Palookaville is the fourth and final 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 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".
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."Fatboy calls the tune" , The Argus, 4 October 2004
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 +Chart performance for Palookaville Chart (2004) Peakposition
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