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So good to listen to this again. I can recommend it for zapping through your to-do list at 140BPM!
It's a five
Their 3rd album. Smack My Bitch Up and Breathe are two absolute bangers to open up with. Boom! Rave, dance, techno beats, DnB. Funky Shit is good, as is Serial Thrilla. Firestarter is another fantastic 90s dance track. This is Essex' finest dance banger of an album. Energisinh, urban, dirty and very slick production. 👌
This crab was Keith Flint’s spirit animal. This album transports me to a time when I had vim and vigour.
I listened to this album more than a lot when it first came out. It was basically my introduction to this type of electro dance music. At some point I stopped listening and hadn’t heard it in many years. I was a bit nervous of how well it aged over that time but I was so happy to find I was enjoying it all over again.
The beats are infectious. The melody changes and evolves on each track. Some of the lyrics are questionable. On my repeat list
My first 5 stars for an album I’d never heard before! Listened on a road trip and loved it from start to finish. Recognised the second track immediately, must’ve heard it around in years past. I knew it was a 5 star album from halfway through the opening track, something in there about how humans make snap judgements and stick them, perhaps. I loved the high energy and very electronic sound, almost reminiscent of hyperpop. Big fan, will be buying physically. Favourite track: Smack My Bitch Up - gives me Horizon vibes (the game).
Pure hype from start to finish.
Great album
Electronic music at it's finest. I am clapping with my imaginable crab claws.
Never goes out of style. There will never be another Keith Flint.
Unique!!
Firestarter
Send me back to the years of Video production in high school making edgy music videos with prodigy music
This is an instant classic to me. Remember hearing these tracks all over super early internet, DLing this album on KaZaa....driving around with it blasting. Let's see how it holds up. The fucking crab. A 90s kids intro to aggression in electronic music First mediocre track is Narayan, track 7. Pretty amazing run before that. Strong recovery, Firestarter at 8 is dirty work. Climbatize, forgot how good that was. that weird little wooden marimba shit is addictive.
I can't say they didn't utterly crush their aims. Very good music and heck yeah!
Thanks Charlies Angels
I've always enjoyed Prodigy, and this album has quite a few of their hits on it, so they were clearly running on all cylinders with this record. Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, and Firestarter are all great jams.
Fav song: Since nearly every track is a banger, I'll say cull 'Serial Thrilla' and we have a perfect album. I bought this album when it came out in 1997. It was the hot shit then and continues to hold up. Every song is distinct and identifiable upon the first few beats. I only wish 'Narayan' had been a single at time.
5/5. We love the heavy electronic beats that make you wanna rave like a crab on the beach. This album is wild and fun, with different ideas being thrown around and an energy difficult to ignore. Each song keeps the energy while providing rap, signing, vocal intricacies, or just instrumental. I don't think it's a perfect album but it is one I am very fond of and that gets to be rated high because of it. Great gaming music too. Best Song: Breathe, Smack My B*tch Up, Firestarter
PERFECT ALBUM NO NOTES RIP KEITH FLINT LEGENDS NEVER DIE
Total banger!
Classic. Good melding of 90s grungy feel and electricia! Love it
Not the sort of thing I would actively seek to listen to but, I was absent mindedly headbanging to a stupid level of intensity to this entire album.
Huge hell yes on this; So many firsts that I want to see more of in the list - First proper dirty electronic album we’ve had First appearance of anything hip-hop related on diesel power First appearance by the beastie boys I love how this consistently holds a similar tone & there’s motif’s that appear throughout the album - while each song still touches on the edges of different & specific sub genres of electronic music. The beasties said it best, it’s that funky shit.
The Prodigy have got to be the best group to do this style of hard-hitting electronica. The beats have a relentless energy and momentum, the samples are bold and perfectly placed, the features are great (I really enjoyed the Kool Keith verse), and the tone is aggressive while still maintaining a certain playfulness. And all of it sounds like something you’d hear in a Matrix movie, which will forever be a gold standard of cool in my mind. (I was already thinking The Matrix and then “Mindfields” came on, which was in the first one!) Amazing album cover.
This shit slaps
Groundbreaking album. Rapping is a little silly. Otherwise total banger.
This felt like going back to my roots metaphorically. A vibe, and an album I’ll come back to over time.
just an incredibly fun album
Brilliant Album
Probably one of the most iconic albums of the past 30 years? Yeh probably. High 5.
I always thought the saying was The Fat Of The Lamb but anyway. This is a great album full of energy and some kick ass beats. Faves: Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, Firestarter, Narayan
Big nostalgia bump here - insta-5! At the time of reviewing, the second most popular review is a multi-paragraph pearl clutching session about the song "Smack My Bitch Up"- click through to their profile and immediately see they've given real life wife beater Eric Clapton 5 stars. Good stuff. 👍 Fave tracks - as is my custom when it comes to the Prodigy, I tend to prefer the tracks that get a little bit trancey, so "Narayan" and "Climbatize" from this one...
F***ing banger
super fun high energy electro breakbeat precursors that have had a huge impact on electronic music as we know it today.
I forgot how much I enjoy this sub genre. Rock with heavy edm/electro influence.
10/10
Been lucky enough to see The Prodigy live at a festival and was probably the best live music experience I have ever had.
Peak 90s rave. I imagine seeing The Prodigy in a big warehouse in the 90s is probably one of the greatest experiences you can have as a human being.
All gas no brakes. Forgot how good this whole thing is, every song is great.
Great!!!
Masterpiece
Great. Love it.
Took me right back to my 20s listening to this. Frickin’ awesome!
How has this slipped off my playlist...Immense
This album is fucking tits! It is so good and I had heard of prodigy before but i definitely regret only discovering them now. Wow this album is so much fun and it’s fast. Super fun dance album but also like a perfect 90s hacker movie score. I wish I had a better way of describing how great this album is, but trust me if you like electronic music or dance music, you will adore this album!
