Reviews (page 3 of 14)
The music video for Smack My Bitch Up is high key iconic, like legit one of the best ever. One time when I was like 7, they showed it unedited on MTV2 because it was #1 on their Most Controversial Videos of All Time countdown (which I think was maybe hosted by Andrew WK but I could be making that part up) but anyway, I think it permanently altered my brain chemistry.
three stars especially since the "expanded edition" is the same album cover but with the crab copy and pasted like 20 times
Hardcore electronica Smack my bitch up Breathe Firestarter
Day897 - the best thing about it was the one second beastie boys sample
Moby on meth, cool that they covered a L7 song. It has some fun beats, very high energy. I just can't take this for an hour.
too much for me
Rate: 10/10.
Man this one is a blast from the past. I used to love Firestarter. But I totally forgot about Smack My Bitch Up, what the hell? Who thought that was a god idea? The 90s were a different time I guess. But I mean there are still countless hip hop records made and applauded today with basically (or exactly...) the same lyrics so maybe we haven't changed all that much. I would imagine that was done to be intentionally controversial. I mean the band said that you aren't a fan if you take it literally (or something like that) but there are only 6 words in that song so how exactly is it hard to interpret? I was actually surprised how much of this I remembered. It was pretty much played everywhere for a while but looking back at it now it's definitely aged poorly, to my ears at least. Repetitive, droning, monotonous, all the worst parts of house music. Vocals are laughable on most tracks. I can see teenagers in the 90s just loving this though, I knew a lot that did. I wasn't much of a fan then, less so now. 1.5/5
This album brought back so many memories. I've never listened to the whole thing before. So many great tracks. The overall sound really gets you going. Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe and Firestarter are the obvious tracks. Serial Thrilla and Fuel My Fire were also bangers.
Cool but like who can listen to this for more than 10 mins without getting utterly annoyed
Listened Before? Y I had this one back in the day. It's no better now than it was back then. It's just noise. Firestarter is a banger. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist:
Arranca excelente, pero sobre la mitad se empieza a poner repetitivo y aburrido. De todas formas es buenísimo, pero sí es verdad que las canciones se empiezan a diferenciar muy poco entre sí.
I get why The Fat Of The Land is a 90s dance music legend, it really nails that wild, aggressive rave vibe. The huge tracks like "Breathe", "Firestarter", and (to a lesser extent) "Smack My Bitch Up" are absolute bangers that brought that raw, industrial energy straight into the mainstream. But honestly, listening to the whole thing in one sitting is a lot. The relentless energy gets old pretty fast. Once you move past the singles, it all just starts to sound the same. The heavy bass and shouted vocals eventually turn into a wall of noise that’s more exhausting than fun. It’s a cool time capsule for sure, but for me, it just doesn't hold up as a full album listen.
I was conflicted about this one. On the one hand it was repetitive which I usually don’t care for, but it did do some interesting things with sounds. I wished it had more substance but it kind of worked and all in all wasn’t bad to listen to.
To ma naozaj nebaví. A neviem prečo...
Feel like I'm on the set of the British movie Human Traffic
Classic upon classic upon classic- "Smack," "Breathe," "Funky Shit," "Mindfields," "Firestarter." A very impactful album on my life- I remember discovering it in middle school and thinking how "underground" it was to listen to because it treaded into some edgy territory lyrically. The album still sounds so awesome and informed much of what happened in the years following in the dance music scene both across the pond and in the US alike.
Awesome
Fantastic album.
It's a fairly one dimensional album but my word is it one funky dimension.
Some fun tracks in there for sure
Pointless
This an album that basically kicks the door open, throws a smoke bomb into the room, and starts blasting electronic chaos at full volume. This thing has energy from the jump, and it is absolutely one of those albums that feels wrong if you listen to it quietly. What makes it so fun is how many different sounds The Prodigy throws into the blender. It’s electronic, but it’s also got rock, hip-hop, punk attitude, and probably six other genres hiding in the walls somewhere. That being said, the formula does start to wear a little thin by the middle of the second half. The rhythms and structure can get repetitive, and after a while, some tracks start to feel like they’re running on the same engine with slightly different flashing lights. Even “Firestarter,” as iconic as it is, doesn’t feel quite as exciting on its own when surrounded by so much similarly explosive material. Thankfully, the album keeps introducing enough new sounds and textures to stop it from completely wearing out its welcome. Overall, The Fat of the Land is a banging, chaotic, highly caffeinated album that knows exactly what kind of monster it wants to be.
This is energizing and clever without crossing the line into inane. The lyrics and song names are scandalous or at least irreverent bordering on obscene which I’m certain is intentional. The take away is fun.
It's nice to hear again after all these years. But it's pretty bland, which is probably why I bought the CD then hardly played it back then.
Anxiety in an audio file.
9.5/10
I love Prodigy although I must admit I’m not an avid Prodigy album listener, I do prefer to listen to my favourite few and did enjoy hearing these live at Parklife in 2023. I did like this album but didn’t really enjoy listening to it. I think the songs as a standalone are great, especially the more well known ones. However, as a collective, it wasn’t my favourite. I prefer the album ‘Experience’ as a whole, despite preferring the main songs on this album.
I liked the style but they were all too similar.
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
2000年代のアクション映画だいたいこれ
This feels like the first proper EDM album I’ve gotten the whole time which is pretty crazy. The cover is also very reminiscent of crab rave. Album is ok overall but Firestarter is a banger
Unironically one of the best album covers ever. A strange blend of hip hop and electronic dance music. It's unconventional in every sense, but somehow still works and makes you want to dance.
