Reviews (page 7 of 8)
One of the most tedious albums I’ve ever heard. Not really bad per se, but man is it flirting with a 1.
Not sure this one aged well at all!
I thought I would like this. There are several Prodigy songs I like but it turns out they are grim the next album. This was proper mid 90s rave music. It went on and on and didn't do anything positive for me.
First time listening to this album. I like it, but maybe not a keeper
Like Fat of Land better. Dance, background music.
2.5 - some songs were interesting.
Not the hugest fan of electronic music but this did feature a song on a mixtape made for me in '94!
In a nutshell: go hard and don't go home. Have I entered The Matrix? I feel like I've been pulled deep into an alternative space full of pleather clad humanoids. And this album is the boring four-to-the-floor breakbeat filled soundtrack. What it lacks in backbeat diversity makes up for in attitude and skill (performing this live would be a mammoth task). PS. spot the vocal grabs from films. Overall: 3/10
Even at the time of its release I remember this felt a little too aggro, techno music for mosh pits. Like if you had it on in the car, you’d be 20% more likely to get in an accident or road rage incident. :D Earlier I liked “Out of Space” a bunch - peppy, but fun. This is just A LOT of the same tone. Which might’ve worked for me a few years earlier but I had aged out of this vibe. I see Fat of the Land is also on here and cmon guys.
I love electronic music but this isn’t their best album and sounds quite dated now.
Not for me
Sooooo fucking long. Eugh
I wouldn’t call the album itself bad as much as the listening experience. Tough to just sit down and listen to looping electronic music over and over for almost an hour and a half. So the album itself was okay, though it’s such a generic sound now.
I like it fine, but doesn't deserve to be on this list especially considering 'The Fat of the Land' is also on here and is catchier and shorter.
2.5
More doof doof than Fat of the land which is much more my speed. Find it really hard to get into anything as doofy as this
Not my favorite... a little repetitive.
my older brother was so into Prodigy when we were growing up. he would play their album in his car on the way to school and in his car on the way home from school and from his stereo when we were at home. it was the next album though "Fat of the Land" that I've heard a billion times. this one came out before, but the sound is very consistent between the two. that is to say familiar in a familial way but not something I seek out for myself generally. it's really danc-y though. I think I had forgotten that. also they wear more eyeliner than I do
This was alright. Lost its impact quickly on me though. I can see why it was lauded in the mid 90s perhaps, but that didn’t make my experience any better.
Electropunk album from The Prodigy hits harder than a workout. I felt I needed strobe lights to really appreciate this and that would make for the perfect tiring listen. For all its energy there is a lot of repetition with the genre which I am not that fond of, but this album is a good take on it.
Published 3 years befor The Fat of the Land and they sound maybe not totally different but could be another band on this one. The album is ok but a long way from what The Fat of the Land
Can’t say electronica is in my wheel house. Bit repetitive and overly long, but when I viewed as soundtrack to a Bourne movie or video game it sort of bopped along. 2.5 Star
Another The Prodigy album. It's alright, but Fat of the Land was better.
This was pretty popular in its day, for sure. But - it wasn't my thing then, and not now either. I'll grant you that this would probably be much more fun with lasers and beers at a club, rather than in my car on the way to work.
I enjoyed it more than Fat of the Land and Fatboy Slim's albums on this list. But its still not quite my preferred genre of electronic music.
Great songs for a background music for workout. Some ideas here and there, but it's lengthy and tiring. Could be shortened. As an album, I don't see much. Guess I'm not part of the jilted generation, definetly is not for me.
Not my thing
Just the same thing going over and over again for 7 minutes straight. I just don't get Electronic music that's intended for dancing; It's insanely repetitive, I'm sure it sounds great live but I just can't get with it on the studio version.
This one grew on me a little bit the further I got into it, but I still think I liked the other Prodigy album better. Some of these songs were so repetitive that they got a little annoying. Probably would have been more tolerable if I had been listening to it in the background at work. I got behind and am trying to catch up so I’m a little more focused on the music today. 2.25 stars, I’m not quite ready to round up to 3.
Why is it so hard to only include certain band's best albums here? If this was The Fat of the Land, it would be a 4.
Insoportable
Big oof. Not the worst record I've heard so far out of the 1001 but 47 seconds into track 2 I was waiting for it to be over. The lowest of 2s
Några klassiska låtar men det blir ju jobbigt i längden att lyssna på den här typen av musik.
Guess I wasn't jilted 'cuz this ain't fer me.
This band has always been a tough one for me. Part rave, part background music for video games.
Music to help me get through my workout a little faster. Other than that…rave on I guess.
Just because this genre of music existed does not mean it belongs in this little time capsule. You cannot convince me this is good
Sounds cool / interesting at moments. But no way I can do an hour + of this. Gotta be on some good drugs to get through this. Also, you think Yungblood is Keith flints (RIP) child?
