Reviews (page 13 of 14)
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
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...
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.
i'm sorry I don't think I can get behind an album that has their first track name listed as 'smack my bitch up'?!??! This whole album is a no for me...
thanks, i hate it
didn’t listen i’m lazy
xbox 360
hated it
Genuinely curious why this is apart of the list
Coolo on a Monday
Call me dramatic but it’s very hard for me to care about an album when the first song is called “smack my bitch up”
No es mi estilo
Horrible
Contrary to the majority, no way did I need to hear this. I can't even eke out a 2.
Lots of noise, lots of energy. Felt like a non-stop action sequence from a 90s/00s movie. Not the best thing for a slow, rainy Monday morning but I don’t think I would have liked it much in any setting.
Oh no, not again! I've seen other reviewers describe music like this as lobby music for a Nintendo 64 snowboarding game, and yeah that's it for me too. Hard pass.
Unlistenable
Literally what was this album??? It’s a no for me dawg
This ain’t it
Nahhh lyrics suck for the most part and just not my preference
I started listening then I stopped. This album was really popular when I was in grade 11/12… ugh it’s not my jam. I didn’t like the feeling of having to listen to it again.
OK, I would gladly have died before having listened to this one. Some of these "must listen to" albums just don't click with me...but I'm sure there is someone out there who loves it.
Eh
No. Sucked in the 90s too
bekende schreeuw zooi
Sounds like the worst music on a 2002 Need for Speed playlist.
Bad.
From the first note, clearly not my thing.
Just No!!! I will give it 1 star because there is no way to give it 0 … this is noise with a beat… doesn’t Even come close to qualifying as music. 1 Star (really 0)
Based on the cover I thought this would have the dancing crab meme song. It did not
Wow that was bad
uhh. i’m not sorry i missed this the first time around.
It all sounds the same and it's all very monotonous and terrible
Imagine listening all the way through that 9 minute song
Not my cup of tea. It is hard for me to find a musical harmony in Rave music.
Bande originale d'un jeu sur PS2 où on incarne un crackhead sous C qui fait du skate
Bon bah… c’est clairement le style de musique que je n’apprécie pas! Je n’ai même pas pu écouter l’album en entier.
Did not e joy it
en general no me ha gustado no me transmite sensaciones cómodas al escuchar las canciones ns
Electronic with some hip hop elements? It was pretty bad. Just so repetitive and noisy.
Wow, compared to the previous “The Prodigy” record we reviewed, this feels so bland and.. empty I guess? Where’s the big distorted electric guitar riffs? Where’s the evil synths? Where’s the subtle feelings of unease and misanthropy? This album really just feels like generic 90’s electronica made for the soundtrack of a mid video game of the Matrix. Reminds me of a bad roller rink. Not for me, honestly kinda disappointed.
Nope in 97, nope in 25 - though the last 2 tracks brought it up to 1.5
Boring, frenetic, and pointless.
I would rather be mauled by this clearly bisexual crab than listen again
Not for me
I’m not sure if The Prodigy aren’t time travelers and somehow had AI make this album. I enjoyed this as much as I did back in the day, which is none.
Not for me. Tried a different time of day and still couldn't get into it. Let's keep it for the next matrix sound track.
I don’t have time for this crap I’m sorry
I had the Prodigy first two albums, and kind of liked them. By the time this album came out, I was bored by them. I don’t see me listening to this album again for any reason.
Album 750 of 1089 The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (1997) Rating : 1 / 5 The epitome of what I would consider "rave music". It wears at my nerves though I expect that those well familiar with it from back in the day have some awesome stories to tell.
1.5
Not my kind of music
Sorry Mr. Crab not a fan
Late at night after a bottle or two of some single malt stuff with the volume control hard to the right ..... but no need to hear before I die ;-)
Gahgh! This was a fucking chore to sit though.... I wanted to turn it off... I did like the the penultimate track... So... (3.66) ★½
1.5
prodigy .. schon nach 5 tönen erkannt. Firestarter, und sonst viel Funky Shit was ziemlich gleich klingt.
I could see some of this album fitting in as background music for a video game, but in my opinion it's really bland - if I want to listen to EDM, I'll put on some modern house music, not some repetitive beats to zone out.
FUCK THIS SHIT I HATE IT
This is just not my style
Nope. Listening to this makes me feel like I’m watching the credits from one of the Blade movies all the way to the end Reminds me of is bad haircuts, neck chains, and stupid rave clothes Wasn’t a fan when it came out and that remains true to this day
Annoying: same thing, over and over. And anyone associated with fox hunting deserves zero stars. One star because I have to.
I always wonder what separates me from the people who like this kind of music
I was expecting crab rave meme. Instead it was a weird rock electronic fusion. Not my thing but looking at spotify listens, this thing was POPULAR. I guess this was the time where people saw Radiohead adding electronic music to rock so they said they could add rock to electronic music. I guess it mustve worked but I never want to hear it again.
