The Fat Of The Land

First few tracks were ok and then it became obvious they are all the same. Didn't really resonate with me. Great album art though.

Not a fan of this genre. I gave it a chance, listened to entire thing, but it's just not for me. 2/5

Enjoyed the breakcore elements but found the instrumentation too shrill at times. Favorite track: Firestarter

I guess you had to be there cause to me right now this doesn’t stand out as anything special. Climbatize was pretty cool. The rest was ok, annoying at times, but not too bad over all.

Starts out strong. Then it falls off a cliff. Listening to this whole album is a chore. Also. It's better, IMO, to hear these songs in a dark, very loud club. Maybe on some drugs

After a few songs this all kind of sounds the same. I guess it would be good rave dance music but that seems about it. It was decent to run to as I didn’t have to think about the few words and little meaning. Crab picture was cool.

I am not sure what to take away

I don't mind 1 or 2 songs-they're great to workout to or get some work done to-BUT after that they all start to sound alike. and the lack of lyrics really starts to show (so much repetition)

There was only one song outside of the singles that really stood out as relistenable, Climbatize. Otherwise I thought it was all a bit poser-ish. They claim to be bringing Punk to electronic music, and then make an hour long album with only 10 tracks, most of which was mid tempo and boring, and on the few songs that had lyrics, was quite misogynistic. Sounds exactly like Punk to me!

I was having fun during the first few songs, but as the album wore on I got more and more tired of the music. Breathe is always a cool song, though!

I never listened to this album straight through but was certainly familiar with it due to my clubbing days back in the late 90's. "Narayan" and "Climbatize". were a couple of standouts besides the hits that I forgot about. Overall, it's an OK album for what it is but I would not listen to it all the was through again.

If I was an angsty British teenager in the 90s who wanted to rebel against my parents but didn't want to do anything illegal or get my ass beat I would have blasted this album in my room 24/7. All the songs were 5-6 minutes which I found to be too long. My favourite was diesel power, but a lot of the songs sounded similar and it got repetitive. 2/5

bro i swear the artists discovered one (1) sound effect and just ran with it for an entire album. you know which one i'm talking about. i swear i'm about to have a stroke. each song indivudually is fine but the album just goes on and on and on and on and on. 2/5, it's pretty well produced but i just hated listening to it

Interesting and not my usual listening. I'm not at a 90s UK rave right now, and I probably won't be in the foreseeable future so I'm sure that also impacts my enjoyment of the album in some way. Songs I kind of liked were Breathe, Funky Shit, and Climbatize. 2, I cannot see myself listening to this ever again though one day I'll probably wake up and flip a switch and think this is the most incredible music ever produced

essentially a dark techno album, and as any techno album, it is nauseatingly redundant. not for me.

Not my thing.

It was fine, not my favorite kind of noise.

A little techno goes a long way.

#2/1001 CRAB RAVE WAS MY VERY FIRST THOUGHT. I have very little experience with electronic music, so I don't have much to compare this to, but a lot of the songs sounded the same. Overall: It wasn't a horrible experience, some of them played and it was like "yeah I could headbang to this if it was blasting and bass-boosted at a dark club." but then others just dragged on. The whole album just wears on you after awhile, however, I think hearing these songs *separately* would be fine, just not all at once. This is not an album you sit and listen all the way through, yk? Favorites: Smack My Bitch Up Diesel Power Serial Thrilla Fuel My Fire

Masters of repetitious, obnoxious digital noise. The Prodigy were royalty of the Techno scene, but I preferred the back alleys and lesser known bands.

Appreciate what this album means to the time period, but got in a fist fight with a neighbor due to his instance on playing it at top volume at 2 am every night of the week.

some good stuff but generally didn’t like it. not the kind of techno i like

Started the album but didn't enjoy it.

A definite product of its time. While I have found memories of hearing this back in 1997, it no longer resonates or holds up for my tastes.

Not a fan.

not the music I am used to

Very intense. A little bit dated. From track 7 to 9 much more interesting. Maybe a grower. Perhaps good for working out

The songs seemed repetitive and music sounded similar on all tracks. Lyrics were wanting.

Very disco-y. Cool effects, musical direction? Not the type of music I'd usually listen to at all. I probably wouldn't put this on by choice. Some of the sounds just felt like they were on to annoy the listener.

did not care for this

This veers too industrial for my EDM liking. There's a darkness here that makes me uncomfortable. Way too much good EDM to waste time trying to groove to this.

