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Reminds me of a 90s indie movie chase scene. Actually really good album to run to. Consistently engaging but potentially one-note. 3/5
Bought because it was a bit different for me. Still sounds good.
Badass
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.
Chingon
High School! Mercury Cougar, CD on all the time. Kate Aspell too. For sure 6 out of 5 stars
Score: 90 Album art: 100 Ocean man Kind of crazy to think a song called smack my bitch up that sounded like this was ever a hit song. This music was ahead of its time and not very many people were ready for it. The dark and industrial grooves are more mainstream now, and im sure this album helped usher in those types of sounds. Not every single moment of every track is perfect but it's super fun to listen to. The production is insane too. Also there's a crab
THIS SHIT LIT. ALL HAIL CRAB! We were so white bread back then Smack My Bitch Up was super controversial. Oh wait, reading some comments people are still worked up... Shut up, it's fucking dance music, so get jiggy with it. I enjoy how aggressive and energetic it feels with the notes of hard rock and hip hop. I listened to this shit constantly when I was younger, this music makes a kid feel cool.
The best Prodigy album for me. Not the fittest of fellas, but makes me absolutely beast a run
READY TO KNOCK SOMEONES HEAD OFF AND RUN 10K BABY!!
Giving this a pity second star. Mostly bad.
I am a fire starter, i wicked firestarter
Still a good album. So very 90's
its cute
Pure, chaotic and LOUD dance music. Not for everybody, but definitely an album that warrants a listen.
This is not my preferred type of music, but this was pretty enjoyable.
Been a long time since I listened to this one. Held up well over the years. Start to finish great stuff.
Timeless, deserves proper speakers. MFTJG is better though.
Nope. This is more dated than Tripp pants.
very cool album with some bangers and some other just solid edm vibers
J’ai beaucoup aime, c’est du ´´techno ´´ comme dans mes souvenirs. Le genre de tounes qui fit parfaitement dans un film comme blade etc. J’ai apprecie lecoute mais ce n’est pas trop mon style et le facteur de reecoute est tres petit. 3.5
Imagine a gang of crabs had a shipping business... In space and had quite an adventure delivering their items. That's what this album essentially reflects.
Classic solid
Genuinely annoyed that I find myself kinda enjoying this. Favorite track: Diesel Power
This album just bangs man. It's impossible to not get hyped up while listening to it. I practically wore the CD of this OUT in high school.
Nothing too great on this one. Whole thing sounds like the soundtrack to a 2003 heist movie.
Jamming. I like how exciting the electronic music is on this album, even if some of the songs are too long.
kim possible ahh beat. nse me gusto pero me cuesta tomarmelo enserio y me da risa enbola x eso me gusto mas xd. 6.5/10
Better than I remembered.
"The Fat of the Land" is the third studio album from the English electronic music group The Prodigy (now just called Prodigy btw). It was their first album to feature vocalist Keith Flint who was lead vocalist on four songs and co-wrote three. Their music genres listed are big beat, electronica, electropunk, electronic rock technology and dance rock. I wrote that just to write electropunk but all those fit. The album was surrounded by controversy by the National Organization of Women and the song "Smack My Bitch Up" and its misogyny. No matter what the band really meant, there's no getting around that with the title. The album received critical acclaim and reached #1 in both the UK and US. The album gets right into it with "Smack My Bitch Up." A repetitive beat. Driving synths. Weird noises. A distorted sample of Kool Keith's vocals of the Ultramagnetic MCs repeating "Change My Pitch up/Smack My Bitch Up" from the song "Give the Drummer Some." Supposedly about about doing anything intensely. An eerie synth opening on their second single "Breathe." A jittery beat. A sample of a whirling sword sound. That's original. Flint on vocals. A big song from what I remember. "Mindfields" sounds more techno. The beat is pounding like a hammer with a more Middle Eastern melody on the synths. Distorted lyrics. Life is like walking through a minefield. Really good song. Their first single "Firestarter" has a faster beat, a helicopter-type sound and annoying weird noises. I remember being kind of annoyed when this came out; it sounded OK today. They cover L7 on the last song "Fueling Fire." Here's the electropunk. This sounded like if early Gary Numan met Ministry and it works. I expected this album to sounded dated but I actually liked it. It's pretty solid throughout and they vary the music up throughout. I see the controversy in the first song's title and lyric but beyond that there wasn't too much offensive unless you rather dislike the music then it is. An album worth going back to if your a fan of the six genres previously mentioned.
Love the energy on this one, but, wtf with the first song
Just not good. Can’t believe this artist has this many albums included. Ridiculous. This is noise with percussion. Cannot be a must hear.
To use one of their song titles as inspiration: electronic shit
A total design classic. Heard it everywhere non stop through about 2002, and very lucky to stumble across them at their peak in a field in Portugal around June '96. Bangin'
good electronic sound. don't like some of the cursing lyrics
Genetically, pedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me. Now that is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
A whirlpool of mind bending rocket fuel that spins you inside out and leaves you dripping with an urgent sense to fuck anything in front of you. A crunched up volcano at the point of climax, pulsating and throbbing, ready to culminate all over your brand new shoes. It's the entire Chelsea first team and backroom staff jizzing all over your chest on a Tuesday afternoon.
