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Awesome
The beginning was mostly good, the later minimal-isch techno I personally did not enjoy as much.
These songs were mostly enjoyable, and frankly fit quite well with my mood today. However, almost every one of these songs just goes on for too long.
I understand the rave vibes, but this could be good if each song had 2 or 3 minutes less.
I feel like I am at a rave underneath an overpass, and my glow sticks are flying.
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.
Banger from start to finish, an album that means so much to me, learning the running man, first cd I ever bought. Untouchable.
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
An interesting listen. Couldn't get enough of some of it while I couldn't stand other parts! There's a good variety of electronic/house music here so there's bound to be something to connect with. I'm not huge on this type of music but I really enjoyed some of the darker, heavier music. It was reminiscent of music from some old FPS games.
These are songs that I would hear in like old skater montages from the 90s and early 00s. You know the ones I'm talking about: low fps, low resolution, black and white or some other weird filter, and really low camera angles. All the songs are unremarkable and blend together, and although the songs are actual songs in this album, I just don't see how this music is important. Favorite track: Speedway
My friend described this as backing music to low-rez skateboarding compilations, and I have to agree. Where I disagree, is where that is a bad thing. This kind of kicks ass. There are some lulls in the tracklist, but overall the sampling and overall beat centric, heavy metal/grunge electronic music is a great vibe and very enjoyable to me. This could be a single album is the biggest drawback. Hightlights: 2, 4, 5, 8, and 9.
Good enough album on places but it goes for fuckin forever, just like all skanky UK techno. Mostly just sounds like the soundtrack to a snowboarding game on the PS1. Want to give it a 3 but in all honesty... 2.5/5.
It's safe to say that I disliked this album and I have nothing else to say about it. 1/5 stars.
Did not enkoy
Prior to listenign to this album I was familiar with a few tracks from Prodigy. I thought that some of what I heard previously was okay, and some of it I did not like. Listening to this album did not change my opinion. The further I got in to the album, the more I was ready for the album to be over. I would not listen to the whole album again.
This was good! But not a lot of lyrics. It was weird in a cool sort of way but not emotionally gripping or anything.
A good electronic album from the 90s. Brought back memories from the time, ok for nostalgia but don't think I'd go back to it again.
hate it cant stand it
There was once a very brief time during grunge that electronica was considered ‘alternative’. People seemed to really love it. I was not one of those people. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t terrible, it just isn’t my thing. If there was an album that was the Matrix soundtrack, other than the Matrix soundtrack, it would be this.
This album sounds entirely of its time. I dig the breaks and the chopped samples, however, it's strictly a rave album and fails to provide enough song structure to build a hit. I'd rave to this in some sketchy warehouse had I been born decades earlier in the UK; but since I'm a 90s kid I'd prefer to rip Need for Speed and drink Mountain Dew Code Red to their greatest hits instead. I enjoy their later work quite a bit more than this album. ⭐⭐
Oh here we go. Banger time. Bop your skull to this shit and enjoy the ride. Weehahhh boyyyyyy. Everything here is above average easy. I wish it was just a little bit more aggressive to really get you jumpin'
pari bangerii, muutama heikompi, mut hyvää kamaa
Ei parasta tältä artistilta
Outlines the big beat genre pretty well. Packs a lot of power into one album. Intense beats, interspersed with melodically advanced, anthemic chords and melodies. Feels a bit 'plastic' and mass-produced, but overall a good album. Can get a bit annoying and repetitive at times. Essential for any fans of electronic dance music
Probabilmente 20 anni fa gli avrei dato un punteggio più alto ma considerando che l'ho ascoltato un po' di corsa perché già lo conoscevo e che preferisco altri album dei The Prodigy, si becca la sufficienza. Voto 3
55. Um saco de plástico bem cheio de ar. Empurro-o em direção à Terra. Do outro lado, as fagulhas libertam-se. Com ar se faz o fogo. MotA: Voodoo People "So, I've decided to take my work back underground to stop falling on the wrong hands"
One of my all time favorites, this is my childhood
Simplemente tengo ganas de fiesta, perro sanxe haz algo
Love it, especially the Voodoo people song that was used in Wasabi movie
Feels like this really weird and interesting mix of Breakbeat, Electronica, trance, and EDM. With a dash of what I feel like is Metal, Punk, and some real industrial vibes. I like it. I think it could have been made a bit shorter to be honest. But for what it is, it does it very well.