Pretty cool but not my thing

Breathe is good at least

Liked it a lot more than expected. Especially when driving

Every track was repetitive, but at least it felt a tiny bit more creative than I was expecting. Still mostly indistinguishable from any other electronica I've heard

1. zmack my bitch up - 1.5 2. breathe - 1.5 3. diezel pouuer - 1 4.funky zhit - 1 5. zeriah thrilla - 2 6. mind fieldz - 1 7. narayan - 1 8. fireztarter - 2.5 9. climbatize - 0 10. ful my fire - 0

Not my thing. Language. However, so.e of the instrumentals were good.

Every single song sounds like Smack My Bitch Up.

not my cup of tea. Managed about 3 songs.

Not an album or artist I had ever heard of before, but I did recognize some of the songs. I can appreciate when they're doing and I'm sure it was great for late 90s Euro techno, but it just isn't for me. Repetitive, grating at times, with corny lyrics. Some catchy beats though. 4/10 (2/5)

Pretty sure this became the soundtrack for every reality TV show for the next 2 decades.

It’s alright. The songs themselves aren’t bad, but to me they all sound the same. Background music at best.

Every song does the same: sets up an interesting groove but then doesn’t go anywhere. I could listen to these grooves but only in small doses.

Not to my liking.

There was a time I would’ve enjoyed this, but that time has long since passed.

Meh

Gritted my teeth through this one.

It was good. Not really what I would go for. Sounded like the soundtrack to those "you wouldn't steal a car, so why would you steal a movie" commercials.

Smack my bitch up still slaps! The rest all blend together for me but remind me of gritty 90s underground films

I appreciate the significance of the album and the importance to electronic music, but it's not for me.

Some of the singles are quite catchy in low doses, but everything overstays its welcome and becomes quite repetitive.

Never heard of this band. This should be interesting... I'm only on the first song and I find it incredibly repetitive. I hope not all of the songs are like this. So far I like the second song a little better. There's not a lot of vocals and when there are I can't really tell what they're saying. I wish they would switch up the drumbeats a little. It's kind of annoying. The third song is the best so far. Different drumbeat which is nice. But holy crap these songs are so loooooooooooooong. Cool transition between tracks 4 and 5. Track 5 is giving me low-key Deus Ex vibes with the alarm thing going off in the background. I don't hate it. Track 6 is a nice change of pace. Track 7 is 9 minutes long. Send help. Okay this song is semi-interesting but there's still like 7 minutes left. No thank you. 2 minutes left. I can do this. Aaaaaaand track 9 is 6 and a half minutes long. What is this for?? Thank goodness, it's the final track. 2/5. This wasn't for me. I prefer lyrics with my music. If I'm listening to mostly instrumental music, this isn't the type I would go for. I can see that appeal I think, but it just didn't work for me.

Didn't listen to the whole thing, but wasn't a fan of what I heard. Just not my style.

House music isn’t my jam.

This really makes you feel like you're 1997.

interesting but just seemed to be just instrumental and no vocal so wasn’t a big fan

The music is funky and reminds me of a soundtrack to a dystopian future movie. I enjoyed a thorough listen The Fat Of The Land is not an album I feel I need to listen to again.

mom did not approve. she wants to listen to « her music ».

This is what crabs listen to

Pretty intense. I’m sure there are times for that but yesterday was not it for me

Eh, I don't really get down with the edge lord, industrial rave stuff. This one has merit, and I don't want to criticize it too hard. The Matrix is a good movie, but one of the things that dates it the most to me is the music, and more than one song off this record is on the soundtrack. It's very much of its time. I don't like using the word 'cringy' to describe anything really, but that's the main feeling I get with this record.

2 nicht alles gehört, einfach nicht so meins.

Nicht sonderlich mein Fall. "Firestarter" habe ich schonmal irgendwo davor gehört. Es ist nicht schlecht, aber nichts, was ich mir einfach so nochmal anhören würde. 3.2/10

Gets tiresome

Mind numbingly repetitive. I actually kind of liked Breathe, but nothing else

The Prodigy are beloved, and this album has rave reviews. So I feel bad to say that I've never been a fan. It's sorta fun, in that it sounds like the cheesy background music in a late 90's chase scene. But on that same note, it's just relentless and too noisy, and yeah, sounds like the soundtrack for a Fast and the Furious videogame for PS2. Electronic music, beyond going on way too long, tends to age like milk, and this sounds so much like a product of its time. I guess this is why I've never been invited to a rave. The crab on the cover is cool though.

see what they accomplished, but it's not for me. 2.5* fav.: breathe

Hated it. It was all over the place

I didn't hate it as much as I thought I was going to hate it, but I didn't really like it either. I do appreciate some of the middle eastern/Indian influences but still not my thing. Like most electronic dance music, it's just too repetitive. 2 stars.

