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The parallels with The Prodigy’s similarly dreadful Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned abound, but the difference here is where The Prodigy’s album was just offensively bad at every corner, here Norman Cook seems to be striving to make the most mediocre album humanly possible.
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Slim still loves blabbing repetition and dropping yapping vocal samples into the gobs of the dull, and this helps make Palookaville less a reformation than merely his latest and quite bland big beat manifesto.
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Even the songs that rise above the simple looped-beat formula don’t have much to offer.
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It's not enough this time around, though, simply to tack on computer-generated beats. Luckily, the "live" half suggests that he knows this and is addressing the problem.
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Palookaville's highlights promise the sweat and smiles that have become Fatboy Slim's stock in trade, but its surprisingly dull lulls offer nothing more promising than a blank expression.
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The paucity of innovative ideas, reliance on old recipes and directionless experimenting make for a fairly tasteless repaste.
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UncutThat gloriously stupid clod-hopping mash-up formula remains. [Nov 2004, p.99]
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Q MagazineEssentially, Fatboy Slim is doing little more than repeating his past, but the quality here doesn't suffer for that. [Nov 2004, p.120]
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Alternative PressOffers yet more fun funk/blues-rock mashups for unpretentious gatherings of all sorts. [Nov 2004, p.156]
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MojoWhile there's some inspired moments, much should've been discarded on son Woody's bedroom floor. [Oct 2004, p.104]
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BlenderCook's dance music has seen better days. [Oct 2004, p.115]
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UrbThe big idea of real instruments and real people is a step backwards. [Oct 2004, p.102]
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Rolling StoneFatboy hasn't stopped pandering to his core crowd of fun-loving jalapeno-poppers. [14 Oct 2004, p.99]
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Entertainment WeeklyHis party jams... feel half-cocked, like Cook can't quite commit to the moment. [8 Oct 2004, p.114]
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Halfway between a fraternity kegger and a housewarming party.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 3 out of 19
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andreilOct 16, 2004This is going to be seen as a landmark album in the future, nearly every track is a gem.
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Sep 26, 2012
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MichaelNov 19, 2004