Better Living Through Chemistry (20Th Anniversary Edition)

ビッグ・ビートの代表格にして、世界最強の無敵スーパーDJ/アーティスト:FATBOY SLIM、その輝かしい歴史は、このアルバムから始まった…!SKINT RECORDSより1996年に発表された彼の記念すべきファースト・アルバムが、20周年記念エディションとなって堂々登場!多数のボーナス・トラックを収録したボーナス・ディスク付2枚組仕様!

Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet. Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997. On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single. Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S. hit. Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"). Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s. ~ Greg Prato|