Along with The Chemical Brothers' *Dig Your Own Hole", *The Fat Of The Land* is the *other* key big beat LP released in 1997. Liam Howlett first ground his axe taking part in the early nineties rave party scene, but he soon understood that he had to infuse rock tones and hip hop breakbeats in his "techno" music to really make a difference and affect popular culture. And thus, "big beat" was born. And so, very logically, a couple of years later, Howlett and his partnering vocalists (both from within the band, and from without) recorded this album -- not only The Prodigy's magnum opus, but also an important LP to understand the evolution of British electronic music at large. Younger folks might not be aware of this, but the iconic cuts from this album ("Smack My Bitch Up", "Breathe", "Firestarter", "Diesel Power", the Beastie Boys-sampling "Funky Shit") were heard everywhere at the time. But more crucially, those beats are still sounding BIG today, not pun intended, just like those mean basslines. And this even if "big beat" is 100% out of fashion almost three decades later Compared to *Dig Your Own Hole*, *The Fat Of The Land* is admittedly less adventurous (and maybe a little formulaic). Yet it's also a *tighter* affair, especially on side one. Just like for the Chemical Brothers' LP, there is kind of a soft underbelly in the middle of the tracklist, but that underbelly still yields a lot of lively moments, and so comes off as less underwhelming than its equivalent in *Dig Your Own Hole*. And as soon as *Firestarter* surges to your ears, you're back to the intensity level at the start of the album, and the latter keeps on grabbing you until the very end, thanks to the amazing "Climbatize" and that L7 cover closing the proceedings on a surprisingly full-punk-rock note. The punk influence cannot be underestimated indeed. One of the main assets of this record is how "dangerous" it sounds. Plus, there is something very "cinematic" to that sense of danger. Hence why *The Fat Of The Land* manages to remain fresh in 2024, in spite of the way electronic aesthetics have evolved so far from it since 1997. Style is often not enough anyway. To light a fire, you also need a very personal spark. Guess Howlett and company had it in them. 4.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5. 9.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 4.5) Number of albums left to review: around thirty or twenty, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book. Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 463 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 276 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 334
el classico
i love love love love love love love love love love love love the prodigy and this album
Strong 4.5 for me, especially blasting at night with the boys. Hard, groovy, and fat
Smack My Bitch Up - 5/5 Breathe - 5/5 Diesel Power - 4/5 Funky Shit - 4/5 Serial Thrilla - 5/5 Mindfields - 5/5 Narayan - 3/5 Firestarter - 5/5 Climbatize - 5/5 Fuel My Fire - 5/5 Total score: 4.6/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ first time listening to these guys and hooooly fuck was this fun to listen to every track slaps idc what anyone says. Narayan was kinda weak compared to the other tracks but man to they start and finish with a bang
High octane from start to finish. A classic.
What an amazing way to end the week.
That was fucking lit. Felt like I was in a video game
My favourite edm album yet I think. Soooo much fun. You feel so edgy and untouchable listening to this, I'd love to be at a party in the 90s playing this hahaha. Desperate to know why this is the album cover tho. Iconic, just confusing
Beautiful !
Five stars all the way. Killer tracks from start to finish. The cover is super cool too. RIP Keith Flint.
Still good! Thought I'd be emberassed by it since this was my era, but I ended up feeling charged up.
♥️
This is an awesome album. So much energy and angst! Chocked full of bangers. Although I wasn't really into it when it first came out, its been on high rotation for perhaps the past 20 years?
Every year at the all girls school I went to the senior students would organise and supervise dances with our brother school, and at one memorable formal in '97 the only CD they had was the single for Breathe - so they just played it on repeat for 30 mins until someone finally rocked up with more music - lots of people complained, but I loved it! Pretty good for dancing to, probably a bit less good for dry humping to - which seemed to be mostly what we were trying to get up to at those dances! This was the beginning of high school and the blossoming of my eclectic music taste (and being eclectic in general?)! I loved watching the couple of music videos that were on Rage pretty regularly at the time - Breathe and Firestarter, they were just so different from the kind of things I'd seen before - RIP to Keith Flint, one of a kind I adore this whole album and its still on regular rotation nearly 30 years later! Big nostalgia! Too hard to pic a fave from this album, but my top three would be Minefields, Funky Shit and Fire Starter I'm a bit surprised by the global rating on this one!
Banging album
Love love love this album !!! Great part of my childhood :D
Absolute banger
Distilling this much HYPE into an album is just criminal. Love 'Climbatize' and of course all the famous tracks
Certified banger if I have ever seen one. Na Wikipedii znalazłem fajny fragment dotyczący tego albumu, który wydaje mi się, że dobrze go podsumowuje. "Heavy metal-focused magazine Metal Hammer included it in their 2020 list of the top 10 1997 albums, citing it as <<the point at which rave culture collided with metal culture>>". The Prodigy po prostu ma kopa. Przy całym swoim rave'owym klimacie ta płyta jest też ciekawa muzycznie dla mnie. Plus jest w niej dla mnie coś bardzo brytyjskiego. Taka bloke music. Fajnie zobaczyć inną stronę brytyjskiej muzyki, niż czuli chłopcy z indie rockowych zespołów.
Is writing that those people are prodigies a good review? No. Becasue pun-based reviews are the opposite of art and the opposite of this album.
This makes me feel like I could beat a lizard man in a street kung-fu tournament
YES! MASSIVE TUNES! Finns inget som pumpar upp mig bättre inför en fest eller utekväll som att fylla hela lägenheten med 'Smack My Bitch Up', 'Breathe', eller 'Firestarter'. Otroligt vilken energi som finns i Liam Howletts beats. Och i Keith Flint (rip). Visst kan Funky Shit -> Serial Thrilla -> Mindfields kännas som lite av en transportsträcka, men vad gör det när målet är Narayan? Och efter tidigare nämnda Firestarter, maffiga Climbatize. Önskar så starkt att jag var äldre och förnuftigare år 2014 och förstod att jag bara inte FÅR MISSA att se The Prodigy på Storsjöyran. Att chansen att se Keith Flint aldrig kommer komma mer. Den möjligheten är borta för alltid. Bästa låt: Dött lopp mellan Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, och Firestarter. Narayan och Climbatize bubblare. Eller Diesel Power.
