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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Byrne sets] 22 songs to Fatboy Slim's lush and bustling dance beats..."Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "Marcos' story remains fascinating, especially as sung by the likes of Cyndi Lauper, St. Vincent, and Santigold." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.32) - "[W]inning duets include Candie Payne and St. Vincent on the breezy 'Every Drop of Rain' and Byrne's emotional collaboration with My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden on 'Seven Years.'"41.69463
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Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "Eclectic concoctions of dub, house and ambient grooves..." -- Grade: B-Uncut (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he wheezing dubtronic lament 'Whistle And A Prayer', featuring Andrew 'Fog' Broder, may just be their coolest cut yet."Magnet (p.93) - "More and Black are still at the forefront of the cut-up dance scene they birthed."0.5374758
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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Byrne sets] 22 songs to Fatboy Slim's lush and bustling dance beats..."Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "Marcos' story remains fascinating, especially as sung by the likes of Cyndi Lauper, St. Vincent, and Santigold." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.32) - "[W]inning duets include Candie Payne and St. Vincent on the breezy 'Every Drop of Rain' and Byrne's emotional collaboration with My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden on 'Seven Years.'"0.5343556
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Rolling Stone (10/29/98, p.77) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...his grooves are even more edgy and in-yer-face than those of his boogie brethren like Fatboy Slim....his 0.5343556
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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..."0.434346
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Rolling Stone (11/12/98, pp.114-115) - "...Cook proves what all pop pros know: that obvious is harder than subtle....Cooks makes the hooks as blatant as a dance-world denizen can..."Rolling Stone (11/12/99, pp.114-115) - "...Cook proves what all pop pros know: that obvious is harder than subtle....Cook makes the hooks as blatant as a dance-world denizen can..."Spin (9/99, p.154) - Ranked #68 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."Spin (1/99, p.91) - Ranked #18 on Spin's list of "Top 20 Albums of '98."Spin (12/98, pp.175-176) - 8 (out of 10) - "...the thrill-intensive Fatboy Slim approach favors monstrous, often incongruous breaks, bass lines, and riffs, aggressively diced and looped in service of wacky, cut-and-paste juxtapositions....few dance producers working today are as keenly attuned to the pleasure principle as Norman Cook..."Spin (1/99, p.91) - Ranked #18 on Spin's list of "Top 20 Albums of '98."Spin (12/98, pp.175-176) - 8 (out of 10) - "...the thrill-intensive Fatboy Slim approach favors monstrous, often incongruous breaks, bass lines, and riffs, aggressively diced and looped in service of wacky, cut-and-paste juxtapositions....few dance producers working today are as keenly attuned to the pleasure principle as Norman Cook..."Entertainment Weekly (10/23/98, p.78) - "...Other than the way it deftly blends obscure records, there's nothing subtle about Fatboy Slim. BABY is clever, hectic, relentless--and very of its time. It's music desperate to be noticed above the din of TV, movies, the Net, and the zillions of other records out there..." - Rating: B+Entertainment Weekly (10/23/98, p.78) - "...Other than the way it deftly blends obscure records, there's nothing subtle about Fatboy Slim. BABY is clever, hectic, relentless--and very of its time. It's music desperate to be noticed above the din of TV, movies, the Net, and the zillions of other records out there..." - Rating: B+Q (12/99, p.100) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Q (6/00, p.62) - Ranked #81 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"Q (12/98, p.116) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...big beat's boy wonder is aiming to make the honeymoon last as long and remains as much fun as possible....bolshy, stomping, squelching stuff that you either shuffle your feet to, wave your arms in the air with or simply pogo up and down on the spot to..."Q (12/99, p.100) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Q (6/00, p.62) - Ranked #81 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"Alternative Press (5/00, p.120) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Dance Albums That Rock" - "...Norman Cook's Big Beat masterpiece is dancefloor crossover material at its finest."Alternative Press (5/00, p.120) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Dance Albums That Rock" - "...Norman Cook's Big Beat masterpiece is dancefloor crossover material at its finest."Mixmag (1/99, p.49) - Included in Mixmag's "Ten Best Albums of 98" - "...Fatboy turns his 303s up to 11 with a second album that rocks from start to finish."Mixmag (1/99, p.49) - Included in Mixmag's "Ten Best Albums of 98" - "...Fatboy turns his 303s up to 11 with a second album that rocks from start to finish."CMJ (1/11/99, pp.4-5) - "...a lager-soaked romp through big beats, gritty grooves and silly samples..."Vibe (12/98, 1/99, p.195) - "...Taken together, the songs sum up that Fatboy appeal: a match of brawny rhythms and clever samples that recall milestones like De La Soul's 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING....He's the kind of selector who gets off on ill juxtaposition as much as on grooves..."0.4007667
