The Vinyl Countdown # 1616

Fatboy Slim, Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars (2000)

I reckon Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim was pretty lucky in that – somehow – his back-story helped him out. His ascent as one of the big DJs came at a time when people were sceptical about the DJ that was not a musician separately – a lot of people feeling that the DJ/producer/beatmaker (and songwrite…