Better Living Through Chemistry
Studio album by Fatboy Slim
Released	16 September 1996
Genre	Electronica, Big Beat, Breakbeat
Length	57:47 (UK) 70:52 (USA)
Label	Skint Records
Producer	Fatboy Slim
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone RS 769
Fatboy Slim chronology
Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) On the Floor at the Boutique (1998)

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The founder of Skint Records, Damian Harris, has described the album as having been 'more of a compilation than an album', as some of the tracks had been recorded some time previous to its release, due to Norman Cook's other musical projects. Skint Records is a Brighton based dance music record label owned by Damien Harris, who releases records through the Midfield General pseudonym. ...

The album cover features a 3.5-inch floppy disk, paying homage to Blue Monday by New Order, which featured a 5.25-inch disk. A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... Audio sample Blue Monday is a dance pop song recorded and released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division—Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ...

It should be noted that the track listings here are for the United States release on Astralwerks, and not the original on Skint Records which excludes the final two tracks listed here. Astralwerks is an New York based record label which releases primarily electronic music. ... Skint Records is a Brighton based dance music record label owned by Damien Harris, who releases records through the Midfield General pseudonym. ...

Track listing

1. "Song for Lindy" (Fatboy Slim) – 4:50
2. "Santa Cruz" (Fatboy Slim) – 7:30
3. "Going Out of My Head" (Fatboy Slim, Townshend) – 5:14
4. "The Weekend Starts Here" (Fatboy Slim, Mohammed) – 6:41
5. "Everybody Needs a 303" (Fatboy Slim, Starr) – 5:49
6. "Give the Po' Man a Break" (Fatboy Slim) – 5:50
7. "10th & Crenshaw" (Fatboy Slim) – 4:20
8. "First Down" (Fatboy Slim) – 6:18
9. "Punk to Funk" (Fatboy Slim, Mansfield) – 4:57
10. "The Sound of Milwaukee" (Fatboy Slim) – 6:18
11. "Michael Jackson" (Fatboy Slim, Negativland) – 5:49 or "Es Paradis" (Japan bonus track) – 5:44
12. "Next to Nothing" (Fatboy Slim) (bonus track) – 7:16

Going Out of My Head is a single by the music artist Fatboy Slim, released in his album Better Living Through Chemistry. ... Everybody Needs a 303 is the first single by the Big Beat artist Fatboy Slim. ...

Track only on the Vinyl LP Release

1. "Crenshaw Siren Beats" (Fatboy Slim) (reprise of 10th and Crenshaw) – 2:50