Go on, Bort, you big raving crab. Episode 7. Scott books flights to Thailand in a desperate attempt to try and find an animal sanctuary that he's still allowed to visit.
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
There seem to be a lot of albums like this on this long list. At least "The Fat of the Land" tickled my interest more powerfully than the other Prodigy selection, "Music for the Jilted Generation".
WELL this angry crab moving photo album cover is pretty cool and really captures a crab's personality and the way that they move too haha. I don't know about this album. I can definitely support The National Organisation for Women when they publicly objected to the track Smack My Bitch Up. It's just such a shame that has to ruin the rest of this amazing album and even that tune is incredible the vocals towards the end from Shahin Badar are mesmerisingly gorgeous. It's not even them singing that line it's all a sample. Couldn't they find something else to fit in there?? I find their claim that it was meant to represent "doing anything intensely" absolutely sickening... I wish I could focus on some of the other tracks and the fact of how influential their music was in the electronic music world and for so many musicians to come. I just think of all of the generation of 11-18 year-old boys listening to this album and getting all hyped and fired up and never even thinking about smacking any bitches up but always thinking a band who could get to number 1 for so fucking long with that line as the words ringing in everyone's heads were so great and cool. They purely just did it to get people talking about them that much is obvious and it worked and it's infuriating. SHAME!
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
Great stuff, got some of their bangeriest bangers on there.
A touch flabby.
just a little too jack sprat for my liking
This really is of its time. Feels a bit dated now, and if Smack My Bitch up felt weird then it sounds pretty horrible now. Much of it is one-paced and samey, but there are still some bangers to enjoy, especially Firestarter and best song, Breathe.
Love this. I think I got really into The Prodigy when they played at Big Day Out in 2009, and I would use the lineups for music festivals to find new music and download a stack of torrents. I also went down the rabbit hole of watching "epic" live crowd videos on Youtube of Prodigy concerts which got 14 year old me pretty fired up.
Pretty kewl
Bangin album. Fire starter vid one of the most iconic from my childhood Fave track - smack my bitch up
This might as well be an album of fire starter remixes apart from a couple of tracks but I like it
smakc my bithc up
Fav songs: - Smack My Bitch Up - Breathe - Nayaran - Firestarter
This is a rave & that's cool. I like Climbatize. Also Breathe.
90-tallet var syre!
I must have absorbed this record by osmosis in 1998, because I knew every single one of these songs. (Does math) …so that means I’m good on listening to this album again until 2048.
The thing I like most about this album is the crab on the cover just living his best life.
This album reminds me of the good old days of the internet where I definitely did not use the Pirate Bay and I would definitely not have downloaded a car if I could. 2 point for techno. 3 points for nostalgia. 1 point for reminding me of the, “YOU WOULDN’T DOWNLOAD A CAR,” commercial. 6/10
Listened to some of it, but I've heard it many times before. Decent album with some good EDM tracks, a little rough on the ears though
I scrolled through it quickly while intoxicated. Didn’t seem like my taste, but not too bad.
Incredible album, incredible songs!
Already listened
"Oim a foiah stahtah, tweested foiah stahtah" Elska þetta. Svo mikið kaos.
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
Oh man one of my absolute favorites! These dudes are insane. Ridiculous live show. Blasting this in my '92 Corsica, windows down, nothing to worry about in the world. No other hard electronic band had the mainstream power like the Prodigy in those days. Their songs were rightly featured in some great films, and are still used to illustrate the frenetic action energy of a story.
I remember that broken nose every time.
A little of this goes a long way. Or maybe nowhere at all. Not my jam
Drum n'bass potente y con ritmo. Más de un tema muy explotado en su momento. Música tecno y con ritmos repetitivos
"Smack my Bitch Up" is still a definite rager to this day. Despite the varied crossover, the album dulls out a bit near the end. It sounds like a product of its era.
A bit too jazzy for 7am
Very loud
Fav song: Smack My Bitch Up
Excellent album, soul affirming funky hip-hoppy metal rave. Hard, uncompromising, energetic, wonderful. Strong, British, full of a sort of anarchic liberty which is deeply satisfying. I remember hearing it for the first time as a child in the 90s and it absolutely blew me away. What a record
Probably the most well known Prodigy album. The Fat of The Land released in 1997 and even though I was pretty young at the time I still remember my compilation CD I had that had Breathe as one of the songs. That song and Smack my bitch up starts the album and I would say that they're modern classics that most people remember. The rest of the album also delivers tight beats, insane samplings and an intensity that's hard to match. The single Firestarter appears much later on the album and is easily as good as Breathe and Smack my bitch up. In my opinion The Prodigy didn't manage to create a follow up to this album until 2009 when they released Invaders Must Die.
Lively and upbeat. would recommend
I knew the singles of course, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this as a whole. This kind of bombastic 90s electronic music is not something I know very well, but this makes me think I should dig deeper.
