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Track Listing
1. He's Frank (Slight Return) - (featuring Iggy Pop)
2. Dirty Sheets - (featuring Pete York)
3. Jumps The Fence - (featuring Connan Mockasin)
4. Should I Stay Or Should I Blow - (featuring Ashley Beedle)
5. Island - (featuring Justin Robertson)
6. Local Town - (featuring Jamie T)
7. Seattle - (featuring Emmy the Great)
8. Spade - (featuring Martha Wainwright)
9. Superman - (featuring Simon Thornton)
10. Superlover - (featuring Cagedbaby/Thom Gandey)
11. Toe Jam - (featuring Dizzee Rascal/David Byrne)
12. So It Goes - (featuring Olly Hite)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Ashley Beedle, Cagedbaby, Connan Mockasin, David Byrne, Dizzee Rascal, Emmy the Great, Iggy Pop, Jamie T, Justin Robertson, Martha Wainwright, Olly Hite, Pete York, Simon Thornton, Thom Gandey | | Producer: | Norman Cook, Simon Thornton | | Distributor: | Redeye Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
On 2009's I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT, his first full-length outing as the BPA (Brighton Port Authority), Norman Cook, best known as Fatboy Slim, sails in familiar waters, offering up peppy electro-pop with plenty of guest stars on board. Highlights include Iggy Pop's dry turn on a cover of the Monochrome Set's "He's Frank" and the giddy "Toe Jam," which features both David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]his mash of rock, soul, and rocksteady is distinctly collaborative....Emmy the Great shines on 'Seattle,' a sunny, commercial-ready pop confection.
3 stars out of 5 -- The album's soft heart is 'Seattle,' in which folk singer Emmy the Great sweetly, and aptly, celebrates fresh starts.
3 stars out of 5 -- Willfully eclectic and sporadically energetic, the BPA brew a schizoid stew....Cook's eager-to-please melodic sensibilities can still get jaws a-smilin'.
3 stars out of 5 -- The beats are dandy, tweaked-up period pieces from Sixties ska to Eighties R&B.
3 stars out of 5 -- [A] slew of vocalists showcase themselves to mostly positive effect against Cook's trademark Fatboy-Slim-esque backdrops. Martha Wainwright is deliciously sensual on the languid 'Spade'...
4 stars out of 5 -- Highlights abound: Iggy Pop opens it all up, adding his vocals to 'He's Frank,' while the sentimentality of 'Island' and 'Superlover' show a kind of razzled tenderness full of hope and regret.
[With] party master Fatboy Slim at the controls, there is the expected bounce and snap here, keeping the album moving along nicely as guest after guest steps up to add to this impressive, enjoyable [selection]...
[A] swaggering set of proper pop songs....The Fatboy trademarks are here, but they're blended with the unique musicality of each guest.
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