On the Floor at the Boutique

On the Floor at the Boutique

Editorial Reviews
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Finally, the U.S. sees a domestic release of Fatboy Slim's On the Floor at the Boutique, hands down one of the most thrilling, addictive DJ mix albums ever released. Recorded live in 1998 at the Big Beat Boutique (epicenter of the mid- to late-'90s big-beat movement), Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, takes the listener on a fascinating, diverse tour of four-on-the-floor sounds. What's always made Cook so great is the way that he seamlessly blends seemingly incongruous sounds to create righteously cool, shiny new beats; he truly is the trainspotting vinyl freak with an uncanny talent for creating accessible dance-floor shakers built of weird components. Take track 4--who'd have thought a spry blue-beat ska sample, an ELO riff, phat beats, a few stray horn riffs, and a sped-up Jungle Brothers vocal track would be one of the coolest things heard all year? --Mike McGonigal

Tracks:

Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns - Discositdown
Clockwork Voodoo Freaks - Deaf Mick's Throwdown
Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That
Bassbin Twins - Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2
Mr Natural - That Green Jesus
Deeds Plus Thoughts - The World's Made Up Of This And That (Fatboy Slim Mix)
Fatboy Slim - Michael Jackson
DJ Tonka - Phun-Ky
Cut And Paste - Forget It
Buzz Thrill - Everybody In The House
CLS - Can You Feel It?
Aldo Bender - Acid Enlightenment
Christopher Just - I'm A Disco Dancer
Hardknox - Psychopath
Cirrus - Break In
Psychedeliasmith - Give Me My Auger Back
Cut La Roc - Post Punk Progression
Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank

Amazon.com

Finally, the U.S. sees a domestic release of Fatboy Slim's On the Floor at the Boutique, hands down one of the most thrilling, addictive DJ mix albums ever released. Recorded live in 1998 at the Big Beat Boutique (epicenter of the mid- to late-'90s big-beat movement), Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, takes the listener on a fascinating, diverse tour of four-on-the-floor sounds. What's always made Cook so great is the way that he seamlessly blends seemingly incongruous sounds to create righteously cool, shiny new beats; he truly is the trainspotting vinyl freak with an uncanny talent for creating accessible dance-floor shakers built of weird components. Take track 4--who'd have thought a spry blue-beat ska sample, an ELO riff, phat beats, a few stray horn riffs, and a sped-up Jungle Brothers vocal track would be one of the coolest things heard all year? --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

A Fatboy virgin's first adventure.......2005-11-02

WOW!! This was my first Fatboy CD. I had never even heard of him before buying. I was bored musically and looking for something new, different, and good. Talk about a bullseye.
I consider 'Boutique', to be one of the best CD's I've ever bought. Seamless music melding with infectious beats and glorious upbeat tempo make this a fantastic party album. Buy it, borrow it, download it, whatever it takes to experience this Fatboy masterpiece

Not all good.......2004-02-16

I admit there are some really good tracks on this album (specifically #1, 9, 10, and 15-19), but the rest are just OK/border on annoying. Sadly, I'll probably get 10 million people clicking the No, this review was not helpful button because I don't give every album a 5 star review. Oh well. Bottom Line: Buy this only if you are a diehard Fatboy Slim fan. Otherwise, just download the tracks I listed.

keep dat funk ALIVE!.......2002-01-16

The legendary Big Beat Boutique in Brighton housed some great artists (like Lo Fidelity Allstars, Bentley Rhythm Ace, and of course Fatboy Slim), but in 2000, it was shut down. So Norman Cook a.k.a Fatboy Slim threw together this live mix in retrospective of this great club. On this CD, you will find funky rhythm assaults, bouncing samples, drunken drum loops, and, of course, a LOT of funk. You'll be shakin it up to some of these swelling trax. I thought it really got great from track 6 to 9, where it reaches it's climax of sonic quality, topping off with DJ Tonka's essential "Phunky". Fatboy throws on a variety of records, from hip-hop / trip-hop ("Because I Got It Like That" and "Deaf Mike's Throwdown") to funky classics ("Apache" and "Post Punk Progression") and just plain great songs ("The World's Made Up Of This And That" and "Phun-Ky"). A great CD, be sure to pick it up on the way to a party as it appeals to most people and is great to dance to.

