Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Rockafeller Skank, The ~ Fatboy Slim

2. Praise You ~ Fatboy Slim

3. Brimful of Asha - (Norman Cook Remix, Norman Cook remix) ~ Fatboy Slim

4. Weapon Of Choice ~ Fatboy Slim

5. Gangster Trippin' ~ Fatboy Slim

6. I See You Baby - (Fatboy Slim Remix, Fatboy Slim remix) ~ Fatboy Slim

7. Wonderful Night ~ Fatboy Slim

8. Right Here, Right Now ~ Fatboy Slim

9. Going Out Of My Head ~ Fatboy Slim

10. Sunset (Bird Of Prey) ~ Fatboy Slim

11. Everybody Loves A Carnival ~ Fatboy Slim

12. Don't Let The Man Get You Down ~ Fatboy Slim

13. Demons ~ Fatboy Slim

14. Sho Nuff ~ Fatboy Slim

15. Slash Dot Dash ~ Fatboy Slim

16. Santz Cruz ~ Fatboy Slim

17. Champion Sound ~ Fatboy Slim

18. That Old Pair Of Jeans ~ Fatboy Slim

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Sharon Woolf (vocals).
	Audio Mixer: Simon Thornton.
	Audio Remixers: Fatboy Slim; Norman Cook.
	WHY TRY HARDER? marks a decade in the illustrious career of Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim. As one of the prime movers of the big-beat genre, Cook has arguably done more to popularize global dance music culture than any other artist. This collection highlights songs that have become not only club anthems but staples on mainstream radio, MTV, and throughout pop culture in general. Fatboy Slim's formula for chart-topping success is then all the more surprising since his tracks are not usually "songs" in the traditional sense--rather, they consist mostly of breakbeats and vocal samples from classic soul and R&B.
	Tracks like "Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You" are trademark Fatboy Slim--showcasing Cook's uncanny ability to weave samples as disparate as surf guitar and gospel vocals into a propulsive dance mix. If the entire collection featured such DJ-friendly material, it would make for a fine party album. But the song "Sunset (Bird Of Prey)" displays Cook's more contemplative side. Mixing a spectral Jim Morrison a cappella sample over ambient synth washes, the track is the emotive apogee of a triumphant career retrospective.
Producer: Fatboy Slim
Engineer: Simon Thornton

Artist Overview

Norman Cook's first foray into the music biz came as the bass player for 1980s U.K. pop/rock band the Housemartins, but once he got into the DJ world, he hung up his bass for good. As Fatboy Slim, he was at the forefront of the mid-'90s "big beat" movement. A reaction against the increasingly cerebral developments in electronica, big beat was pure body music, incorporating house production values, hip-hop samples, and simple, catchy hooks for what proved to be a highly successful approach. Along with the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy, Slim was one of the few U.K. dance/electronic artists to break into the mainstream in the U.S., scoring huge with the smash singles "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You." Cook would continue to be a force in dance music for years.

Compilation Appearances

	Cruel Intentions
	Global House Diva 2 Live In Ibiza (Explicit Version)
	Fired Up! 2
	All Star Jock Jams
	My Super Ex Girlfriends
	Late Night Tales
	Ministry Of Sound:rush
	Symphony/british:closing 2012 Olympic
	Thrivemix 03 0107
	Moulin Rouge
	Mos:ride

Associated Artists and Works

LateNightTales ~ Various Artists

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/20/2006
	Original Release Date : 2006
	Catalog ID : 56814
	Label : Astralwerks
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00094635681420

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.106)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "This smartly compiled best-of showcases Cook's late Nineties hits; stupid fun bangers with whimsical, gratuitously repeated vocal samples; buoyant remixes...and a smidgen of moodier esoterica."

Q (p.123)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[G]athered together they sound like music from another planet entirely..."

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