Customer Reviews

Live on Brighton Beach

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This is a pretty great cd, but the track listing everywhere is messed up. So here's the right one:

1. Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx) / Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
2. Kid Creme - Austins Groove
3. Scanty - Southern Thing
4. Minimal Funk - The Groovy Thang
5. Santos - Pray
6. The Clumps - The Talk
7. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?
8. Fatboy Slim - Jack It Up
9. Jark Prongo - Rocket Base
10. (Love) Tattoo - Drop Some Drums (Original Version)
11. Black and White Brothers - Put Your Hands Up
12. Santos - 3-2-1 Fire!
13. Fatboy Slim - Star 69
14. Raven Maize - The Real Life (Fatboy Slim Mix)
15. Fatboy Slim - Sunset (Bird of Prey) / Leftfield - Phat Planet (Album Version) / Roland Clark - Speak Lord (I Get Deep)

I bought this CD 5 months ago in an impulse. I just saw it on the shelf, and since I had recently started to love electronic music and had heard so much about Fatboy Slim,, I decided to buy it and try out my musical interest. The first impression I had wasn't a very good one, but that was before I actually developped my love for electronic music. However, after some days, some songs started to make me move, and i realised that the CD was awesome. The beginning is excellent, with the hybrid Born Slippy/Right here, Right now, which is the perfect opening for this kind of CD, it gives you the impression that you should get ready. Then follows Austin's Groove which is one of my favorites, among The Groovy Thang, The Real Life (I love that one) and Where's your head at?. I would have taken some songs out of the list, but none of them are bad at all; it simply makes perfect harmony. I think that the moment after Where's your head at? where the police start chasing people off the water should have taken out, and i would also complain about the pops and clicks in the CD, but that's because it's a live recording off vynil and can't be avoided. I seriously recommend this CD, because I don't regret at all having bought it, and it's always on top of my CD stack.

I love this cd. I got it for my birthday and it hasn't come out of my cd player yet. I've heard well mixed cds before but this take the cake, in most the songs are only blended at the begining, end, and quickly lead of into the next song. Slim however has again proven why hes so good, starts on a song then in the middle of it he'll start the next song and slowly build up to the next song, however the by the time the other song has faded out the next song is coming in. All the while keeping the song hes doing as the dominant song. I have to get some of his other cds. : )

If you like to listen to music while you walk....this is a good one.

This compilation of mixes is incredible. I haven't had the FatBoy Slim energy like this for a while, it's comparable to the essential selection disc from a few years ago (also incredible). It has all the energy and hype only one man can deliver, Norman Cook. This album will have a permanent home in my collection. I recommend this to any dance, house or techno music fan.

Slim brings it on nice with Born Slippy/Right Here Right Now letting you know who's on the tables quickly. It's non-stop building up to Where's Your Head At that he gets to play with a bit just enough to keep your head in the clouds. It keeps going throughout the session, ups and downs, bits and pieces, music as a science, ending with the anthem, I Get Deep to take us all home happy. The mixing is subtle and perfectly orchestrated througout. I'm loving how he always seems to bring in his own stuff as well as perfectly chosen tracks from others. For those of you who had a chance to be on the beach that night, my envy is unparalleled.

Buy this one!

Fatboy Slim delivers overall solid beats and rhythms on this impressive mix CD. The style ranges from house to trance to electronica, and the whole thing works well. The disc sets the tone for the inefectious housed-up "Austins Groove" by Kid Creme, the trippy yet infectious "Where's Your Head At" by the ever-funky Basement Jaxx, and Fatboy Slim's own "Star 69." The disc does have a few minutes of filler, but I was overall impressed. Whether you're looking for music for a party or a good disc to workout with, "Live on Brighton Beach" is a smart move.

I listen to this album alteast once a day. I work from home so I get to listen to music at least 6 hours a day.

This album is a staple for me and I can't get enough of it!

I love the fact that they recorded the people partying in the background.
It makes you feel like you've been part of the crowd and actually there.

Great music. Good times.

Put on your party shoes. Fatboy Slim will have you rockin on the beach dude.

people like mr. cook are at their best when they have a studio at their disposal and their worst when they have to perform live with no over-dubbing or gimmicks. i was fortunate enough to be given this disc by industry insiders and if i'd spent my own money on it, i'd have been severely disappointed.

the sleeve has all the pap you'd expect from label promoters, talking about how unbelievable and amazing the night of spinning was; but all i can think is, "have you actually *listened* to this disc?"

it's not great. it's not even that interesting.

i heard the fatboy spin live once, and my reaction to that performance is the same as this: if he works on something in a studio, and takes months to do it, he's one of the best in the world.

with two turntables live, he's just another hack.

Great tracks, great composition...you get the sense this is a live set; complete with cheering crowd and a Public Safety message...everything becomes music on this CD...well done indeed.

Fatboy Slim mixes the old and the new and continues to make it his own. Certainly, he dances to the beat of a different drummer. Unlike many of the "world renowned super DJs" (where you can't tell their stuff on a mix CD from your own mix at home), Fatboy is distinct and awesome. Instead of waiting to see what everyone is listening to he is the one creating the new style that others will follow.

And besides all that this CD is F-U-N-K-Y.