06/08 Like track 4 says, "Thats some funky shit!"
So does every electronic dance dub album sound like them, or do they sound like every electronic dance dub album? I don’t know. I don’t care.
The soundtrack of doing way too much cocaine after drinking way too much whisky and passing out on top of the person you met while doing that. Tbh there are a few good tracks but it's relentless and repetitive. And yeah, “Smack My Bitch Up” ffs y'all
Big fan of this album cover but unfortunately I haaaaaaate this type of music 😔🦀
Whole album sounds like songs they play in transitions of old tv shows.
oh hell yeah, sorry I'm advance to my friends and family, y'all gunna be hearing this a bit more. 5
Favourite Songs: Breathe Firestarter
In this project I am stuck in mid season. This one was fine and at least a little different. It techy and grungy and a little hard rocky. Not bad but not amazing.
Sigh. They could have picked literally ANY words to repeat over and over in the first song, and that's what they chose. It's unfortunate that sets the tone for the whole thing, because I actually really like this otherwise. It's chock full of cool funky beats!
found myself rockin out, better than expected techno!
Impressive how fresh this sounds all the years later 4.5*
Look, this is clearly their best work, but that doesn’t make it essential listening. This is what kids from nice neighborhoods think they play at raves. No legit club would ever have played anything this commercial.
mid 90s
This is still one of the best r cords when it comes to electronic music. These guys were making insane beats. A timeless classic.
I'm sorry, but I might never understand electronic music. To me, it's not even music.
Every song had some pizzazz to it. Very close to a 5
What a banger of an album. Holds up.
This album is not subtle, not elegant, and not interested in being tasteful.
Well... it's Prodigy. I'm not a huge fan of theirs, but it's hard to underestimate their contributions to the music industry.
Egentligen inte min bag, men helt genialt. Firestarter är en klassiker! Stark fyra.
Very techno
rap, so not my genre
Cool sound. Very high highs on this record. My closet to a five.
I'm listening to this and thinking...'damn but if this doesn't give Static-X vibes'. So I checked and yup, Static-X lists The Prodigy as influences. Noice.
Pretty unforgetable and nothing special, except that album cover, I’m loving that.
It was ok! Would be fun to hear in a club and def good to workout to, just didnt really do it for me
The Prodigy's magnum opus.
Fell asllep
As far as electronic goes - interesting and versatile
Svak 3er
electronica aburrida repetitiva ruidosa
Sounds like the soundtrack to the X games or something.
Give me this album, some neon fishnets and an ecstasy tablet and we got ourselves a good old fashioned rave. Honestly really liked the album. I don’t fully understand the genre but the energy is undeniable
This bring me right back to the 90s! These guys were the electronica group that you would hear on the alternative rock stations. They crossed the genre divide because they came hard!
Amazing album cover again lol. Love the crab rave vibes for my finals study sesh. 3/5
I knew three songs on this: Smack My B**** Up, Breathe, and Firestarter. I'm not a big fan of electronic music. The songs I knew were fine, but the rest got to be kind of long and samey sounding.
5/10 Album is fun, but there isn't much for me to grasp onto in terms of replay-ability.
This album still holds up 30 years later. The sound in unmistakable and unique. Love the energy and the vibe of this album.
I’m very overstimulated feels like I’m watching old school mtv skateboarding videos or kids getting arrested in 90s mashups
This is a dumb album. It always has been, and I loved it because of it. I know it was defined as “electro punk” but the only other electro-punk album I knew of was Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk, which was panned as crap but I actually liked too. I never got the Prodigy thing, but I appreciated that there were so many influences wrapped into this album. First off, it’s techno-dance so it wasn’t intended for deep meaning, lyrical prose or conceptual consistency. It was made to get you moving, which it succeeds. I vividly remember listening to Smack My Bitch Up in the clubs and right after Shahin Bader’s Indian chant vocal part—which admittedly helped launch me into my World Music phase—the bass dropped and the room exploded. I was surprised to see Soundgarden/PJ drummer Matt Cameron was listed on Narayan, which is a great song. Diesel Power’s rap/techno/punk was interesting, but I was always surprised it was a one-off song. Key tracks for me were Narayan, SMBU, and Climbatize. The complaints against this album were and are deserved. It’s lyrically bad. It’s misogynistic. It’s still a fun listen, despite having to listen to on headphones to avoid a stream of negativity from my House o’ Feminism. Not an excuse, but it was the late ‘90s, and those who lived it get it….
Random thoughts: * Blast from the 90s past! * As I was listening to this album, I definitely had a copy of this one. Maybe a ripped copy of this album. * "Breathe" was always my favorite track from this album. "Psychosomatic addict, insane"!!! * Of course, Firestarter was probably the bigger hit and Smack My Bitch Up was more controversial, especially the video, which you couldn't have missed if you lived in the 90s. * Overall, this really captures the mid to late 90s and the rave/EDM scene at the time.
3.61
I've never really been a fan of techno, and this isn't really an exception for it, but I'll admit that there's some great grooves on this album. I'll give it 3 stars with the added nostalgia factor.
I'm sure if I took a load of e's then did a few lines of coke I'd feel differently, but it's just not my thing. Individually the songs are pretty good and definitely get you pumped up and in a chaotic, frenzied kind of mood, but they're all too long and it isn't until the penultimate songs that there's nay musical variety, ironically climbatize was my favourite on the album and the only one that strays into any different musical territory. Well produced, mixed and performed but not for me
This was nice background music if you dont want to have a serious thought in your mind. Don't have a favorite song because they all sounded the same.