Not what you'd expect..........2001-12-03

When I fist bought this CD and listened to it I was a bit shocked. This was not the Fatboy Slim that I knew. However, after listening to this CD a few times I was completely in love. This is not "You've Come a Long Way, Baby", so don't buy it if that's what you're looking for. However, if you're looking to listen to some incredible music just pop this booty- licious CD in the player. Track 4 is classic. Oh Norman...what can't you do?

a-freaking-mazing.......2001-05-16

This album busts a better move than your mother after her breakdancing lesson. But seriously folks, how this CD rocks! May possibly lead to booty-shaking...

Average customer rating:

extremely weak, even if you're a fan of Lo Fidelity Allstars
A Few Hits; Mostly Misses
Disappointing, but depends on frame of reference.
Uneven indeed
try the other two albums of this series first

On the Floor at the Boutique
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Don't Be Afraid Of Love
How to Operate with a Blown Mind
Abstract Funk Theory
On the Floor at the Boutique
We Rock Hard

ASIN: B00004HYMZ
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

Intro - You're Never Alone With a Clone -- Lo Fidelity Allstars
No Diggity -- Black Street featuring Dr. Dre
Stand Clear -- Indian Ropeman
Pump Me Up -- Trouble Funk
You Must Learn (Live from Causus Mountain Remix) -- Boogie Down Productions
Levitation -- Runaways
Raw Element -- Dirt
Darn (Cold Way O' Lovin) -- Super Collider
What Is It? -- Wildstyle Bob Nimble
Black is Black (Ultimatum Mix) -- Jungle Brothers
(Hey You) What That Sound -- Les Rhythms Digitales
(I Need The) Disko Doktor -- Space Raiders
Stakker Humanoid -- Humanoid
20 Seconds To Comply -- Silver Bullet
Drug -- Danmass
Makin' It Happen -- Jackson and His Computer Band
Many Tentacles Pimping on the Keys -- Lo Fidelity Allstars
The Whole Church Should Get Drunk -- Feelgood Factor
Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - The Tams
Out Of Space - Prodigy
Bootsy Call - Lo Fidelity Allstars

Amazon.com

If you had to explain dance music to someone from another planet, you could simply play On the Floor at the Boutique for the curious creature. Besides being a great party album, this Lo Fidelity Allstars DJ remix disc is like a crash course in late-20th-century grooves. Hip-hop, techno, R&B, house, big beat, go-go, and more are all part of this expansive set. Even a couple of late-'60s soul tracks wind up on the CD. When the band's eerie, atmospheric intro, "You're Never Alone with a Clone," segues into the infectious '90s R&B of Blackstreet's "No Diggity," you know the album is going to hop genres with abandon. Rather than crafting a finely contoured, ever-building DJ set, the British big-beat group goes for broke: the CD is an unrelenting rush from one energy peak to another. Amazingly, the Allstars actually manage to pull off this take-no-prisoners approach without dulling the senses. Boutique is a 73-minute olio of fever-pitched dance mania. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

extremely weak, even if you're a fan of Lo Fidelity Allstars.......2006-10-13

I purchased both of the LFA's main 2 albums, "How To Operate With A Blown Mind" and "Don't Be Afraid Of Love" (Don't Be Afraid of Love is the better of the two hands down, much more skillful sampling) and enjoyed them a lot, but when I bought this one for [...] bucks it was [...] bucks not well-spent. There are no good songs on here for goodness sake, except for the one by The Prodigy which they didn't mix at all; it sounds exactly the same on the CD that it is derived from ("Experiences", highly recommended). I was very disappointed, because like other reviewers have said the Fatboy Slim version of "On the Floor At the Boutique" is extremely good, but the LFA attempt at it is awful. Fatboy's version is very cool and turntablist, but this one is just boring. Don't buy it, it's not necessarily similar to their albums.