Electro punk goodness. Holds up very well indeed.
Excellent. One of my tops.
Fantastic album otherwise. Iconic cover as well. I remember my Dad buying this and only putting it on when Mum was out... Hard to put the misogyny of the lyrics aside, but on the other hand, it's hard to imagine anyone with a straight face arguing that this is some kind of incitement to domestic violence. It does seem a bit... dated nowadays, but I suppose it is coming on for 30 years old now, and every other part of the album still slaps as hard as it did in 1997.
Mític
Great album. More depth then I expected.
Incredible stuff, RIP Keith. This album is just none stop, punch you in the face, adrenaline filled noise and I'm here for it
This album is a musical tightrope act, and while it may be shaky and a bit unstable at times, it never falls. It's repetitive, but always adds a new element or change just before it gets boring or annoying. It's lacking in lyrics, yet still manages to get some meaning across. It's edgy without feeling overly cringe. It's incredibly processed yet still manages to have something organic to it.
My god, The Fat Of The Land was such an awesome album. Never have i heard an electronic album be so of it's time and timeless and versatile at the same time. Not only that but every song was extraordinarily catchy, dark in all the right places while remaining so cool, and always interesting and just blowing me away with how unique every song here is. And did i mention that this album is so versatile as it can fit in so many situations from working out, to having a fun dance party, to even racing in cars. Even the long songs didn't bug me in the slightest as they were all still bangers. This is an absolutely incredible album that i have virtually zero complaints with. Best Song: Fuel My Fire Worst Song: Diesel Power Side note: If i were to make a racing game, Fuel My Fire would absolutely be in it's soundtrack (if i were to have the rights)
A staple
As soon as Smack My Bitch Up kicks in you know this is bringing the aggression. The drum beat and big acid riff pounds into your brain. More excellent drum programming in Breathe. Simple intro melody before the vocal comes in with deep bass and the track really takes off. Funky Stuff brings the energy even higher, a hard driving mostly instrumental cut. Mindfields is another gem, sounding like proto dubstep to me. Narayan takes it deeper still with a trancey melody and tight breakbeat rhythm. Firestarter is the darkest and most frenetic sounding of the singles. Tucked near the end, Climbatize is one of the best tracks, a real floor filler with a driving bassline. Fuel My Fire is the closer, a hyperenergetic cover of a punk song. A late 90s crossover EDM classic that sounds just as good in 2024. Turn the bass up.
it's interesting going back-to-back with this album and Sound of Silver. two electronic albums with a punk edge, but with pretty different approaches and affects. The Prodigy is undeniably more aggressive, leaning more on frenetic breakbeats and howling synths than static house grooves and cold bleep-bloops. it definitely feels like I should either be listening to this in a club or, better yet, while soaring down slopes in SSX Tricky. I'd be very surprised if this wasn't an inspiration point for Joey Valence & Brae, one of my favorite recently-broken-out music acts. there's still a lot of repetition at play, but it's less about slow builds and more about subverting your expectations. just when you start itching for things to switch up, The Prodigy does it! sometimes it's in pretty obvious ways, like taking the drums in or out, or introducing a new vocal. but there's also plenty of tiny details and edits that jostle me and keep me attentive, and I appreciate those moments even more. the three big singles ("Smack My Bitch Up", "Breathe" and "Firestarter") are definitely the highlights, but I also came away with this album with a great Kool Keith track I had never heard ("Diesel Power") and the hype-as-hell closer ("Fuel My Fire")! if I could change anything, I'd just take a minute or two off of "Narayan". light 9/10.
Fantastic. Firestarter was *the* song. The Prodigy produce some amazing music, and some really cool videos. Smack My Bitch Up is a video well worth checking out!
The Prodigy's best album in my opinion. That was when they reinvented rave music. Rock and breakbeat are a perfect combination. My favourite song here is "Diesel Power". I can't get enough of this album. 5 stars for "The Fat of the Land".
I don't even know what to say. Wow. What a fucking album. I love every sound, every texture, every hook, every sample. What an apt band name
If an electronic band made a punk record. Literally. Brilliant, exhilarating, mind-melting, and extreme. Amazing singles, and they’re arguably the worst songs on here, or at least the least interesting. Fits my tastes perfectly. Also, maybe the best gym record ever made.
Musically this is simply a stunning record, and it definitely is more than one song repeating 10 times. If you don't believe, take you AI and let it do some analysis. And don't fall for the controversy around "Smack my bitch up", it is a slang reference to drug abuse and the video perfectly illustrates this, and in addition this is nothing about male sexual violence, but about drug abuse leading to violence in consequence (the main character in the video is female btw ..) Nothing to show kids on TV for sure and not a choice of expression that one must like.
Пушка бомба альбом. Просто шедевр
Listened to this on a car trip after an emotional experience and it was perfect. I don't need a ton of albums from this genre in my life, but this one is perfect. My only real criticism is that the attempted rapping in a couple of songs detracted from the songs as a whole
A seminal album for me. The best electronic music has ever been
De esos discos que te hacen querer que tus audífonos pudieran escucharse a un volumen mucho mayor para sentir sus beats hasta el alma. Genial, divertido y súper prendedor.
need them to play this at the club
81%
Brilliant. One of the greats.
I think what I love about The Prodigy and what sets them apart from other electronica is that to me their music has an angry and manic edge that others don’t. That’s honestly the only thing I can think of because based on my feelings about the genre, I really should hate them. But I just can’t, for whatever reason. I’d give this album 5 stars just for “Smack My Bitch Up,” which I always listen to when I’m angry and need to rage. And “Breathe” is still a banger. The whole album is great, though. There’s nothing better in this genre than 90s-era The Prodigy.
