foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-12-30 02:18:19
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Analyzed: Fatboy Slim / Better Living Through Chemistry
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.73 dB -12.04 dB 4:50 01-Song for Lindy
DR9 -0.73 dB -11.62 dB 7:30 02-Santa Cruz
DR7 -0.73 dB -10.61 dB 5:14 03-Going Out of My Head
DR10 -0.73 dB -12.43 dB 6:41 04-The Weekend Starts Here
DR5 -0.73 dB -8.62 dB 5:49 05-Everybody Needs a 303
DR5 -0.73 dB -8.10 dB 5:50 06-Give the Po' Man a Break
DR8 -0.73 dB -11.15 dB 4:21 07-10th & Crenshaw
DR8 -0.73 dB -10.88 dB 6:18 08-First Down
DR7 -0.73 dB -9.60 dB 4:58 09-Punk to Funk
DR7 -0.73 dB -8.96 dB 6:18 10-The Sound of Milwaukee
DR8 -1.13 dB -11.65 dB 5:49 11-Michael Jackson
DR10 -1.13 dB -13.29 dB 7:17 12-Next to Nothing
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Review by Greg Prato
Fatboy Slim is one of DJ Norman Cook's many aliases, and has proven to be his most popular and successful yet. Although he consistently racks up dance hits in his native England (each under a different surname), he didn't achieve global success until the re-release of Better Living Through Chemistry in 1997. On the insistence of his friends the Chemical Brothers, Cook released the track "Going out of My Head" as the album's first single. Due to its popular video and instantly catchy sample from the Who classic "I Can't Explain," Cook earned his first U.S. hit. Another unlikely sample used to great effect was featured in the track "Michael Jackson," which used a snippet of Negativland's "Negativland." "The Weekend Starts Here" is similar to the Beastie Boys' funk instrumentals, featuring distant organ and lazy harmonica blowing (which sounds an awful lot like the harmonica phrase at the beginning of Black Sabbath's "The Wizard"). Recommended to those who can't get enough of the popular technoid-sampled alternative dance style of the late '90s.