Not sure why this album is on the list. Was it the start of EDM? It was alright. It could have been a shorter album too. There is no need to ever listen to it again.
Not really my type of music, but it is listenable. The influences this album and group had is unquestionable, and even big bands like Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails and Fear Factory would have sounded a lot different without the industrial electronic sounds of The Prodigy.
I really liked it, legit 4 stars. Cool industrial techno thing going and not something I hear these days. Aside from voodoo ppl I liked Break & Enter, Full Throttle, and Poison.
A fantastic dance album with a lot of distorted sounds that make it also appealing to a rock orientated audience.
Really enjoyable album, you need to be in the right mood for it though. Definitely won’t be everyone’s cup of tea at all. Some absolute BANGERS on this one though!
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.
Poison: Devo dire che la batteria è fomentosa In conclusione: Quando sento i Prodigy me immagino sempre la scena: tu che stai fuori da un capannone industriale e senti solo i bassi, poi si spalancano le porte e ti trovi davanti sto mega rave co 500 persone che ballano e l'impianto da 2000W che ti spara i Prodigy in faccia. Te ti fai di MDMA e in mezzo alle strobo che vanno a tempo con la musica ogni nuovo pezzo te sembra il pezzo più figo mai sentito e pensi a tutte queste persone che esprimono la propria libertà ballando fino a che non ce la fanno più tipo ritiro sciamanico. Però poi io sto a 33 anni in cucina a fa la pasta fredda vegana mentre me li sento e un'ora e diciotto de disco so una mezza agonia e ce ne ho le palle piene al terzo pezzo. Prevedibilmente i Prodigy non mi so mai piaciuti manco prima, però continuano a darmi l'impressione di un gruppo che è tipo il classico stereotipo della tipa che al buio del locale ti sembra una strafiga e poi il giorno dopo nella quotidianità te rendi conto che in realtà non c'entrava niente con come te la ricordavi. Cioè i Prodigy so una sorta di colonna sonora di un qualche tipo di festa, non so musica che regge tirata fuori da uno qualsiasi di questi contesti, perde ogni tipo di fascino che potrebbe mai aver avuto. Solo perché riconosco che non è musica pensata per l'ascolto e perché ogni tanto c'è qualche soluzione carina (e perché so un democristiano dentro) gli dò il 2.
Questo disco è la perfetta colonna sonora di una determinata sottocultura e ti porta subito a rivivere quell'esperienza. Lo stile dei Prodigy è iper riconoscibile e le produzioni, considerati anni e mezzi, sono ammirevoli. Non è un disco perfetto ma l'energia che trasmette è tantissima, proprio per questo lo trovo più importante di Fat of Land che è più evoluto ma anche più mainstream.
Nice
Parts of this album sound like someone gave the Doof Warrior a band. I kinda feel like to fully enjoy this I need to either be in a slick, flashy 90s action movie or on E in a 90s German discotheque. Like, I get it, but it’s not for me.
Maybe not my kind of music, but it does have its merits. 6.3/10
Good but intense for the morning
i was so bored. i don't know if this is good or bad.
Dette var litt for mye av det samme. Kunne kanskje fungert som musikk i bakgrunnen av et heftig oppdrag i GTA eller lignende, men fikk ikke så mye ut av det ellers. Likte 3 kilos da, bare på grunn av jazz-fløyta.
Hmm, likte noe av det, noe var ganske bra mens annet var litt merkelig. Vet ikke helt hva jeg skal skrive. Noe man vil høre på i en halvveis bortgjemt litt retro bar for å chille og drikke øl.
Ser absolutt hva folk liker med dette, og kunne viba ganske hardt til det i rett situasjon. Men generelt ikke helt min greie ass-
Album is longer than I like, but also better than expected. I think I had the wrong expectations going into this one. Ultimately I enjoyed this, but it's very context-specific. Should be enjoyed in a club, and not while just sitting around on a lazy Saturday.
To my great surprise, I actually really enjoyed it. Was good to have it playing, although it would fit better when accompanying household chores or workout rather than for work. Too repetitive for five stars though.