Had always known the singles but enjoyed a lot of this album overall! Definitely worth listening to the whole album in full
自分向きではない。
Completely fine background noise but did not Fuel My Fire in any way.
My mum was a huge Prodigy fan and controversially influenced my older cousins into liking the prodigy (much to my uncle’s dismay). I was very aware of Breathe growing up but was more across their later albums (Invaders Must Die is so good). Anyway, I think this one of the great album covers, and the Expanded Edition which just adds in a bunch of extra crabs is even better. Breathe is menacing and intense and also thrilling (the music video with a large crocodile wandering through a house also scared me as a kid), and also some of the longer trancier tracks were also pretty cool. embarked on such a fun evening of listening to random 90s dance and rave tracks after this. I know it’s not really the general taste of this group but I do think everyone needs to listen to more dance music Mixed feelings about smack my bitch up because it does go hard and another one my mum loves to sing, but also they didn’t really need to say that
This is what you wanna hear at 7am in the morning. Now I have a headache but it’s worth it. I’m not a huge fan of their policy on smacking bitches up, but their pro-arson policy certainly has my vote.
10 songs Added to liked: -Breathe -Firestarter (Already there) P.S. The transition from Narayan to Firestarter slaps
This sounds like the music that played on the intro of an early 2000’s Cinemax soft core porno movie. Which is sick at times but eventually it runs its course.
I dont like ro listen to Djs
I think the crab likes to batter women with his claw. I don't agree with the crab but I do find his music enjoyable.
So damn groovy and funky has some hip hop, Arabic, pop, rock elements. Crazy
The Prodigy is cool, but I get sick of it after a while. Stand-outs - Smack My Bitch Up - Breathe - Firestarter
Very familiar with the singles but had no idea how much this album rips as a whole. RYM: N Saved a song: N
good- electronic, super high energy, great for working out/warming up, also angsty and grungy, fun to be sassy to
I did not do enough ket to properly enjoy this. Or actually any ket, which is probably a requirement. It's club music, but it's at least...somewhat interesting club music? I don't like it though.
Thought it sounded familiar! Mindfields is on the soundtrack of The Matrix. Definitely fits the time and vibe.
I've been listening to a lot of weird techno subgenres lately so this seemed even more boring than I remember from 97.
Smack my Garg up! Smack my Garg up!
Meh, this was not for me in the 90s and it still isn't today.
9/10… big beat / industrial / *1997
хороший но не сильнее впечатляющий чем синглы из моего детства
8/10. Would hear at a really trashy houseparty or a montage for "Criminal Minds"
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.
I actually mostly enjoyed this. Cool production quality. Fun hooks. Catchy hip-hop. Not in my wheelhouse, but it was a fun listen.
firestarteri önceden biliyordum ve bayılıyordum. genel anlamda aşırı derecede run lola run vibe'ı veren bi albüm, 90lar sonu 2000ler başı bu tarz fütüristik esintileri bulunan bpm'i fazla parçaları dinlemeye bayılıyorum. bazı parçalar albümdeki aşırı hoşuma gitmese de kulağımı bazen tırmalar gibi oldu, overall güzel. bi de bazı şarkılardaki beatlerin altyapıları da tekrara düşebiliyor
3.25
Heck yeah. Middle school gym class dodgeball
Heavy Drums und Heavy Rap, feier ich.
Not a fan
Fun album from the 90s. Brought back a ton of memories. I will listen to this again. 8.5/10 Top song Smack my bitch up
Very much danceable.
Classic electronic record. Showed how confrontational and aggressive electronic music could be instead of just dance/rave/party soundtracks.
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?
Dude this was so awesome. This one just really checks all my boxes personally. It’s catchy both in melody and in beats. The breakbeats and synth lines are bangers from front to back. Idk how I’ve never heard this before. I’m a huge fan. Just a fuckin good time from beginning to end.
Absolutely rad
this album is a blast. I was only really familiar with "Smack My Bitch Up" and was expecting the rest of this to be a sugar rush and nothing more. happy to report I was mistaken there. yes, it's designed for maximum pleasure, and there's plenty rush to be had, but there's more going on with these songs than just crowd pleasers. it's a great encapsulation of the electronic music trends happening during this period of the 90s -- breakbeats, mid-range hooks, in-yr-face vocals. the only track that felt overly dated and fell flat to me is "Breathe" -- the rest is fun, exhilarating, always pushing momentum forward. 4.5 for me.
Fun stuff.
Solid background/movie music. This pumped me up but the longs tracks were a bit meandering. Top tracks: "Narayan," "Serial Thrilla"
--Smack My Bitch Up...great music video --Breathe...very British vocalist --Diesel Power...Kool Keith! --Funky Shit...Beastie Boys sample. I'd rather listen to whatever Beastie track this is a sample of --Serial Thrilla...the chavs are free --Mindfields…decent club rock --Narayan...the first four minutes bored me, things pick up eventually --Firestarter...did not know Kim Deal got a credit for this. nice --Climbatize...sick bass. I also like the rattling sound in the background --Fuel My Fire...huh, an L7 cover. it humps
🫤
Trashy. Nicely punchy. Bouncy. But not catchy. Annoying, sparse vocals. Compressed. Feels like the sort of thing you'd hear behind a weird, morphing, edgy cartoon montage in the 2000s. Listenable. There's competent rapping on some (only one?) of these! This is much cooler than the more trance-like, rave-y repeating ones. Very much like Fatboy Slim (same genre/period), but crunchier than what I've heard. Transitions between songs! Badass! But all rather one-note sonically. Standouts: Diesel power (rapping), mindfields (trippy beat), climbatize (cool rattling percussion, and then it opens up with an ethereal section and continues to develop unlike the other songs) Final feelings: Aggravated. Head-nodding, but bored. Some fun beats but the lack of variety spoils them.
