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It's a classic. Back to back bangers. Even some of the more "out there" songs like Narayan. Though there's barely any albums I don't like from them. Maybe "Experience" because it's a little much sometimes. Quite partial to "Invaders Must Die" and "No Tourists" since I grew up with IMD and because NT is their last album before Keith died (RIP)
Invaders Must Die is so good but Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned is another good one, mainly because of Juliette Lewis.
Oh yea lots of bangers on there too. Spitfire, Girls and You'll Be Under My Wheels are my faves
It sounds modern, mainly because modern electronic music was so heavily affected by Prodigy
Fantastic album, like others have said, it was on heavy rotation in my teens, sounds track to many late night game sessions.
"Smack my Bitch Up" being a hugely popular and influential song, is also part of a long running lost media hunt for me. In the late 00's there was a youtube video made by a 3d animator as a demo reel. It was an extended anime fight between a yellow and black sentai/robot and a bunch of other robots. SMBU was the soundtrack to the video of course, lots of bits were synced to it.
That was back in the glorious pre-copyright-bot times, and since it was a demo for an unreleased project using a hugely popular song by someone who's name I've long forgotten, I can't find it! Probably scrubbed off the net by now, the creator moved on to being a cog in the Marvel movie machine.
Certified iridium banger for a reason, without question. My favorite track, voodoo people (pendulum mix) isn’t on this, but I still sing the chant from Narayan. Just as influential as most of the early works of Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, the Bassbin Twins, the Crystal Method, Fluke, and so many others. The remix album of this is still just as devastating.
Once you heard pretty much any one of these tracks, you knew this was, and probably always would be, the sound for you.
I've never heard of this but that album art goes so hard, now I have to listen to it
you have to come back and tell us what your take is
Okay, back! This album puts me right back into "PS1 game soundtrack nostalgia" and I love it.Its's a great album to get hype to. Definitely added to my rotation.
Your lucky day.
The music in it goes harder than the cover art!
Great album, one of my favourites.
Where I'm from Narayan was a summer hit in the dance clubs when it came out, although my friends and I were more into Firestarter and Breathe. I venture saying that it helped bridge punk and dance in a big way.
I went through a big prodigy phase in my teens (still listen often). I once had the house to myself so I loaded up the backyard surround sound system (living with some rich friends at the time, we did not have backyard surround sound money) with 6 CDs of prodigy. Got really stoned and then floated around in the pool with their small dog on my lap for hours. Probably one of the best single days of my life. Just pure glorious relaxation. Leisure on a level I have been chasing for the rest of my life lol.
I still listen to this at least weekly, the album is in my regular gym rotation because
A) it's hard for me to listen to lyric heavy music and count reps correctly (brain no work good during ugga dugga) and
B) It's amazing.
Great album, I slightly prefer invaders must die over it but i'd put it on par with music for the jilted generation for different reasons though (like both complement each other I'd say)
Good album, so many great tracks.
Used to have it on loop while playing doom/quake
Descent for me. This or some kmfdm.
Controversial opinion: It’s the album that ruined Prodigy.
Experience and Jilted Generation are amazing and I love every track.
Their first two albums were everything I loved about the genre. As soon as Smack My Bitch Up started getting radio play, they shifted their sound to match and never looked back.
I can see that. I came to the thread thinking that this album is great but the downside is that it got so big and influential that it overshadowed the first two albums, which is a shame because they are very different than Fat of the Land but still so good. Experience and Music for the Jilted Generation deserve more attention. Hackers is such a formative movie for me and a big part of it is it's soundtrack and prodigy is a big part of it.
For me it would be "ruined" in quotes, I don't blame them for changing their style, musicians change and want to do something different, just sad that there is no more old prodigy.
But I have to make a disclaimer, I didn't listen to anything after The Fat of the Land, so my knowledge is limited. (The reason is because I got introduced to prodigy at the time of the first 3 albums but didn't follow up on them, but that is normal for me, never follow up on bands)
I considered writing “the album that ruined Prodigy for me” but decided to stick with the more inflammatory version. 🤣
Awesome album
Wait, that's not Crab Rave?
The soundtrack of my youth. Genious.
It was both trendy in terms of sound and packaging/styling, but the whole album was mixed with such mastery that it was one of the best sounding package I've heard until perhaps the mid 2010s. That on its own is incredible, especially in a technologically driven genre.
One of their top three albums, possibly the best and most cohesive.
There is not a single bad track on this entire album. Every track rocks.
This had their "hits"/pop vibe. Invaders must die I think a better album, their real sound. But this is 10 years before, and really the same revolutionary sound/music. Was a big shift from their earlier "Everybody in the place" technohouse.
It makes me nostalgic because it was one of the first CDs I owned.
The first was Jock Jams Volume 2, if you were wondering
If you continued to follow that trajectory you probably have the best album ever made by now.
Great music and a innovative piece of history that set us on the course to crab rave.
I enjoy it
One of the greatest albums of all time!
Prefer jilted generation but this has some great tunes on it.
Great album. Bought my copy a long time ago. It's the kind of music I sometimes go for when, of all things, cooking.
Great beats, strong lyrics, a well balanced album overall.
fucking awesome.
I have it on vinyl and it's so good. One of a kind. Iconic in so many ways. Shame about Keith Flint, hopefully he rests in peace
its a total banger
Legendary
Is pretty good
I got the poison