It haunts me to this day. Any of these tracks make me think of 2000s racing games, late night MTV, and intrigue of druggy sub cultures.
Hyvä rapulevy Kaikki kappaleet ei niin hyviä, mutta sisältää prodigyn isoimpia klassikoita niin 4 tähteä
I purchased this, maybe 20 (?) years ago, and was quite surprised that I did. It didn't really fit with a lot of what I was listening to at the time. Credit the disposable income, I guess. I could count on one hand how many times I listened to it all the way through. I grew tired of it quickly, and just never felt the need to invest time into it. Loved tracks 1 and 2, but I wasn't into hip hop then and once Diesel Power popped up, I skipped ahead...probably straight to Firestarter. My loss a little bit, but not a lot. I'm glad I gave it a full listen now. Really good stuff. Narayan is awesome...love the chanting section just past the midpoint. These songs are fun on their own, but I may never play the whole album through again. 1 = bad 2 = average 3 = good 4 = great 5 = outstanding
I loved this album. Not only were the songs I know (and loved) great but the most of the other songs felt good to me too.
One of the better albums of the genre, though at some point, you could no longer distinguish which track is which. Maybe that’s the point.
An odd album, a compelling mix of guitar, samples and synth that is maximized to full effect across all ten tunes here. The prodigy sound hungry and driven here, leading to shocking and incredibly effective cuts like single "breathe" which still sounds as raw and innovative as anything else to come out of the late 90s rave trend. Hell, even the 9 minute guitar/electronica epic works ("Narayan"). However, when the Prodigy aren't motivated, often the quality decreases and the songs sound tired and worn out. Thankfully though, the album keeps a tight grip on its runtime and its goals never slide out of focus fully, leading to a thrilling, riotous hour that is definitely worth your time. A great record.
Could have been a 5 minute album. Electronic circlejerk.
Kinda a mood
Pretty okay
If you don't like this album, the crabs will find you. To say "this music goes hard" would be an understatement, because I don't think anything has ever gone or will ever go "harder" than this. This is the hardest shit ever. Nintendo Ninja Turtles hard. Insert dick joke here.
Great for the genre. 3.5/5
This was decent electronic music and I liked it well enough. Not much stuck out about it, although it did have an interesting metal attitude to it. And I love the cover.
This was okay, but I had hoped it would be better. I got kind of bored...to the point that I stopped listening about half way through and then forgot to finishing listening until the next day.
"Smack My Bitch Up..." Why? Oh, who cares. Fuck off.
I didn’t enjoy this nearly as much as Music for a Jilted Generation. Some good beats but I think that filled my The Prodigy quota.
Pumpin'
Ahead of its time, lots of great moments but sort of overstays its welcome
It was neat listening to Firestarter at a Trader Joe's
it's a vibe
A lot of yelling haha
Sick bruz
It was alright at the time.
Definitely a hard sell for me because of genre. But I still liked it!
It’s boring enough for me. Despite on several bangers listening to the entire album in a row is not easy.
SICK AFFFF! Obsessed
Though it is not my style/taste, I can appreciate the production or the energy. I'm sure other persons than me will find many things to enjoy about it.
I love EDM, and a couple tracks on this album are fantastic, namely “Breathe” and “Firestarter” but overall I find the album to be lackluster.
New artist! Not for me! 0/5
Very electronic from the get go Do not like the opening song, not a great start You do not like this album. Too 90's electro
Great album, unique sound
I remember this being a slight disappointment at the time as it came out after the the singles. They were always great live in a way that made the albums a bit secondary anyway. Album sounds better than I remember but it might just be the nostalgia talking. You reach an age where you forget that people have died and Keith Flint is always one of those people that I have to remind myself isn't here anymore.
Stupid and contagious.
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...
Destijds ging ik hier heel hard op, maar nu ben ik er toch wel op uitgeluisterd. Sowieso zou ik dit thuis niet zo snel opzetten uit vrije wil
Smack My Bitch Up gemakshalve maar even geskipt want die is echt over de houdbaarheidsdatum heen. De rest van het album vond ik destijds al geweldig en nu nog altijd kan ik het heel goed hebben.
Wat een heerlijke kneiterds staan hier op!
Too long mostly. Other than the 3 radio songs, this is not that great.
Hard to listen a full album of this.
A little boring but OK-ish Prodigy album, which was pretty disappointing at the time - liked the first two Prodigy albums quite a bit more.
When this album came out, I was disappointed and thought it was much weaker than Music for the Jilted Generation. After listening today I still feel the same. There are a few great tracks on this, but overall, the tone doesn't feel quite right.
A little blunt, I favour the Jilted Generation.
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!
Laute, elektronische punkige müllhalden-flair Musik
Not a bad album at all, but unfortunately this is a project that I'm not crazy about.
cool. not my fav but def not bad.
I am quite familiar and fond of "Firestarter", "Smack My Bitch Up", "Breathe", and "Mindfields". While I[m not a huge fan of electronic music, this album gave me a lot of nostalgia and new songs that I had never heard before. I normally love rap, but the one rap song, "Diesel Power", felt a bit out of place with the music. I do enjoy a good genre crossover here and there but this one fell short. Overall a fantastic album, just short of 5 stars!
