Music For The Jilted Generation

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I love this. I always loved this. It's one of the world's great 'get up and go' albums for when some musical motivation is needed. Full volume in the club I worked at turned this album into a monster. So many tracks here made the crowd go nuts, we had to ration Prodigy for when we had enough doormen to handle it. Such power, I fucking love it.

An incredible dance record, which was hugely influential in its time and continues to sound great. Lots of energy and some really cool synth sounds. Some real standout tracks, particularly throughout the mid section of the album, though the whole thing flows well. The kind of music best listened to while off your face in a nightclub/warehouse/field. Too long though, like a lot of dance albums from this era.

What we're dealing with here is a total lack of respect for the law.

Blips, blops, snares, fireworks, drums, voices from beyond the veil, reverberations, passing UFOs, foghorns from ships 20 miless out at sea, drums, breaking glass, a carnival two streets over, looped organ music from a 40s horror flick, drums, drums, drums.

Prodigy, while electronic, couldn't be any further from the electronic band I reviewed yesterday (Heaven17). This album is dark, industrial, filled with great break beats, and actually has a ton of balls to it. What it DOESN'T have, unfortunately, is anything resembling melody or song structure. I vaguely remember liking their later album, "Invaders Must Die" so I was interested to give this a try. It's about what I expected but I did come across a couple of tracks that I actually knew ("Voodoo People" and "Poison") and liked. This album is great as high-energy background music. There are so many interesting layers of sonic texture going on that can be interesting to try to pick apart but, as a focused listening experience, it falls very short when one is sober.

I doubt I’m alone in saying that this album pushed a metal / grunge kid into the world of dance music and that’s exactly what this album did. Aggressive and fast and whilst I was initially drawn in by the likes of Their Law and Voodoo People it is actually tracks like Speedway, No Good, 3 kilos and Claustrophobic Sting that stuck with me. A stone cold classic album - one they never topped and never could

Way more 4/4 than I was anticipating, I like it. The BPM’s in general are lower than what is thought they’d be, but that’s no complaint. This album is very good, I can hear it’s influence. Slows down nicely in the back 1/3rd, gets nice and atmospheric. 3 Kilos is such an amazing song, a departure from the album, but it works brilliantly. My favorite song on the album. I’d buy this

Sounded like I was in a warehouse basement rave with a bunch of people from Zoolander. And I loved it.

Thought I wouldn't like it but then it turned out to be excellent work music!

A stone cold classic

Some cool beats here. I could see this being a huge hit at a rave, and I would actually be into it there. But there’s no reason these songs (which most tracks barely qualify as) need to be this long.

Big Beats are the best. Get high all the time.

1001 Albums Generator Day 17 I had so many associations with this record even before I put it on. I think of the rave scene from which The Prodigy emerged, and the radical free festival culture with which it cross-pollinated. Those who thought they could see a way to a more communal, compassionate way of life, and working class kids who spotted an opportunity to make something of themselves. The Criminal Justice Act versus the emission of a succession of repetitive beats. Lots of muddled thinking that would later curdle into paranoia. That self-proclaimed "Thatcher on drugs," Paul Staines, whose corrupt, ego-libertarian ethos has ultimately done more to shape the country we've become than either the kids he sold tickets to or Major. Mostly, though, I think of Keith. After years of going to DIY gigs and workshops, reading and making zines, and putting on exhibitions in disused Edwardian toilets, I have never experienced a single moment more punk rock than the first time I saw the Firestarter video on Top of the Pops. It's in the amazement that an adult could look like that, sound like that, be so wild, and not just be allowed to do it or get away with it, but to take people with him. To be so lovable. It's something I also found in the nonsense poetry of Spike Milligan and would later find in Syd Barrett and Pixies and Anton Henning: the sheer glee of people throwing things together that aren't supposed to be. It's also there in the culture-jamming collage of Oasis' Shakermaker, though I suspect I'll have an opportunity to persuade you of that one at a later date. I love the rough edges that capture the moment and energy of throwing paint around in the sweet spot between purpose and spontaneity. In Liam's choice of samples for Charly I can hear the playful resistance of people dancing in spite of the warning signs. I didn't realise in 1996 that the rage in Firestarter erupted from a movement arrested. Liam has since denied any political intent to Music for the Jilted Generation. I can see why he wouldn't want to limit the resonance of his work to one particular moment. However, the artwork, titles and vocal samples say otherwise. Also, with the caveat that this isn't my area at all and I'm probably missing something, I feel the politics of the moment have far more contemporary relevance - from modern protest movements to digital piracy and crypto scammers - than techno. These days, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the Prodigy is the friend who showed me a documentary about the band and pointed out that Keith Flint had the same speaking voice as her grandma. Similarly, this album belongs to a different generation and I can't always understand where it's coming from, but I'm sure it has a lot of good stories beneath the surface.