My knowledge of The Prodigy starts and stops with Firestarter, Breathe, and Smack My Bitch Up... none of which are on this album. I'm sure some of these tracks were awesome at a club or rave back in the day. Doesn't hit the same while driving to work in the morning... 2.5/5
i used to be way more into scene EDM, from its early 90's roots til the 2000's. today its less interesting but still memorable in many ways. Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, all that stuff with this in there. the technology to improve the music at this time was encouraged and moving at the speed of light. what i can appreciate is that it is a genre built around the experience of live music and moving to beats that allow the mind to wander and flow. the festivals that these groups created are still around and thriving by evolution. something new was always the goal of a new record. this is pret great for 94. def ahead of its time in a lot of ways. it was a simpler time and shows how far things have come today in 2025. Full Throttle shows the energy of the record and how this atmosphere was at the time. not for everyone, but still fun. solid 2/5
Over an hour and 15 mins..... yeah we'll see if that's worth it for me. OMFG it's ELECTRONICA. I was NOT expecting that. I was expecting like... metal or like.... post punk or something. not the sounds of the camp from Tarzan. This is definitely not my cup of tea lmao. It all just sounds like the soundtrack from a cheesy action movie to me. I enjoy it a lot more when there's singing. All the songs are just soooo long though. 8 mins of the same thing over and over will never be my choice. I can't imagine anyone sitting down to listen to this unironically. I feel like I'm in a fast and furious film or like I should be finding my target in a dark Berlin club or like I'm hacking into the mainframe right now. It's definitely good for what it is, I just don't think I like what it is.
This is techno. Not really my thing
didn't like it
Die britische Gruppe The Prodigy nahm ihr zweites Studioalbum in den beiden Studios Earthbound (Essex) und Strongroom (London) auf. Liam Howlett, ein Engländer, fungierte dabei als Produzent, während Maxim Reality stimmliche Beiträge leistete. Musikalisch zählt das Album zum Breakbeat-Hardcore und Hardcore-Techno, angereichert mit Einflüssen aus Rave, Jungle, Rock und Hip-Hop. Einige der bekanntesten Stücke sind: „One Love“ – ein Rave-Song aus dem Vorfeld des Albums „No Good (Start the Dance)“ – ein energiegeladener Hit mit markantem Vocal-Sample „Voodoo People“ – mit einem Gitarrenriff im Stil von Nirvana und einem treibenden Breakbeat „Poison“ – mit einem langsameren Hip-Hop-Flair und starken Breakbeats Das Album überzeugt durch eine dichte, kraftvolle Produktion, die rohe Energie mit technischer Raffinesse verbindet. Songs wie „Their Law“ reflektieren zudem eine kritische Haltung gegenüber der britischen Polizeigesetzgebung gegen Raves, unterstützt durch rebellische Samples. Persönlich fällt mir auf, wie das Album trotz seiner Härte strukturiert wirkt – es entfaltet Dynamik und Tiefe, ohne in Beliebigkeit abzugleiten. Die genreübergreifende Mischung aus Breakbeats, Gitarren und Vocal-Samples wirkt authentisch und durchdacht. Abschließend halte ich Music for the Jilted Generation für ein wesentliches Dokument der 90er-Rave-Szene, das rohe Kraft und stilistische Vielfalt in eine stringente Klangwelt überführt. Eine Empfehlung für Hörer, die elektronische Musik mit kantigem Charakter und Produktionstiefe schätzen.
1/5
Ultimately this is pretty repetitive and uninspiring. The other prodigy album I had had a lead singer and I missed him.
They came up with 3 seconds worth of music and then played it for 6 minutes. This is music for people in basement bars with no AC and at least one time, not ironically, said stick it to the man
It's good music, but absolutely not for me.
Unique. Interesting. Groundbreaking. Deserving of many accolades. None of these should be used to describe this album. Even by 1994 rave standards this is just ok. Also too long.
Kind of droned on to me. Last song was best
When I was a kid, I LOVED the Prodigy. Fat of the Land was a seminal album for me growing up and so of course I rushed out to get their other albums and to say I was disappointed was a vast understatement. This is still true, this album was a few years before my time and I wasn’t out my face chewing door frames in a sweaty club so maybe that’s why I don’t get it. If this is the only representation from The Prodigy in this list, then it’s the wrong choice. Their Law, Voodoo People and Poison still stand the test of time, the rest however, is not very good.
It was a 2 today. Could be a 3 or 4 another day
Just not my style. Very busy and dischordant.
Feels very very dated. I thought I may like this but it just didn't do anything for me.
2/5
2/5
Break beats
Muzak
As I’ve said of other albums, and probably will say again, this is the type of electronica that’s context-dependent - probably fun to dance to, but not something that I find really enjoyable on its own. Favorite: Speedway 2.5
Kinda....hmmm. Like, I LOVED The Land of the Fat when it came out, but this album is just kinda boring. I'm not really sure this one is really for me. I think I kinda phased out of 90s EDM type stuff. Fine, not offensive, but really little on here grabbed my attention. Cool flute hook in 3 Kilos.
I’m sure it’s great in a club. I don’t live in a club.
I like some electronic music...but I can't stand this. Some parts aren't bad (No Good was decent). It gets a star for being mentioned in Gunnerkrigg Court however (even if Fat of the Land is better)
Boop beep boob peep music. Absolutely fine in background
I really thought Prodigy would have better songs than this
I figured I might need to crank this one to fully appreciate it. I turned it down.
The first few songs I kind of liked, the rest not so much. The baby crying one at the end was pretty funny.
I quite enjoy the first few tracks. Then…it keeps going… 2/5
I was there when the prodigy came to prominence and I didn't really get it then, and I still dont. This entire album is pretty repetitive and monotonous. You really could not tell one song from the other. If i compare it to something like Leftfield - Leftism, that still sounds fresh and unique while this sounds dated. Halfway through and I am bored out of my head from listening to this. The second half was slightly better...but only slightly
Seems like you need to be on molly.
