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| Billboard |
 Nobody did party music for the dot-com boom years quite like Fatboy Slim, aka DJ/producer Norman Cook. After five years of relative silence, Cook bursts back with Brighton Port Authority, a project that liberates him from the "electronic dance artist" identity crisis and allows his production talents to shine. He and studio partner Simon Thornton team with a dozen singer/ songwriters, from Iggy Pop to Justin Robertson to Martha Wainwright, on a swaggering set of proper pop songs that never cross the four-and-a-half-minute mark. The Fatboy trademarks are here (acid squelches, ska guitars, choppy oceans of synth), but they're blended with the unique musicality of each guest. The set is reminiscent in spirit of Mark Ronson's "Version" (Wainwright even sounds positively Winehouse-ian on "Spade"), but it's even better because the songs are new. —Kerri Mason...full text |
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| Blender |
| Nobody needs Fatboy Slim to grow up, including Fatboy Slim. So Norman Cook killed off his party-hearty rave-pop alter ego after 2004’s tired Palookaville and now resurfaces at the helm of this fictitious ’70s supergroup, high on good vibes and vintage summertime grooves. The BPA (a.k.a. the Brighton Port Authority) is an open-door studio project where Iggy Pop sings sunny post-punk and electronica producer turned singer Justin Robertson evokes David Bowie lounging in Ibiza. The mellow rethink helps Cook get over his sweaty ’90s heyday, and his buddies sound equally liberated, with Martha Wainwright riding a rock-steady groove on “Spade” and David Byrne dropping an impish F-bomb alongside U.K. rapper Dizzee Rascal on “Toe Jam.” The album’s soft heart is “Seattle,” in which folk singer Emmy the Great sweetly, and aptly, celebrates fresh starts....full text |
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| Spin |
| The latest project from Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, comes with a cute backstory about a group of friends dropping by a Brighton, England studio for '70s-era jam sessions with Cook and producer Simon Thornton. Though the timeline is fabricated, this mash of rock, soul, and rocksteady is distinctly collaborative. Iggy Pop's deadpan delivery on "He's Frank" sets the tone for an album that sometimes gets a little goofy, while the danceable "Toe Jam" pairs David Byrne with Dizzee Rascal (finally!). The lesser-known guests offer more misses than hits, but Emmy the Great shines on "Seattle," a sunny, commercial...full text |
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