- big beat, breakbeat, electronic
- 74 min
- 13 tracks
- Astralwerks
Better Living Through Chemistry is the debut studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was released on 16 September 1996 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and in the United States by Astralwerks. It was Fatboy Slim's first work to chart outside of the UK, with the single "Going Out of My Head" notably charting in the US, and was certified gold by the BPI.
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Spare, warm, classical in form and relentless.
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Muzik4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Song for Lindy4:50
- A210th & Crenshaw4:21
- A3Give the Po' Man a Break5:50
- A4Going Out of My Head5:14
- B1Everybody Needs a 3035:49
- B2First Down6:18
- B3The Weekend Starts Here6:41
- C1The Sound of Milwaukee6:18
- C2Santa Cruz7:30
- C3Punk to Funk4:58
- D1Crenshaw Siren Beats2:50
- D2Michael Jackson5:49
- D3Next To Nothing7:17
13 tracks, 74 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Fatboy Slim
- Label
- Astralwerks
- Released
- 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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