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2.5

A few tracks I recognize from my youth. Something about this type of music makes me feel like I should be on amphetamines at a strobe-ridden rave taking e from someone I’ve never met before. I’d much rather listen to the Chemical Bros than this. Better yet, Aphex Twin.

Pretty unremarkable electronic

Not the kind of music I like but some parts were pretty hype. Stand-out: Climbatize

Is it me or does all of this style of electronic music have the same beat? I was listening to this album and when it ended Spotify put on a similar artist and I swear that they had the same drum track. I guess this music would be good to dance to but otherwise I didn’t have much use for it.

Too aggressive

Literally got headache, may be my own fault but I *do not* have the energy for this one at the moment. It's also very very similar and LONGG.

90's dance music with some white-boy rap on top. It's okay. A bit repetitive

That was a long 57 minutes. I fondly remember the hits from this album when I was a kid. A few of the tracks were popular. Not really my thing nowadays. Wasn't really back then either.

S Tier————————— Diesel Power A Tier————————— B Tier————————— Climbatize Breathe Narayan Funky Shit Firestarter Fuel My Fire Smack My Bitch Up Mindfields Serial Thrilla

I am not a fan of this genre. Some tracks were fine but I don't see myself listening to any of it again.

Lots of the samples were cool but I just couldn't finish this one

Some decent beats on here but I couldn’t really get into the lyrics. High 2

Sound of an era. I don't think it aged that we'll, and felt a lot more repetitive as an album than I remembered it. Still a good album

What in the UK electronic basement music is this 🚮 First song in the album are words to live by tbh

Test

It sounds like it was made on a drum kit and 808s, not too my style

I believe there is a time and place for this, but today at work was not that time and place. Sick cover tho!

Indifferent with points taken off for Smack My Bitch Up. Crab was cool tho

Hip hop type instrumentals, maybe a little EDM lean

Not bad. Some creative and some fun music.

Eh it was fine. Not really my vibe

a few catchy tunes, but overall would not recommend

Sounds like a remix I would hear while playing street fighter

definetely influential but not my music taste

I’ve tried with Prodigy but damn this all just sounds like the same crap

Meh

Yes, you can dance to it, but I hope someone smacks The Prodigy all up for glamorizing abuse.

Interesting but not for me

Felt like I was trapped in a circa 2006 Transporter movie. Not for me.

TOM HOLLAND??? WAT THE FUCK!!? I DONT WANNA TALK TO YO BITCH ASS

Not my type of music but the singles are ok

Not for me

Second Prodigy album and I’m certain that they aren’t for me. Their music is jarring, I don’t like this. 2 stars

The album cover is cool as fuck. Right on, crab man, you get yours! But I hate this music. It sucks so much. Rating a bit more kindly for mr. cool crab.

genuine shame this was made by british people. pulls you out of the soundscape when there’s speech. a delightful charcuterie board of electronic aesthetics, but overlong in my opinion. took several attempts to finally hear the whole record at once. feels like an extremely long album, listening to it is exhausting.

One of the better electronic albums on here. Still too repetitive for my tastes.

eh

2/5 Best: Climbatize Worst: Serial Thrilla

p806. 1997. 2.5 stars So, someone learnt how to programme a drum machine. This hasn't dated well - 10 seconds of it and you are immediately in the late 90s - and twenty years on it sounds tedious and repetitive. Perhaps you had to be there at the time to enjoy it.

Well this is something for an early morning. I think everbody heard smack my b up an firestarter a million times by now. And if i was into those songs I would have checked out the record. But alas, its not my kind of music. There are some good songs and I can understand why people like it. But for me it's a one and done deal.

Best songs - Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe

Not my cup of tea. I like the ones with some rap on it but not the funky stuff. 2.2/5

It does sound very 90s. It feels wrong listening to this sober. Not something that I'll be listening to again

This album really broke through at the time. I have never been a fan of electronic music or techno, but I remember listening to this when it first came out and enjoying some of the sounds here. All that being said, the genre still doesn't really work for me. It was a fine background choice while reading a book. That's about all I can muster for this one.

Hahaha no shit that song Firestarter is on here. That's it though, pretty much one-note.

Was ok, was listening to it while at work and went quick to me. Giving it 2 stars as I cannot give it 2.5

There's some decent stuff on this album, but it just drones on and on. I know it's electronic music, but it was incredibly repetitive. I had to stop before finishing the album.

