This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There’s a good reason why Norman Cook’s alter-ego Fatboy Slim is king of the DJs — for a guy who doesn’t actually play his own music, he still has a sound and style all his own.
This CD is the rock-solid evidence. Greatest Remixes, true to its title, collects 10 examples of Fatboy reworking tunes by an equal number of clubhoppers. But whether he’s tweaking Renegade Master’s Wildchild, Stretch ‘N’ Vern’s Get Up! Go Insane!, or Mighty Dub Katz’s Magic Carpet Ride, Cook hijacks the track and brands it with his instantly identifiable sonic trademarks — stuttering repetition and ADD jump-cuts, trippy kaleidoscopic arrangements and sugar-buzz tomfoolery. Even on somebody else’s songs, he’s the funk soul brother. Check him out now.
