English electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990, known as pioneers of early-90s rave/big-beat with landmark albums Experience (1992), Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) and The Fat of the Land (1997).

Core members included Liam Howlett (primary composer/producer), Keith Flint (frontman/dancer/vocalist) and Maxim (MC); Leeroy Thornhill was a dancer. The group originated in Braintree, Essex, England.

DeBaser reviews celebrate The Prodigy’s early albums (Experience, Music for the Jilted Generation) as influential rave/big-beat landmarks. The Fat of the Land is divisive but often praised for singles like Firestarter and Smack My Bitch Up. Later albums receive mixed reactions: some energetic live-ready moments, some critiques of repetition and lack of innovation.

For:Fans of 90s/00s electronic, big beat and rave-era music; newcomers curious about The Prodigy’s landmark albums

 The Fat of the Land by Prodigy falls into this second category.

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 Because... without 'Music For The Jilted Generation', we wouldn't have listened to any of what we hear today.

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 The song is a swarm of shards to the face, with that violent and deep beat accompanied by the Rave sound that must be blasted, which finds repose in the traditional Indian singing of Shahin Badar's angelic voice.

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 A record that marked an era, thus, "Experience", genuine, immediate, and devoid of that alternative-trendy lacquer that made "The Fat Of The Land" the most acclaimed and overrated work of the English quartet.

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