Norman Cook had already been in the Housemartins and Beats International, which explains the pop instincts underneath all the noise. Better Living Through Chemistry is big beat's founding document: chart music assembled from second-hand vinyl, and a good deal more inventive than the reputation that followed him around.
- Number 77 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
1996
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- Number 11 on The 10 Best Big Beat and Breaks Albums
1998