De todos los géneros que no conozco, la electrónica es creo el más ajeno, nunca sé cómo apreciarla (?), no es para mí
Teetering on a 4. There's something about electro from bands that came out of the 90's that's just better.
It's not dreadful, but it's so lame and boring. Nothing really interesting. And they think they are so hard. Drums at very one note.
Great first part of the album, full of great bangers. I think the running length is a bit too long, as 90s techno and rave songs get really repetitive. Still, Poison, Voodoo People are timeless dance anthems.
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
voodoo people is a timeless banger
Muziek voor als ge aan de bollen zit. één ster weggehaald voor elk nummer dat ik uit irritatie heb overgeslagen. We zijn niet ver geraakt voor we aan 1 zaten.
Behalve de 2 hitjes, die door de nostalgische waarde een * extra opleveren, werd ik nogal nerveus van een heel album te luisteren
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.
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El segundo CD que compré en la vida fue Fat of the Land de Prodigy. Los amo. Soy muy, muy, muy fan. Fan de su obra noventera, de las Dirtchamber Sessions. Tenía como mil 300 años sin escuchar este pedo. Realmente solo tengo un pedo, este disco está bien pinche largo. Fuera de eso es hermoso. Un viaje en el tiempo absoluto. Ha pasado tanto tiempo que suena fresco, es tan diferente a lo que suena actualmente en los círculos rojos y en la banda que escucha la mierda de top 40. La verdad es que dan ganas de drogarse, verdá. En fin, luego es difícil escuchar los discos centrados en su contexto original, pero piensen en 1994. Colosio muerto, EZLN, el Re de Café Tacvba, Fey, mamadas así. Esto era absolutamente radical. Y ni siquiera era lo más radical, sónicamente hablando, que se producía en Inglaterra en esa época. No sé, increíble. Qué ganas de bailar.
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Voor mij geen album om thuis eens even lekker op te zetten. Hitjes van The prodigy zijn lekker op feestjes, daar blijft het voor mij bij.
90s electronic/industrial breakbeat. KMFDM without the rock n' roll. vaguely reminds me of playing flash games on newgrounds
The prodigy. Een beetje als flossen; Je weet dat het goed is, maar je hebt er gewoon echt niet altijd zin in.
Hoewel ik destijds weinig op had met dance, vond ik dit echt een openbaring omdat het ook een bepaalde rockfeel had. Nu luisterend vind ik het misschien nog wel beter dan destijds.
Toch wel een vette plaat! Beetje lang, en hier en daar wat teveel doorgetrokken in weirdness, maar ik kan dit toch wel echt waarderen. En in de categorie trivia heb ik weer iets geleerd: Het gitaar sample in Voodoo People komt uit het nummer Very Ape van Nirvana!
Heerlijk!
Een soort rock en dance? Klink wel erg naar zijn tijd. Iconisch denk ik maar de muziek is niet zo goed.
Couple of mammoths. But not the best Prodigy album
Feels like Chemical Brothers. Not that interesting to me
Suena súper noventas. Tiene sus momentos dark, sus momenetos trip, chido en general. Por supuestos que la canción que más me gustó fue Their Law porque está re industrial. Las demás bien como para escucharlas una vez, es decir, no regresaría más que a esa canción. Mood: rave en un edificio abandonado por la radiactividad
Prefer The Fat Of The Land but still very good. A 3.75/5
A never ending parade of synthetic intensity, like a bottomless Monster energy drink. If you're looking for music to smoke crystal and gyrate all night until 9am in a sweaty European basement rave to, this album is for you. Just a ham-fisted splooge of blips and bloops, uninspired samples, repetitive beats that mostly go nowhere. Fine if you're in a trance or need something high energy bumping in the background - decent as a workout soundtrack, certainly does not warrant a close listen.
Komisch-logisch, wie ich als Crossover und slightly EBM / Dark Wave Kid jener Zeit dieses Werk als das einzig echte, credible Prodigy Album abgespeichert haben konnte. Es ist so fett, wie die Samples pathetisch. Die breakbeats in den Kanon hineinkonserviert, wie sie spätere Archäologen elektronischer Musik herauspauken sollten. 3 Killer Tracks (fast) hintereinander und der Überbau so passgenau. Welch irre prügelndes wie auch anschmiegsames Biest! Vielleicht überschätzte 4.4
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
El segon àlbum de The Prodigy és una barreja d'electrònica i sons industrials que acaben atabalant. La manca de temes potents, que sí que tindran al seu següent disc "The fat of the land", fa que l'escolta se m'hagi fet força feixuga.
