great idea. The beats are dandy, tweaked-up period
pieces from Sixties ska to Eighties R&B. But song albums, as opposed to DJ mixes, need good
songs. Last year's killer single "Toe Jam," with David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal? Ch... More >