2.5

although i appreciate their contributions to the electronic genre, this particular style is not my cup of tea. the lyrical content is extremely dated too. songs like “smack my bitch up” are blatantly misogynistic. that being said, i did find myself grooving to a few songs

Breathe is a strong song. Pretty good DIESEL POWER! new theme song ahaha Funky shit: so many synths! Ooh I love the drumline in Serial Thrilla. It also sounds like the music in The Matrix's lobby shootout scene Minefields: finally some non-synths! Sounds like I'm in a medival blacksmith shop lol I'm not gonna lie this music all sounds kinda the same Narayan has a cool chant though! toast approves Firestarter: honestly gives me doom eternal vibes in a weird way ahaha I wonder what this genre is called. Electronic? Techno? Hip hop? I'd call it techno-hiphop but I'm not sure. It's a very 90's sound Wikipedia says that it's "big beat" or also electropunk which I suppose I see. The genre does have some cool drum riffs but it gets really repetitive really quickly. Music to do parkour to ahahaha As far as the album goes, I think it's accomplishing what it's trying to, but I think it's just too repetitive. It does have some cool motifs going on each song, but I think each song is still mostly more of the same.

This is the second album I have received from The Prodigy--hopefully the last--and this is the one I assumed the first one was. It has the songs that I remember getting serious radio play when this came out. I was in to this slightly more than the first one, but ss I said on the first review, this band and this music is not for me. But I am happy that it exists for the people that it is for.

This album leaves with the taste of nothing in my mouth. A palette cleanser that goes on too long. They thought so far outside the box that they ended up making their own box that they were unable to think outside of. The music of this album fails to deliver the excitement promised to us listeners by the cover art. I am disappointed, but not surprised. 2/5

Liked this a lot more 25 years ago. A few tracks still hold up

This album would be much better if each song was about a minute and a half shorter. It's fun for the most part, but every single track is repetitive beyond belief. Favorite track: Narayan

ok we’re back! sick album cover I wanted smack my bitch up to give me more. With such a provocative name it was pretty tame. People fucking love this album. The whole album gave me similar vibes to the pirating warning that played before DVDs and VHS tapes.. the like YoU WOUldnT sTeaL a CAr?! wHY stEAl dVD?! ones ya know? Ummm after reading about it I can appreciate its status as a force in the rave movement. It’s more zombie race music than I would like but happy that there are beats for plur babies to dance to

It is an hour of electronic music. I don't not need an hour of electronic music.

A fun listen, but probably not something I'd return to. Really liked the final track, Fuel My Fire. Climbatize was probably my least fav track, it dragged on and on.

Giving this a pity second star. Mostly bad.

Nothing too great on this one. Whole thing sounds like the soundtrack to a 2003 heist movie.

To use one of their song titles as inspiration: electronic shit

Heavy, driving bass with lots of Star Wars gun ‘pew-pew’ noises = music? I think the portion of this that sounded cool and futuristic in the 90s has not aged well at all. They went for loudness over any sort of melody or catchiness and it makes this record really boring and grating. 4/10

- welp, name of first song is concerning

I can't think of any time you'd want to listen to this other than off your nut at a rave. I put this off for 2 days as I couldn't handle it on a Monday but then got a ratty cold and confirm it's not the soundtrack for that situation either. Ah it's just real intense. And I bet it's really hard and very impressive to create music like this that is so popular, it's probably a intricate process but not my bag. A struggle

The thing I like most about this album is the crab on the cover just living his best life.

I scrolled through it quickly while intoxicated. Didn’t seem like my taste, but not too bad.

It’s best to start this album and go to work on some task. Let it go, let it flow. I did stop to check out Narayan. That one got a 2nd listen and probably more to come.. it was hypnotic Keith was incredible and the bass playing on most of these songs was unbelievable

A little of this goes a long way. Or maybe nowhere at all. Not my jam

Very loud

Fav song: Smack My Bitch Up

Could have been a 5 minute album. Electronic circlejerk.

A lot of yelling haha

Snap wel dat die zanger er uiteindelijk een einde aan heeft gemaakt; ik zit niet eens in die band en word er al helemaal onrustig van...

Too long mostly. Other than the 3 radio songs, this is not that great.

Hard to listen a full album of this.

A few of the tracks are actually surprisingly not bad; nice rhythm and melody. Unfortunately, the rest are just unlistenable noise. Unrelated to the album itself: the cover art prompted me to go listen to Crab Rave again. It's been playing in my head all day now. Reminds me of simpler times before the pandemic!

Eh. was happy when it ended

Good for fast driving

Techno, not my thing.

