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  • Chemical Brothers - Desert Island track

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.

                        alistair whether its any cop is subjective but mothballed is a little unfair on some of those names

                        • FSOL - release a new track every month (which compounds into their 12 track calendar albums at the end of each year) and have released 4 stand alone albums in the last two years.

                        • The Orb - Alex Patterson is releasing lots of material via his newish label.

                        • Leftfield - new album is finished release date tbc