Many childhood memories! Still one of the most important techno albums of that decade.

Pretty repetitive and dated.

The prodigy. Een beetje als flossen; Je weet dat het goed is, maar je hebt er gewoon echt niet altijd zin in.

This is one of the worst things I've ever heard. Repetitive drums, similar in every song, combined with boring and annoying electronic noise.

This is not for me. Obviously there are people this is for, and I'm stoked for them that this exists for them. But it's not for me.

p750. 1994. 1 star So-so drum and bass with synths and samples. Probably brilliant for clubs at the time but not my thing at all. Just goes on and on and on...

WOOOOOOOOOOO

An album to put on if I ever wanna do cocaine and speed down a highway 😂 what an epic club / dance album! Cool band to learn about. Seems like a sister Oneohtrix Point Never.

An extraordinary album that was both brilliantly original yet completely of its time. Timeless in many ways this album did more to change the landscape of dance music and bring it to a wider audience than any other.

surprising. the first track came on and I was like "damn - my third crappy album in a row" but then it kicked in with some real, pumping music! Real club dance electronica beat! Hot! Where's the Molly at?! Close to a 4... but all tunes almost sound the same...(which is not a bad thing) Scratch that - listened a 2nd time -there are distinct difference *(truth be told, was I'm a meeting the first listen) they get the 4!

I really don’t like electronic music. Goldie, Fatboy Slim, Moby, and others on this list were such a struggle to get through. So why do I love The Prodigy? This album is 78 minutes long, and I didn’t know any of the songs on it (I know quite a few from their other album on this list) but I was never bored and this album never felt like it dragged. I guess that’s why this album belongs on this list. It’s quite a feat to make someone love an album in a genre they hate. Kudos to The Prodigy. They’re clearly one of the best.

With one foot in the door that signaled what was yet to come while the other foot remained firmly in the place where most wouldn't recognize them, The Prodigy provided music for a jilted generation for close to eighty breakneck, blood pumping minutes. This album places itself alongside plenty other electronic dance releases of 1994 that further pushed on the door that was mainstream infiltration and acceptance, whether or not their government wanted to stifle the progression of the rave scene The Prodigy and their ilk occupied. All that was needed for the dam to burst was some trouble starting and instigating. Favorites: Break & Enter, Their Law, Voodoo People, Speedway, Poison, No Good (Start the Dance), One Love, 3 Kilos, Claustrophobic Sting.

What a monster this album is. Great beats throughout. Would have been absolutely bonkers in the club. For me also great to focus while working.

weird but fun

Prefer The Fat Of The Land but still very good. A 3.75/5

Fantastische Platte, auch wieder so ne Wegmarke am Übergang einer Band, in dem Fall von Liam Howletts Schlafzimmerprojekt mit seinen Raverfreunden zum Major Act mit Major Hits. Mich schocken nach wie vor am meisten die eher klassischen British Breakbeat/Hardcore/Jungle-Nummer mit natürlich allen voran Full Throttle, aber auch Break & Enter und das alles passenderweise ganz zum Schluss gesetzte (keine Gefangenen!) Claustrophobic Sting. Die Hits - Voodoo People, No Good und (hatte völlig vergessen dass die schon da drauf war!) Poison - dann schön in die Mitte gesetzt und schon klar auf die damalige MTV Crowd abgezieltz. Paar Filler drumherum (aber wer Filler wie Their Law hat, hat nun wirklich gar keine Probleme) - und schon haben wir die perfekte Platte für ihre Zeit. Habe mich immer gefragt, welche Drogen die Band selbst dazu eigentlich im Programm hatte - Kiffen und Alkohol kann ich aus Rezipientensicht aber wärmstens empfehlen. 4,4