Why did I recognize a song from tiktok…so brainrotted. Anyways, I can totally imagine the goth kids from South Park and katya bumping to this. It ain’t for me, but I understand ita appeal
Not unpleasant to listen to but not a lot to take with you either, Music for the Jilted Generation is filled with songs that ride their riffs for far too long. Now the songs often go on journeys around these riffs, but it's as if they're constructed to be the way they are, rather than orchestrated. There's a lot of industrial sounding percussion and abrasive synthesized sounds. This feels like an album that requires close, active listening to be rewarding. Maybe I'll end up revisiting this, but it didn't ever really call to me.
Gotta be pretty groundbreaking for its time, right? But awfully abrasive and downright unpleasant way too often.
Anstrengend und immer wieder gefühlt das gleiche
I liked some of it, it opened very well, but a number of the songs went on too long. And I get the style, but if you don't like the song, the repetition started to wear thin on me. NEXT. Top tracks: "Voodoo People," "Claustrophobic Sting"
I guess I'm not enough of a music nerd to enjoy this one. It's not only the repetitiveness of it all, but also the kind of sounds they used - it was simply annoying. 1,5 stars
This was just ok for me. I was a little bit disappointed because I like the album The Fat of the Land so much, but this album just seems harsher and more repetitive. I understand this album came first and it's historically important, but for me, I'll always choose to listen to The Fat of the Land over this album.
Maybe this would grow on me or be better with the right drugs
I have some time for this genre, broadly speaking, but none of these songs would get my ass on the dance floor then or now. Like Jason Mendoza at a Skrillex concert I'll be waiting for the bass to drop. And it, it'll never come. Too bleepy bloopy.
Kinda listened to this one, garbage
Another 1+ hour long electronica album... Could have been worse, but it's still not really my thing.
Literal garageband music
I don't know enough about this genre to know if this was really all that special of an album, but most of the songs are just too long and became super frustrating and repetitive.
This album was huge at the time, but I never really bought into it. Seemed like a gimmick - scary looking makeup and a permanent scowl seemed so contrived. They did put on a good live show and got the crowds dancing, and can admire their songcraft. Just not my thing.
Largely boring and overly pleased with itself, but "No Good" is an absolute classic.
Too much for me
2.5
288/1001
this was ok. kind of boring listening to this rather than dancing to it in a club.
Aldrig varit min grej
Absolutely no sane list, even one with a hefty allotment of 1001, should include two albums by The Prodigy. Will echo what I said of Fat of the Land…it hasn’t aged well. This album even more so. Poison though….
Why this one and not Fat of the Land?
Music for the Jilted Generation - literally music for me. I was literally jilted back in ‘84. Len warned me, he said she was only after the money and fame, of course I didn’t listen! I mean, I should have seen it coming, her name was Jill Tedman! Never mind, lucky escape if you ask me! Found out a few years ago that she ran off with Bob Monkhouse! Apparently it fell apart quite quick. She thought Bob was Des O Connor! He kept up the charade for months. Honestly, that bloke will do anything to get his end away! 2.3
Rave music isn’t my thing.
Was going to rate three stars because I liked some of the songs, and thought this was interesting EDM, but the album art is terrifying
unimpressive
not really into this type of music, but it wasn't terrible
I can see appreciating a song or two if you were a specific kind of high from drugs I haven’t dabbled in. A whole album of it over an hour long even then would probably be a bit much.
The track Full Throttle freaking slaps, and no other tracks (except possibly No Good) come even close. I'm amazed it doesn't have more listens. It's a breath of fresh, turbo-charged air amidst a sea of mundane, repetitive 7-minute tracks. The chromatic two-chord changes, airy synth bass, and almost cinematic atmosphere really drive the music, and the drums are at their most acoustic-sounding. All in all, a solid recipe for decent electronic music. No Good (Start the Dance) fades into the background until I picture a real bass player shredding those lines. It's a lot more entertaining that way. It's also the most exciting of the "hype" tracks, of which there are many. Most of the other tracks are fine, and probably in the better half of 90s electronic output, but they're too long to properly engage with. Sure, put this album on in a club or at a party and nobody will think twice. But nor will anybody call for the DJ to spin "Claustrophobic Sting" or "Speedway (Theme from Fastlane)" another time. There's little to distinguish the individual pieces. This is probably because of lack of instrumental variation, zero balancing between electric and acoustic (or acoustic-adjacent) sounds, almost nothing to show in terms of melody or chord progressions, and rhythms that are fine but a bit indistinguishable from one another. 2/5 Key tracks: Full Throttle, No Good (Start the Dance)
I generally dislike electronic music because it just sounds like a bunch of noises to me. But I especially don’t like it when those noises are unpleasant lol. Also this album is way too long. But kudos for catching me way off guard. With the album art and title, I was bracing for metal music.
Yikes this blows
This album was simultaneously too much and not enough
Good club music?
2 out of 5. Raves in the 90's must have been wild.
Reminds me of the gaming soundtrack of need for speed racing Favorite track: poison other picks: voodoo people, no good
The musical equivalent of strobe lighting. Boringly repetitive but fades into the background so not actively annoying.
Hated it! Maybe good for a movie soundtrack but too repetitive and boring to enjoy listening to!