Too much

Didn't finish. only did first 2 songs. they were abrasive and uncomfortable to listen to, but also somewhat fun in their own right. they really captured that "late 90s action movie chase scene" feel. also can't help but dig the choppy drum loops. overall, not something i would want to listen to regularly

Valet står mellan 2 och 3. Finns ju några dansrökare på plattan.

The Fat Of The Land has a few iconic tracks and isn't bad overall, but the full Prodigy experience doesn't really come across listening on record while working. No fault of theirs I guess, but it didn't really grab me enough outside of the singles to get more than a middling high 2/5.

I don’t get this.

I completely understand why this album is on here, but it is hard to sit down and listen to. Definitely meant to be dance music. My favourite song with Breathe.

Meh.

revolutionary for its time but not chill at work

I don’t like prodigy really. This album is just not that great, I don’t have strong feelings about it

this was fine. didnt particularly care for it.

Couldn’t get through it. Wasn’t really my vibe. Found it pretty repetitive and a little too aggressive for my taste. I definitely don’t think it’s bad, just not for me. It also aged itself quite a bit with the casual misogyny.

OK. I like electronic as much as the next cat. Assuming that the cat has a headache and is having a seizure. I may change my pitch up... most likely not going to listen to this too many times.

Though I still think of Wipeout when I hear firestarter, I’m weary of the frenetic aggressive siren oriented electronic music. Fuel My Fire is the worst example of this, but the whole album is GUILTY.

This album feels like it should be accompanying the FMV intro to a late-90s sports game or a Skechers commercial from 2006. Im sure it was very influential for its time, but it’s just not my jam.

i do believe that these are the crab’s favorite songs

Shows its age, but it's not bad. Highlights: Breathe, Narayan.

Firestarter is the only good song

Peak late 90s electronica and though I can appreciate it, it aged poorly. 5/10.

Pretty heavy bass and beats, but not bad. Not really my thing.

I’m not really that into EDM. Had some ok stuff 4/10

kinda weird that they have 2 albums on this list

"Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit" background music. Got through most of it but didn't think of adding.

Eh, not my thing but decent.

Great album very funky first time listening to a true retro funk album

2/5 no likey

Can’t decide if this is the club music from The Matrix or a Tony Hawk soundtrack. Not my taste but fun as hell. Found out “Mindfields” was actually in The Matrix. *Funky Shit

It was enjoyable but not something I would reach for due to being too repetitive for my preference.

Electrónica. Pesado.

Pretty meh. Couple songs were enjoyable but just wasn’t in the mood for something like this. Maybe if it were 1999 at a warehouse rave.

Though I haven't listened to a ton of techno, I can't help but feel that this is on the dumb/bro side of things. It's not dire, but the beats get repetitive after a few songs and it mostly coasts on the nostalgia of Smack My Bitch Up being in every action movie c.1998-2001

Repetitive and exhausting, but cool if I were fighting a bunch of Agent Smiths.

Not bad but quite repetitive

Elektronisk, tempofyldt, aggressivt

Very repetitive - but that's their style.

Meh

I thought I liked the Prodigy but the whole album in one go is too much for me. Still like firestarter.

Eh

Ehhhhh... got 0 joy out of this, sure had energy but it felt so completely staged and predictable that i just wanted the album to end.

Nomás no hicimos click

Nop, me enfadó. Se siente que le falta trabajo.

Interesting sound. First listen for me. Never heard of them before. I like it more than I thought. Heard it several times today. 2/5 for now...

Not good, not enjoyable. The voice is really annoying and does not sound good. The instrumentals aren't even that great.

Mediocre and not my thing.

Lo voy a escuchar en momentos de intensidad y frenesí.

Beastieboys? 2/5

first real experience listening to rave music. it’s not bad, just not my style. regardless, this album seemed lacking. fewer vocals, a lot of back music, which isn’t bad. the bad part is that the beat never really switches and gets pretty repetitive. there are no breaks, high energy music that would be a lot of fun for a rave, but doesn’t really give room to breathe. not a bad album, just not a fun listen in my bed with headphones on on a tuesday afternoon. none of the songs would go on my playlist.

funky! repetitive

This sounds like reject tracks from Twisted Metal 2. It sounds like rave meets punk. I love rave music, but this doesn't hit any of the magic the genre can hit. Super shallow lyrics, boring songs, repetitive. I mean, I guess it is danceable so it gets that, but overall I don't want to hear this again.

Crazy album… electronic style reminds me of the drummer audition in the movie “The Rocker” that young drummer used a electronic control box to play drums….doesn’t seem real to me….

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OOHWAAAAAAA DEEDOODEEDOO

Love the hard hitting drums.

Makes me think of the Matrix/ heist movies lol

The songs were okay but far too long. Cut about a minute or so from each one and I might actually like this album.

urm...

