You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby · In the 1990s Norman Cook bought obscure vinyl records and built a library of samples on floppy disks from the snippets he liked. With an Akai sampler and an Atari computer he edited them into collages. Usually he added the bass line himself and sampled the rest in big beat style. Together with his engineer Simon Thornton he finished the tracks in his studio in Brighton, the House of Love. This was his second album under the name Fatboy Slim.

It was released in October 1998 on Skint Records and became his worldwide breakthrough. Four singles reached the British top ten: The Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Trippin, Praise You and Right Here, Right Now. Critics praised the sound and style, the album topped the British chart and earned Cook a Brit Award in 1999. The title comes from an advertising slogan for cigarettes.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Right Here, Right Now6:28Apple Music ↗
2. 2The Rockafeller Skank6:54Apple Music ↗
3. 3Fucking in Heaven3:55Apple Music ↗
4. 4Gangster Trippin5:20Apple Music ↗
5. 5Build It Up, Tear It Down5:05Apple Music ↗
6. 6Kalifornia5:53Apple Music ↗
7. 7Soul Surfing4:57Apple Music ↗
8. 8You're Not from Brighton5:21Apple Music ↗
9. 9Praise You5:24Apple Music ↗
10. 10Love Island5:18Apple Music ↗
11. 11Acid 80007:28Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