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Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars | 
| Artist: Fatboy Slim
Label: Skint
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 12402
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5025425552052
ASIN: B00004YU1K
Release Date: September 17, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Sunset (Bird of Prey) | | • | Ya Mama | | • | Talking Bout My Baby | | • | Demons (feat. Macy Gray) | | • | Song For Shelter (feat. Roland Clark) | | • | Retox | | • | Weapon of Choice (feat. Bootsy Collins) | | • | Drop The Hate | | • | Star 69 | | • | Love Life (feat. Macy Gray) | | • | Mad Flava |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Fatboy Slim has come a long way since his debut album, Better Living Through Chemistry, saw him bring big beat to the masses. His first offering of the new millennium, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars was his most ambitious project to date. Married life and impending fatherhood seemed to have made the original party animal grow up, and this was reflected in the new and improved sound--the banging floor-fillers being replaced by a more refined and adult sound, as he teamed up with Bootsy Collins and Macy Gray to bring a fantastic blend of funk and soul to the dance floor. His collaborations with Macy Gray are two of the standout tracks--"Love Life" and "Demons" effortlessly combine funky fluid beats and Macy's distinctive vocals with fantastic results. Jim Morrison even pops up, providing the haunting looped sample for the first single to be taken from the album--"Sunset (Bird of Prey)". Purist fans of his previous output won't be disappointed by his change of direction, as tracks like "Ya Mama" and "Mad Flava" are instantly recognisable as vintage Fatboy Slim--big of beats and samples. The sound of a man growing old disgracefully. --Helen Marquis
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 stunning August 25, 2008
this is by far and away my favourite Fatboy Slim album (closely followed by Palookaville). One of the few albums I own that I don't skip tracks on - the sublime opener, the pounding middle tracks (Ya Mama & Retox) and the absolutely exceptional end track
if only all albums were like this, can't recommend it highly enough
 Underrated (and better than Palookaville) February 15, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ignore the fact that Amazon readers seem to rate Palookaville better than this album - it really isn't. FatBoy has mellowed with Halfway Between.... but if that means the likes of Demons - a truly beautiful song - are the product then who cares? And there are still some dancefloor classics on here: Ya Mama, Drop The Hate, Weapon Of Choice to name but three.Well worth a buy.
Has the world gone mad??!! November 1, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really, truely can't understand how this album is so under-rated. Sure, it has a different feel to his previous two, but that is not reason alone to condemn it. It really is a fine collection of work from somebody who is an excellent song-writer as much as he is a DJ.Sandwiched between the sun-drenched, Ibiza inspired Talking Bout My Baby and Song for Shelter, there are moments of greatness. These include the haunting Moby-esque Demons, the funk of Weapon of Choice (forget the hype the video received, just listen to the song) and dream-like Bird Of Prey. Sure, there are a couple of low-points, but even somebodyas talented as Norman Cook can't keep it going for the full 65-minutes. But overall I was highly impressed by this difficult second album. As the Amazon reviewer says, if this Norman growing old, wait till he hits 60....
Norman cooks up a treat! September 3, 2002
The other review here at Amazon.co.uk thought that this album wasn't as good as the other albums by Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook). I completely disagree. This album isn't as good as the second album "You've Come A Long Way, Baby". But then again, that album was a masterpiece from start to finish, so I wasn't really expecting Norm to top it easily. That said, this is a fantastic album. It's worth buying for the tracks released as singles alone. True, a couple of the tracks don't work too well, but the majority are fantastic, and any Fatboy Slim fan should find them great to listen to.Norman Cook said that in this album he wanted to do music which he wanted to do, rather than all the usual stuff which everyone else wants him to do, and I commend him highly for that. For that reason however, this album will unlikely be as popular in the mainstream as YCALWB was. But for any true Fatboy Slim fan, the album will be a triumph. Get this album if you enjoyed Norman Cook's previous offerings, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. And if anyone tries to tell you otherwise, just remember the lyric from track 2 on the album, Star 69: "They know what is what, but they don't know what is what, they just strut - what the f..."
 sorry fatboy July 2, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
having enjoyed the Fatboys other works of the big beat like 'Better Living Through Chemistry' and 'You've Come A Long Way Baby' for their typical fat bass and grinding riffs, i have to say that i was somewhat disappointed with this effort.
having said this, tracks 5 through to 9 retain that bouncy upbeat sound but are let down by the altogether chilled out and almost boring vibe of the other 'fillers' on the album.
i felt Macy Gray sounded out of place on this album almost to the point that it was more to boost sales than for her own merit as an r'n'b songstress.
All i can say is that the previous albums are a better choice.
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