I like a few songs of this but I can’t give it the listen it deserves right now. It doesn’t fit into my daily routine. Studying in it feels like im about to mash aderall
Eh. was happy when it ended
It was alright. Average to me
Fire singles, the rest is fine.
Good for fast driving
Enjoyed more than I thought I would
Very cool and good
I mean, it's good GSD background music but, if you take the effort to actively listen, it gets pretty old pretty fast. Very repetitive. But what they're doing here is cutting edge and really novel for the time and I really did enjoy it for the most part. I'm feeling generous so this one gets 4 stars from me.
The lesson here is, whether you're making music or starting fires, be terrific at what you do. 5 terrific brachyuras out of 5 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
Wow, two Prodigy albums in a week! I wish I had revealed this before I went out for my jog. I'm not as fond of this one as "Jilted", but its still a very significant album. I think as a whole, "Jilted" is a better album, but the singles on this one are better. "Smack My Bitch Up" is a bit weird to listen to now and hasn't aged well, no matter what way the guys try to explain it. It would have been perfect as a purely instrumental song. I did always prefer the Enya Orinogo Flow mash up anyway.
It’s whatever, like it’s enjoyable but I’ll never listen to it again
This was an instant classic, and it's the Prodigy at their best. I'm not a huge fan of the final track, "Fuel My Fire," but I don't hate it, either. Everything else is brilliant, especially "Mind Fields," "Narayan," and my personal favorite, "Diesel Power," (which features the underappreciated Kool Keith). Absolutely love this album.
The best album of its time & genre. I remember dancing to these songs at clubs, and it's my workout go-to. Running to this album is pure adrenaline. This album will always be a personal favorite.
Nose, eso
Fuck yeah
So close to a 5 it's a bit tot repetitive, and a bit too 90s. 4.6 maybe.
Some serious bangers, but definitely some fat on the album, keeping it from being a 5/5.
If I had to choose, this would be the album I’d choose to have my jaw swinging to.
Good techno
I prefer their first but plenty of bangers onhere
One thing I like about taking on this 1001 project is having the opportunity see how artists evolve from album to album. Fat of the Land is an excellent example of this. I listened to Music For The Jilted Generation a few months ago and liked it well enough, but this album is far superior. It shows tremendous growth in the band. The album is tighter, more polished and more focused. The band has lost some of their grit in the 3 years between albums, but this is a case study in how you can trim away the rawness of your sound without losing your edge or your power. This is an album with a clear musical point of view, memorable songs, strong beats. And it has aged really well. I enjoyed this. Fave Songs: Firestarter, Breathe, Climbatize, Funky Shit, Narayan, Mindfields
100th album!!! Definitely liked this one, super fun and makes for great background music especially, since every song kind of blended into one (which might be considered a negative thing) - therefore i'm not sure if there's much here that I would revisit individually except the first couple of songs, but its a very well made album nonetheless and deserves a spot on this list.
Amazing how many iconic sounds come from this album, awesome stuff!
Techno, not my thing.
listend 5 times in a row, and somehow it seemed to mellow a little more each time
<copy-paste> Wauw! Back to the 90s met dit album dat ik letterlijk grijs gedraaid heb in mijn "jeugd! Ongelooflijk als bijna alle nummers op een album geweldig zijn! <copy-paste> Dat schreef ik eerder deze week over het album "Music for the Jilted Generation" maar dat is ook hier van toepassing. Beste album blijft echter "Experience". *****
Too much
Some good songs but some just don’t click with me
classic 90s album love it Firestarter and smack my bitch up are 90s bangers
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
Dated but dope. Can hear some hints of industrial in here. Most songs sound like they could be in a Tony Hawk game.
Like nothing ive heard before
i like the bum tss bum tss beep boop music
Still sounds bloody good. I don't love it as much as their previous two albums, but it is still excellent.
Fully bro
You can feel the energy coming from just about every song. But after the first three or four songs, it did feel kind of monotonous. Having "Firestarter" (the big hit?) later in the album was kind of interesting. Drum 'n bass can only get you so far, really. There has to be some variety here. The album was high energy, but an hour of it? Kind of exhausting.
Yeah, these guys were good. The beats knock you on your butt immediately. Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, and Firestarter are massively popular tracks, and with good reason. Like a lot of this album they are infectious. Funky Sh&t and Mindfields were other tracks that I couldn't shake, in a good way. What struck me about the album is it's electronic but doesn't always feel that way - it feels bass or drum heavy at times, it feels like there are guitars and instruments (which there are, but even when there aren't). It has its moments where a song runs on too long or has too extreme/annoying of loops or beats (looking at you Serial Thrilla). But it is a fun listen that I'm willing to repeat or makes we want to explore more Prodigy.
What can you say about an album that starts with a song called "Smack My Bitch Up"? Insert eye roll emoji. Still, it's definitely a fun listen. I don't know that I'd go out of my way to seek it out, but I'd definitely listen again. Favorite tracks: SMBU (minus the lyrics - cool groove), Breathe (very cool dark sound), Mindfields, Firestarter (total earworm). Least favorite track: Serial Thrilla - the beginning and ending sound effects made me think something was wrong with my computer. Not cool. I docked a point just for that.
