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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
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	C+
The Guardian
The Irish Times
Mojo
Pitchfork	4.6/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	B
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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.

As of 2025, Palookaville is the last studio album Cook has released under the Fatboy Slim name, when asked if he’d make a new album under the alias, he responded with ‘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’.

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.

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.

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."

Track listing

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

Certifications

References

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5. Carroll, Jim (8 October 2004). "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville (Skint)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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8. "Fatboy Slim: Palookaville". Q (220): 120. November 2004.
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External links

• Palookaville at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2004 albums
• Astralwerks albums
• Fatboy Slim albums
• Skint Records albums