The convergence of rave culture and punk culture. What a masterpiece.
Could probably listen to this album a million times. Sooo many good tracks and was listening to these guys before I really knew what "electronic" music was. Big fan of electronic "bands" that incorporate both live instruments with the electronic sound. Smack My Bitch Up and Breathe both still get me so pumped. Then Firestarter is on it too? Get outta here! I hadn't listened to most of the rest of the songs but I enjoyed every one of them - especially Funky Shit and Narayan.
I still remember hearing Breathe for the first time as a naive 10yr old thanks to Big Shiny Tunes 2. It blew my mind. I wish I could say I've been a die hard Prodigy fan ever since but I never really followed up after being consumed by that track. Mostly due to difficulty accessing and buying music at that age. This album goes so hard and will definitely be added to the rotation.
I'd listened to this in the morning, as I usually do with my albums, but that's just not the correct setting for this album. After finishing my day quite a ways from home (like one hour), I decided to listen again. On the road, driving home at midnight. Honestly, perfect setting (also I might have been in a more receptive state of mind). I've bumped the main tracks to death in my youth, they were great for subwoofer beats. But the whole album is a banger. It's raw and explosive, like a thunderstorm you can’t escape. Each track feels like a wild rush of adrenaline, mixing aggression with infectious rhythms. The beats hit hard, and the energy never lets up. It’s chaotic but in the best way.
Woah back to back prodigy albums! This album is full of big fat juicy hooks and solid grooves. Diesel power is great. this album hits so fucking hard.
-Smack my bitch up
русская народная группа. альбом целого поколения. больше, чем электроника. РАЗЪЕБАЛОВО )) СМЭК МАЙ БИЧ АП ПАУУУУУУУ
Certified banger. Mount Rushmore candidate for the rave scene. Heavy, lawless and atomic but never chaotic. Used to grow up with my Dad, a docile bird-watcher, gently head-banging to this in the car. My Mum told me it was "Smack My Picture" and I believed this for some time. 8.5 / 10 Best track/s: Narayan, Smack My Picture, Diesel Power
Najbolji Breakbeat album svih vremena i meni definitivno najbolji album do sada, kad ga pustiš ide do kraja! Razlicit, originalan, zabavan, nabrijan!! 10/10
4.6
This came out when I was 18 and it was an important moment in music at that time. Still holds up
Great album opener, and great hits that followed. I was shocked to notice I recognized multiple songs on this album. Perfect for any Matrix inspired fever dreams you concoct.
I remember Big Shiny Tunes 2 opened with Breathe followed by Song 2 and Semi Charmed Life and I just gotta say… that was an untouchable opening to another 5 star album
Exceptional, game changing album that works across genres.
La semana continúa con The Prodigy, banda que escuché hace tiempo y a la que siempre es bueno volver. De la época de The Chemical Brothers, es del tipo de electrónica que más me gusta: esa más oscura, experimental, que busca hacernos bailar y atravesar paisajes incómodos. El disco arranca con dos hitazos y luego sigue bien arriba de distintas formas. ¿Hay bandas así en la actualidad? Me encantaría conocerlas.
Everything is awesome! I almost can't believe that this was released in '97. I think it's timeless. RIP Keith Flint
Simply no other score is applicable.
This album sounds very 90's, like cool hacker 90's, and I think it pulls it off very well. Out of all of the Electronic albums I've had so far, I think that this one is my favorite. Fun beats, interesting soundscapes, and it is always shifting to never sound boring or repetitive. Low 5.
I'll never forget the night I saw the Firestarter video for the first time. Dark, mysterious, confusing, and a little bit dangerous. There had never been anything like it. Unapologetically hardcore, it was electronic music not for geeks, but for hip hop heads, ravers, metal lovers and those with punk sensibilities and a perpetual Johnny Rotten sneer. In short, this album had it all. I think this stands the test of time. Diesel Power with the inimitable Kool Keith is a highlight, but songs like Breathe, Smack My Bitch Up, and the aforementioned Firestarter will go down in history as some of the most famous and influential electronic songs of all time.
Love it, I was so into them when this came out, amazing!
I used to associate The Prodigy with the cool but scary kids at school. That, and the stereotypical underground clubs in 90s movies which play this type of electronic where goths wear studded clothing and have neon hair.
Absolutely love the album cover, the crab is me listening to this album. I haven’t listened to many albums that match the energy of this album. It also feels so much more intricately produced than I expected and there were so many moments and sounds where I was like whoa (the singing in the middle of Smack My Bitch Up, sword fighting sound effects in Breathe) Fave tracks: Smack My Bitch Up Breathe Firestarter Climbatize
Yes! that was my go to Dance at Home album. Firestarter was my Soundtrack for the 90's.
I enjoyed it.
Love it, classic album
This goes hard A genuinely great classic album 10/10 Another testament to the quality of 90s MDMA
Excellent!
Fat cover, fat sound, fat album. 10/5.
GReat
Pretty great and super iconic. May not be the easiest listen, but you just can feel the energy and the beat of possibly genre's greatest album, not to mention all the attention it gathered upon release
No feedback. 5/5
Triggerwaarschuwing: Ik ga meerdere keren het woord iconisch gebruiken. Of je geeft dit een 1 (want boehoe electronische muziek) of je geeft het een 5 want je voelt hoe iconisch dit is. Een aantal iconische nummers, waaronder het nummer met de meest iconische videoclip ooit. Een videoclip die nogal eens voorbij kwam op The Box (music television you control!) en die op ongeveer 10 jarige ik vanzelfsprekend nogal indruk maakte. Zeker wanneer de 2 clips ervoor 'When I Die' van No Mercy en 'Toen Ik je Zag' van ""Hero"" waren. Een soort tijdscapsule naar een specifieke periode is het. Grunge, gabber en metal waren een beetje voorbij en toen kwam The Prodigy met deze bizarre mix van alles wat hard is aanzetten. Samples, stadion drums en zieke gitaren. De energie spreekt voor zich denk ik. Dit album moet je wel een keer gehoord hebben.
