Drive-Thru Booty

{{Infobox album | name = Drive-Thru Booty | type = Album | artist = Freak Power | cover = Freak_Power_Drive-Thru_Booty_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = April 1994 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = {{hlist|Island|4th and Broadway}} | producer = {{hlist|Norman Cook|Ashley Slater}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = More of Everything for Everybody | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Drive-Thru Booty | type = studio | single1 = Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out | single1date = 1993 | single2 = Rush | single2date = 1994 | single3 = Get in Touch | single3date = 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.

==Singles== The album includes the singles "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out", which originally reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29336/freakpower/|title=FREAK POWER|date=16 October 1993|website=Official Charts|accessdate=22 November 2025}}</ref> "Rush", which reached number 62 in 1994,<ref name="auto"/> and "Get in Touch" which reached number 88 that same year.<ref name="auto"/> "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" was re-released in early 1995 and became a much bigger hit when it reached number three in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="officialcharts.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29336/freakpower/|title=Freak Power Full Official Chart History|website=Official Charts |publisher=|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/drive-thru-booty-mw0000816978|title=Drive-Thru Booty Freak Power|website=AllMusic|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''NME'' | rev2score = 8/10<ref name="nme">{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Perry|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53427091858/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=8 April 1995|page=56|access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Select'' | rev3score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Garry|last=Mulholland|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/05/albums12.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=May 1995|page=|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Smash Hits'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="smashhits">{{cite magazine|first=Jordan|last=Paramor|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/54282441907/in/album-72177720323371348|title=New Albums: Best New Album|work=Smash Hits|date=29 March 1995|page=64|access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref> }} 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."<ref name="nme"/> Dan Glaister from ''The Guardian'' deemed it "wonderful, funky, drive-by, bubblegum pop."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glaister |first1=Dan |title=Freak Power Drive-Thru Booty |work=The Guardian |date=7 Apr 1995 |department=Features |page=12}}</ref> Jordan Paramor from ''Smash Hits'' named it Best New Album, saying, "This is the kind of music that has people in clubs sticking their bums in the air as their flares swing and their fingers point to the ceiling — but by golly it's great!" She highlighted tracks like "Big Time" and "Running Away".<ref name="smashhits"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Moonbeam Woman | note1 = | writer1 = Norman Cook | length1 = 4:48

| title2 = Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out | note2 = | writer2 = Cook | length2 = 4:24

| title3 = Get in Touch | note3 = | writer3 = {{hlist|Cook|Ashley Slater}} | length3 = 5:23

| title4 = Freak Power | note4 = | writer4 = {{hlist|Cook|Slater}} | length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Running Away | note5 = | writer5 = Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart | length5 = 4:05

| title6 = Change My Mind | note6 = | writer6 = {{hlist|Cook|Slater}} | length6 = 4:29

| title7 = What It Is | note7 = | writer7 = Slater | length7 = 4:50

| title8 = Waiting for the Story to End | note8 = | writer8 = Cook | length8 = 3:53

| title9 = Rush | note9 = | writer9 = Slater | length9 = 4:11

| title10 = Big Time | note10 = | writer10 = Cook | length10 = 4:35

| title11 = The Whip | note11 = | writer11 = Cook | length11 = 5:49 }}

==Personnel== * Jim Carmichael – drums * Norman Cook – guitar, bass, producer, vocals * Jesse Graham – vocals * Pete Eckford – percussion * Cyril McCammon – keyboards, vocals * Ashley Slater – producer, trombone, vocals * Dale Davis – bass, guitars * Simon Thornton – engineer

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1994) !Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Austria|29|artist=Freak Power|album=Drive-Thru Booty|accessdate=26 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|66|artist=Freak Power|album=Drive-Thru Booty|accessdate=26 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|Germany|32|id=1990|artist=Freak Power|album=Drive-Thru Booty|accessdate=17 August 2024}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|36|artist=Freak Power|album=Drive-Thru Booty|accessdate=26 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|33|date=19950409|accessdate=17 August 2024}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|31|artist=Freak Power|album=Drive-Thru Booty|accessdate=26 May 2022}} |- {{album chart|UK2|11|date=19950409|accessdate=17 August 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKR&B|1|date=19950409|accessdate=17 August 2024}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1994 debut albums Category:Island Records albums Category:4th & B'way Records albums Category:Dance music albums by English artists