Palookaville (album)

Palookaville is the fourth studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was first released on 4 October 2004 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astralwerks. The album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[12]

Palookaville
Studio album by Fatboy Slim
Released	4 October 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Length	53:27
Label	Skint Astralwerks
Producer	Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim chronology
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) Palookaville (2004) Here Lies Love (2010)
Singles from Palookaville
"Slash Dot Dash" Released: 20 September 2004 "Wonderful Night" Released: 29 November 2004 "The Joker" Released: 28 February 2005 "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" Released: 4 July 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Irish Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	4.6/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	B[10]
Uncut	[11]

Promotion

Football club Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. temporarily named their Withdean Stadium after the name of that album following their sponsorship deal with Skint Records.[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Let the Man Get You Down"	Norman Cook, Robert Leslie Emmerson	4:01
2.	"Slash Dot Dash"	Cook	2:53
3.	"Wonderful Night" (featuring Lateef)	Cook, Lateef Deaumont	4:46
4.	"Long Way from Home" (featuring Jonny Quality)	Cook, Sean Moody	4:44
5.	"Put It Back Together" (featuring Damon Albarn)	Cook, Damon Albarn	4:36
6.	"Mi Bebé Masoquista"	Cook, Sheldon Silverstein, Michael Settle	4:26
7.	"Push and Shove" (featuring Justin Robertson and Sharon Woolf)	Cook, Justin Robertson	4:27
8.	"North West Three"	Cook, Beverley Kutner	4:30
9.	"The Journey" (featuring Lateef)	Cook, Deaumont	4:36
10.	"Jin Go Lo Ba"	Babatunde Olatunji	4:40
11.	"Song for Chesh"	Cook	4:19
12.	"The Joker" (featuring Bootsy Collins)	Steven Miller, Ahmet Ertegün, Memphis Curtis, Jr.	5:21
Total length:			53:27

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"What They're Looking For"	Cook	5:52
14.	"Close To Home"	Cook	3:35
Total length:			1:02:55

Japanese limited edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slash Dot Dash (DJ Delite)"	2:27
2.	"Wonderful Night (Trash Remix)"	4:47
3.	"Wonderful Night (Wonderful Nightclub Remix)"	6:35
4.	"Jin Go Lo Ba (Jon Carter Mix)"	7:06
5.	"The Joker (Justin Robertson Vocal Mix)"	5:34
6.	"Push And Shove (Acoustic Version)"	4:06
Total length:		30:46

Personnel

• Norman Cook - samples, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, bass
• Simon Thornton - guitar, mixing, engineering
• Damon Albarn - vocals on "Put It Back Together"
• Lateef the Truthspeaker - vocals on "Wonderful Night" and "The Journey"
• Justin Robertson - vocals, bass and guitar on "Push and Shove"
• Sharon Woolf - additional vocals on "Put It Back Together" and "Push and Shove"
• Bootsy Collins - vocals on "The Joker"
• Jonny Quality - vocals and guitar on "Long Way from Home"

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[14]	Gold	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	60,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Reviews for Palookaville by Fatboy Slim". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
2. Jeffries, David. "Palookaville – Fatboy Slim". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
3. Greenblatt, Leah (8 October 2004). "Palookaville". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
4. Sullivan, Caroline (1 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim, Palookaville". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
5. Carroll, Jim (8 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville (Skint)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
6. "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Mojo (131): 104. October 2004.
7. Loftus, Johnny (5 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
8. "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Q (220): 120. November 2004.
9. Sinagra, Laura (22 September 2004). "Palookaville". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
10. Wood, Mikael (October 2004). "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville / Prodigy: Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned". Spin. 20 (10): 115–17. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
11. "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Uncut (90): 99. November 2004.
12. "BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Grammy Awards 2006: Key winners". BBC News. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
13. "Fatboy calls the tune" Archived 26 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Argus, 4 October 2004
14. "Japanese album certifications – Fatboy Slim – Palookaville" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Select 2005年8月 on the drop-down menu
15. "British album certifications – Fatboy Slim – Palookaville". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Palookaville in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

• Palookaville at Discogs (list of releases)