Idk some songs I jammed out to but some was just pointless noise and it was generally overlong
Like the 3rd electronic album this week. Just not my thing. 2/5 Won’t listen again
Listening to this album (a full hour of industrial techno) in one stint was quite tough. Fond nostalgia from Voodoo People, but didn't care much for the rest of it.
After the sound of glass breaking hit my ear drums for the 50th time I realised this was not for me 2/5
Kind of boring. Sounds stale and dated. This album’s presence on this list is questionable. Although maybe it has cultural significance in the UK I am unaware of that justifies it being here. Or maybe this is the kind of album best experienced in a crowded room at high volume.
No, I’m good. Pretty much the same as all the electronic dance albums. Not my thing.
I thought we were done with electronica.
Intro n/a Break & Enter 2.6 Their Law 3 Full Throttle 2.6 Voodoo People 3 Speedway 2.4 The Heat (The Energy) 2.3 Poison 2.4 No Good (Start the Dance) 2.3 One Love (Edit) 2.3 The Narcotic Suite: 3 Kilos 2.5 The Narcotic Suite: Skylined 2.3 The Narcotic Suite: Claustrophobic Sting 2.2 Score: 2.491666667
Music for twats gacked out in their mom’s basement. 2/5
I've been sitting on this album for a while with the fear that I'd hate every minute of it. As a non-fan of electronica, it was more enjoyable than I anticipated. The "meat" of each song was a little much for me (and the singing lady was a bit too 90s if that makes any sense), but there were some recurring elements in each that I enjoyed (e.g., the ringing bell in Claustrophobic Sting). I found the history of the album more interesting as a release in response to the outlaw of raves in the UK. Favorite song: 3 Kilos Least favorite: No Good (Start the Dance) Knew before? No
Nah.
This was ok but not something I'd want to listen to regularly. Went on a bit too long.
*breaking window sound effect for 11 minutes over generic electronic beat* Ah yes this will be a hit
Thought I’d like it the way it started but it got repetitive and lasted too long
2.5 I listened to the albums in two sitting on different days. At first I hated it but I probably would have hated almost anyting on that day. Back half of the Album I had a bit more time/patience to get into it. As a whole its not something I would go out of my may to listen to but I could totally see how other would love this
So I bought 'The Fat of the Land' at the time in the nineties, the follow uptro this. You can certainly hear the genesis here of what became an absolute classic a few years later. Good beats, rhythmically driving but all in al la bit silly for somebody who didn't ever engage with the jilted generation.
I bet this would have been awesome in a packed club at 2am. Less so on a Wednesday afternoon commute. Oh well.
Um, no. One saving grace was that I was at the gym for this. Hard to imagine listening to it from a sedentary position.
A guy I know was so excited to hear I had hit this album. He said it was one of his all time favorites. I didn't have the heart to tell him I don't like techno.
Não é muito minha vibe um álbum só com músicas sem letras. Ainda mais bate-estaca.
Yksi ihan kuunneltava kappale ei paljoa auta. Erikoista instrumentaalimenoa, joka ehkä jossain voisi mennä, mutta kuunneltavaksi ei kyllä itsellä jää.
Det er vist computer-musik uge 😅 Det er svært at høre Music for the Jilted Generation uden at sammenligne med Fat of the Land. I 90erne hørte jeg hele FotL men kender kun singlerne fra MftJG. På singlerne syntes jeg klart at FotL er bedre. Og resten er sgu lige skidt. The Prodigy kan noget når man skal holde en fest. Det er party music. Men når man sidder stille og roligt og lytter, så er det sgu primært bare lort.
Not my thing but ok. 2.5
Wasn’t into this. Fat of the Land for me.
Wingspan brought me back to the generator today! Didn’t vibe with this one though
2.0 I don’t know how anyone can separate the good from the bad in this genre.
I think I found a way to listen to this type of music and not totally be annoyed. And that way is doing something like Biking or working out. This album made me feel like i was in the matrix. This album is also one long song. Not actually.... But it truly sounds like there is no change. Just different layers. Often times, repeat beats/samples are used again. Even from other albums. I don't know. Even though it was ok of a listen while I was biking... I don't ever want to listen to this again. It has nothing for me. It's background noise.
kinda repetitive and boring, didnt really get much out of it, i prefer contemporary electronic music Significant No 76/229 Liked No 36/229 Added No 10/229
"good because british" - 1001 Albums
Meth-y jams.
It feels like music that would play as a theme of an early 2000s kids tv show most of the time.
This album was inferior to the first The Prodigy album that we listened to. Less recognizable and more bland in my opinion. This especially gets hit a bit harder coming off of a refreshing 30 minute Beatles album. Long in general and especially long for what it is. I think it makes sense for the first prodigy album to make this list, but not this album.
I can tell you one thing: this is not the album you want to listen to in a "hurry up and wait" situation as a teacher on the last day of school while waiting on the district office to finalize grades for your high school seniors a day later than planned because a singular individual did not have their grades done on time and refused to work late to get them done. Essentially, I'm listening to club music while being held captive by an archaic reporting system and someone's inability to read their emails. Too long, just like the amount of time I had to sit in an empty classroom today. I guess you could say Their Laws and Claustrophobic Sting were tracks that really stuck out for me. Also, how does a kid that I’ve seen be glued to their laptop for four years fail an Intro to Computers class? I don’t know if it’s that this genre is growing on me, or if The Prodigy is really good at what they do, but these albums really aren’t terrible. They’re just very situational listens. Rounding down from a two and a half.
