Name: Better Living Through Chemistry
Brand: Fatboy Slim

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Bonus disc: No

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brassic002lp

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-11-20

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Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

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Standard:20

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5025425505218

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Fatboy Slim

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Skint

Born in the UK as Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963, Fatboy Slim is a renowned artist and DJ. He gained popularity with his second solo album "Better Living Through Chemistry" which featured the hit song "Everybody Needs a 303". His success continued with the release of his albums "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" and "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars", both of which produced chart-topping singles. Fatboy Slim's music videos, including "Praise You" and "Weapon of Choice", have won numerous awards. With his unique style and collaborations with artists like Macy Gray, he has become an influential figure in the music industry.
In addition to his own work, Fatboy Slim has also produced songs for other artists such as Blur's albums "Think Tank" and "Palookaville". His greatest hits album, titled "Why Try Harder", features some of his most popular tracks along with two exclusive new songs.
With a career spanning several decades, Fatboy Slim continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his innovative sound and energetic performances. His contributions to electronic music have solidified him as one of the most respected artists in the industry.

For more information about Skint Studios, please visit <a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/238-Skint-Studios">Skint Studios</a>.

Originally recorded in less than a week, the fun and moxie will hit you with every beat of 'Better Living Through Chemistry'. Released in 1996, this is the first full-length album Norman Cook was to release under his successful moniker of Fatboy Slim. His debut, 'Better Living Through Chemistry', is more of a compilation than a proper album per se. Much of it had already been released, either as singles or via Skint's Brassic Beats series. Indeed, along with Skint, he helped spearhead an array of chiefly Brighton-based bangingness at the Big Beat Boutique club night. The blueprint was already there: the beats were big, the house was mostly acid; the funkier end of crate-dug breaks prevailed, and there were cheeky lifts and samples ahoy. Santa Cruz borrows Lulu's tremendous 'Love Loves to Love Love', 'Going Out of My Head' batters 'I Can't Explain', and 'Punk to Funk' masterfully deploys Keith Mansfield's 'Young Scene'. The key track, however, was 'Everybody Needs a 303': a champion acid monster of a tune, it encapsulates the Fatboy ethos in just under six minutes. Sixteen years on, 'Better Living Through Chemistry' stands tall as the sound of abandon and messiness, a joyous soundtrack to an era of caning it and the third (or fourth... or fifth?) Summer of Love.

Better Living Through Chemistry

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