Not pour moi, this Aussie gives it two Tim Tams out of five.

Two absolute bangers but also just a bit much isn't it boys?

Some good songs but it is not something I would listen to on a regular basis, the music made me anxious.

2

A bit to in your face for me

Music is cool, just seems like a fad. Can’t see myself listening to it randomly.

Yuck

Just didn't do it for me. I found the music (and lyrics) kind of corny. It's the kind of music you'd hear in a trailer for a big budget action film

It's not my style of song. I think the 3 last songs are the best in the album, but it become a little bit boring to listen everything

More like the crap of the land - these clownheads put some patently offensive lyrics on their record and then disavow any knowledge of said offensiveness, tossing up a nonsense explanation that makes it seem like they don't actually understand the English language.

Before even listening to it I just want to say how much i love the cover. 1.4 I am not a big fan of this older electronic music. They use sounds i am familiar in a sense that i am already familiar with them. I didnt like the album too much but it was at least well made.

this made me grumpy at work in my home office >:( vibe-y but not the kind of vibes I needed.

This was so hard to listen

Never heard of this album or the artist behind it so i’m not sure what to expect. I do like the cover. This is actually the worst piece of music ever. The beats are so bad. Genuinely terrible

No 2/10

Garbage. Absolutely trash. Never have to listen again.

Man, I just dont know how much more british electronic music I can take... 1.5/5

I did not like this at all. Basically some kind of hip-hop/rap/fusion. I would not listen to this again.

Oh good God no

not a fan

Nah

Oh shit.... I am missing an opportunity to see these guys live in my town next month. I mean...THANK GOD I am missing an opportunity to see these guys live in my town next month. I had my speakers on loud when this started playing, and my neighbor's dog went absolutely ballistic... Needles to say, I pulled a DNF at that point, and the dog thanked me. This was just noises and repetitious wordages...

Boring awful noise. DNF.

Ruim e barulhento.

The prodigy is probably the most emblematic band of the 2000s emo counterculture that appeared in the UK. Characterized by sexual deviance and delving into the taboo at times while remaining very upbeat and hardcore. Not for my tastes as I usually detest British sexual deviance that is solely based on misogyny and violence.

Did not finish. 1 star.

Pointless dog shit.

Most Iconic Crab in Music. Five star crab. As for the album, let's just be honest, if I was listening to this in any other context, I would be out halfway through Smack My Bitch Up. I probably would have been out if it was called Change My Pitch Up, too. It's boring. Techno is boring. I'm sure some electronic music fan will explain that this isn't actually techno, but it's definitely boring. “Breathe” has some more interesting textures. This could have potentially been a solid song given a different idiom, instead of being saddled with a repetitive lyrical theme that sounds like an on-the-nose entrance track for a Joker or Saw themed WWE performer. “Come play my game, I'll test ya” sounds like what Chop Chop Master Onion would say in Parappa the Rapper. And they do this four times? At least Diesel Power follows it up with a proper song. I'm not into it, but it's actually a song. It's probably the most song-y song on here. Most of it is just loops and the occasional patched-in vocal snippet. That's the thing about music like this. It is so much propulsion but it goes nowhere. There is so much repetition, because it is programmed, it is meant to be looped, so there is no feel, no change, just layers being clicked on and off. You can absolutely feel the difference with so little organic input. I guess that's probably why Keith Flint, with his half-pipe clown hair and freak out dancing, became such an iconic part of the group. Outside of Breathe, where his contributions are, as mentioned, phoned in quotes from a videogame villain, at least he is an organic force. You couldn't program someone that absurd. Would this be anything more than one more forgotten soundtrack to dropping acid and meat market dancehalls if we'd never seen Nosepiercing Bozo the Clown night-terroring through a sewer pipe? Probably not. Though worse yet, Firestarter was originally conceived as an instrumental. Imagine hearing that that way, five minutes of diggadiggadigga, yeah!yeah!yeah! with no rambling firestarter, twisted fiyastahtah. It would be even more excruciating. Couple that with the normal trappings of this sort of sound: the unnecessary lift from the Beastie Boys, the stolen Breeders drums that prove that dance music is absolutely bereft of worth, because even their boom-bappiest bits are flat out taken from musical genres that aren't synonymous with dance, the attempt to make this sound like a continuous flow that only really succeeds in showing how little this moves from song to song. I am not surprised I hate this, but I'm kind of shocked that it is so deeply ⭐️ for me. The singles are worse than I remember and the rest is a great reminder that people on drugs are a real easy audience to sell to, but a terrible audience to trust on taste.