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 Favourite track: Firestarter
bien
I remember hearing one of those songs in a flash game 🎮way back then... Soo good 😃Oh yeah, my favorite album thus far. Thank you so much 💖🦀
Fuck. Yes. My mum is a huge Prodigy fan and I have their Music for the Jilted Generation CD (maybe their best work) so there wasn't any question whether I was going like this or not. As for this album, I already knew it was going to peak with it starting with Smack My Bitch Up and Breathe. Firestarter is on here too. But I also found new tracks to love: Diesel Power, Mindfields, Narayan and Fuel My Fire. Some tracks maybe ran on for a bit too long but I didn't mind all too much. They've got such a strong, captivating sound. 5/5
In childhood, one way or another, Prodigy were everywhere and in everyone's collection — among fans of rap, electronic music, and rock alike. Classics, what more can I say?
The Prodigy's third best album, but still an absolute masterpiece that deserves at least 5 stars Part of the soundtrack of my teenage years. It really is a perfect album.
5/5 Loved it. Truly iconic. Such a treat listening to this again
What an album. A thumping journey from start to finish. No skips. 5 star!
J'ai bien bougé la tête c'était cool mais sans plus
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.
Mys att få återbesöka denna. Bitvis lite… töntig? Men jag kan inte stå emot öset.
Kul att detta album kom nu. De pratade om musikvideon till smack my bitch up på ZTV-dokumentären som går nu på SVT, i ett avsnitt jag såg i förrgår. Ganska extrem video. Anyway, albumet var helt ok.
Är en Music for the jilted generation-gäri, men den här är också bra. Utöver några av deras bästa låtar, som ”breathe”, har vi att göra med en hel del bjäring grejer. Lägger mig på 3,5 och avrundar uppåt.
Mardrömsmusik för stackars, stackars Dino. Trodde aldrig jag skulle behöva utsättas för techno igen 😭
you wouldn’t steal a car
Otrolig löpmusik. Japp, jag springer. Fort.
I wonder if I didn't listen to the whole album because some songs were overplayed? Either way, I've been missing out, this was a pretty good album.
favorite tracks were diesel power and funky shit, generally a really fun edm listen but some of it was not for me, especially smack my bitch up
What if Johnny Rotten fronted an electronic dance band? Fun in parts, but also long and repetitive throughout
I bet it's good at a rave, but on a Wednesday morning trying to concentrate on work, I could not wait for this to be over.
Superb
Ni siquiera lo escuché
so electrical. a bit disturbing when I am in an anxious mood
Sure, no problem. Definitely blended into the background after a while. 3/5
Masterpiece
grandgary brainz
did not enjoy this
Ancient method electronica
genuinely what was that
Some classics on here. The rest was alright, but just didn't hit quite as hard.
this is a perfect example of „don’t judge a book (or an album) by its cover” because i was so convinced i was gonna hate it. but instead i stumbled across an album which was very impressive in its rawness. i absolutely loved the production on these tracks, i think they were very nicely executed. this genre of music is almost completely new to me, as i usually reach for less „harsh”, you could say, music. i liked vast majority of the songs and „climbatize” was an out-of-body experience! my faves are „smack my bitch up”, „funky shit” and „serial thrilla”. i still haven’t decided on whether 3 or 4 is a better rating but given the fact that i didn’t think i was gonna like it and left the experience truly impressed, i’m gonna stick with a 4/5 for now
neat, experimental
It's one of the best albums from the 90s. I know, I was there.
cwab
ascoltatata con autostoppisti belgi, spaccato
It was ok
Prodigy er best of band fyrir mér. Bangerar eru bangerar, en restin er rest.
This review is going to be more riddled with bias than a ship is riddled with barnacles. This album was an absolute mainstay of my childhood; seeing that Firestarter music video aged 7 or 8 blew my mind and sent me spiraling through EDM and Electronic music for the next two decades. Coming out the other side in my 30s, not much of it survived in my music taste today, but this still sits on one of many thrones in my taste. Before I rattle off my favourites, it feels important, wherever possible, to say RIP Keith Flint. I always saw him as an Electronic Johnny Rotten, a maverick through and through who brought pure energy and joy to everything he did and a said to be gentleman off-stage. Beyond what everyone already knows in "Smack my Bitch Up", "Firestarter" and "Breathe", all of which boast dance floor-filling power, I want to highlight "Diesel Power" with it's unique industrial meets hip hop blend and the mysterious "Narayan" which Flint's voice sounded more beautiful than chaotic like the other tracks. All in all, a landmark album really, bringing EDM right into the mainstream without compromising any of it's soul. In the west, it didn't matter what crowd you belonged to, Prodigy did such a great job of art stealing and blending that they managed to get everyone jumping.
Lege, ma arvan, et ma oleks seda plaati kuulanud päris palju, kui ma oleksin 90ndatel vahemikus 12-20 olnud. Siin peal suured hitid (nt "Firestarter", "Smack My Bitch Up", "Breathe"). Filler lood ka täitsa kuulatavad ja mind ära ei tüüta. Plaat annab kuidagi rebel kogemuse kätte. 3.7/5
bangerz could only be better if they were slightly less similar.