4/1 Hard, hard beats on here, sounds more timeless than their next album and I certainly like this one more. Standout Tracks: Break & Enter, Full Throttle, Voodoo People, Poison, One Love, Claustrophobic Stings

I like Prodigy. It's fun music, though of course, it helps if you like the genre -- I understand it's not for everyone. I like this album, but it's not quite 4 star material -- there's only a couple of songs I really, really like, and the others are good, but not great. At times I found myself getting tired or a song (most are 6 to 7 minutes long) and skipping to the next song, so definitely not 4 stars, but good enough for 3.

I didn’t hate it, but I’ll be honest and say that I don’t think I ever considered giving The Fat of the Land a second listen. I just couldn’t ever justify a reason to go back. But I was surprised that they found their way into the list not only once, but twice. Kind of makes the fact that Daft Punk couldn’t even get two spots hurt even more. But The Prodigy are still important to how dance music has evolved, especially in the UK. “Jilted” means to suddenly reject or abandon. Rave culture was growing during this period of the 90s, and as it grew, it would eventually be made illegal. This album, and most specifically the song Their Law, is a direct opposition to this change. And no doubt, this album fully embraces the sound and energy of Rave culture. There isn’t really a moment of down time. It’s a consistent ride through the nastiest and most underground pits of the world of English Rave. I’ll just cut straight to the point for this. I think this is equally as good in the same places as the album that would come after it. And in ways, it even does a better job. I actually like the lack of vocals on most of these songs better. They weren’t bad on The Fat of the Land, but I can only hear the same bits said over and over again so much before I get tired of it. And I still think the production is top notch stuff. Every song has at least one aspect to it that I enjoy, even if I don’t like the whole song itself. I can appreciate the metal and rock influence coming in on songs like the aforementioned Their Law, or Voodoo People. And whatever that synth sound might be on the latter is basically iconic at this point. But all of the same issues that were present for me in my previous review still remain here. Maybe my attention span is just ruined, and has gone far beyond what it takes to appreciate something like this, but many of these tracks feel like they drag on to lengths longer than they need to be. It’s full of bloat, and even more so than The Fat of the Land, since this is nearly 80 minutes long. There is rarely enough going on keeping me interested that makes a 7 or 8 minute long track feel worthwhile. So even with their success and status as club classics, I would put both of those records on an even playing field of just decent. Rating: 6/10

This was a wild album, felt like I was in some 90's video game Tron type setting of just zipping through tunnels and night scapes. Very cool in that sense and makes me glad I listened to it, but beyond maybe catching these songs at a club I'll never go to or an underground street racing event, I'm not sure I'd listen to again. I did just finish watching Cyber Punk Edgerunners last night and they should have taken some songs from here.

This was surprisingly a smidge better than the crab album, even given its lack of crab. But only a smidge.

6/10. Musically, I definitely like this better than the crab album, but the crab album had a much more memorable album cover

So the hits and singles released from this album were (and still are) undeniably ace. As for the best of the rest: ‘Full Throttle’, ‘3 Kilos’ and ‘Claustrophobic Sting’ are both great, while ‘The Heat’ is interesting. What’s left is just a bit too one note for me. There are a lot of interesting ideas, but they never quite feel fully fleshed out, and on an album that’s already too long the padding get really noticeable at times.

i bet if you played this album for me in 1994 in a club while i was high on molly i’d give it a 5/5. but unfortunately i am employed by corporate america and did not enjoy this album

This would be really good Saturday morning music if I lived in a meth dungeon and was currently on meth. Going to listen to it tomorrow. Some of the songs are just a bit too long but I find myself dancing it up in the car. Kinda enjoying the darkness of it but I wish I listened to it while it was raining. Overall not my type of shit but still enjoyable. Wish I could give 2.5 stars.

Awful. could not finish

Electronic noise

Nah.

I never thought it could be possible for an electronic album to be so boring.

1h20 of breakbeat and techno jams. Duuuuude, this is sooooo long for having so little to express and to say. What the hell was this?

I chose to listen to my hairdryer over this

Just didn’t do it for me.

