Now Phats What I Small Music

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Now Phats What I Small Music
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Studio album by
Released15 November 1999
Genre House
Length49:11
Label Multiply Records [1]
Producer Phats & Small
Phats & Small chronology
Now Phats What I Small Music
(1999)
This Time Around
(2001)
Singles from Now Phats What I Small Music
  1. "Turn Around"
    Released: 2 March 1999
  2. "Feel Good"
    Released: 6 August 1999
  3. "Tonite"
    Released: 19 November 1999
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Now Phats What I Small Music is the debut album by Phats & Small, a house music production team from Brighton, England. [3] [4] It was released in 1999, and contains ten songs. "Turn Around" became the team's biggest hit when released as a single. [5]

Contents

The album title is a pun based on the series of compilation albums titled Now That's What I Call Music! .

Track listing

  1. "Turn Around" – 3:33
  2. "Music for Pushchairs" – 6:18
  3. "Electro Roll" – 5:10
  4. "Theme from Sauce" – 7:43
  5. "Feel Good" – 3:25
  6. "On da Flo Yo" – 3:38
  7. "Let Your Hair Down" – 4:45
  8. "Tonite" – 3:45
  9. "Brighton Beach" – 5:51
  10. "Turn Around (Live at BBC Radio 1 Dance Party)" - 4:58

Samples

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