Prodigy's Fat of the Land, an anthem of my youth that I listened to on tinny little speakers and headphones from 1997 to 2000 (I was in high school). I am now more educated in the science of sound and the physical constraints of hardware so I am sitting here just getting on with my job with my Sony headphones on... and I cannot emphasize enough of how I was transported back to a 14-year-old. Simultaneously, I am being wowed by the thump of the bass from Smack My Bitch Up. It's thunderous! The depth of the synthesizer is something I've never paid attention to in Breathe and Firestarter. The separation of the instruments in the calculated chaos is just so enjoyable. Just on Smack My Bitch Up alone... 10/10 album.
Love this album. It blows my mind drastically, fantastically. I forgot Dr. Octagon being on Diesel Power!! I love how the cockney is somehow accentuated in their occasional vocalist. Anyway, this music gives me energy. With most of my 5s, there is a nostalgic/sentimental component that resonates with me. Sometimes things that you hear for the first time leave such an impact on you. I find myself thinking that music will never be as cool as it was when my neurons weren't fully crystalized.
I knew of this album but never listened to it but DAMN. This is PEAK.
I need to go raving again.
So many hits and still banging.
One of the best electronic albums ever, and one of the funniest album covers of all time. Epic breaks that trickle down to phenomenal track deconstructions paired with confrontational vocal performances make these cuts impossible to ignore. Listened to: on a bus to providence. Favorite tracks: Smack My Bitch Up, Funky Shit, Firestarter
What happened?
deserves 5 stars for the crab alone tbh
a truly groundbreaking big beat album that literally puts you exactly in the era, the turning point between the 20th and 21st century. such a cultural turn needs massive and monstrous beats. this is the album you listen to when you're chugging mountain dew, watching the matrix on vhs and downloading questionable programs on limewire. the rapping is infectiously aggressive, every drumloop and record flip sticks the landing, and it all adds up to an essential part of an electronichead's music collection. sit down, brace for impact, and get ready to smack your bitch up.
Maybe the surprise album that I've listened to so far. The hits (Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe and Firestarter) still rock but there were a number of songs on the album I liked that I'd never heard before, Climbatize was especially good as was Diesel Power. This is the music you put on to finish a run or workout. For the most part everything works and works together to make a good album.
I love it I love it I love the prodigy I love love love love this crab
The first track is iconic and an anthem of the 90s 🥲 I never knew if smack referred to the drug. First time I've ever heard loud energetic club music that I didn't immediately dislike. Most of the music I had heard sounded like angry robots fkn. This had more of a mix of different samples and just had a very aggressive driving epic sound. It was all over the place in the 90s for sure. O find it still holds up. It's a good album to get hyped for the workout sessions at least 😂
Excellent! I love it and there are so much good memories…
Banger
Oh fuck yeah 2 back to back 5 star albums! However, I can't say that I've listened to this album front to back. Maybe I have who knows. lol
Yes! Finally!
Легендарно. Открыл еще и mindfields для себя.
The energy never lets up. This is close to best in genre
great album. love big beat. firestarter and smack my bitch up are all timers
Man, I loved this album so much. It's been on my backlog for a solid few years at this point but I've never really gotten around to listening to it. That is, until now, with it's electrifying beats. Just absolutely amazing.
Starts at 10 and never stops. Rager of an album.
I’m exhausted as hell from jumping around. That is a spectacular 5. I’ve never heard this album in full, and I was only vaguely familiar with “Smack My Bitch Up,” but good lord, what a ridiculously energetic collection of songs that manage to feel captivating and engaging throughout all 56 minutes of its runtime. Part of it was me getting up and being active and letting the energy of the songs come through me in a way where my body hit a sort of adrenaline rush, but part of it really is just the excellent production; great drum samples, deep heavy basslines, great guitar, gritty vocals, and ultimately, just finding the right moments to break down and give a song new life when it started to get a little too repetitive or overbearing on the ears. Those moments really kept the album’s energy up for me, and they always hit at the perfect time. One of the most enjoyable albums we’ve had yet, and an absolute bomb of energy to boot; easy 5, spectacular electronica, probably a 10/10 if I were going out of 10. Fantastic stuff.
YES. GOOD.
I was twelve when this came out. It hit right in the solar plexus of my formative years. It had it all: image, an air of danger and a new sound. Shook me out of the eurodisco-phase of my childhood and pointed me towards drum’n’bass, big beat, punk and hiphop The menacing all-encompassing deep bass in these tracks was next level for 97’. It still sounds fantastic
classic
One of my favourite albums of the 90's and my first 5* from this app
Great album. Takes me back to my first days going out drinking and clubbing
Absolute banger. The last two songs are a bit rough but I won't let that cloud my rating.
foda-se eu gosto
Well, Prodigy, it's cool...
Amazing album from start to finish. Yeah, I think 5 stars is an appropriate rating.
What a gem. I will be listening to this on repeat for the next... I don't know how many days, weeks, months, probably years. This album grabbed my soul, melted my brain and body, reshaped and recast me, poured all kinds of filth in my ears, riled me up, made me furious, made me horny, made me want to burn the world. We chanted together, we despaired, we loved and we abused. We went to the deepest hell and somehow, we found light. The fact that you can also dance to this music is pure genius. Extraordinary.
