Camber Sands (EP)

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Camber Sands
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ReleasedNovember 19, 2002
Genre Big beat
Label Skint Records/Astralwerks
Producer Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim chronology
Illuminati
(2002)
Camber Sands
(2002)
The Pimp
(2002)

Camber Sands is an EP released in 2002 by Fatboy Slim. It is the second in an EP series by Fatboy Slim and was named after the East Sussex beach of the same name. [1]

The album's title track was originally the B-side to "Demons".

Track listing

  1. "Camber Sands" (Cook) - 6:05
  2. "Drop the Hate" (Santos Napalm Reprise) (Cook, Daniels) - 7:27
  3. "Song for Shelter" (Chemical Brothers mix) (Clark, Slim) - 7:02
  4. "Demons" (Stanton Warriors Dub) (Cook, Gray, Jackson, Withers) - 6:21
  5. "Retox" (Dave Clarke Mix) (Cook) - 5:22
  6. "Weapon of Choice" (Instrumental) (Cook, Collins, Slater) - 5:39

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References

  1. "Camber Sands". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-11-22.