Quel album, des gros classiques et un aspect très lourd sur les prod et le chant. N'a pas vieilli, j'ai écouté et je réécouterai
Quite enjoyed this, definitely a few solid bangers!! Very ravey and cool, can imagine loving them at a festi
The fat of the album. Was good, strong bass, goodd for headbanging
Not my favourite genre, but you can’t really do much better than this! This album is packed with hits all the way through. Very catchy and easy to sing along to after a few listens. Fun fact: Fuel My Fire is a cover originally made by the grunge-band L7. Favourites: Smack My Bitch Up, Climbatize, Breathe, Mindfields and Firestarter.
Ok what was that but it was good
Најомилена меморија од Продиџи е брат ми кога случајно го сретна денсерот со боцки на Макпетрол Подмоље и се сликаа.
Tjis album bridged dance and alternative/indie mainly thanks the big singles. These still sound as vibrate today as when Firestarter was terrorising the charts. The rest however was better in my memory than hearing now. It’s not bad just nothing great.
This went exactly how I expected it to: I liked “Breathe”, “Firestarter”, and, to a lesser extent, “Smack My Bitch Up”. The rest was just noise, reminding me I don’t think the 90s rave scene would have been for me.
There's a very long review of this album on the site (correctly) taking about the optics of a song where someone repeatedly shouts "Smack my bitch up". I remember there being some controversy over it at the time (although mostly because The Prodigy seems to make about 75% of their decisions based on how much controversy they could cause). All I can say in my defence is that this came out when I was 16, and it did not even register in my teenage mind that I probably shouldn't be enjoying something with those lyrics. It's catchy! I love Breathe, and always have. I like it better than Firestarter, which was absolutely the biggest hit, and the one that seems to have had the most staying power. Of the non-singles, I most enjoyed the random appearance of Kular Shaker's Crispian Mills on Narayan. I do think a little bit of The Prodigy goes a very long way though, and 56 minutes is a lot. I'd like a 2.5, but instead: 3/5
I like the prodigy and some of these songs are bangers but the whole album sounds the same
nice
Feels like I should like this album but I just didn't.
This shit fucking rips and I love it. Put me in a great mood
This album is only here for firestarter and breathe. The rest are filler
awwwwww yeah baby. quintessential electronic right fucking here. this album either makes you want to get up and just start moshing right then and there. either that or booting up an FPS from the late 90's or early aughts. it's assuredly what they were listening to while making it, too. genuinely think if you don't like this album you're either lying for attention or have dogshit music taste. 10/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: YOU COULD LITERALLY SPIN A WHEEL WITH THE NAMES OF THE TRACKS ON THEM AND I'D SAY I'D LIKE IT EVERY SINGLE TIME
Drie klassiekers. En trip to memory lane naar de studententijd.
comprido demais. preferia ter ouvido kasino no sabadaço repetidamente por 1h
"Only brainless people get some stupid message out of it."
Hell yeah
Not exactly for me, but great infusion of Indian vocal textures. Definitely see the psychedelic rave touches and non-linear elements being sampled in songs (why would an aalap be in Smack my bitch up)
oh hell nah i didn't like this im sorry
Najs. Slučajno sm prejšnji mesec se spomnila na Keitha Flinta in mal poslušala ta znane komade s tega albuma - ampak nism pa dejansko albuma. Prva stvar - prijetno presenečenje vidt imen Beastie Boysov pri četrtem komadu ("Funky Shit" - naslov je fraza k jo majo BB radi, lol, me prou zanima kakšen bo). Ahhh, prvi komad je itak "Smack My Bitch Up" k je basically a masterpiece. Sledi mu "Breathe", k je men isto neverjetno dobr, potem gremo pa do "Firestarter" v meni neznano. Se pa spomnim kok sm se kot otrok bala videospotov od The Prodigy, ha. Morm rewatchat mal zj. Ok, nism pričakovala rapa ("Diesel Power"). Ha, pri BB komadu so štirikrat samplal "Root Down" par sekund (tok mal, da fair use?) sicer pa instrumentalna elektronika. In pa lepe prelivanje v sledeči "Serial Thrilla" (a, kle sta kreditana iz Skunk Anansie, sam jih ne poznam tok, da bi loh dojela zakaj). "Narayan" je hud. "Climbatize" je fakin amazing & ne morm verjet, da sm dojela sample notr (od The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"). V glavnem, not my fav genre, ampak ne morm pa rečt, da je bil kle gor kerkol komad slab.
Fucking gold
la nostalgie frappe fort
Don't think I'd listened to this in full before but it is a really good album. Not a huge fan of 90s electronic music usually but if you're in the mood not much beats this
I was never a fan of this growing up, but in a world of overprocessed digital music I've learned to like and even admire the rawness of this record. Plus a few of the tracks are by now absolute classics.
