You've Come A Long Way, Baby
by Fatboy Slim

You've Come A Long Way, Baby by Fatboy Slim
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-10-19
Overall rank: 1,811th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 307 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (324th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,811th)

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You've Come A Long Way, Baby is ranked as the best album by Fatboy Slim.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,811th | 1990s rank: 324th | 1998 rank: 36th
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2026mrmcrookGreatest Music Albums #101 - 20080/100 -
2026javicho07Top 11 Music Albums of 19986/113
2026KettwigTop 32 Music Albums of 199815/323
2026joathomeTop 46 Music Albums of 19989/464
2026stangetzawayTop 20 Music Albums of 199817/201
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s82/1004
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 199820/1004
2026fabm0Platinum year 199866/100 -
2026jonny5244Top 34 Music Albums of 19982/345
2026 katerpillarTop 100 Greatest Music Albums32/10067
2026Foxforce5Top 18 Music Albums of 19985/184
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Greatest Music Albums100/1001
2026AledJames1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die59/100 -
2026javicho07Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s40/10012
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s47/10011
2026 ssteveTop 59 Music Albums of 199830/593
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s6/10019
2026 PasticheTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s38/10013
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 19 Music Albums of 199815/191
2026culwinTop 35 Music Albums of 199830/351
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 257
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 937
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76/100 (from 307 votes)
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02/06/2026 20:30 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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85/100
The album that brought Electronic/Dance music to the masses. Even though massively commercial, you can't knock it as it's loaded with catchy tunes and rhythms. Where he established himself as one of the kings of electronic beats. Even if Dance/Electronica isn't your jam, you can't help but love this.
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50/100
Rockafella, Right Here Right Now and Praise You are superb, some of the best music of this genre. The rest of the album is okay, but as with many electronic albums it gets a bit repetitive unless you've taken a few pills. Overall good and well worth a listen. One of the best of its type - I probably have it at third behind Dig Your Own Hole and The Fat of the Land.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 03/04/2022 06:44 | #282252
A great album if you're a DJ in Ibiza or Magaluf, fun and crazee
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85/100
From 01/09/2022 05:36 | #278895
Fun and energetic tracks, doesn't work that well as an album, gets boring and repetitive after a little while.
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90/100
From 10/18/2020 09:33 | #259399
Fav. Tracks: Right Here Right Now, The Rockafeller Skank, You're Not From Brighton, Praise You, Love Island, Acid 8000
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From 07/20/2019 01:55 | #239930
Favorite Tracks:Build It Up - Tear It Down, You're Not From Brighton
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/08/2018 18:14 | #210392
Spectacular tracks are weighted down by mediocre ones in this big beat journey.
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Unique and innovative "big beat" album. Can't help but dance along to it. Strong tracks throughout, although "In Heaven" is a bit silly.
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85/100
From 12/24/2016 20:56 | #180917
Best track: Rockafeller skank
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80/100
From 02/24/2015 21:47 | #135602
Good big beat album. Best 10 songs average is 81,8/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Best songs are "Right here, right now", "The rockafeller skank", "Praise you" and "Love island" all 85/100, followed by "Kalifornia" 80/100. All other songs average 65-75/100.
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