Awful, grating, didn't even get past the first song
Balanced as all things should be
A staple breakbeat hardcore/techno album. Consistent all-round, but rave music hasn't aged that well. 7/10
Un título un tanto lúgubre para este álbum que no suena así. Me suena a cosa que me perdí porque era un bebé apenas en la década, como los raves (?). Sin embargo, puedo aceptar que es música que podría escuchar más, me hace trabajar bien por enérgica y me hace pensar, sobre todo en estos días de mucho encierro, en que ojalá volvamos a la fiesta aunque ya no suene este tipo de música. Mis favs: "Break & Enter", "Voodoo People", "One Love" y "Claustrophobic Sting". P.D. Creo que hay samples y demás, pero "Break & Enter" me recordó de repente a la posterior y buenísima "Not Gonna Get Us" de t.A.T.u. 9/10
Feel like I needed to drop eighty tabs to get into this on a Tuesday morning. They have a certain sound that sets them apart from other electronic music.
It was ok. I actually liked several of the beats... but just instrumentals/beats are never going to do it for me.
Thought I wouldn't like it but then it turned out to be excellent work music!
Meh
This sounds like something Ali-G would listen to. Damm they really did sample the very ape riff. Very nice! If the songs were shorter the album would be better. I would like to hear the albums where the british man instead.
Thanks, I hate it.
I was surprised at this one. Honestly, the cover art had me a little nervous that it would be kind of hard and creepy sounding, but I didn’t mind it. It’s definitely 90s; not sure it would find a hold in today’s milieu.
1 song in and I hate this. Can't listen
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Good background music while focusing on something. Fast paced, repetitive, minimal distractions.
Not my cup of tea
Uh yeah nope
urgh they picked the wrong album. hell yeah so good tho. I love this electric hard dance music. really well composed.
In the right situation this is an incredible album. I’m just never in those situations any more. Voodoo People is still an absolute banger.
good
This one's a mixed one. I've heard some of the songs before and liked them. It is also similar to some parst from Matrix soundtrack. However, some are just not that pleasant to listen to.
Struggled with this. The positive sounds couldn't outweigh the dull.
Boring. I prefer music with vocals. My ears perked up at 3 Kilos, but otherwise I was tuned out.
Eh. Just not for me.
Techno album, mostly. But not too over the top. Decent.
Heavy. Never heard heavy EDM before, but it was something I definitely want more of in my life.
This album leans heavily on dense breakbeats and the rhythm section as a whole. That's not wholly a bad thing, but a bit more melody would have made everything feel cohesive rather than 1-2 synth lines over percussion.
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Interesting intro - concept album? Feels like good 90s rave music. Great focused work music - voodoo people is intense
The opening monologue was kind of cringy. I imagine this was probably influential in the industrial/rave scene of the 90s but it didn't excite me.
Has soundtrack like music. The album was adopted by the rave scene in England. Though it was revolutionary in the way the artist sampled sound effects from many tv shows, is it really necessary for this list?
old weird metal techno album that hasnt aged well
This record is fine, but not really for me. It all kinda sounds the same. I don’t think I’ll listen to it again
In small doses this is cool, but for over an hour? Without drugs, that's a tall order.
Acid house pioneer Prodigy. Makes me feel like I'm in a 90s rave
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.
Many childhood memories! Still one of the most important techno albums of that decade.
Good stuff! Just absolutely love this band!
Smack my bitch up
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.
Holy Christ is this project loooooooong. Nearly 80 minutes. It's good background music, but when I focus on it, I get bored super quickly. I ended up scanning through the last three songs. I like the industrial vibe it gives, but I just didn't like this record that much. Favorite tracks: "Poison", "3 Kilos"
Electronic really isn’t my thing
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
not my genre but head-bopping nonetheless
Good album…. Prevented from being an amazing album by its length. Shave 40mins off and you’ve got yourself a big beat classic!!