Never got into them at the time, but I appreciate their importance in blending electronic and rock. On the whole the album was listenable but nothing stood out for me and a found a lot of it repetitive. I obviously knew a few of the tracks and of course firestarter, but it never appealed to me then and it still does not. Standout track was Breathe. I wont listen to this again. 3 stars
Not my style but interting ☝️
The Prodigy Fat of the Land - 4/5 - Excellent album that provides plenty of inspiration fusing the punk scene with underground electronic music, raw visceral energy of each track layered with superb production quality - matched with bombastic lyrical content, a benchmark for electronic music that was essential in delivering a cultural impact within the rave era and the mainstream, Liam Howlett offers an amazing use of samples as an artform - Especially within the albums singles, Firestarter, Breathe & Smack my B*tch up Verdict: 79-80/100. Absolute revolutionary piece that is deemed a masterpiece by many. I enjoy the edginess of the album as a whole as well as learning the story behind each detail, the samples stand out as a staple as well. I also wanted to add that Kool Keith absolutely elevates diesel power with his feature as well. An amazing project that I look forward to owning in my collection Favourite Songs: Smack My B*tch Up Breathe Diesel Power Narayan Firestarter
pretty epic, would love to dance to this at a club but not super enjoyable for how I listen to music
bayıldım ya bayıldım açar açar dinlerim hazırlanırken
Good grief, did I really use to dance to these tunes back in the day? I must have been off my face. That's right, I was! Haven't heard it since then, so actually enjoyed hearing it again, though not an album I could listen to constantly.
If you like 90s UK techno, then you must love this album. I do not. It wasn't bad, but it's not my kind of album. It's dirty, it's grungy(good), but it's also repetitive and every song is 1-2 minutes longer than it needs to be.
8/10
Medio post punk pero me hizo recuerdo al episodio de la disco de HIMYM. No fui fan
I know this is ridiculously high ranked compared to a lot of albums here that are really formative to their genres, display an insane level of artistry, or can generally be referred to as the GOATs. However... I like big beat a lot, and I think its dated-ness adds to its charm, and I don't find any of it annoying, and this has been my default "throw it on and get shit done" album for years now. Sorry! :-)
i’m kinda picking up what they’re putting down.
You couldn't escape this in 1997 - it wasn't great then and doesn't really hold up now. Outside Kool Keith's appearances, there isn't a reason to revisit
Couple cool songs. Not much else
Recognizable, danceable , though not my thing
not my taste, electro is not my style
Catchy hooks, thoughtful turns of phrase, iconoclastic. It’s not my type of thing but it’s good, I’ve known it more as meme or parody.
I forget how much I love Breakbeat music until I listen to it every once in a blue moon and remember it's the best EDM genre out there. Maximum funny sounds. This one adds a rapper to it and makes it the even bester EDM genre out there.
not very into electric and some of the lyrics were a little too screamy to me, but i loved all the different rock elements and i'm always happy to listen to new stuff
Did not like this at all.
Electronic dance goodness, this album hit the late 90's and early 2000's hard enough to seep into my awareness without me realizing it and probably informed a lot of what I enjoy about electro rock/ punk. Repetitious but in a way that works straight into my head and every song flows straight into the next with some decent variety between them to differentiate. Love the most popular songs as well as the songs I hadn't heard before.
Surprised to agree with my teenage self; I didn’t really think much of it overall despite some great tracks.
I found almost all of this pretty annoying
Definitely not for me.
This is such a fun nostalgic sound! Reminds me of ssx tricky ! There's something fun about th drums and the sampled sounds !
pretty good electronic
why would you make me listen to this
Never listened to this but I definitely remember this album cover. Maybe I’ll recognize a song if they got alt rock radio play in the early 2000s. Background music when a character goes into a night club to find the bad guy in an early 2000s action movie. Not really hating it, but overall it’s not really my style. Feels like background music to me. Guess I didn’t realize this was more dance beat rock music. It’s fine music to have on in the background but nothing is really jumping at me as something I would choose to put back on. Probably going to be a 2. It’s not bad or offensive in a way to be a 1, but overall just not for me. Wish there was a stand out song but it all feels very samey to me. Firestarter is solid. Think this is a good 2. Maybe on a different day could’ve been a 3, but just isn’t there for me.
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.
I liked it more than I expected to. So that’s something.
A good album very different style from most other music but some good songs and not a boring album
The singles from this album are absolute all-timers. The rest is a mixed bag. Still worth a listen nonetheless.
Favorite track(s): Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, Funky Shit, Firestarter, Fuel My Fire
Definitely a standout of electronic music of the time so I can see why it belongs on the list. Nothing really stands out for me personally.
Yes, CLASSIC 👏
the mezzanine beetle and fat of the land crab link up holy bangers highlights: smack my bitch up, breathe, diesel power 4/5
Boring and repetitive, although some songs from it are classics and I do respect the genre as a whole, this is really not a type of music I enjoy and would play to myself under any circumstances... 🫣
Listened to it again and again. Forgot how great this album is — and “Mine Field”.
Now That’s What I’m Fucking Talking About!
Hell yeah. So fun. Everything sounds awesome. Made me feel like Neo from The Matrix. 3.5
CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP CHANGE MY PITCH UP SMACK MY BITCH UP
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LET'S FUCKING (the 1995 cult classic united artists film hackers starring jonny lee miller angelina jolie matthew lillard fisher stevens and its accompanying soundtrack {+ a healthy dose of the 2001 cult classic introversion software game uplink} irreparably damaged my brain as a child; along with the other things) GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🥳👁️ liam howlett's a genius. underrated sampler and quite possibly the only man to make big beat seem like something meant to happen instead of EDM "fetch" circa 1998 (fuck you moby {fatboy/the chemical brothers/"big transgender fan" hideki naganuma occasionally get a shout at it}). we already s/o keith moon but let's shoutout another keith (RIP). and the other keith (the kool one). narayan earns every second of those 9 minutes. L7 cover is peak. 3.6-4.5. i'm willing to argue jilted generation's better (+ underworld does cooler things with the rock vocalist rave tunes concept). "coincidentally" both of these things are on the hackers soundtrack. also serial thriller is lowk a young gods song. that's all.