This is like jazz but worse for my attention span

Not for me

Not for me

You can throw all the Prodigy albums at me that you want, but you're still just trying to make fetch happen.

Just no

First song should have ended after two minutes. So should have the album. Crappy music for a video game boss fight.

What the fuck.

This sounds like the worst Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack ever made. If industrial soundscapes are your thing, you may enjoy it.

Thinking back, I always considered this "the less good Prodigy album" compared to Fat of the Land, and listening back to it now I don't quite know why? It's got some absolute bangers on here, and despite it being the pre-Kieth Flint era it still pounds ahead with track after track of hard-dance furiosity. A hell of a listen, and I'll definitely be putting it back on in the near future! Faves: Speedway, Voodoo People, One Love, Their Law

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If aliens—or current toddlers—ever end up asking what rave sounds like, this is the album. It is to rave what Nevermind is to grunge. And 30 years later, rave as a concept, activity and culture, probably inarguably has the larger global significance. Plus, personally, I love this album. It sounds like being 14 again.

Wicked

What a sick album, just banging beats front to back. This is more pure beats and samples, very light on vocals compared to later Prodigy that most would be familiar with. Just a great time listening to this, couldn't sit still had to keep bopping along while getting some work done.

Love this. Great album.

Awesome. Powerful. Great album. Don’t need to say anything else.

Lots of bangers

Glorious!

9/10 I was a big fan of this when it came out, did not expect to to still sound so amazing. Testament to the production of Liam Howlett, a huge talent. Almost a perfect album, insanely good tunes with a few genuine classics in there. Great mix of breakbeat, rave, acid, techno. Clever stuff. Best: No Good (Start The Dance)

My favorite Prodigy album. Total banger. Pure energy.

Amazing, revolutionary, exceptional - one of my favourites! Love love love.

Im the law and you can't beat the law Fuck em and their law Crack down at sundown Fuck em and their law Revolutionary and foundational. Amazing album. 5/5

Knew them vaguely (Firestarter, Invaders Must Die, etc.) but hadn't done an in-depth listen to their work until now. This has started me down a musical rabbit hole that I ABSOLUTELY love.

As a young teenager introduced to The Prodigy via music videos and Wipeout 2097, I always had a preference for Fat of the Land, but in retrospect I do think this is their best album. A truly groundbreaking mix of techno/rave/big beat/electronica, it still managed to cross over to alt/rock nerds like me who'd never set foot inside a rave, through it's punk energy, aggressive beats, and impeccably layered production. There is some cringeworthy circa-1990 dance on this list that has aged extremely poorly. It's amazing the difference a few years make, this is anything but. It still sounds big, bold, fresh, interesting and utterly timeless.

Starkes Album, steht zum Glück bei mir im Regal

Samen met Bad van Michael Jackson is dit album denk ik door mij het meest beluisterd. Liam maakt een kunst van het hergebruik van muziek van anderen. Met het gebruik van een Nirvana riff voor Voodoo People als hoogtepunt. Niet alles heeft zo'n metamorfose. 3 Kilos is wellicht juist weer zo fijn omdat het zo dicht bij het origineel blijft. Naast deze nummers biedt het album ook nog de klassieker Poison met één van de beste manieren om de beat te droppen. Het is bijna alsof de tijd vertraagt. En het bevat de alleen op vol volume en bij voorkeur live te beluisteren energie-rammer Their Law. Als we dat op een rijtje zetten, zit er nogal wat verschil tussen de nummers. Their Law en 3 Kilo's zijn zo ongeveer uitersten in het breakbeat-genre. Ook opvallend voor mij. Als ik zo de top 4 eruit licht, zit de andere klassieker No Good daar niet eens bij. Wow, dan is de rest vet. 10 sterren!

