Better Living Through Chemistry
by Fatboy Slim
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Better Living Through Chemistry is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Fatboy Slim on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fatboy Slim is You've Come A Long Way, Baby which is ranked number 1788 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 958.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Better Living Through Chemistry track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Better Living Through Chemistry rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 19 Music Albums of 1996 | 9/19 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 53/68 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 38 Music Albums of 1996 | 30/38 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1996 | 29/47 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 36/45 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (57), #0001-0100* | 4/51 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s 60rating (57), #0001-0100* | 3/30 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1996 year, 101-200* | 4/15 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/20/2026 04:10 | ScottJones | 173 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 22:42 | mrmcrook | 1,146 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 11:36 | stareaterogni0n | 609 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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I love the breakbeats on this album. And some of the synth loops are quite original and exciting. Some nice live instrumentation as well. The best parts of this album are shockingly great, or at least they start that way. The problem here is that they take one or more great musical ideas and beat it to death on tracks that are often too long and repetitive. For serious listening, it can be a patience testing experience (maybe this was meant to be danced to, I don't know).
Overall I still like the album. This new "big beat" genre could be the greatest thing ever if they could find a way to inject some more musical variety, and switch things up before the track becomes stale.
Best: "Song For Lindy", "Going Out of My Head", "Everybody Needs a 303", "The Sound of Milwaukee".
This album is featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear, which I'm following in chronological order. (Edited)
His debut where he's honing his sound. Any vocals being very sparse. There's a few decent tracks with nice rhythms to keep your head nodding but it starts to get a bit tedious by the end. His commercial success straight after this is far superior
planetneutral 01/07/2018 23:37 | #204937
As with most beat-focused music, I liked some tracks more than others. But I saw the kids getting down to "Michael Jackson," so that's a measure of success.
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