Palookaville (album)

Palookaville is the fourth studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was first released on 4 October 2004 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astralwerks. The album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.^[12]

Palookaville
Studio album by Fatboy Slim
Released	4 October 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	Big beat electronica
Length	53:27
Label	Skint Astralwerks
Producer	Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim chronology
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (2000) Palookaville (2004) Here Lies Love (2010)
Singles from Palookaville
"Slash Dot Dash" Released: 20 September 2004 "Wonderful Night" Released: 29 November 2004 "The Joker" Released: 28 February 2005 "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" Released: 4 July 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Irish Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	4.6/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	B[10]
Uncut	[11]

As of 2025, Palookaville is the last studio album Cook has released under the Fatboy Slim name. When asked in 2019 if he had any plans to make a new album under the alias, he responded "probably not", while further stating "If I ever got around to making another Fatboy Slim album it'll probably be in a time when albums are completely redundant as a format".^[13]

Promotion

Football club Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. temporarily named their Withdean Stadium after the name of that album following their sponsorship deal with Skint Records.^[14]

Critical reception

Palookaville was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 24 reviews.^[1]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer David Jeffries wrote: "Palookaville could stand one more trimming pass, but it gives Cook's canon the needed depth. Now there's a Fatboy Slim record for that rainy day and one the long-haired freaky people can enjoy."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Let the Man Get You Down"	Norman Cook, Robert Leslie Emmerson	4:01
2.	"Slash Dot Dash"	Cook	2:53
3.	"Wonderful Night" (featuring Lateef)	Cook, Lateef Deaumont	4:46
4.	"Long Way from Home" (featuring Jonny Quality)	Cook, Sean Moody	4:44
5.	"Put It Back Together" (featuring Damon Albarn)	Cook, Damon Albarn	4:36
6.	"Mi Bebé Masoquista"	Cook, Sheldon Silverstein, Michael Settle	4:26
7.	"Push and Shove" (featuring Justin Robertson and Sharon Woolf)	Cook, Justin Robertson	4:27
8.	"North West Three"	Cook, Beverley Kutner	4:30
9.	"The Journey" (featuring Lateef)	Cook, Deaumont	4:36
10.	"Jin Go Lo Ba"	Babatunde Olatunji	4:40
11.	"Song for Chesh"	Cook	4:19
12.	"The Joker" (featuring Bootsy Collins)	Steven Miller, Ahmet Ertegün, Memphis Curtis, Jr.	5:21
Total length:			53:27

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"What They're Looking For"	Cook	5:52
14.	"Close To Home"	Cook	3:35
Total length:			1:02:55

Japanese limited edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slash Dot Dash (DJ Delite)"	2:27
2.	"Wonderful Night (Trash Remix)"	4:47
3.	"Wonderful Night (Wonderful Nightclub Remix)"	6:35
4.	"Jin Go Lo Ba (Jon Carter Mix)"	7:06
5.	"The Joker (Justin Robertson Vocal Mix)"	5:34
6.	"Push And Shove (Acoustic Version)"	4:06
Total length:		30:46

Personnel

• Norman Cook - samples, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, bass
• Simon Thornton - guitar, mixing, engineering
• Damon Albarn - vocals on "Put It Back Together"
• Lateef the Truthspeaker - vocals on "Wonderful Night" and "The Journey"
• Justin Robertson - vocals, bass and guitar on "Push and Shove"
• Sharon Woolf - additional vocals on "Put It Back Together" and "Push and Shove"
• Bootsy Collins - vocals on "The Joker"
• Jonny Quality - vocals and guitar on "Long Way from Home"

Charts

Chart performance for Palookaville

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]	54
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	83
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	67
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20]	48
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21]	40
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	28
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	14
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[25]	3
US Billboard 200[26]	149
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[27]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[28]	Gold	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29]	Silver	60,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.