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Track Listings
| 1. Sunset (Bird of Prey) |
| 2. Ya Mama |
| 3. Talking Bout My Baby |
| 4. Demons (feat. Macy Gray) |
| 5. Song For Shelter (feat. Roland Clark) |
| 6. Retox |
| 7. Weapon of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins) |
| 8. Drop The Hate |
| 9. Star 69 |
| 10. Love Life (feat. Macy Gray) |
| 11. Mad Flava |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Fatboy Slim has come a long way since his debut album, Better Living Through Chemistry, saw him bring big beat to the masses. His first offering of the new millennium, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars was his most ambitious project to date. Married life and impending fatherhood seemed to have made the original party animal grow up, and this was reflected in the new and improved sound--the banging floor-fillers being replaced by a more refined and adult sound, as he teamed up with Bootsy Collins and Macy Gray to bring a fantastic blend of funk and soul to the dance floor. His collaborations with Macy Gray are two of the standout tracks--"Love Life" and "Demons" effortlessly combine funky fluid beats and Macy's distinctive vocals with fantastic results. Jim Morrison even pops up, providing the haunting looped sample for the first single to be taken from the album--"Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Purist fans of his previous output won't be disappointed by his change of direction, as tracks like "Ya Mama" and "Mad Flava" are instantly recognisable as vintage Fatboy Slim--big of beats and samples. The sound of a man growing old disgracefully. --Helen Marquis
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FATBOY SLIM Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars (2000 UK 11-track CD includes Sunset (Bird Of Prey) Ya Mama Star 69 and Demons picture sleeve BRASSIC20CD)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You'll either love this album or you'll hate it. The only reason people hate it is because it is less commercial than his previous effort. Don't expect the hyper-style dance featured in "You've Come a long way, baby". Instead expect something darker and more gospel influenced. This album is amazing. From the soulful beginning to the heavenly end, this is pure perfection. The best songs are the Macy Gray collaborations ("Demons", "Love life") the chemical-brothers esque "Ya Mama" and the horribly catchy "Weapon of Choice". This hasn't left my CD player since I got it. Undoubtably the album of the year
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really, truely can't understand how this album is so under-rated. Sure, it has a different feel to his previous two, but that is not reason alone to condemn it. It really is a fine collection of work from somebody who is an excellent song-writer as much as he is a DJ.
Sandwiched between the sun-drenched, Ibiza inspired Talking Bout My Baby and Song for Shelter, there are moments of greatness. These include the haunting Moby-esque Demons, the funk of Weapon of Choice (forget the hype the video received, just listen to the song) and dream-like Bird Of Prey.
Sure, there are a couple of low-points, but even somebodyas talented as Norman Cook can't keep it going for the full 65-minutes. But overall I was highly impressed by this difficult second album. As the Amazon reviewer says, if this Norman growing old, wait till he hits 60....
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Dissapointing to some perhaps, but I'm from the 'give this a chance and it'll grow on you' school of thought. I was none to impressed on the first spin but Norman's beats are so infectious that you can't help warming to it in the end.
'Sunset [Bird of Prey]', 'Weapon of Choice', 'Drop the Hate' and the epic 'Song for Shelter' are my favourites. My only real gripe with this album is collaborating with Macy Gray, she has a unique, intriguing voice - but on this album it's more far more grating than actually bringing something special to Cooks' tracks. It might not be as groundbreaking as 'You've come a long way, baby' but he's still way ahead of the pack with this release.
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stunning
this is by far and away my favourite Fatboy Slim album (closely followed by Palookaville). One of the few albums I own that I don't skip tracks on - the sublime opener, the... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by mookster
Underrated (and better than Palookaville)
Ignore the fact that Amazon readers seem to rate Palookaville better than this album - it really isn't. FatBoy has mellowed with Halfway Between.... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2006 by Rasputin
Norman cooks up a treat!
The other review here at Amazon.co.uk thought that this album wasn't as good as the other albums by Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook). I completely disagree. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2002
sorry fatboy
having enjoyed the Fatboys other works of the big beat like 'Better Living Through Chemistry' and 'You've Come A Long Way Baby' for their typical fat bass and grinding riffs, i... Read more
Published on 2 July 2002 by "funkmunky"
Low Points Outnumber High Points
Norman has had a bit of a disaster really with album- with it being slated by fans, media and first time listeners alike. Read more
Published on 20 May 2002
Unusual change in direction
He's an odd fellow, is Norman Cook. He releases two great albums .. and then he releases this mellow mediocre mess. True, it's still good but his last two were outstanding. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2001
Well...
To be frank this is total dulse. I bought the previous album 'You've Come A Long Way Baby' but Mr Cook has done anything but with this latest offering, The reason it has 2 stars is... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2001
It's a grower!!
This is definitely an album that improves with time, the more listens the better it gets. After initial dissapointment I now feel this a far superior album to 'You've... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2001 by beckerelli@hotmail.com
Not Brilliant but Satisfying
Many people are wondering what happened with this album. I think that it has a lot of great tracks like: Drop the Hate, Ya Mama and Star 69. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2001
Halfway between this gutter and the next
Whether you want to say he's mellowed with impending fatherhood, spurned commercialism or gone for a more soulful approach it doesn't matter. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2001
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