BlainSA alistair May well have been. Don’t remember hearing any of their stuff after Fat of the land bar Spitfire.
BlainSA 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.
RichM 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
hugopal 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.
alistair 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
zackster RichM you can’t include Fat of the Land amongst their golden albums, only the first 2 we’re decent, Agreed
BlainSA 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 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
RichM 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.
Dan 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 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.
BlainSA 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.
jonattonyeah 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.
zackster jonattonyeah Luke Slater Freak Funk and Roni Size New Forms were both 1997 and the two first legit pieces of electronic music I owned.
bosstrabs jonattonyeah 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. 1995 was the best year in my lifetime for music: Tricky - Maxinquaye Radiohead - The Bends Pulp - Different Class PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love Goldie - Timeless Rocket From The Crypt – Hot Charity Pavement – Wowee Zowee The Verve – A Northern Soul The Charlatans – The Charlatans Garbage – Garbage The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust Spiritualized Electric Mainline – Pure Phase Massive Attack V Mad Professor – No Protection Money Mark – Mark’s Keyboard Repair Wagon Christ – Throbbing Pouch Leftfield – Leftism Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords Sonic Youth – Washing Machine Stereolab – Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center Bjork – Post The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Neil Young – Mirrorball Bomb The Bass – Clear Probably loads more too