Not for me. No real melody and quite ‘samey’. Firestarter is the obvious standout, but that’s not really saying much. Lead singer is apparently a nice bloke. He once congratulated James Blunt on winning an award, while Damon Albarn refused to be in a group photo with Blunt on JoolsHolland’s show and Noel Gallagher moved from Ibiza when he found out Blunty lived there. Not a massive fan of James Blunt necessarily, but he is funny, whilst both Albarn and Gallagher appear great songwriters and real twats.

I cannot imagine the amount of drugs I would need to take to find this listenable.

???

Electro-garbage.

Repetitive

You can’t sing along with it. You can’t dance to it. It’s too fast and choppy to listen on weed or acid. It doesn’t have anything of interest musically. I suppose if you want to get ripped on coke and wrap your Tesla around a telephone pole, this is the ideal album.

não é nem um pouco minha vibe, produçao e vocais nd ve. nao conectou nem um pouco. letras sem significado nenhum. 1/10

I first listened to this album in 2019 because I was just getting into Mobb Deep and I thought it was a Prodigy album (apparently I forgot about Google). Back then I was disappointed because it wasn’t Prodigy or Mobb Deep, and instead it was this. Seeing it pop back up here I thought “maybe I judged it too harshly,” but, no, this is just poop from a butt. I considered myself a changed man because it’d been a while since my last 1 star rating. Poop from a butt will do that to you, I guess.

Day897 - the best thing about it was the one second beastie boys sample

To ma naozaj nebaví. A neviem prečo...

a few stars better than Kings of Leon

Imagine a world where actual prodigies make art at the level of The Prodigy. Pretty bleak eh. Think about that

Big fan of this album cover but unfortunately I haaaaaaate this type of music 😔🦀

I'm sorry, but I might never understand electronic music. To me, it's not even music.

electronica aburrida repetitiva ruidosa

自分向きではない。

I dont like ro listen to Djs

Suena a principios de los 2000, pero a esa parte musical a la que no me apetece volver a acercarme de sonidos de fondo pastilloteo/anuncio antipiratería. Canciones muy largas que me dan ansiedad.

Not a fan

ok catching up on backlog and for some bizarre reason i thought this would be a good monday morning album... alas, here i am the formula to a song according to prodigy: 1) a musically interesting intro sample, maybe with some unique mode from a various folk tradition; 2) gradually overdub the drum machine and phase out the intro; 3) begin the vocals [they are not musical]; 4) add a line of distorted guitar or sfx; 5) lull; [repeat steps (2) - (5) for the remaining four to eight minutes of the track]; 6) [optional] fade out everything for an interlude with wordless vocals, then bring it all back for the next three minutes of the track. is this prodigious?

Smack My Bitch Up? Really? I almost don't know what is worse, the misogyny or the immaturity. Now, before the boomers get mad at me: no, I did not give this a low rating solely because of that song. I'm just not that into electronica.

Mardrömsmusik för stackars, stackars Dino. Trodde aldrig jag skulle behöva utsättas för techno igen 😭

Ni siquiera lo escuché

did not enjoy this

oh hell nah i didn't like this im sorry

Did not like this at all.

why would you make me listen to this

Listened to this on a coach to London to watch Leeds United at Wembley. Leeds lost so this crock of shit will now always remind me of that. 1/5 26/4/26

I didn’t care for this at all to be honest. Felt repetitive even for electronic music and the vocals weren’t my jam.

They needed more funky and a lot less sh**.

La verdad que muy raro el disco. No me gustó mucho sinceramente.

I like electronic and I like rock but I just don’t like this. Maybe ill try again another time

Well now. One builds up a mental picture of what you expect from a band and to be honest that is not what I got. I found this boring and tedious in the extreme. I expected to give it this score, but not for this reason. 1.

Muy rápido, desenfrenado, no me gusta.

This gave me a headache.

Did NOT like it. I like albums that have lyrics not just beats, plus I have a phobia of crabs.

Aika rankkaa. Naisten pieksäminen meni kans aika ohi.

I felt bad because Inreally didn’t like this album and I thought it was from a small artist but then I saw they have 5 mil monthly listeners and I stopped feeling bad. It sounds like this whole record was made in garage band.

You lost me at electronica where the first track is titled Smack My Bitch Up

It’s ok

1/5

Every Track the same

first listen vibe was weird, but not in a good way. very “wtf is that.” then i realized it’s electronic music, and personally… i just don’t live very much for that. the energy to me is a weird mix of the matrix meets the crow, like it’s trying to be cinematic and rebellious at the same time, but it just didn’t grab me. vocals? samples? didn’t care much. The whole firestarter thing, just not my lane. i’ll give it this: the beats are nice, and it’s not overproduced compared to others in the genre. i can see why people lost their minds over it. but for me? nah. not my thing. straight 1.