Valet står mellan 2 och 3. Finns ju några dansrökare på plattan.
Colonna sonora perfetta per parkour, intervallo di una partita, rapina in banca.
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.
Not really my type of music, but this is really good. I like the more psychedelic stuff more (think Climbatize was my favourite), a bit less aggressive big beats than most of it, but the rest of it still works really well despite being 25 years old. Consistently good, three instantly recognisable tracks, 4/5 for me.
You need to listen to this album as you walk through a city and it slowly drops rain at night. It is a much better experience. Listening through kinda shitty headphones also helps. All in all, this feels like a worse Chemical Brothers album. I like it, but it's not the best electro-grunge I've heard. Best Songs: Smack My Bitch Up, Funky Shit, Mindfields, Narayan Worst Songs: Breathe, Diesel Power, Serial Thrilla
Like one long song that just wouldn't end. It literally hurt my brain listening to this. I'm guessing the only real way to handle this is on drugs at a rave?
Not my style of music. I didn't listen them in the '90s But today it's more than just ok.
Muy bueno. Mucho uso de samplers para armar las bases y la continuidad en el tema. Después tienen sus arreglos de guitarra, sintez o voz medio rapeada. Es más lo rítimo y las capas que la melodía o un trabajo armónico innovador.
This album is so much fun!
There's an enjoyable song on this album. The problem is that they play it 10 times with different names.
Love this album its so awesome
One of the very best electronica albums of all time.
Great album, can get slightly repetitive after a while
Class
Holds up well.
SMBU, Breathe and Firestarter are classics but the rest of the album is pretty great too.
Nostalgic and undeniably a good album.... although not my genre of choice usually! Update: every time a song from this album appears on my playlist, I skip it.... This tells me it's not for me. Going to a 3
I liked some of their songs on this but I would definitely have to be in the mood to listen to it.
-S Tier- Smack My Bitch Up Breathe Diesel Power Mindfields Firestarter -A Tier- Funky Shit Narayan -B Tier- Climbatize -C Tier- Serial Thriller Fuel My Fire AVG SCORE: 4 / 5 - - - Another hugely influential album for me. This was the soundtrack of my “Hack the planet” phase in late middle school and early high school. WaReZ, Back Orifice, Sub7, the Rainbow Books, Jolly Roger, my first lineman’s handset…This album brings the memories flooding back. I love it.
Wish I could have seen these guys. I love this album. Listened 50x
Boom!
I absolutely love this album from start to finish. Back in the day, this was my first foray into electronica music.
I don’t get this.
Real, high-octane party music. Can’t really listen to a lot of it.
Didn't like it personally. Subjective opinion, not objective
Catchy but too repetitive. Electronic music is fine but personally it's not my cup of tea. I'm not sure what it did to include itself on the 1001 list, but I think it's because for its time period it was futuristic.
Time to Rave! Classic 90's techno. Good for cruising.
Really enjoyed this. Went straight to their next album and listened to it too. It can be a bit repetitive (what self respecting EDM isn't?), but jacked up on my ADHD meds this hits just right!
all time banger. RIP Keith
Heavy, aggressive, artistic, textural, dance-able, consistent, varied. All at once, all the time, all the way through. Wow.
An absolute classic, fantastic energy and drive, catchy lyrics and beats and not a bad track on the album.
I fucking love big beat. This album is one of the best pioneers of that genre.
It's a classic. One of the defining records of the 90s.
not bad, but too repetitive. Mild disappointment, but I should revisit
Had this as a teenager. Totally forgot how awesome this album is!
I dig it. Not my usual thing but pretty enjoyable. Felt like I was listening to a soundtrack of an early 2000’s action movie
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.
I didn't like techno before listening to this. Now I like it even less. Repetitive meaningless and uninspiring. Perhaps I don't have the right chemical stimulation to enjoy it, I don't know and don't want to find out. If the chemicals can lead you to enjoy this they must be destroying your brain.
Meh.
Goes on for too long, but has some great songs.
Great album and Les really hits hard during this period.
Surprisingly fresh after 25 years. One of the best electronic dance albums of the 90s.
revolutionary for its time but not chill at work
Kameron’s favorite but not me
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.
It is punk. It is raver. It goes on a lil too long and can be repetitive, but i do think these are intentional things (for the club, for the rave, for the drugs). It's still pretty much a sound that they have mastered. A lot can be said about copycats and such. But that should have any effect on how this sounds. It sounds real good.
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.
Great for the morning, makes me feel sassy.
A sensational hit in Firestarter - check! Influential legacy - check! Excellent crab on the album cover - check! Yet there is something about this album that fails to lift it, IMHO, to the level of similar albums from the same era (say, Chemical Brothers). It sounds too much as if they use the same synth program throughout the album.
Solid
Not my cup of tea.