"Klassenavond, lauwe cola, bakken met chips". En dan je nieuwe hakkoe-moves uitproberen. Al was dit dan niet gabber, maar de meer 'toegankelijke' techno en breakbeat van the Prodigy. Die herinnering heb ik aan No Good. Of op Romereis een oortje van de discman delen met die gast in dat Waxweazle t-shirt, terwijl we de gebouwen met historie negeerden en meer op weg waren naar de volgende kar om een ijsje te kopen. Of in Luxemburg op een camping staan, omdat daar blijkbaar een zonsverduistering gaat plaatsvinden. Al was het toen meer lauwe Bofferding ipv lauwe kola. (En dat was ook eigenlijk het volgende album, Fat of the Land). Oftewel, er zit enige nostalgie in de muziek van the Prodigy. Fat of the Land krijgen we nog als het goed is. Ik zou ze achter elkaar moeten draaien om nog eens goed te beoordelen welk album beter is. Voordeel is wel, dat ik allebei de albums vaak genoeg heb gehoord (al dan niet in de shuffle-bak van winamp) om eigenlijk alles te herkennen.

I forgot what kind of music Prodigy makes and was dreading this one. The cover looks metal but the music was groovy.

Haha! I listened to this just the other day anyway! It's probably my favourite Prodigy album and "Poison" is my favourite Prodigy song. It captures their sound having developed from a sort of tinny sound of the early rave scene like "Charlie says" and "Going to outer space, find another race" and all that, but before they got that bombastic metal/dance sound of "Firestarter" and the annoyingly antagonistic "Smack my Bitch Up" and so on. This was a time when the rave scene felt like it was actually revolutionary and allied to all sorts of counter-culture stuff. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't but after this it went into the mainstream.

Genre defining, possibly. Sounding better in 2024, definitely

Excellent rave music

love this!!!!!

made me want to go back to 90s techno and jungle. love this album and many other prodigies

Fuck 'em, and their law.

Awesome!

Perfect 10/10 👍

great energy

**buys tickets to Prodigy**

Absolutoria belter of an album! Peak prodigy

Very fun listen. What more do you need.

At first I was worried it would be too "proto EDM", as in it would be really basic and repetitive like a lot of 90 electro is. Turns out I really loved it! The beats are indeed simplistic compared to modern edm, but in this case I found it to be a good thing because it perfectly balanced with the eclectically changing beats and the unique sound sampling. It made me realize that a lot of modern EDM is actually very oversaturated with noise and that sometime a more refined beat is better.

Banging choons

A few years before they would hand Keith Flint the mic to sing on their biggest hits, The Prodigy released this classic which, might not be as flashy as Fat of the Land but probably holds up better.

Never before had someone created music that was equally good for driving, fighting, and working real fast on the computer. Pop this on and do your taxes in like... twenty minutes. The Matrix (1999) could not have happened without this music preexisting it. It is the hidden glue. Give Hackers (1995) credit for putting the first pieces together for us.

Very good! Genre defining and one of the best of this type

Dope af!!!

Great!

I wasn't expecting this much of fun listening to this album, Very entertaining

Didn’t like it on first listen, but the beats are great. Pumps you up, great vibes. Best to listen through full album at once

Intro/Break & Enter - this is made for the Matrix if it also took place in the Bomberman 64 soundtrack. (5/5 i like the kind of 90s House Electronic thing) Their Law - oh wow these tracks stay pretty long huh. damn okay i unironically fuck with this. (5/5 the shredding?) Full Throttle - this is the same fucking song that the one guy did "Fuck You I'm Late" or whatever. this fucks (5/5 it's like video game music) Voodoo People - holy shit i had never heard that outside of the tiktok trend. that was so jarring. (5/5 it still fucks) Speedway - a little repetitive but a light bop. (4/5) The Heat - this actually feels like an uncanny dream that is strange but doesn't freak you out enough to be a nightmare. (5/5 it sounds like Miku is on the beat) Poison - so far the strangest song of the bunch. the sharp drum beat is very Clubbed to Death on the Matrix soundtrack. (4/5) No Good - very warpled so far. i had to check and see if they were connected to the Matrix. some of the techniques feel the exact same. (4/5) One Love - this is a weird alternate universes' version of Mario Kart songs. (5/5 this fucks) 3 Kilos - i think this album is gonna get a 5/5. 90s electronic was so fun. (5/5) Skylined - not my favorite song so far. (3/5 kinda disappointed) Claustrophic Sting - i feel like i've heard this song before. (5/5 never heard of this song) i love this y2k/90s electronic vibe. i really enjoyed this. 5/5

Awesome!

Great album. Wild. But, massive heroin/chaos vibes

¡Venga, un 5!

Ah man, I used to dance…

first 5 star comeonnnnnnnn