Muy loco jajaja. O sea es un género diferente, es original pero no es mi estilo de música... Es ya como demasiado para mí.
Fun but unimportant.
Interesting electronic album. A bit to much for what I was doing yesterday but ver good option for training
Another uninteresting electronic record, just seems to blend in for me.
lfg ama ima mn mid pesni obache ima mn bangeri
I liked this more than I thought I would; it's a massive step up in quality from "Jilted". A strong four.
They needed more funky and a lot less sh**.
If this was the prodigy, I’d hate to see the ordinary kid.
Everything about this album still fucking rules. Smack My Bitch Up and Firestarter are still all timers, while Breath and Fuel My Fire are a bunch of fun. Honestly, this is an all thriller no filler album. Also the cover is legendary. Crab.
La verdad que muy raro el disco. No me gustó mucho sinceramente.
This is a good album, but maybe it's not as exciting as I remember it. It is really fun and The Prodigy have such a distinctive sound, of course - but it can get a bit samey :/
Ya know what this fuckin slapped today, it's just great. I think even though The Prodigy are massive they're kinda underrated, this holds up as one of the best of the decade IMO. WELL DONE LADZ
This is my favorite electronic album that I have received some 390+ albums in. I know that that it partly due to how "pop" this album is and also because I have heard at least the three main singles before. While this can be tedious like all electronic music in my opinion, the songs are catchy and are able to maintain my interest.
Yeah...No
Not my typical wheelhouse as far as genres go. That said, if I am going to listen to this type of music, this is probably one of the better bands to roll with. I recognize the hits, and the hits were strong and impactful at the time. A full album is a lot to absorb, I prefer a few tracks sprinkled into a mix. 3.5/5
I enjoyed this more than their Jilted Generation album. Probably based on the three more well known songs. I don’t mind listening to them with a single song here and there. Serves its purpose I suppose. But a front to back listen admittedly is an ear challenge. It all starts to sound alike. Still, the impact and popularity of this one can’t be overlooked.
This genre isn’t really my cup of tea but this was more enjoyable than I expected and have to respect the impact these guys had in the late 90s. Smack my bitch up (it was a girl at the end!!!!), breathe and fire starter were everywhere at the time. Diesel power was a nice surprise (I didn’t know they rapped!) While somewhat repetitive it was a solid listen overall. 3.25
Good times staying up late to watch the uncensored version of the Smack My Bitch Up video on MTV! Of course you have the three big tracks on this album and the rest is pretty solid for what it is. I am between 3 and 4...rounding up for nostalgia. 3.5/5
I throughly enjoyed this album from The Prodigy. What can I say this album freaking rocks and it gets better and better everytime I listen to it. Such a strong electronic album with banger after banger track! This is an album I will definitely be jamming out to again soon.
I just listened to the episode of the POD Kast about this album last week and was hoping for an excuse to relisten to this. I enjoy this album, even if it's kinda dumb guy heavy raver music. The Prodigy found their own lane around this time and I don't think we've begun to see the last of their influence.
This is a great album
This is very near a 5 though I feel the runtime makes it more of a stretch to get into. Nonetheless, The Fat Of The Land is a disc I should get my hands on. While not perfect all the way through, the stuff I like is cool to discover. The stuff I love, I have loved for years. Smack My Bitch Up is one of the best songs of the 90s straight up. I'm just not feeling that 5 tinge on this. The reason I felt it for Bonnie Prince was because that entire album consistently made me isolated and bony. This one gives its thesis and runs with it until a certain point where I'm like "OK, I get the message". But I do appreciate the vibe it gives off. Some epic skateboard moves must've been done to Firestarter. Rocket Power level shit, the funky shit. Nonetheless, all well regards on production and performance (8/10, 4/5 on this scale)
Incredibly Loud, with a lot to digest. Interesting and still holds up kinda
1000000000/10
quite possibly the hardest album cover in all of existence. and good songs
I like electronic and I like rock but I just don’t like this. Maybe ill try again another time
I like this, very original and great for work
One of their best albums, a few great tracks and the rest are OK, but still gets 4 stars from me.
Great album. A few timeless tracks.
one of the raddest albums ever
I'm not a fan of this kind of music. And I may not listen to this album again. However, I found this one pretty interesting. This is between 2 and 3 stars, but I'm leaning towards 3 stars.
I appreciate the dumb, brash energy of this album. I miss this era of electronic music.
Psicodelia noventera en todo su esplendor. Temazos como Diesel Power. No es muy mi estilo, pero entiendo por qué hay que escucharlo al menos una vez en la vida.
incomódate, incomódate, incomódate!!! Desde Smack My Bitch Up quede perpleja. después incomodidad gustosa. un 7
Goes so hard
This music sounds like the birthplace of frosted tips. It’s functional for sure, I could definitely rave to it. But for listening at home as I do chores, it didn’t amp me up or make me enjoy taking out the recycling. It’s repetitive and homogenous, which is fine in da club, but I didn't really enjoy it as an album.
Liked IT.
Interesting album…
Quality beats, great ideas and wicked noises. Makes me want to move. Easy 5
sorry but i'm british i have no choice but to give this five stars it's my duty
Always liked this album but never loved it outside of the first two tracks .
es pura energía sin filtro. Se siente pesado, agresivo, casi como si la electrónica se mezclara con punk. Firestarter y Breathe me dejaron en otro mood, súper intensas.