Very fun tracks, a little repetitive but I could see myself having a good time partying to these. I want to take all the samples from this album and put them on a board and get high as shit in the woods pressing buttons lmao. Not something I would listen to regularly, but a fun experience for a specific mood. Favourite Tracks: Diesal Power, Firestarter
There’s a few songs on this album that I recognize from growing up in the 90s (Smack My Bitch Up) that brought some nostalgia. Admittedly, that’ll make me a bit bias. Overall a fun listen. They definitely made some cool sounds. Next time I wanna travel back to the 90s and hack computers in a shitty flat in Berlin I’m gonna bring a copy of this album and a bag of speed.
very rhythmic, both chaotic and controlled, primal - can't help but move to this - climbatize is epic
Kool Keith all over!
Probably the album that first got me deep into my electronica/techno phase. I think it holds up amazingly well. So many bangers. 4.5/5
forgot how much hip hop sound there is in this album
STOP GIVING ME EDM
A ningú que creixés als '90 li va passar desapercebut aquest treball. El disc d'electrònica per la gent a qui no li agrada l'electrònica; punk visceral amb més sintes que guitarres. I temes tan desorbitadament bons com 'Firestarter' o 'Smack My Bitch Up', anys abans de la cultura de la cancel.lació. Un d'aquells discos que marquen una década
Pretty 90s. It was fun.
Instantly recognisable and still sounds massive. A little bit dated and verging on caricatureish in 2022, although that could be because this album and the Prodigy sound are so well known and iconic. Some of the song titles are puntastic (Serial Thrilla, Mindfields, Climbatize). Given the wordplay and fact that 25 years have passed, is this now music for the Countdown generation? Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Firestarter Date listened: 02/08/22
I got this for my thirteenth birthday, because everybody in school had gotten it. After about a week, I was standing in the kitchen, holding the album in my left hand and and an orange in the other. I decided to give juggling a go, and threw the orange up in the air. I had forgotten I was holding the album when I reached out to catch my orange. The orange (quite a hard orange) neatly snapped the album in two. I had to tape a mate's copy that he himself had taped off my copy. Such adolescent idiocy is fitting for The Fat of the Land, a lit bottom burp of an album. This is an album that convinced itself that PS1-era Tomb Raider was a good game solely because of Lara Croft's pointy norks. The shiniest example of its immaturity actually occurs on the sleevenotes, where they quote Goering's guns-not-butter speech, simply because they thought it sounded cool. But the most notorious instance is Smack My Bitch Up, a tabloid-baiter of a title. Sampling a couplet from an Ultramagnetic MCs track (the rapper in question, Kool Keith, raps on The Fat of the Land's Diesel Power), by focusing on the phrase "smack my bitch up" the Prodigy giftwrapped a controversy for the tabloids, who got double-bubble from both the Prodigy's popularity and infamy. In response to the artificial furore, the video to smack My Bitch Up was a first-person view of someone drinking, doing cocaine, eating a kebab, groping women, fighting, using one of those smack heroin needles, stealing a car and bedding a stripper, and at the end it turns out, gasp!, it was a woman doing all that beastly naughtiness! I presume you've heard of GTA. I also presume that you know GTA is one of the most financially successful works in any medium. I also presume you know that the visceral impact of GTA has lessened to that of a flea in an oven glove (do you know the boundary they're crossing for the next installment? A female protagonist! Quick, I need a smelling salt suppository!). The outrage The Prodigy courted was always a joke, as they knew and as everybody who objected knew, along with everybody who didn't care. The Prodigy appeared mature when you were in school, the first year of uni at a push. Do you know what you happened to start listening to the first year at uni? Bob Dylan. Tell me what's more mature: The Fat of the Land or Blood on the Tracks? Still, I'm not one to discount the moments when I crave the teenage charms of slasher flicks and masturbating over ridiculously overimplanted bososms, so I can't damn The Fat of the Land. Hell, I firmly accept that Firestarter is one of the great UK number 1s (a while ago, I was in a pub, and it turned out the youth next to me by the bar was born after Firestarter topped the charts; that's as sobering as a grey pubic hair). But everyone who's held a job will tell you: The Fat of the Land is a slightly above average album that got horrendously overpraised by people hoping it'd usher in a new punk rock, blinding themselves to the fact that the album signified nothing but flash sound and furious beats. Liam Howlett, the one in The Prodigy who actually did all the bastard music, said the ultimate defence of Smack My Bitch Up and all the other controversies was that it was meant to be dumb, akin to preferring Flavor Flav to Chuck D. In fairness, I think that defence holds up. Still, it means that the music's dumb.
Maybe it’s so influential it retrospectively sounds like something I’ve heard before?
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.
A couple of dated tracks, but the classics hold this album up.
oh hell yeah. now we're getting into home territory. i've actually never listened to this album before but wow. this sounds disgusting (affectionate). i sure wouldn't download a car while listening to this. i feel like i'm listening to what mission impossible 2 looks like. beautiful. that said i think it kinda drags a bit near the end, but then again i'm listening to the whole thing in one go and i am sober. also i think i recognized a sample from firestarter that appears in an alchemist rats beg bashful remix.
All thriller, no filler. What a banger
Bit of a classic.