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Uncut (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "SOLID GOLD HITS leaves you with the impression that the Beasties were one of the great singles bands of their generation: nutty, fun, and a bit bizarre."0.3839113
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Uncut (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "SOLID GOLD HITS leaves you with the impression that the Beasties were one of the great singles bands of their generation: nutty, fun, and a bit bizarre."0.3839113
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Uncut (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "SOLID GOLD HITS leaves you with the impression that the Beasties were one of the great singles bands of their generation: nutty, fun, and a bit bizarre."0.3839113
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Uncut (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "SOLID GOLD HITS leaves you with the impression that the Beasties were one of the great singles bands of their generation: nutty, fun, and a bit bizarre."0.3839113
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Rolling Stone (3/16/00, p.73) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...funky hip-hop chills with live, jazzy orchestral romps, and deep house beats team with Sly Stone funk....[They] triumph less by massive groove attacks and more by laid back seduction."Entertainment Weekly (3/10/00, p.71) - "Dub, acid jazz, house, big beat, down-tempo: Groove Armada cram VERTIGO with something for everyone..." - Rating: B+Alternative Press (4/00, p.70) - 4 out of 5 - "...fulfills the potential heard on the group's early material....bringing the sample-oriented downtempo/acid jazz and unites it with its mates in '60s soul and hip hop....VERTIGO will make your head spin."Muzik (1/00, p.70) - Ranked #18 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99" - "...Warm and glorious...as soothing as a swim in the Med. A blissed-out collection of sun-kissed beats and cinematic set-pieces..."CMJ (2/28/00, p.23) - "...enforces the funk in all of its different forms, embracing it in both tranquil, downtempo jams...and ass-shaking, party-people anthems....proves [them] to be a unique and ear-catching outfit that's destined to rule the airwaves, as well as dancefloors..."0.3839113
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Rolling Stone (8/3/00, p.55) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A pugnacious party album....KILLING PURITANS may come to be known as the album that launched Gangsta House."Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #9 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]".Spin (7/00, pp.147-8) - 8 out of 10 - "...Confliction has never sounded better....gritty trademark house variants conjure the feel of a packed club when [stuff] is blowing up. The one-two KO comes mid-set....his greatest come-hither record yet..."Q (7/00, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Equates musical snobbery with global capitalism and proclaims 'Individualism is God'. This effectively translates as a punk-rock snottiness and attendant fondness for brazenly simplistic conceits..."Uncut (8/00, p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A diverse excursion to The Paradise Garage, the floor of the Boutique, Rio Carnival and all spots in-between..."CMJ (6/26/00, p.3) - "...A rough 'n' randy concoction of beats and bass..."Melody Maker (6/13/00, p.81) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[It] has a kind of giggling exuberance that's as near to Beavis & Butt-head as it is to Shanks & Bigfoot....the message is simple - you can't beat dance music that rocks..."Mojo (Publisher) (6/00, p.104) - "...The nearest thing America has to Fatboy Slim....[the album] has the same cheekily opportunistic spirit [of its predecessor], Van Helden's sticky fingers busily probing all kinds of forgotten pop cultural corners..."NME (Magazine) (5/20/00, p.41) - 7 out of 10 - "...Van Helden rocks....[The album] is well-crafted and commendably diverse....[He] is great at creating slamming neo-disco hooks..."0.3339722
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Uncut (p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[M]agnificent....The fun factor's high and heated..."0.307129
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Alternative Press (3/00, p.68) - 4 out of 5 - "...a global dance party heightens awareness of the Tibetan plight, and another dynamite techno compilation raises funds for the effort..."0.307129
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Rolling Stone (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Beasties stir-fry all kinds of beats in their wok, from old-school hip-hop and head-checking punk to bossa nova and reggae..."Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.66) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."Rolling Stone (8/6/98) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...the collaboration that Black Flag and De La Soul might have made, mixing jaunty samples and esoteric beats with punk-guitar crunch....Hip-hop hasn't unleashed anything this fantastically dense since the heyday of De La and Public Enemy..."Spin (1/99, p.91) - Ranked #10 on Spin's list of "Top 20 Albums of '98."Spin (8/98, pp.135-136) - 7 (out of 10) - "...HELLO NASTY...is filled with so much money-makin' and disco-breakin' on and on till the breakadawn, you'd think we'd taken the way-back machine into the early Kangol era. Yet such recapping doesn't sound even faintly kitschy. More like a labor of love by three premillennial mensches laying their roots down: a B-boy Anthology of New York Folk Music..."Entertainment Weekly (7/17/98, pp.81-82) - "...a sonic smorgasbord in which the Beasties gorge themselves with reckless abandon...The melange makes for a looser, more free-spirited record than their earlier albums; the music invites you in, rather than threatening to shut you out..." - Rating: B+Mixmag (1/99, p.49) - Included in Mixmag's "Ten Best Albums of 98" - "...electro-tinged beats and whiney rapping..."CMJ (1/6/03, p.18) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"CMJ (1/11/99, p.5) - "...The chart-topping album finds the Beasties re-enhancing the three-way rhyme antics of their LICENSED TO ILL days using soulsonic electro-funk, cheeky bossa nova, Rachmaninoff loops and some death defying turntable moves..."The Source (9/98, p.256) - "...What underlies the Beastie sound, and ultimately their widespread appeal, is their obvious appreciation of other music....Mike's scratches add another layer to the album's mighty production..."Rap Pages (11/98, p.130) - 4 (out of 5) - "...HELLO NASTY continues their musical reign...Lyrically, they deliver their made-for-concert verses in perfect unison..."Q (Magazine) (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Recorded back in New York and acknowledging that the most powerful tracks on ILL COMMUNICATION were the ones where they stepped up to the mic, it marked a partial return to basics..."0.2714663
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Q (11/01, p.132) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Like the film, this soundtrack does exactly what it likes, in an OTT torrent of showtune campness..."Uncut (8/01, p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Impossibly romantic...It's a giddy, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink brew..."0.2687379
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Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.134) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A dubby, adventurous collection of dance songs..."Spin (May 2002, p.125) - 7 out of 10 - "...British hip-hop producer Trvor Jackson eschews robot disco's popping and locking in favor of more organic high-stepping, but he's still just doing the time-warp again..."Uncut (11/01, p.122) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...[The] many styles and influences have been blended into a fast-moving, forward-thinking whole..."Alternative Press (4/02, p.80) - 9 out of 10 - "...Recalling the punk/dub/disco hybrid of...'80s luminaries...PLAYGROUP is effortlessly retro, without sounding dated..."CMJ (3/18/02, p.12) - "...A sparkling homage to both the '80s and to nightclub revelry..."0.2687379
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Q (11/01, p.132) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Like the film, this soundtrack does exactly what it likes, in an OTT torrent of showtune campness..."Uncut (8/01, p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Impossibly romantic...It's a giddy, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink brew..."0.2303467
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Rolling Stone (No. 969, p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "On SINGLES 1968-1971, you hear the Rolling Stones take full possession of their demonic powers..."Uncut (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 - "What's not in doubt is the feeling that rock'n'roll might change the world."Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[With] Renbourn's dextrous, never merely showy playing drawing inspiration from the folklore of southwest England..."0.2303467
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Rolling Stone (12/9/99, p.75) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...an odds-and-ends compilation for committed fans....[It] covers most of the obvious career high points...it's also [filled] with esoterica: more than a dozen B sides, unreleased tracks and rarities..."Entertainment Weekly (12/17/99, p.86) - "...makes clear that while their music sometimes followed trends, more often it set them....startlingly consistent....demonstrates their greatest, most infectious quality - that they have unbridled creativity down to a science." - Rating: A+Q (1/00, pp.130-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...sneakily rewrites history...offering clues as to why this group are admired, respected and enjoyed..."Uncut (1/02, p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...All this is necessary, the upshot of the Beasties' untamed, undiminished exuberance which has enabled them to splice together some of the best, most infectious and unlikeliest of sounds of the past two decades..."Alternative Press (2/00, p.76) - 4 out of 5 - "...an essential part of any collection....[It] does an admirable job of representing every facet of the Beasties' oeuvre..."Muzik (1/00, p.106) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...arrives in your CD player like a cluster bomb in a toy shop....high on the yelp-rap that has remained a constant thrill throughout their career....pretty much brilliant all the way..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, pp.90-2) - "...it's their sheer eclectic scope which impresses here, particularly on the many unreleased outakes, rarities and new tracks..."0.2303467
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Q (1/01, p.120) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...A fun, upbeat collection..."0.2303467
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