A Few Hits; Mostly Misses.......2003-10-30

If you like hip hop, old school rap, soul, funk, electronica, and everything in between, then you'll probably like this "On the Floor at the Boutique" remix compilation. I thought I would, but--wow--what a mistake. When I bought it (at a clearance sale--and now I see why), I kept punching around the tracks, looking for something to just blow me away. And you would think there'd be several hits with so many tracks (21 of them--though I wouldn't consider #21 a song; it's not even 1 minute long), but there's not. Don't get me wrong: there are some good mixes on here (like my favorites: "No Diggity" by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre, "Stand Clear" by Indian Ropeman, "(Hey You) What's That Sound?" by Les Rythmes Digitales, "Funk Phenomena" by Armand Van Helden--though I prefer the original version--and "Out of Space" by Prodigy). But a lot of the songs I didn't like anyway, so no amount of remixing could change my mind. Not to mention, as one reviewer did before me, several of the tracks were very racially charged (black against white), which is another reason why I wasn't won over by this CD. So, unless you're a diehard Lo Fidelity Allstars fans--or just really like hip hop/techno/etc. thrown together--I'd skip this one and just go with the other "On the Floor at the Boutique" CD by Fatboy Slim.

Disappointing, but depends on frame of reference........2002-09-04

I had recently bought Fatboy Slim's On The Floor at the Boutique. That really was a fantastic album, and I keep coming back to it. I wanted to hear more of the series (and 'The Boutique' is a large series), and made this my second selection.

I was pretty disappointed. Where Fatboy Slim had a lethal plate of beats and 303's, this album has a lot of remixed old hip-hop songs (Jungle Brothers and Blackstreet). This isn't really bad in and of itself, but it detracts from the main theme of the record: Big Beat. It is, afterall, the Big Beat Boutique, isn't it?

So, that having been said, I liked the blackstreet remix. I even liked the Jungle Brothers remix. But I find that I feel "strange" listening to an album that preaches on and on about "blackness," as a white person. Perhaps if the All Stars had focused on the music instead of skin color, the album would have seemed brighter and a little more coherent.

Buy used, if at all.

Uneven indeed.......2001-12-07

Gotta agree with many of the reviews before me. Not the greatest setflow I've ever witnessed. And some of the segueways are extremely dodgy. On the other hand, there are some great tracks: the KoolKeithesque "Levitation", "What's That Sound" (so you dont have to waste yer cash on the whole Digitalis record, the Berzerk-sampling "Humanoid", "I Need the Disco Doktor" (which actually seems leaner and funkier bookended the way it is). The only other complaint is that, if the track listing above is correct, it looks like due to some licensing issues, the US edition swaps out Felice Taylor's I Can Feel Your Love for a DanMass track. Not an even trade, in my opinion.

try the other two albums of this series first.......2001-07-28

While an entertaining and thoughtful album, it lacks cohesiveness to make it a good mix album from start to finish. Try Fatboy Slim's boutique, or better yet, get the Midfield General's CD.