My reviews have settled into a much more succinct form since starting the challenge. Who has time to listen to AND write a full page review for an album every single day?! But this one is special. I already loved the Prodigy by June 1997 and had been anticipating this one since the Firestarter single in 1996. I can't remember why I would have had a day off school on a Monday in June 1997 but I clearly remember meeting my best mate in town to buy a copy of this from Our Price at the moment of release, 9am. I also clearly remember taking it back home and smashing it on Dad's big stereo at about 9:15 and for most of the rest of the day, and much of the rest of the year. It's just an all time favourite. Are some parts of it dated now? Sure. Are there still new releases in the 2020s that borrow from and are indebted to it? Absolutely. I'm sure there were less well-known artists fusing punk and techno at the time but none were doing it AND breaking the UK charts with consecutive huge #1 singles. The side-B suite of Mindfields - Narayan - Firestarter is one of the strongest 3-track runs in all of music, and while I was slightly worried that I may have gone off it somewhat in the past 25 years, I thoroughly enjoyed listening through today. It was a life changing album for me and a game changing album for music in the 90s.
No skips. Electronica for alt-metal people.
90s electronica at its finest and “angstiest.” With some funky hip hop bass lines to boot. Some of the lyrics don’t hold up, as expected, but, still, sign me up. Again and again.
Easy 5 for me. I'm not into dance music but the punk ethos runs through this album. Love it.
IMO the best electronic album of the 90’s, fantastic and unique the whole way through.
Been a while but love this album. Listened 3x. 4.6
Possibly the most stave dive-able dance music album ever?
Wow, what an album! Almost all The Prodigy top hits are gathered in one place. It feels very 90s with the drum-n-bass like beats. Extremely unique style as well in my opinion. I'm sure there are other bands that does music in a similar way, but nothing that has reached this level of success as far as I know. The album is not flawless. Between the hits it's not always that interesting, and some of them also sound quite similar to each other, for example 'Smack My Bitch Up' and 'Funky Shit' which have very similar drum patterns. The reason I decide to go for 5 is that the good songs in 'Smack My Bitch Up', 'Firestarter', 'Breathe', and 'Mindfields', are just so good that they weigh up the other ones honestly. Regardless of whether this music caters to your palette I think everyone should hear it. Chances are you'll find something you like in it.
Sturluð plata og mjög mikil nostalgía fyrir lítinn Sela. Man mjög vel þegar Prodigy spiluðu í Laugardalshöll í mars 1998.
"The Fat of the Land" by The Prodigy is the audio equivalent of a bull in a china shop, if the bull was a DJ with a penchant for setting the china on fire. It's 1997, and music has just been given its marching orders: get wild or go home. From the opening salvo of "Smack My Bitch Up" to the last echoes of "Fuel My Fire," it's a relentless, unapologetic rave in a jewel case. Keith Flint and Maxim are not so much singers as they are the charismatic ringmasters of this circus, while Liam Howlett's production is the mad scientist turning knobs behind the curtain. "Firestarter" and "Breathe" aren’t just tracks; they're anthems for anyone who ever wanted to dance like nobody's watching and make sure everyone is. 5 stars? Absolutely. "The Fat of the Land" didn’t just capture the zeitgeist; it throttled it, gave it a new haircut, and pushed it out onto the dance floor. If your music collection were a party, this album would be the guest who spikes the punch, breaks a table, and leaves everyone talking for years.
hammer
Essential electronic album with many good grooves and tracks.
Some real bangers on this album. Love the high energy, made for a great morning commute. Some long tracks on this but I really enjoyed it. Favourite tracks are Mindfields and Breathe.
Nunca pensé que un disco de música electrónica me gustaría tanto. Es una bomba, desde el principio con "Smack My Bitch Up", "Breathe" y "Diesel Power" pasando por "Funky Shit", "Serial Thrilla" o "Mindfields" y haciendo cima en "Firestarter".
Other than their big songs, can't believe I've never properly listened to The Prodigy. This album was quality, and will definitely get played more. Would love to go see them live too. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
More than any nostalgia albums so far (will be true for RATM and NiN too), this me is far enough from now me but so embedded I can't really judge. Unsteady grating repetitive so good.
Still slaps!
I really enjoyed probably every track except the first one, this album rules
Beautiful
Always been a Prodigy fan
So many sounds, every song is a trip
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My first listen to this one. In 1997, I was listening to ska, swing revival, hip-hop, and various indie/alt bands, not big-beat rave music. In retrospect, I think I missed out on some fun raves and some fun music. This album is delightful. It is extremely danceable, with all kinds of samples, weirdness, and fun guests. This is an overlooked winner for me.
A classic
Absolute dance classic... a solid part of my teenage years. Only better thing was seeing this album live!
This album is fast and furious. If that's what you're into, you're gonna love it.
The best punk rave album of the decade. Production is immaculate. Liam Howlett is a genius. One of the few 90s records that has aged incredibly well. I still listen to this album at least once a year, if not more. While I like their first album Experience, it is this one and the one that preceded it, Music For A Jilted Generation that defined this entire scene. No one quite sounded like them and EVERYBODY tried to sound more like them.
Foundational 90s electronic record. I’m surprised by how familiar I was with it despite rarely listening to electronic music.
A real beast of a record
It's wild how even though I've never heard of Prodigy or this album, every song is so familiar. I don't know if I recognize the songs from movie soundtracks or what. Either way, I totally enjoy the vibes on this. Some old school electronica does not age well, this does in my opinion.
First time, getting a album I already owned. Good fast aggressive rave music. Loved it
Oh my God, that’s the funky shit!!
Remember buying this album in Canada
Some fun memories
Was soooo excited when I saw this album pop up! I loved this album when it was released and am still super excited to listen to it again and again.
Easiest 5*s of the week
Me encanta The Prodigy, el vértigo y ritmo que imprimen sus sonidos son tre men dos. Claro que es clave estar en el mood para escucharlo, sino puede terminar siendo abrumador. Redondeo para arriba por los buenos momentos.
Astounding beats
Staying up late on the music channels (kerrang 363) just for a sniff of titty to this music vid. Good times. Damn good album.
Groundbreaking sound for its time
All tracks are hits !
Life changing.
Already listened loved it especially Firestarter
So many songs to get pumped up to. Techno/bass/EDM perfection.
