Fatboy Slim albums in order: Full list of releases
The iconic DJ has created some of the world's biggest ever dancefloor hits.
Norman Cook is better known across the globe as Fatboy Slim, creating iconic tracks alongside some of the biggest stars in the world.
Most at home behind some DJ decks, the star's 25+ year career has seen him draw millions to his sets – and despite not releasing new music in decades, he still manages to win over a crowd with his music.
Once again, he is a central face on this year's festival circuit, performing at Glastonbury Festival, Electric Bay, Latitude Festival, Kendal Calling, Pride on the Park, Creamfields and Electric Picnic this year – and that's just his UK dates!
So what albums has he released to date that's made him the must-watch star to catch and dance to to this day?
Here's everything you need to know.
Fatboy Slim albums in release date order
The DJ has released four studio albums to date. These are:
- Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
- You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
- Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
- Palookaville (2004)
He's also released three live albums:
- On the Floor at the Boutique (1998)
- Live on Brighton Beach (2002)
- Big Beach Boutique II (2002)
Fatboy Slim has also released compilations and soundtracks including:
- The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder (2006) - buy on vinyl via Amazon
- Here Lies Love (2010) - with David Byrne - buy on vinyl via Amazon
- Best of the Bootlegs (2011)
Remix albums:
- Signature Series Volume 1 (2000)
- The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection (2000)
- The Greatest Hits – Remixed (2007)
- Fatboy Slim vs. Australia (2018)
- Fatboy Slim vs. New Zealand (2019)
And EPs
- Halfway Between the Gutter and the Guardian (2001)
- My Game (2002)
- Illuminati (2002)
- Camber Sands (2002)
- The Pimp (2002)
Fatboy Slim studio albums: Tracklists, hit singles and successes
Better Living Through Chemistry (1996)
Tracklist:
- Song for Lindy
- Santa Cruz
- Going Out of My Head
- The Weekend Starts Here
- Everybody Needs a 303
- Give the Po' Man a Break
- 10th & Crenshaw
- First Down
- Punk to Funk
- The Sound of Milwaukee
You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998)
Tracklist:
- Right Here, Right Now - peaked at No. 2 on the UK Charts
- The Rockafeller Skank - peaked at No. 6 on the UK Charts
- F***ing in Heaven
- Gangster Trippin' - peaked at No. 3 on the UK Charts
- Build It Up – Tear It Down
- Kalifornia
- Soul Surfing
- You're Not from Brighton
- Praise You - reached No. 1 on the UK Charts
- Love Island
- Acid 8000
Current Status: 4x Platinum
You've Come a Long Way, Baby smashed the charts on its release, spending four weeks at number one.
In 1999, he won Best Dance Act at the BRIT Awards, with The Rockafeller Skank and Praise You both being nominated for Single of the Year in 1999 and 2000 respectively.
The Rockafeller Skank also earned Best Dance Recording at the NME Awards.
Praise You was widely praised for its music video, which saw a flash mob performing in a shopping mall before flash mobs became a trend. It won three MTV Video Music Awards.
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000)
Tracklist:
- Talking Bout My Baby
- Star 69
- Sunset (Bird of Prey) – peaked at No. 9 on the UK Charts
- Love Life (featuring Macy Gray)
- Ya Mama
- Mad Flava
- Retox (featuring Ashley Slater)
- Weapon of Choice (featuring Bootsy Collins)
- Drop the Hate
- Demons (featuring Macy Gray)
- Song for Shelter (featuring Roland Clark and Roger Sanchez)
Hidden Track Talking 'bout My Baby (Reprise)
Current Status: Platinum
Cook once again took home a BRIT Award, winning Best Dance Act the year of the album's release.
Weapon of Choice also earned him his first, and to date only, Grammy Award for Best Music Video, which featured Christopher Walken dancing through a lobby of a Marriott Hotel, later jumping and bouncing off the walls.
The video also earned him six MTV Video Music Awards.
Palookaville (2004)
Tracklist:
- Don't Let the Man Get You Down
- Slash Dot Dash
- Wonderful Night (featuring Lateef)
- Long Way from Home (featuring Jonny Quality)
- Put It Back Together (featuring Damon Albarn)
- Mi Bebé Masoquista
- Push and Shove (featuring Justin Robertson and Sharon Woolf)
- North West ThreeThe Journey (featuring Lateef)
- Jin Go Lo Ba
- Song for Chesh
- The Joker (featuring Bootsy Collins)
Current Status: Silver
In 2007, Cook was celebrated at the Ivor Novellos for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and in 2011, Cook won the Inspiration Award at the Q Awards.
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Authors
Tilly Pearce is a freelance TV journalist whose coverage ranges from reality shows like Love Is Blind to sci-fi shows like Fallout. She is an NCTJ Gold Standard accredited journalist, who has previously worked as Deputy TV Editor (maternity cover) at Digital Spy, and Deputy TV & Showbiz Editor at Daily Express US.