On the Floor at the Boutique (Mixed By Fatboy Slim)

Average customer rating:

The truth about dance house music!
blah blah blank clank
about the best cd out there
The best cd out there
Captures the live show (must be played LOUD)

On the Floor at the Boutique (Mixed By Fatboy Slim)
Fatboy Slim
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000G6GF
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

Apache
Discositdown - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Clockwork Voodoo Freaks
Because I Got It Like That - Jungle Brothers
Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2 - Bassbin Twins
That Green Jesus
World's Made up of This and That - Deeds Plus Thoughts
Michael Jackson - Fatboy Slim
Phun-Ky - DJ Tonka
Forget It - Cut & Paste
Everybody in the House - Buzzthrill
Can You Feel It - C.L.S.
Acid Enlightment - Aldo Bender
I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) - Christopher Just
Psychopath - Hardknox
Break In - Cirrus
Give Me My Anger Back
Post Punk Progression - Cut La Roc
Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

Album Description

19 tracks mixed by Norman Cooke (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim). Features Jungle Brothers, Fatboy Slim, CLS, Hardknox and Cut La Roc. 1998 Skint release. The full title is 'On The Floor At The Boutique: Mixed By Fatboy Slim'.

Album Details

Continuous Mix By Fatboy Slim. Mixes In Old-School & New Material (even By Fatboy Slim Himself)

Customer Reviews:

The truth about dance house music!.......2002-09-05

this album has a great atmosphere for those people that enjoy real dance and house beats, fatboy slim has a very unique personality for music, not to electronic but very groovy so you can feel the music in your body not only in your head. great collection, a must-listen!

blah blah blank clank.......2002-04-18

don't believe the hype! his music is popular, but lacks soul. i bought this album because of the FATBOY SLIM name, but i can't even listen to it. it is way to hard and monotonous, and lacks the groove and smooth flow of pure electronica. maybe someday i will feel it, but as of now, it is definitely not my style.

about the best cd out there.......2000-04-28

This is from before Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) became so comercial. There is something about his choice of songs in this cd thats makes you dance. I wish I could have been there. A must have.

The best cd out there.......2000-04-28

This is from before Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) became so comercial. There is something about his choice of songs in this cd thats makes you dance. I wish I could have been there. A must have.

Captures the live show (must be played LOUD).......2000-04-25

I caught Norman in Vegas (of all places) at the Hard Rock Cafe (of all places) in June of 1999 and was floored. This record brought it all back for me. If he put one of these out every month I would subscribe. Play it loud and not on 'shuffle.'

Average customer rating:

Not up to the set standard
MIDFIELD AND THE BOUTIQUE PEFECT FOR EACH OTHER

On the Floor at the Boutique, Vol. 3
Midfield General
Manufacturer: Skint
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TFNA
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

90% Of Me Is You- Gwen McRae
Cold Gettin' Dumb- Just-Ice
Devious Minds- Bumpy Knuckles
Don't Give A Damn- Mulder
Breakdance- Prisoners of Technology
Pony Pressure- Lo Fidelity Allstars
It Won't Be Long- Super_Collider
Trunk of Funk- The Bureau
Waxadelica- Wax Assassins
Tied Up- LFO
Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix)- Ian Pooley
Schlam Me- Idjut Boys and Quakerman
Inside Out- Kevin "Reese" Saunderson
Ulysses- Extended Family
SE 15 (Taking Liberties)- Freq Nasty
High Way- DJ Natsu
General of the Midfield- Midfield General
Rise- Speedy J
Life On Mars- Dexter Wansel
This Will Be- Natalie Cole

Album Description

2000 compilation featuring Gwen McRae, Just Ice, Bumpy Knuckles, Mulder, Prisoners of Technology, Lo Fidelity Allstars, Supper Collider, & more. Skint.

Album Details

Big Beat Boutique and Skint Return with the Third Chapter of this Acclaimed Mix Series. It's Now the Turn of Skint Honcho and Boutique Original the Midfield General (Damian Harris) to Crack Open his Crates and Drop Some Breezeblocks at the Club that Started It.

Customer Reviews:

Not up to the set standard.......2000-08-21

While I must admit I had never heard Midfield General, I was VERY pleased by the previous two Boutique efforts, so I thought I would give it a try.

