ARTiST: Fatboy Slim
TiTLE: The Greatest Hits Remixed
LABEL: V2
GENRE: House
TiME: 126:04 min
SiZE: 167,6 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-24-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-24-2007
WEBSiTE:

Track List:

    Cd1

01. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now         05:42
    (Redanka Mix)
02. Fatboy Slim - Song For Shelter             07:02
    (Chemical Brothers Remix)
03. Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303        06:05
    (Plump Djs Remix)
04. Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice             06:41
    (Junkie Xl Mix)
05. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank        05:57
    (Mulders Urban Takeover Mix)
06. Fatboy Slim - Star 69 (Timo Maas Remix)    07:12
07. Fatboy Slim - Praise You                   03:33
    (Mike D And Ad Rock)
08. Fatboy Slim - Sunset Bird Of Prey          07:21
    (Darren Emerson Mix)
09. Fatboy Slim - Love Island                  04:31
    (Manumission Mix)
10. Fatboy Slim - Fucking In Heaven            04:38
    (Simons Gt Mix)
11. Fatboy Slim - Kiddas Fatboy Bouillabaisse  06:47
    (Bonus Track)

    Cd2

01. Fatboy Slim - Dont Let The Man Get You     04:25
    Down (Justice Mix)
02. Fatboy Slim - Retox (Dave Clarke Remix)    05:22
03. Fatboy Slim - Mi Bebe Masoquista           09:02
    (X-Press 2 Remix)
04. Fatboy Slim - The Journey                  06:48
    (The Fantastic Plastic Machine Red Special
05. Fatboy Slim - Jin Go Lo Ba                 07:07
    (Jon Carter Remix)
06. Fatboy Slim - The Joker (Kid Carpet Remix) 04:38
07. Fatboy Slim - Wonderful Night              03:51
    (Chief Xcel Worldwide Mix)
08. Fatboy Slim - Talking Bout My Baby         06:56
    (Midfield Generals Disco Reshuffle)
09. Fatboy Slim - Ya Mama (Krafty Kuts Remix)  06:33
10. Fatboy Slim - Champion Sound               05:53
    (Switch Remix)

Release Notes:

Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook is far more than just
that bloke who married Zoe Ball and did that song
with Christopher Walken flying in the video.

With the Housemartins, Beats International and
Freakpower and a succession of solo hits behind him,
he is pretty much the epitome of the 'Superstar DJ'.

By all accounts he is also a very nice man, so nice
in fact that he has invited a load of his mates from
the business to remix some of his best known (and
some not quite so famous) hits.

For what reason ? contractual obligation, to tide us
over while the next studio album is recorded, vanity
project or 'by popular demand' - it's not
immediately clear.

Still, who even needs a reason?

Twenty tracks are given a thorough going over by
assorted DJs, producers and knob twiddlers including
The Chemical Brothers (who make Song For Shelter
sound like, well, all their other songs), Beastie
Boys Mike D and Ad Rock (who make a better fist of
Praise You, slowing it right down and imbuing it
with some old-skool beats), Timo Maas, Justice,
Switch and Andy 'Redanka' Holt, who provides a
highlight with his mix of Right Here Right Now,
giving the already huge tune an epic quality.

Two discs

Inevitably, the two discs are a very mixed bag, but
the crucial point is that the reason Cook has been
so commercially and critically successful is his
ability to create tracks that people love to dance
to, and a crucial ingredient in this is knowing when
to stop messing about with them.

Too many of the remixes here only succeed in
removing or obscuring beyond recognition what made
them so strong in the first place, while not
replacing them with anything nearly as enjoyable or
danceable.

In the context of Cook's long and varied career this
is more of a minor curiosity than an essential
purchase.