What a banger of an album. Properly mad and cover is one of the hardest images ever. I mean, it start's with Smack my bitch up, enough said.
Amazing album, not one bad song. Listened while drinking beers on the deck
Firestarter and Breathe!!! What else is there to say? It is a worthy follow-up to Jilted Generation, a bit more aggressive, still, all titles are absolute bangers (minus the first title because of the title-giving sample, could've done with any other).
amazing album. still loving the sound textures and sampling. it doesn't get old
Sehr ordentlich
Cult classic!
In hell YOU’RE THE VICTIM!!!
I thought this would be easiest 5 of my life, but It wasn't an easy as I expected, almost went 4. But there are only a couple of weaknesses, and the strengths that come with it are just unreal. So just tips into 5 for me.
An album the defines the sound of the UK in the 90s. An all time classic in its genre. Breathe, Firestarter and Smack My Bitch Up are among the most well known electronic songs of all time but the quality of this album runs much deep than its singles. Songs like Narayan and Fuel My Fire offer some slightly different sounds and vibes that create a complete and varied album that I would consider a must listen for all fans of music.
One of my favourites!
Monday morning. Your oldest daughter is sick, younger has erupting teeth. You didn't sleep much whole weekend and right now have to get up and start a day. It's 5:20 in the morning, pitch black because of December. You try to do what you normally do, morning routine but energy is low as fuck. Opening 1001 app and writing review to yesterdays bullshit album that you had to grade thinking 'you better give me something good this time'. Bam. Prodigy. Bam. The Fat of The Land. Quickly pick up one headphone just to listen a little bit. When Smack My Bitch Up starts playing you know it's gonna be a good day. 5/5
Techno is usually repetitive and boring after only a few bars. Prodigy has never had this issue. Every repeated loop has something special. You are not allowed to be bored. The Music and lyrics are offensive and amazing. This record is not my type of music. And it's flawless.
Absolute banger. Wish I had seen them in the 90s but they blew me away in 2004ish. Bangers form start to finish.
Legendary 90s album!
Still sounds as fresh as it did 30 years ago.
Absolute classic, banger after banger.
5*
Classic
This album is so rad. Danceable, intense and just 90s in the best/worst way. Also, fukcing CRAB
Brilliant album
As soon as I finished this album I played it again and listened to it all the way through a second time. There’s so much raw energy in this music that holds up to this day, I can’t imagine how mind blowing it must have been to listen to it when it first came out. This album defines the late 90s grungy techno/industrial scene (the prodigy, NIN, the chemical brothers) that make you feel like you’re in a matrix movie when you’re listening to it. This sound holds a lot of space in my head for some reason. It just works for me
Take my picture! Snap my picture! The Prodigy giving us lessons in photography from the mid 90s On a serious note this whole album is gold
Nah not really my style but some sounds was fine
Fav: Firestarter
I love the prodigy, their best album by far
DANCE PARTYYYYY
Pretty good themes
Banger after banger after banger. This album, and band, was the soundtrack from my pre-puberty till early adulthood and I am glad it aged like a fine wine.
10/10
One of my favorite
FUCKKKKK THIS IS TOO FIRE
Kara Housdan. 216. AHS. Silver 2-door Camrys.
Good and fun. I like the crab
this is my shit
Chunky, unique, amazing
Ég er almennt ekki mikið fyrir svona tónlist en þetta er bara svo mikil stemmningsplata og nostalgía. Verð að gefa henni fimmu. Punktur.
Geggjuð plata - nóg af nostalgíu hér
Elektronische muziek voor mensen die niet van elektronische muziek houden. Beats zijn gigantisch, nummers bijna allemaal lekker. Wat een fantastisch album, en heel veel mensen de meerwaarde van elektronische muziek geleerd!
So good
Not much to say here. Grew up on this record and still love every single track today. Perfect. Liam is a genius.
Absolute classic, RIP and always SMACK YO BITCH UP
classic twisted fire starter
This thing was new edge electronic and SLAPPED.
Kende het al. Vet.
Great!
Album cover goes hard af 👍 “Change my pitch up smack my bitch up” lyrical genius👍 Pins you to seat and beats your heart👍 Actual bangers after bangers👍 What an album!
Fucking AMPED for this one. Wildly ahead of it’s time. The prodigy did the dubstep/riddim/bass music aesthetic 20 years before it became a thing. Producers like G Jones and Nitepunk are just now making Prodigy-style sounds popular in edm. The first two tracks on here are widely considered to be classics, but Mindfields is such a slept on banger. The Noisia remix of Smack My Bitch Up & the Glitch Mob remix of Breathe are modernized versions of these bangers, worth checking out
Jævlig bra, fyre da ofta. Albumcoveret minne meg om Crab Rave, som også e jævlig bra
Litt ujevnt, men toppane e så sterke at da må bli 5 stjerne
good album, but short
This album still rips
A definitive album for anyone interested in electronic music. Blends hip-hop, rock, electronic, underground perfectly. Each track flows into the other effortlessly and never hangs onto one sound too long. There is a little something for everyone, but ultimately works best as a workout or rave album.
This isn't my favourite The Prodigy album, but it's still fantastic. I'm more of a fan of "Experience", as it goes. However, I'm a sucker for a bit of industrial, so this ticks that box nicely. I've fond memories of seeing them live as a teenager and this brings them all back.
One of the best!
Run run run
Immer wieder grossartig!
An extraordinary beast of an album. An aural experience and just better than all of that genre.
Brings back great memories
Intense, rhythmic, really fun. I liked it a lot.