Unfortunately there is something missing. A few things I noticed were the slow start, It finally gets going around track 4 (Mulder who cut his teeth with the likes of Aprhodite) and then seems to hold an even, if not spectacular, pitch up until track 10 when things really start to pick up (LFO). THings run along great until the last two 60's pop songs (which seem to be a nice tradition on the other two, but feel more like padding here).

Overall a good disk with lots of to be expected big bass noise, but as you may notice with the brevity of this review it does not live up to the reputation of the first two fantastic disks.

MIDFIELD AND THE BOUTIQUE PEFECT FOR EACH OTHER.......2000-06-12

THIS CD IS TYTE, IT'S OLDSKOOL AND DANCE AND EVERYTHING ALL ROLLED IN ONE. THIS CD IS WILL STAY IN MY CD PLAYER FOR SOME TIME NOW.

Average customer rating:

On the Floor at the Boutique
Fatboy Slim
Manufacturer: Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000057ZYW
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

Apache
Discositdown - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Clockwork Voodoo Freaks
Because I Got It Like That - Jungle Brothers
Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2 - Bassbin Twins
That Green Jesus
World's Made up of This and That - Deeds Plus Thoughts
Michael Jackson - Fatboy Slim
Phun-Ky - DJ Tonka
Forget It - Cut & Paste
Everybody in the House - Buzzthrill
Can You Feel It - C.L.S.
Acid Enlightment - Aldo Bender
I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) - Christopher Just
Psychopath - Hardknox
Break In - Cirrus
Give Me My Anger Back
Post Punk Progression - Cut La Roc
Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

Average customer rating:

On the Floor at the Boutique
Fatboy Slim
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000563MN

Tracks:

Apache
Discositdown - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Clockwork Voodoo Freaks
Because I Got It Like That - Jungle Brothers
Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2 - Bassbin Twins
That Green Jesus
World's Made up of This and That - Deeds Plus Thoughts
Michael Jackson - Fatboy Slim
Phun-Ky - DJ Tonka
Forget It - Cut & Paste
Everybody in the House - Buzzthrill
Can You Feel It - C.L.S.
Acid Enlightment - Aldo Bender
I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) - Christopher Just
Psychopath - Hardknox
Break In - Cirrus
Give Me My Anger Back
Post Punk Progression - Cut La Roc
Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

Average customer rating:

On the Floor at the Boutique
Fatboy Slim
Manufacturer: Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Big Beat | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000DENCH
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

Apache
Discositdown - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
Deaf Mick's Throwdown - Clockwork Voodoo Freaks
Because I Got It Like That - Jungle Brothers
Vol 1 Side 2 Track 2 - Bassbin Twins
That Green Jesus
World's Made up of This and That - Deeds Plus Thoughts
Michael Jackson - Fatboy Slim
Phun-Ky - DJ Tonka
Forget It - Cut & Paste
Everybody in the House - Buzzthrill
Can You Feel It - C.L.S.
Acid Enlightment - Aldo Bender
I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) - Christopher Just
Psychopath - Hardknox
Break In - Cirrus
Give Me My Anger Back
Post Punk Progression - Cut La Roc
Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

Average customer rating:

On Floor at Boutique
Various
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A2PGPW
Release Date: 1998-12-15

Average customer rating:

A must for any fan of the genre

Vol. 3-On the Floor at the Boutique
On the Floor at the Boutique , and Midfield General
Manufacturer: Msi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TJ8Y
Release Date: 2000-05-23

Customer Reviews:

A must for any fan of the genre.......2001-07-28

Having never heard of the Midfield General before, i was unsure just what to expect from this mix album, but after the sort of slow beginning with "90% Of Me is You" it really starts rolling, borrowing beats from as far as Mantronix and the Furious Five. The best tracks are #4 - "Don't Give a Damn" by Mulder, and #9 - "Waxadelica" by the Wax Assassins. This album easily beats out Fatboy Slim's and Lo-Fi. Allstars' albums from the Big Beat Boutique. It is well worth the extra import dough.

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