Drive-Thru Booty

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Drive-Thru Booty
Freak Power Drive-Thru Booty album cover.jpg
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ReleasedApril 1994
Label
Producer
Freak Power chronology
Drive-Thru Booty
(1994)
More of Everything for Everybody
(1996)
Singles from Drive-Thru Booty
  1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Rush"
    Released: 1994

Drive-Thru Booty is the debut album by British band Freak Power, fronted by musician, record producer and songwriter Norman Cook (later known as Fatboy Slim), singer, songwriter and trombone player Ashley Slater and vocalist Jesse Graham. It was released in April 1994.

Contents

Singles

The album includes the singles "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out", which originally reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993, and "Rush", which reached number 62 in 1994. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" was re-released in early 1995 and became a much bigger hit when it reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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NME 8/10 [3]

John Perry from NME wrote that the album "is damn near the greatest fancy dress-party album... ever. It's a brilliant collection of uplifting smiley grooves [...] Drive Thru Booty is simply pure glittery pop, as smooth and shiny as Kojak in a pink turtleneck." [3] The Guardian deemed it "wonderful, funky, drive-by, bubblegum pop." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moonbeam Woman" Norman Cook 4:48
2."Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" Norman Cook 4:24
3."Get In Touch"5:23
4."Freak Power"3:55
5."Running Away" Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart 4:05
6."Change My Mind"4:29
7."What It Is" Ashley Slater 4:50
8."Waiting for the Story to End" Norman Cook 3:53
9."Rush" Ashley Slater 4:11
10."Big Time" Norman Cook 4:35
11."The Whip" Norman Cook 5:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 11

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