Norman Cook may represent the idiot-grinning soundtrack of choice for naff advertising execs, but there is still something life-affirming about the bounce and brashness of the Fatboy's fourth album?especially after the overly manicured maturity of Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars four years ...
Norman Cook may represent the idiot-grinning soundtrack of choice for naff advertising execs, but there is still something life-affirming about the bounce and brashness of the Fatboy’s fourth album?especially after the overly manicured maturity of Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars four years ago. Having co-produced Blur’s Think Tank last year, Cook recruits Damon Albarn for the sleepy-eyed country-soul jam “Put It Back”, while Bootsy Collins guests on a rubbish cover of Steve Miller’s “The Joker”. There are more live instruments and vocalists than usual, but otherwise that gloriously stupid clod-hopping mash-up formula remains. Bubblegum for the ears? Sure, that’s pop music.
