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Prodigy were great when they were a rave band and not a noisy heavy metal band.

No doubting Liam Howlett’s talent for beats and tunes. Those first three albums were golden. It was very sad moment hearing Keith had died

    BlainSA was it Their Law tour by chance? Mental gig that was. Played all their greatest hits.

        RichM
        Yeah there doing the U.F. Orb Album. That was the first time saw them live in Brighton.

          alistair May well have been. Don’t remember hearing any of their stuff after Fat of the land bar Spitfire.

            bosstrabs Remember seeing P&S do a chart in a dance music mag (forget which) and they had Green Velvet - Flash (DT mix) amongst some other prog/tribal monsters.

              alistair you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, then they went downhill. FOTL was ok. All my mates who were into indie and metal starting liking the prodigy when that album came out, they even queued up outside Our Price to buy it on the first day.

              I quite liked Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned

                  Yeh, I think I’ve listened to Fat of the land a handful of times whereas I’ve listened to the first 2 countless times.

                  RichM you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, then they went downhill

                  I am just not having that at all.

                  Breathe
                  Narayan
                  Climbatize
                  Smack My Bitch Up
                  Funky Shit
                  Mindfields
                  Firestarter

                  all big tunes.

                  In fact only ‘Serial Thrilla’ was a bit of a duffer really.

                  I still listen to lots of them and they still sound great acoustically. The first couple of albums have more tracks which sound rougher and more dated now.

                      RichM it represented an evolution in their sound and production and had some huge barnstormers on it. Remember Layo & Bushwacka dropping Smack my bitch up and levelling the End. Firestarter is one of the great number 1 records and the video was iconic

                          I went to school with Keith and I’m really chuffed what he achieved as he was sound. Grateful to him putting me on to the Cult & Herbie Hancock at Youth Club.

                          hugopal each to their own. I agree some of their biggest tracks came from that album which do sound great live, but to me it was heading away from what I loved about the Prodigy from the first 2 albums.

                          Jilted Generation is by far their best album

                            alistair they were huge tracks and I saw them live loads of times after that album came out, and loved those gigs. Just wasn’t a fan of the album, don’t think I even bought it. That album properly sent them mainstream and they deserved it.

                              RichM you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent,

                              Agreed

                                The fat of the land had a handful of bangers… And really I’m talking ⅘ at most. There were some real stinkers and dull moments Vs the first 2 albums which were FULL of bangers. The only exception being Death of the Prodigy dancers.

                                alistair Funky Shit is a wicked track

                                Yeah I was thinking earlier that it was prob the one that would work best if played out today.

                                  1997 was a pretty exceptional year for albums. Dig Your Own Hole, Fat Of The Land, New Forms, Homework, Colours, Modus Operandi, Orblivion, ESCM…

                                  And that’s not even getting into the likes of OK Computer, Bricolage, Life After Death, et cetera.

                                    jonattonyeah Luke Slater Freak Funk and Roni Size New Forms were both 1997 and the two first legit pieces of electronic music I owned.