Every time I listen to The Prodigy I feel like I should be wearing a black trench coat with combat boots and sunglasses at night; kicking in a door to a vampire night club in the middle of a blood orgy. Wesley Snipes throws me a fully auto crossbow in slow motion as I combate roll across the room to catch it. Time resumes normal speed when all of the black leather clad vampires turn to me. "What a pain in the neck" I say before squeezing the trigger and begining the electronica fueled slaughter of the blood sucker monsters. After 3 minutes of that feeling, I'm just sitting around listening to mediocre beats for another 1h and 12min. Wondering was that actually cool, or really lame in hindsight.
Way too long. Just like the other one on here. Trim the fucking fat. Still way to much EDM, electronica, dance, whatever on here.
Was probably fun at the time to hear this in a club, off your nut, but it just sounded amateurish and a bit boring.
I was not in the mood for this. 2.
2 some cool things happening with this album but alas it is still boring, repetitive and entirely too long electrónica
Gostaria de questionar que mal fiz eu a Deus para merecer ouvir esta atrocidade. Caraças, não consigo descrever a agonia que é ouvir durante 7 minutos o mesmo "beat" repetido ao expoente da loucura. Como é longo, interminável, repetir a mesmice sem motivo e sem criatividade, uma hora e 18 de músicas chatas que não acrescentam em nada. As musicas tem variações mínimas, nunca o suficiente para justificar a duração exacerbada de tudo neste álbum. Ouço facilmente álbuns sem vocalistas, mas tem de existir um instrumental que justifique, coisa que estes álbum não tem. A única qualidade deste álbum é a sua produção impecável e a capa que é espetacular. A melhor música é o Their Law devido a guitarra pesada, parece que saiu de uma música de metal. Contudo, só entra a metade da música e sai no final. Nota: 3/10 28/05/2024
Não é meu tipo de música. Talvez no contexto certo faça mais sentido. Eu no caso ouvi isso num dia frio, trabalhando num escritório e completamente sóbrio (e mesmo assim consegui gostar de alguns trechos). O maior problema que tenho é que além de não ser meu tipo de música, elas são muuuuuuuuito longas.
While I appreciate their enthusiasm, this is jot something I find enjoyable.
Holy fuck is techno/electronica repetitious. I think I would like it more if I was at a rave on Friday night whacked on ecstasy and dancing. But I'm at home on a rainy Saturday morning sipping tea and it doesn't quite translate.
# 234 : Good music to play in a rave, but Some of the songs are just a bit too long and samey. Average at best!
ultimate 90s electronic.
I'm just saying, there is an album that released a month after this that is better in every way which didn't make it on the list. WHERE IS WEEZER!! This album was mid and the beat drops were not satisfying. Got to give it a 2/5
Hat meinen Eintrag nicht gespeichert und jetzt weiß ich nicht mehr was ich geschrieben hab, aber war nice nur eben nix was ich öfter hören würde
How did we have the energy to listen to 80 minutes of this stuff in the 90s? Not top banger stuff, but still pretty fucking banging
Fine for low background energy until the last song-which annoyed me. A 3 then became a 2.
A just alright collection of sludgy electronica. Poison is the best song.
I can only listen to a few pieces at a time!
Fan of their other stuff, this one's a bit long winded though.
Technoide Tanzmusik. Als solche sehr gut. Trifft aber nicht so ganz meinen Geschmack. Obwohl...sie hat schon manchmal was Mitreißendes.
Bad of the land was better
Not sure we need two Prodigy albums on this list. "The Fat of the Land" was plenty. They are both good Electronica albums, but this slot should have gone to another contemporary electronic artist. Two and one-half stars. It undeservedly loses a half-star because the "random" album generator gave us both Prodigy albums within one week.
Couldn’t get through all the blips and boops.
I don't do the right kind of drugs for this.
This doesn't belong on this list.
Not my cup of tea…or coffee
Felt like pretty repetitive early techno to me.
VERY 90's dance vibes. There's a lot of fun, and creative stuff here- but I am getting tired not even 4 songs in. I understand that this isn't my thing, and that you really have to dig this kind of stuff to get enjoyment out of it- I just don't. To me it overstays its welcome- again, there are fun moments, but I would much prefer these tracks at shorter intervals, and a shorter track list. At this point, this is quality gaming background music at best. Solid 4/10
I suppose there's a time and place for it Not 06:30 in my car on the way to work
Idk if I’m jilted enough
Too long, and not jilted enough (2.5/5)
Not as bad as I expected.
Not a big synth fan
2.3
"Yeah Yeah Yeah ... I got the poison Boom Bap ... Yeah Yeah ... WTF?! (5,0/6)
Gave up on this after halfway through. I get it. The whole UK early industrial electronic scene is not for me. I’ve tried, I’ve failed. Some okay beats here and fun experimentation but it’s so grating.
I don't my electronic music, just not an entire album. Seems repetitive 1.5/5
Not my thing at all but well-executed.
It was alright the prodigy isn’t my taste really
It's not bad, it's even kind of interesting at points. But 80 minutes is just entirely too long for an album with this type of music. It sounds like a looped playlist of royalty-free a content creator gym would play so that it's influencers could record without incurring charges.
A repetitive journey. Like it’s a Small World.
Not my thing
I am not that generation.
Not my kind of thing.