Breathe is a banger and is the opener to one of the greatest 90's compilation albums of all time - Big Shiny Tunes 2. Quite a few hits on this album, and it's a solid Industrial Drum n Bass album. Lots of driving beats, very Bri'ish accents, some good hooks on a lot of the tunes. A bit repetitive at times, but a solid album and good music to work to.
It does have some fun tracks on it. As a whole album it wears thin after a while though. I actually prefer a few of their more recent tracks
Not usually what I listen to, but it's exciting, heart pounding and terrific beats. Lots of energy!
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.
it isn’t horrible, but not my favorite album ever.
8/10 Best Song - Breathe
4.1 - Compared to other British EDM I've reviewed, this one is different. I had it bumping in the back while I was cooking and I really liked it. Besides the pointlessly misogynistic "Smack My Bitch Up", this is solid background for when it's time to get stuff done. I especially like the way "Narayan" fades seamlessly into "Firestarter" - it's a moment that feels especially rave-like.
Great production. Liked Funky Shit.
Diesel Power is a banger
Smack My Bitch Up - 10/10 Breathe - 9/10 Diesel Power - 8/10 Funky Shit - 6/10 Serial Thrilla - 10/10 Mindfields - 7/10 Narayan - 9/10 Firestarter - 9/10 Climbatize - 10/10 Fuel My Fire - 5/10
I loved this album back in the late 90’s. It really hooked me on the electronica genre
Songs are catchy for the first minute or so, but are ultimately too long and repetitive for me to not zone out and try to think of something else.
What a start. RIP fellow park runner
its good but iv listened to it too many times, so i dont listen to the prodigy any more
Classic! Hard not to love.
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A monster album with aggressive base and aggressive lyrics in the most part from Keith (RIP). Listen loud!
A bit unfair to judge a dancefloor album off a first listen sitting here in the office, but this one still delivered for the most part. Even if there's not a lot of rhythmic variation within each track, there's enough across the whole LP to keep things moving and decently interesting. Wish there was a stronger melodic presence here, this group usually leans toward sparser DnB/breakbeat arrangements but has a great ear for catchy progressions.
Controversial and infectious. Very 90's and hypnotic. This was around long before the Wokes were weeping into their Lattes and the Prodigy are a breathe of fresh air in turgid times. I need to play this every morning before I trudge to work to remind me there is life. 25 years on I struggle to think of anyone with as much energy nowadays. Glastonbury is full of comeback bands relying on past times and youngsters copying old masters. This is tremendous.
A blistering, essential big beat album. There's not much to think about with this one, though I caught onto the Kool Keith cameo this time through. Prodigy are less obvious on the samples but sprinkle their signature throughout the tracks, which have very little fat. Here, it seems, the group figures the tunes can be extended via DJ. That's an approach to a dance record I can get behind.
I can see how people like it but I didn't really enjoy the whole genre
This album gives me some high-precision nostalgia; makes me want to Hack the Planet. I kind of hate what they done to my beloved L7 with their Fuel My Fire cover.
Was a good listen. I've listened before. It a little too repeaty for me, but it's still really good. 3.75/5
The Prodigy rules and this is their best by far. Makes you want to destroy shit.
I'm pretty ignorant on the Prodigy, only knowing some of their hits, but this is cool. I can see why they overlap with metal fans often. Will check out more. B-
Owned this one and got played fairly often, more metal and single driven than previous stuff. It was good to listen to it again but I seriously doubt I'll ever do it again.
Better than I anticipated, but kind of repetitive. Also, and this has been said for many of the records, probably better in a club setting.
Seemed more focused then the other Prodigy album. I knew more of the songs. This must have come out during the techno boom of the late 90s. It seemed really familiar... in a good way.
I had this album in high school, just like everyone my age had this album in high school. It's pretty good late 90s techno, and one that I would put on again if I was in the right mood. But that mood won't come around very often.
This album is great from start to finish. Such a listen
Still ridiculously exciting, energetic and fun. Nobody is condoning beating up women - it’s a song title. Great mid 90s electronic music and mixed with rock instruments for the indie/alternative rock crowd - real electro-punk. They were a truly awesome live act. A brilliant experience and memory of seeing them at Park Des Princes in Paris in 1997.
I love Firestarter, but there's only so many times you can put the same track on the same album.
i do believe that these are the crab’s favorite songs
What in the fucking fuck was this shit? Why this list includes not one, but at least TWO albums from the Prodigy is completely beyond me. You know an album is trying to be edgy when the first track is the gleefully misogynistic "Smack My Bitch Up". And when your defense against the song is that it's not sexist lyrics but rather a reference to heroin, that's not exactly an ironclad defense. That, and it's just a shitty song. Frankly this is a shitty album and the worst use of sampling I've ever heard. It's like bad house music found an ugly friend to stand next to just to look hotter. Probably not the very worst album on this list but easily the least enjoyable. And it's not because I don't enjoy experimental music; Portishead and a track or two from that weird bells album in the 70s were both more fun than this. I hate this crap. Had a track or two I hated less than the others, but overall a waste of time. Side note: "Smack My Bitch Up" was written by four men. Wow, color me fucking shocked.