This one was as awesome as I remember. Title aside, the opening track Smack My Bitch Up, hits you in the face and it just carries from there. I’ll come back with a better review later
Meh
couple of good songs, but not really my genre.
Some good songs some that felt a bit long and noisy
Heart said 5 Reason said 4
There's something totally unique about the Prodigy. So fun and experimental. I really enjoyed this Album.
There’s something to listening to this on the bleak English public transport that makes it feel like a soundtrack. Some seminal tracks here, I loved Narayan which was new to me. Hard to find many faults other than you could say it’s a bit repetitive but that’s just electronic music in general.
Some amazing songs on this but also a few I wasn't massively into.
3.5
Right, this one was a major staple of my teenage years but it's a hard one to review. Let's start with the ugliness and the very unfortunate misogynistic opening track. Man was this unnecessary. As a teenager who loved this album, I bought into the excuses they made. "It's just a sample, we didn't say that ourselves." "Of course, it's not meant to be taken literally." "Watch the video! It had a twist at end. See?? Not misogynistic now, right??" But as an adult who knows better now, these excuses are all pretty cringeworthy and I have to accept that it's just a toxic song, whether or not they intended it to be. Then there's the album title, which is a reference to military spending over social services. Sure. Edgy. But here's the thing. Take out the toxic sample of one song and the rest of the album is incredible. It's like an industrial punk album laced with electronic breakbeats. Keith Flint was one of those iconic lead singers who caused panic in parents because he was so weird looking and had that double mohawk haircut that looked like devil horns. I had never heard an album quite like this before, where the synths and drum machines felt as terrifying at heavy metal guitars and the music would occasionally break down into rambling psychedelic trips before ramping up the angry energy again. The album can send you to spaced out dream with "Narayan" and then race from danger with "Firestarter" before bringing you back to a heavier version of the punked out "Fuel My Fire". Through in deep hip hop influences in songs like "Diesel Power" and the album is (nearly) perfect. So yes, adult me is much like to skip the first track, but I still reveal in the nostalgic energy of my high school years with the rest of the album. It's a classic that I will always love. Well, 9 out of 10 tracks anyway. In a way, it feels like a very fitting final album for this challenge.
Great energy! Really helps with those cleaning tasks. The Prodigy always strike me as a live band but works just as well on record.
Nor for me
Real good! Never played it all before was surprised at how much I liked it. Bet its a great album to hear live! So many bangers! Will be purchasing the record.
For raves, for motivation or for kicking someine's head in: top tier. Its a 'Get some bollox about you' album. I wouldnt advise driving to it. Youd veer four lanes and end up in someones privet hedge. Eggs would also end up shot putted across the living room.
Love this album. Got some great songs on it Really helped me with my bike ride gave me that energy made me feel good
Blows your mind drastically, fantastically
The intro to Firestarter was the only part I really enjoyed
Amazing
This is very energetic, dancy, club-scene music. I found myself getting bored about halfway through because the lyrics get pretty repetitive and the energy gets kinda stagnant, so this is album I'd sprinkle into a playlist or listen to one or two out of the context of the album. Also, there's a musical element (not quite sure what the original instrument is) in the start of the first song that just sounds like farting. It didn't overstay its welcome, but that was weird to hear at the top of the album.
Ah yes, the album that looks like it’s going to start playing the crab rave any minute now. We start out, with a track charmingly titled “Smack my Bitch up”. Title aside, the actual music was alright and fun to listen to at times, just having “Smack my bitch up” being yelled periodically somewhat took me out of it. Breathe had its moments. I’m not a huge fan so far as the beats have sounded very similar to each other. Same with Diesel power. This guy has good flow, but all the tracks sound very similar. I’ll give Funky Shit some credit, it was in fact funky. Serial Thrilla also was a bit of a bop. Minefields redeemed this album for me. I thought it was super cool. Narayan was also quite good. Firestarter was sick. I think that’s all I need to say. I really liked Climbatize but Fuel my fire was back to being meh. 3.5/5 ⭐️
Had listened to the previous 2 albums alot but when this came out, I wasn't too bothered. Didn't like the singles much at the time. I like it a bit more on this listen, but some of these big beat tracks are plain bad. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No 65/259 (25%) Will I get: No
Decent tunes - good high energy stuff
This album could not exist in any other time period than the late 90s. It's so aggressively of its time. Not too bad, decent background music.
ALBUNAZO PARA GENTE COOL. SI ESCUCHAS ESTO SOS ALGUIEN COOL.
This album represents my high school days way more accurately than I wish it did making it Surprisingly nostalgic.
As fantastic as I remembered
The second track is great 9/10. the rest of the album is decent but ultimatley bland.
Ready for a workout
love this era
3 of the most normal ones: 1. Smack My Bitch Up - The most provocative track on the album. The title caused controversy (accusations of misogyny), although Liam Howlett claimed that he meant "kick her ass" in a figurative sense. 2. Diesel Power - because it has more hip-hop and less electro. 3. Narayan - the longest (9 min) , the first half is fine, such Indian motifs xsshhaha and a meditative mantra, then again a heavy electro beat. Result: I read that the band itself made a statement that synthesizers and samplers can sound as dirty, aggressive and dangerous as electric guitars. not my genre, it's hard to listen to electronics, like a robot shouts, but when there was a rap, an interesting instrumental and vocals - then fine