Couldn’t wait to turn it off. Really pisses me off
I'll be honest, I came back to this one just to not miss a day expecting to really dislike it, and honestly, it didn't disappoint in the fact that I did if fact hate it! (it's not my style), I'll give it 2 starts for its consistency according to my expectations
Well, if I was at a rave in ‘94, this would be perfect. Sitting in a chair listening on headphones 30 years later, bores the shit out of me. Unless you are at a rave or something, no one needs the same beat going for 8+ minutes. I know some tracks change it up at some points, and it’s all about the progression and how it builds, but you get what I mean. I’m on the fourth track now and luckily these are getting shorter. I will give them props for adding some metal guitar to a dance track. I need to see the Techno Viking going to this! Poison - I was just thinking “Oh this could easily be a hip hop beat, then in the middle it, completely turns in to an old school beat. More than halfway through, this is where I start drawing some lines in my overly-critical mind…. Do I enjoy listening to this? Not actively listening, no. In the back ground while I’m doing something energetic? Sure. Do I think it’s good music? Musically, there’s not a lot happening. Basically you get the drums down, throw a variety of samples, etc., on top. But is it good music? See answers to my previous questions. Is this artist talented? Definitely stitching together tracks like this takes talent. Do I like it? I think it can take you to a place just like Simon & Garfunkel can, but in a different way. And I like that at the right time and place. But at this point in my life, I’m never ever going to be in that time or place again. So, no, I would never listen to this on purpose. I’m a real trooper though. I’m gonna listen to this whole goddamn thing and you can’t stop me.
Not for me! I respect the foundation to edm tho
Muss ich nicht unbedingt, aber objektiv nicht schlecht
Favorite Track: 3 Kilos
Not really my thing. The album art also bothers me, and I just don’t enjoy seeing it in my library. It feels dirty and sticky and doesn’t match my vibe.
This is clearly well composed dance music. It's grimy and varied. Perfect for soundtracking your Cyberpunk role-playing game. It's also very long. Highlights: Voodoo People, Their Law, Speedway
Mediocre.
Overindulgent, uninspiring, and repetitive.
90s movie montage music
not for me, couldn’t get through
Not my cup of joe
Truthfully I went into this record thinking I'd hate it. And maybe I still do. However there were a few things that were notable about this listen. One - there's a hell of a lot of songs or snippets of songs I immediately recognize from some of my favorite movies of the 90s. Second, I think this type of music is best (at least for me) when my mind is mostly pre-occupied with other things. Listening while working allowed me to have my mind elsewhere, only to come back to focusing on what I'm hearing and find that it's the same beat, or melody, that I had just heard 5 minutes ago. No doubt I'd have an issue listening to the same exact beat replay over, and over, and over, and over again with my full attention. But at work or with other things to distract me? It works kinda!
Am I too jilted for this music? Possibly. This music does very little for me. I'm beginning to suspect that The Prodigy was a band someone on the project came of age hearing. I get the sense that only someone who was into The Prodigy early in life would love them enough to include them twice especially given how little difference there is among the tracks and thus the albums.
I dislike it respectfully. Its just not my Sound
i didn't take enough dr*gs for this.
what mark said about justice is how i feel about prodigy....
it's techno! I don't know much about Prodigy aside from the one song. This is pretty solid techno though. It's dance music that has a lot of layers in it. I never actually finished listening to this album but I don't feel the need to. Review of Reviews: Seems like people get it. It's dark industrial techno that came out in a time before there was any.. Best Track: Break & Enter.... woooooooooo
Made me feel like a robot but in a good, locked in way. Enjoyed listening to it at the gym but I doubt I would ever listen again. 2.5
If I was in a club and this was pumping with a buzzing crowd ... back in the day... I'd be luvvin it. Fast forward 30 years and listen to the album in isolation... its actually quite bland and long, there's nothing legendary about this as part of the rave scene.
Bleh, not very good. Songs were mostly too long. My favorite song was full throttle
This album is comfortably outside of my comfort zone. While most of it was inoffensive, it did feel awfully outdated in parts, and repetitive and droning in others. Needless to say, not my cup of tea. Highlight: 3 Kilos Lowlight: Claustrophobic Sting Surprise Hit: Poison
Reminds me of the time Kyle Gantos (aka Puntos) and Eddie Ybarra took X at the lizard lounge in Dallas and Eddie dehydrated and over heated. Like those two this album did not age well.
Brani Preferiti: - "Voodoo People" Note: Guardando il nome della band e la copertina, mi aspettavo fosse un gruppo metal o almeno rock... a quanto pare è un album elettronico, immagino rave metà anni '90. Se ignorare i propri gusti personali l'album di per se è fatto bene, ricorda quando i film degli primi anni 2000 usavano questo tipo di musica per mettere suspence in molte scene d'azione. Com'è composto questo album mi fa più pensare a come possa essere usato durante i rave per divertirsi, che ascoltarlo per puro piacere.
So right of the bat, I’m not a fan of this cover art. Normally, I see something like this, I wouldn’t bother listening. For the sake of this journey of discovery, I pressed play. I don’t mind electronic. After the mechanical saw-sounding intro, Break and Enter is ok. It’s just a little fast for me. Can’t really bob my head or dance to it. Listening to Their Law made me think it’s more workout music than dance music. I could see this music playing in one of the gym-bro type places that’s just a huge room full of dumbbells and weight machines. But as we get further into Full Throttle and The Heat, I don’t know. Prodigy loses me a little. It’s not bad melodically, but there’s A LOT of different sounds to take in here. It was distracting.
not for me
Du electro rock britannique toi. Des longues chansons (mais pas autant que miles davis). Whudup le bal en blanc. Du beat dans un jeu de combat. Pas dég, mais j'en écouterais pas souvent mettons. Un peu de beat d'entrainement p-t.