This really wasn't for me
really did not like this one. DNF.
A record to make one fear for Western Civilization.
жестко мимо я даже не смогла дослушать.
Who chose this?
Ik zou het niet erg vinden als ik dit niet had gehoord
The song Smack My Bitch Up is horrifically bad, both in terms of lyricism and sound. Scattered tracks throughout the remainder of the album are sonically good, but lyrically poor (and the rest are sonically and lyrically poor). They should've gone purely instrumental here to at least maintain some semblance of trying to make something decent-sounding. In addition, most of the tracks sound extremely similar, with Narayan perhaps being a standout for having lower energy and a thinner texture. I'll give it that it definitely influenced later electronic music. But think for a moment – is that really a good thing, given how frequently modern-day electronic music is criticised? 1/5 Key tracks: none
The Fat of the Land was too repetitive to be enjoyed! An instance of a potential hook would pop up, only to delve back into the same repetitive nonsense. I suppose I should be grateful enough that The Prodigy created something that didn't demand my full attention like noise rock, but he also didn't make it easy for me. Sure hope somebody else enjoyed this album, 'cause it wasn't going to be me.
First impression… this is not for me. Mix of hip-hop and industrial EDM. Sounds incredibly dated to me. I can see people who were into this kind of industrial music loving it in the same way I love Youngblood Brass Band because I like brass bands. Serial Thrilla sounds more like Beastie Boys but not good. Narayan sounds like it could be acceptable in the closing credits of a gross and unsatisfying horror movie. Mood: crabby. However this is a mix of almost every genre and sound I don’t like.
....not sure what to say about this one. I don't think I like it. I kind of enjoyed "Climbatize" but probably because it was the one track without any vocals.
Nope
I’m listening to this album to give it a fair shake but I hated it when it came out and … same now.
Abgebrochen, nicht meins.
This is some Funky Shit This is the music that plays during the really hard part of the level from that late 90s childhood video game. I’m not really sure who it’s for, nor do I really see any appeal in listening to this album raw like this. Maybe if I was a little fucked up at a rave or something I could give it a pass for the atmospheric vibe it creates, but it’s just not for me.
Bad luck – Chemical Brothers had already ground me down this morning
goated album cover musikken ikke helt i min smak
Good lord this isn't for me. This sound has not aged well at all. Leave this one in the 90s.
A couple of tracks in the middle were ok, but overall, no.
Delusional and repetitive electronic dance music that becomes noise pollution.
90s electro/club music isn't really my thing. The songs are all about two minutes too long, which feels like an eternity when the drums are playing the exact same beat every measure. 1.5
This had some appeal to middle school me. That’s about as far as it goes.
1 star for the music but 5 stars for the crab rave album cover
I just can't with electronic stuff. I listened on YouTube and an ad popped up and I couldn't tell the difference. A bonus point for there being SOME lyrical content, but out of spite I'm giving my first 1 and if I could go back and give the other electronic bs a 1 I would
Probably nothing like it at the time. A mix of dance, techno and rap. Definitely not going in my collection but makes sense to be on the list.
Some days I almost dread what album is going to pop up next. At least with this one it was so repetitive that after two tracks I knew exactly what the rest of the album sounded like. Sounds like something I won’t ever be listening to again.
Not a huge electronic music / dance music fan. The “rapping” / spoken word stuff on this album is terrible but the beats are OK.
DNF
No
Didn’t listen
A little to techno for me
No.
No no no, do not like your AT ALL
Nah
Mediocre crap that clueless people will probably find edgy. Then there was the controversy about "Smack My Bitch Up". The explanation by the band is beyond pathetic, if you want to be edgy own up to it instead of hiding behind pathetic excuses. But then the NOW is a bunch of partisan hypocrites so that all balances out in that neither side is worth listening to.
Dårlig, start en playliste fra Smack my bitch up i stedet
Hate The Prodigy and still feel like it's gross garbage music. Not much could dissuade me and listening to an entire album has just cemented that. Bad boring and repetitive lyrics. Machismo and toxic masculinity with no humor to offset it. I could have done without this one entirely. It's funny, with better instrumentation and more creative music, the lyrics could work way better.
Terrible. It’s made me so irritated that I want to give tomorrow’s album only one star also.
Just like the cover…ugly
did NOT like. That sound they had between some tracks that sounds like a program crashing gave me PTSD to not having saved in too long
Skid music
Not for me. It feels mindless and purposeless.
Hectic and exhausting
#34 - God this is pretty grating. Not my jam at all, and the music is invaded by an overwhelming negativity.
Nope.
Ok
nah, not really my style. a bit too heavy in the EDM space for me
whatever man
I couldn’t listen to this album. I really REALLY don’t like this style of music to begin with, and the lyrics were just the worst. No redeeming qualities to be found.