I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

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I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
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Studio album by
Released6 January 2009
Genre Indie rock, electronic, pop
Length42:24
Label Southern Fried
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I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat is the debut album of British electronic act The Brighton Port Authority. It was released on Southern Fried on 6 January 2009 exclusively on amazon.com, with a regular release on 3 February. [9]

Contents

The Brighton Port Authority is a project of British musician Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, and his longtime engineer, Simon Thornton. The album features collaborations with DJ Danger Mouse, Tom Gandey (aka Cagedbaby), Justin Robertson, Ashley Beedle, Lateef, Martha Wainwright, Jamie T, David Byrne, Dizzee Rascal, Iggy Pop, Olly Hite, Connan Mockasin, Pete York, Jack Peñate and Emmy the Great.

The album's title is a popular misquotation of "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" from the 1975 Steven Spielberg movie Jaws . [10]

The track "Should I Stay or Should I Blow" from the album, featuring Ashley Beedle, is featured in the soundtrack of FIFA 10 , a video game by EA Sports.

Track listing

Collaborators for each track are listed after the length. [11]

  1. "He's Frank (Slight Return)" – 3:16 (Iggy Pop)
  2. "Dirty Sheets" – 3:23 (Pete York)
  3. "Jumps the Fence" – 3:33 (Connan Mockasin)
  4. "Should I Stay or Should I Blow" – 2:29 (Ashley Beedle)
  5. "Island" – 4:26 (Justin Robertson)
  6. "Local Town" – 3:08 (Jamie T)
  7. "Seattle" – 3:55 (Emmy the Great)
  8. "Spade" – 3:15 (Martha Wainwright)
  9. "Superman" – 3:43 (Simon Thornton)
  10. "Superlover" – 4:11 (Cagedbaby)
  11. "Toe Jam" – 3:22 (David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal)
  12. "So It Goes" – 3:37 (Olly Hite)

Japanese Version [12] of the album also contains two bonus tracks:

  1. "Electric Love" – 4:21
  2. "So Fukt" – 3:28 (Lateef)

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