God it's all just so much isn't it. I think I have enjoyed the Prodigy in the past but I have to say this time it felt like a slog. I appreciate it must be very impressive music to actually produce but I didn't have a good time listening
Voodoo People good. The rest? Bad.
Aucune surprise, on ronfle
je vais avoir the prodigy en top artiste du mois et ca m'anéantit
Ehhh i dunno I don’t really like electronic that goes this hard on space sounds. I acknowledge that listening to this on air pods while cleaning moss off bricks probably was not the intended environment, and maybe I’d enjoy it more at 2am in some trippy galaxy tent. but yeah it’s a 2.5/5 from me dawg
This is one of the most boring electronic albums I’ve ever heard.
Not into hard drugs, so may have missed this one. 2
Would be better if it was the mid-90's and on a bunch of e.
Way too long
There hasn't been electronic music quite like this so far! This is definitely leaning in the direction of rave music. It's a little bit edgy and dark, which I can appreciate. This really isn't my type of music, so I didn't appreciate it as much, but that said, I know well enough that this is a historical piece of music in the raver scene, and certainly deserving of some recognition in this project! Probably around a 2.5 for me, but not rounding this one up!
A little too much repetitive, droning, boring sounds for me. It felt like a never ending soundtrack to a video game or a Matrix-like film, that is fine, but not my idea of a good time. Good background noise, if you're at a club or rave or some electronica festival with DJ's dressed as machines. If this is someone's idea of the future, I'm content with my old dad-rock.
day 5. interestingly, though I don’t listen to techno/electronic music I did know 1 song from this band, but it’s on their next album The Fat of the Land. Judging by this listen, I think I’d like the sound of that more than this one. it just dragged on forever … it wouldn’t fit any place in my listening. Not quite work background music, not pumping me up enough for a workout, not chill out music. Idk. 2/5 I can tolerate but wouldn’t choose to listen to. Faves: No Good (Start the Dance)
Good to hear an album and be like I see what this influenced
Just not my jam for an entire album
Not terrible, but there's not enough that's interesting here to recommend it. Forgettable.
It's just so repetitive. I wanted to like it, but no dice.
Beats too big
this had a few songs i really liked but overall it was a bit of a slog
bof
I am sure this is great in a certain situation under a certain influence but it isn't an album to listen to, enjoy or immerse in. It's a songs characterised by a series of repetitive beats. And musical phrases. There's worse dance music, I have had to listen to some of it here, but it's still not interesting to do anything more than dance to.
not for me
Me aburrió, por momentos parecia el soundtrack de un juego de pelea
This album is its own special niche of cool. Not my fav though. Sounds like the soundtrack to a PS1 racing game in outer space.
I was listening to this album bobbing my head while also thinking the whole time: "I hate this". A head bob is a head bob though, most have got me enthralled enough.
A very nice techno album, never heard it before or of The Prodigy, unfortunately not my favorite one, cool beats and nice drops and all but just felt a little repetitive, a lot of the songs seem to just drag on with the same repeating loop not really adding anything needed for a 7-8 minute song. All in all just not the best I’ve heard. Good sounds but just doesn’t hit the right spots for me.
Should just be called Soundtrack to the Matrix
This is music made for 90’s youth who liked to get super high and flail around. I don’t think it has a purpose today, I do like Electronic but prefer it to be chill not abrasive. There were some instances of good music on this album but they’d fuck it up with some annoying effect, most notably on Full Throttle when they tossed in the annoying duck sounds. Admittedly, I was not excited about this one, I thought it’d be ok for a morning run at least and I guess that made it a bit more tolerable but it was still grating and annoying for the most part. The only track I can say I enjoyed would be 3 Kilos. 2 Stars
This may have been better when I was in high school, listening back to it now it's not earthshattering. It was probably at the forefront of electronic music and allowed future acts to exist but since I listened to them first this one just doesn't have the sizzles factor.
Very intense listening for 6am on a night shift
Who listens to this, apart from drug dealers? Great for dancing when you're off your tits, but otherwise useless.
My biggest takeaway from this is how quickly electronic music advanced from 1994 to 1997, because this sounds at least a decade older than "The Fat of the Land". It's almost primitive in comparison, the songs are way longer but also way more repetitive. It lacks the cool vocals and samples that make the crab album so fun to listen to. In conclusion, just listen to "The Fat of the Land" instead. It even has a funny crab on the cover.
Techno-hardcore con variedad de efectos, sintetizadores y ambientes. Para gente muy aficionada
Nah. Thanks.
Not for me
A bit too annoying for my taste, but also bland in a lot of places. A weird mixture.
Side B is 5 star
Grote tegenvaller. Had hier meer van verwacht.
You can feel the early forms of electronic music
It has its moments, but I can't really listen to an album of it. I prefer some of the more recent prodigy
Not my scene.
Close to being a 3 because of a couple bangers, but it's a bit hardcore for a whole album for me
Alright , my dad loves this band =) Their law is cool
Catchy, but too long and repetitive. None of the focus of Fat of the Land.