авансом ставлю 5, надеюсь что также кайфану как в первый раз (вот себе челлендж выдумал, дурачок)
Это то, что ты узнаешь из тысячи. Этот звук, эта манера, эти кислотно-убийственные мотивы. Этот стиль невозможно спутать с кем-то другим. Мы все родились позже. Однако эта музыка всё так же продолжала звучать и в нашем детстве, отрочестве и юношестве. Как и эта легендарная пластинка с её тремя потрясающими синглами (думаю, понятно какими), так и более поздние вещи, типа Invaders Must Die или Omen. Оно живо, оно с нами, это есть в базовой версии натурального Шазама. Настроение улучшилось.
Fuck yes, what an album! Heavy, aggressive and loud, a killer combo of electronic and rock, and as a massive fan of both this was always going to be an easy sell for me. It has a good few of the classics here - Breathe, Firestarter, the excellent-yet-controversial Smack My Bitch Up. This album never misses though. Everything has a similar format but never gets even close to feeling stale. Admittedly I'd not listened to The Fat of the Land in its entirety until now. Shame on me for missing out on some more absolute bangers. Diesel Power is one I have heard a couple of times before but really slept on until now! I wish I was around to see the British rave culture of the 90s, and see the impact and influence of this album first-hand. Alas, this came out around a year before I was born, but I'm sort of glad to see that a 90s revival seems to be hitting the UK EDM mainstream again lately, even though all the new stuff is just a shitty imitation in comparison to the OGs. RIP Keith
Big Shiny Tunes-core Breathe with me
When I was 17 and playing this loud in my bedroom, my mum walked past and said "That sounds like Devil Music" She was right.
I'm only here for the comments of 20 year old somethings in 2023 who popped this on on their 7am commute and got Smack My Bitch blasting in their ears for the first time. I already know the album inside out as I was exposed to it when I still had the energy. Yeh, will age a bit but still, bloody hell.
Pretty cool. I can see why this has such an impact
This was 12 when it came out. It's not the best Prodigy album, but it has an indelible place in my heart as a result.
The first album I ever bought 25 years or so ago. Its as good now as it is then. Timeless classic
it's very aimed at the mainstream but damn it still hits hard.
Unbelievable album full of energy, anger and catchy hooks. Deserves its place as the fastest selling UK album. It encapsulates the feeling of the 90's. One of my favorites!
What a smashing album. From the controversy of "Smack my bitch up" to the pretendy Indo-hippy chants of one of England's most awkwardly embarrassing musical mistakes - of course I mean Crispian Mills - this is a masterpiece of English EDM. Starting off strong with Breathe, this album doesn't really back down. While it is ultimately a product of the mid nineties, it is the epitome of The Prodigy's ouvre, giving them success out the wahooey and doing what was previously impossible. Getting pill-headed ravers, speeding metallers and lager-swilling britpoppers onto the same dancefloor. Without them killing each other. Well. The pill-headed ravers would be too busy hugging each other, but there might have been some collateral damage from the lager and the whizz. It's actually fairly astonishing that an album as out-and-out aggressive as this managed to win almost everyone over. There was the usual knee-jerkery from the Mary Whitehouse types, but they utterly failed to spot of factionalism was just abandoned totally in appreciation of this album. Today it holds up. A lot of the samples now are almost painfully 90s (hey hey hey!) but the record still hits the same. You're angry and you bloody love it.
Instant 5 Stern.
Iconic album, almost full of great songs and few gems. Funnily enough, I actually like their newer stuff a lot as well, mainly Invaders Must Die album, but one has to admit, this record was a proper breakthrough and deserves to be on every list. One of the amazing electronic releases from nineties!
One of the most important albums in British music This album is pure energy captured into music form While the singles are undoubtedly the best tracks on here, the bombastic aura carries through the whole album R.I.P. Keith Favourite tracks: Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, Serial Thrilla, Narayan, Firestarter, Climbatize
SMACK MY
Electronic music pioneers delivering mind-blowing beats and fearless experimentation. An easy 5/5
Bangerz!
When I was a preteen edgelord (edgelady?) I was appalled when The Prodigy were beaten by THE SPICE GIRLS at the 1997 Brit Awards. I had an official Prodigy calendar and made a tiny Keith Flint Firestarter head out of modelling clay for my school project. An easy 5*. Fan tip - check out Maxim's collaboration with Skin from Skunk Anansie!
At last, a British electronic music album that doesn’t outstay its welcome. On their masterpiece, the Prodigy thumb their noses at convention and turn in a hard-hitting collection of fabulous songs.
amazing album
hell yeah, Liam Howlett is a genius
fantastico
Yes top, until 2023 !!! ; ) ***
5/5
Stil sounds menacing and magnificent
This is up there for me in terms of albums I’ve listened to repeatedly over the years. The music video for Smack my Bitch Up still stands the test of time as one of the most shocking imo. Love Kool Keith on Diesel Power. They put on a great live show too!
Classic album that defines the 1990s. Climbatize is a great sleeper song.
ENERGY. Some complete bangers. Even the 9 minute track was manageable. Plus it had some fantastic mid 90s dance rap on it, which is a fetish of mine.
⭐️Smack My Bitch Up
Album meraviglioso, molto orecchiabile. Si può utilizzare anche per una sessione di allenamento di giocoleria
Solid. Timeless.
The trouble starters, the instigators... The Prodigy came along at a very interesting and important time for electronic music. With The Fat of the Land, their third outing, they not only became a beacon of the wild new sounds emerging from wherever it came but they became a symbol of what would become of the genre's popularity going forward. Fusing rock and hip-hop into techno strains, The Fat of the Land settles itself into a microcosm of the type of impact (and triggers of fear and controversy their songs generated) that they were capable of. This is just a distiller of what and how things were in 1997 and it has aged quite well twenty-five plus years on. This is the funky shit, this is the fat of the land, this is The Prodigy doing good for the jilted generation.
Such an amazing band at the height of their career. The anticipation for this album from me was huge. At that stage I had seen Prodigy a few times and they are still one of the best live acts I have witnessed. This album captures a of that and more
Badass
Chingon
High School! Mercury Cougar, CD on all the time. Kate Aspell too. For sure 6 out of 5 stars
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