Reminds me of my teen years. Breathe is still a brilliant tune.
Not sure Fat of the Land was designed to be listened to with a hangover after a night out at a gig, but then prodigy kind of set me off gig going in 1997 when I saw them touring this album at the Astoria (or possibly Brixton Academy) so fair is fair. Think it's generally aged pretty well. It distracted me from my morning funk pretty well.
Shows its age, but it's not bad. Highlights: Breathe, Narayan.
This is really not my thing at all. Monotonous, synthetic, plodding. Breathe was okayish, other than that there was nothing I would want to hear again. Next!
The album's second-half is underrated. I still struggle through the first-half despite its greater popularity.
Seminal album. Three big hitters and couple that could of been.
Parfait dosage de techno, d’énergie presque punk, épices musique du monde propres à l’époque, le tout bien intégré. Chouette!
great album
Some of the songs are not terrible. The rest…
Didn’t age well
A compilation of some really neat tracks without much of an overarching theme. This albums sparked some nostalgic memories too. The energy is palpable and the rythms are captivating.
Highly entertaining, aggressive big-beat album. Felt rave-ish at times. Fun. Highlight: Breathe
Klasyka gatunku, trochę ciężko się słucha w pracy. Po okładce spodziewasz się crab rave a tu tylko zwykły rave ;)
Prodigy nigdy mnie nie kręciło, tutaj też nie. Są wciągające traczki, ale na dłuższą metę dość męczący album. Nie odbieram jakości wykonania technicznego, fajna zabawa dźwiękiem (ale jako że do tego nie wrócę, nie mogę dać 4)
Tunes.
4/5. Pretty epic ngl, thought it would blow more 🤷♂️
The Fat of The Land is a super high octane outing from Prodigy, in which you'd really expect no less. With the controversy of 'Smack my Bitch Up', it only saw to drive the popularity of the record itself and cement Prodigy as psych-electro gods. I know 'Breathe' is more about the pull that drugs can have, but it has been a part of my workout soundtrack for the better part of at least the last 20 years (which blows my mind!), and it always gets me to push further. Best: Breathe Worst: Narayan
Firestarter is the only good song
One of them had his team win Isle if Man TT twice. Even Bob Dylan would get 5 stars if he had done that (but he didn't, he's just a fag). Anyways, Prodigy is cool
I had this CD... In the late 90's early 2000's that meant a lot...
aight
Wow, so all those came from this album? It is a headbanger. This took me way back.
Cool dont sound nothing like prodigy
Je comprends l'attrait, le niveau de production est top notch, mais ce style d'electro est vraiment moins mon genre.
Thought I'd know more on this than I did but in saying that my Prodigy knowledge is limited to the best of. Breathe is phenomenal, always loved the opening riff. The other singles were also great. Not many new stand out tracks for me though. Funky Shit was good. Diesel power split me. Really liked the music but the vocal didn't fit. Not sure if it was a guest vocalist or something but it felt like a missed opportunity and didn't fit with the rest of the album. After a lot of lot of listens I'm going a harsh 3/5.
An immense album of beats and aggressive electronica. "Breathe" is the nearest "dance" has got to the Sex Pistols...brilliant stuff. Play it loud, ignore the neighbours, destroy a room.
I hated these guys back in the day. It was because they were the poster kids for the whole Electronica is going to take over. It didn’t, and I like it more now. Those two data points are unrelated.
Never thought of myself as someone who liked Prodigy and yet I remember listening to several of these tracks fairly often in the 90s and still liked them today...so going middle of the road as there were a few here that went on forever like Narayan but Firestarter, Smack My Bitch Up, Diesel, Climbatize and Breathe are all solid tracks. I would go 3.5 but this is solid stars and 4 seems a little too strong for me
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.
This is an album of songs of montage music. Specifically montages about edgy things. Once you've heard the first 30 seconds of each song, you've heard the whole thing. That being said, some of the beats sounded pretty good in their own right, but every song tended to repeat on and on. This wasn't the best experience.
I really don't care for this. I don't have anything else to say for this.
Aggressive - expressive - Nice one
Genre: Big Beat 3/5 The 2nd of 2 Prodigy albums in this book, The Fat of the Land is no Music for the Jilted Generation, an album that was forward thinking and predictive. Fat of the Land rests on the same sort of laurels that Fatboy Slim albums do. Because The Prodigy is a great producer, he doesn't necessarily have to go 100% every trach. The albums have their bangers, but then there's about 50 minutes of the rest: okay-to-decent techno songs. Music for the Jilted Generation was a very, very good electronic record, that really did help set the table for a much broader techno movement as a whole. This album here, The Fat of the Land, has Smack My Bitch Up and Funky Shit, but in between not too much to write home about (Firestarter is not bad). Great workout music, and could even suffice as easy listening to some of those who enjoy heavier techno music, but fails to reach the mark of its predecessor. Decent, though.
Y'a du banger.
le gros crabe du pays un peu répétitif bien qu'il soit efficace pour les matinées difficiles