This album is too long (78 minutes) and too much. The Prodigy is a band for which it's better to listen to individual songs instead of full albums imo. I respect it, but as a full album start to finish listen I didn't enjoy it a lot.
Messy dystopian future sounding electronic music. Non of their well known stand out hits make this album fall flat.
The fact that people in the reviews are hyping this album up speaks to how shitty British music was in the 90s. 3/10
I wasn't big on the rave scene. It seemed like a lot of drugs and repetitive beats. This sounds a little more entertaining than that, but not by much. It sounds like there's some thought going into this, which is more than I can say for other music in this category, so that's cool. But there's nothing here that stays with me.
This is probably better in a crowd than on headphones. I like a little more variety in my loops. Hack the planet.
Small doses...great for movie trailers and action sequences and delusions of a Trainspotting lifestyle.
The sound track to every late 90s hacker movie...
Under the right circumstances, I could totally listen to this. Unfortunately, those circumstances would involve being in a k-hole surrounded by a lot of other people, and a time machine set for 1997. Nowadays? A couple of tracks on a playlist would be good. 78 minutes worth? Not so much.
What it feels like to take bad ecstacy.
Used to really like this but now it seems overly repetitive and too long.
Nice Melodies, trying to be punk (but not)
Il disco è storicamente importante per la scena dei rave, ma il genere non fa per me.
not my style
Argh, I don't know if it's album fatigue or what, but I just wasn't having this today. Too many recent albums I just didn't enjoy listening to on busy stressful days. This one went on forever. Even back in the day, I didn't enjoy bouncing up and down in a crowded club to endlessly repeating phrases and loud beats.
Had heard this before and liked Fat of the Land 20 years ago, but this was not for me
Fruity Loops album…
same prodigy boring
Annoying. I had high hopes because Fat of the Land is one of my favorite albums, but this was intolerable.
not a fan of this album.
Uninteresting 90s dance/club music that hasn't aged well. 1.5/5
Not my type of music. Voodoo people is awesome though
In the 90s this sounded like the future. I listened to the first 10 tracks, but didn't finish. Definitely Matrix rave vibes on the first half of the album. I was listening while working, which put me in a productive mood. However I wouldn't listen again.
I wore the wrong pants for this album.
Pioneering electronic music, lots of nostalgia. Not the most exciting listen now, but amazing for it's time.
This went on forever and was somehow unsettling yet boring at the same time.
Eh... it didn't move me. Some interesting textures and beats produced, but I don't think I'll be coming back to this album a ton.
7/11/22
Reminds me of video game soundtracks from the late 90s/ early 2000s which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I dont usually love heavy synth music without accompanying vocals or guitar, but I found myself nodding along and moving my legs to the music. Favorite Song: Voodoo People
Two and a half. It turns out I had a belief hiding in my subconscious that I never needed to listen to an entire prodigy album in my lifetime. It also turns out I was correct. But my headphones were dying and every two mins or so this robotic voice would cut in and say “battery low” and it fit right in with the oontz oontz music.
I’m certain this is good for the right kind of person but I was not feeling grimy electronic music so I struggled with this
More like "Music for the Deaf". Yeesh it's just kind of this industrial or drum & beat electronica. 3/10.
2.5 / 5. First listen. When I first started listening, I really wasn't impressed. But, as the day has gone on, I am starting to get into it.
Ew, no. Can't say this was objectively bad but getting through it was a slog. It reminds me of the music used in the Sims that they danced to on radio stations. Just utterly strange. My fave track, "No Good" was ironically the only one that I thought was any good. That said, I didn't despise this album, it's just not a style of music I can really get into. And the sound hasn't aged particularly well--it lacks a sense of timelessness for me.
Not their best work
I don't know, it feels like this music sounds a bit outdated. Like it meant to be cool, but it's not anymore.
Not my music preference at all. This album was difficult to get through and it felt as if it was never-ending. Not a fan, sorry :(
Pure ecstasy!! That's what I'd need to ingest to enjoy this stuff – 100% pure ecstasy. There’re a few great dance floor thumpers, but not really enough to carry an album. “No Good” is an excellent track. Even though by 1994 that sample had been around the block a few times, no one did it with the energy or bpms of these guys. For me, they could have used 1 or 2 more songs like 3 Kilos, moving away from that relentless hardcore breakbeat sound, but then it would have been a different animal. I think their cohorts at that time, Fatboy Slim and Chemical Brothers were doing more interesting stuff, though Prodigy were more frantic.
I have this CD, but I honestly don't even like it that much. There are some parts that are enjoyable, however it is kind of exhausting to get through.
Meh
If every song was only 45 seconds long that would be better.
At its best, this is an album of kind of interesting videogame final-boss music. At its worst, this sounds like the music Jez makes in Peep Show. Just an idiot with a synth, pressing the buttons at whim. I did not love this.
Not very good. Very techno, but it's not terrible to listen to.
More 90's. Without the flashing lights and drugs it get's old fast. I semi remember dancing in the clubs to Voodoo People back in my youth. It's ok.
Unlistenable. Unless… you’re in an, um, enhanced state. And at a dance party. In 1994. Or a Skid on Letterkenny.
I'd rather listen to Fat Of The Land... but really, I'd rather listen to Chemical Brothers.
This music basically means nothing if it's not 1997 and you're not watching an action movie or at a club
What is this, Techno? Too quick paced to enjoy.