Le techno ce sera pour dans une autre vie... Une fois j'ai été dans un rave. Je me suis tellement ennuyé que je suis allé m'installer dans un coin et j'ai dormi jusqu'au petit matin.

Nope. I'm too old for this crap. And when I was young enough for this crap, it was not my flavor.

Initially, I could not figure out why this album was in the book. A quick visit to Wikipedia revealed to me the reason. They are an English group. This book leans hard towards English groups and this is not exception. There is some "sameness" to these songs, though "Narayen" has a pretty neat synth riff that differentiates itself from the other songs prior. I won't ever listen to this album again, unless I am being held hostage and my captors are blaring The Prodigy in an effort to cause me sleep deprivation in the hopes I will confess what they want me to know. Unfortunately, my only conclusion would probably still be that I don't think this is excellent music. Not my thing, but also not quite as offensive as some of the other music here I didn't like, I’m looking at you Rock Bottom. Did I need to hear this before I die? Nope

Funky But why we smacking bitches up? It does feel like living a fast life industrial style futuristic neon lights idk Würde am Duisburg Landschaftspark hören während man so tut als wäre das eigene leben cooler als es ist. Mafia type shit I still dont like it so far

Not for me

I’m old enough to remember reading about the controversy around, “Smack My B* Up,” when it first came out. But since there was no YouTube Music in ‘97, I didn’t want to waste my time or money to listen to it and make my own judgment. Now, thanks to YouTube Music, I can have another reason to dislike electronic music for free!

Yeah, straight up very hard to condone someone blaring "Smack by Bitch Up" several times. And if when you look over that, you're still left with obvious song structures that do not really innovate. They just drop the bass at the expected times. Even if it was important when it first came out, the tracks have aged pretty poorly. I guess it's good for the dance floor or something?

miuxedavad imisa rom dzalian xmauriania, mdzgolis xma mainc ver gadafara da nervebi meshleba am gamocdis win

This might have been the worst thing I’ve ever heard. DNF at song 3

If there was ever an album to give a 1 to without relistening, this is it. I've been annoyed by this band enough in my life.

SO BAD

Nope

not my thing

Not my type of music, the early rave scene.

Ugh. I own this. I had to check the date to remind me that even at 27 years old, the frontal lobe has not matured enough to decipher hype from excellence. I listened to exactly 1:49 min before I had to turn it off. To my credit, I don’t think I’ve listened to the entirety of this album.

This was very much the music that was happening when I was coming into adulthood. I always preferred the approach to this kind of music exemplified by the Chemical Brothers and Boards of Canada (and going back, the Bowie/Eno/Krautrock stuff is what always moved me the most). The Prodigy always sounded like the harder-edged, all-we-do-is-get-drunk-and-jump-up-and-down version of electronica. Not my thing. And looking back, it just sounds like the first flowering of the tweaked, compressed, fully digital, fully Pro Tools music we hear today. And I'm not sure that's a good thing.

I don't have anything to say about this album other than I was glad when the last song finished.

Not for me

Nah, dude, this sucks shit. Thanks a bunch for making me listen to "Smack My Bitch Up." I don't get why this is here. I guess maybe they've influenced some modern EDM stuff? But honestly there's just nothing fun about it musically, and it just doesn't seem to have all that much to say. I knew the singles well enough because I was alive then, but could have gotten by just fine without hearing the whole album. (Also I hope this bad cameo isn't the only time Kool Keith makes an appearance on this list)

The cover art is the best thing about this album

Nicht wirklich für meine Ohren!

Oh, great more fucking techno…and the morning after my pug decided to hurl on the bed in the middle of the night no less 😒

After listening to the other album by Prodigy, suggested by this site, I thought that I was done with this group's albums. Imagine my horror when I saw today's suggestion as ever since the first Prodigy album I had listened to, I have compared every new album suggested, in my head, with the thought that at least it wasn't as bad as the Prodigy album; however, I thought every group deserves a second chance, so I listened to this album. Although I didn't think this album was as bad as the first one, it was only a slight step up, and I've decided from this day forward, I'm not going to waste my time listening to anymore Prodigy albums. Their constant repetition in both lyrics and music make them some of the most boring noise I've ever listened to. All that written, I did like the beginning to "Minefields", it's just too bad the rest of the song didn't hold up. My most insistent question was why does every song have to be so long?

Nope

Appalling in every respect.