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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? Check. Iggy Pop covering the Monochrome Set's "He's Frank"? Check. Some oddball blathering about shepherd's pie and toads over dance-rock twitching ("Jumps the Fence")? Check, please.
(Posted: Feb 3, 2009)
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- He's Frank (slight Return) (feat. Iggy Pop)
- Dirty Sheets (feat. Pete York)
- Jumps the Fence (feat. Connan Mockasin)
- Should I Stay Or Should I Blow (feat. Ashley Beedle)
- Island (feat. Justin Robertson)
- Local Town (feat. Jamie T)
- Seattle (feat. Emmy The Great)
- Spade (feat. Martha Wainwright)
- Superman (feat. Simon Thornton)
- Superlover (feat. Cagedbaby)
- Toe Jam (feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal)
- So It Goes (feat. Olly Hite)
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