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THE REVIEW
Premise: this album is wonderful, epochal, powerful, tough, exciting, disturbing, adrenaline-pumping. It's useless to search for musical definitions, it is simple and crystalline techno-punk.
Compared to the previous albums (Experience is naive, there's no denying it) here there's really little angry techno, in fact, it seems a work much closer to breakbeat and much more "polished". Kool Keith (the excellent singer), is not Keith Flint (who was the dancer), he is the rapper ex-leader of the Ultramagnetic MC's, whom Prodigy sampled repeatedly, even in "Smack My Bitch Up" (the vocal sample is taken directly from a track on their "Critical Breakdown", literally plundered by Liam Howlett).
Among the standout tracks are certainly the already mentioned "Smack My Bitch Up", then "Breathe", where you can really hear the rapper Maxim. Even "Firestarter" is very beautiful, although I think "Fuel My Fire" and "No Good" on the previous CD feel more intense.. that way we also compare them in position on the CD.. No Good is for raves, Firestarter is for punk pogo. "Serial Thrilla" is not hardcore techno, as one might mistakenly think, but a mix of breakbeat crossover: it is a fusion song style. Overall, I believe this CD explicitly changed the musical tastes of millions of people it's worth a 5 for the influence it generated… it's thanks to it that many choose a raw and massive base and not a refined and dancefloor one.
The European crowd needed a bomb like "The Fat Of The Land" to blow off steam, in fact, it was a worldwide success.
Thanks to the following users: The Punisher, ZiOn, Ghemison, (sic)VII, killgod.
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The review praises 'The Fat of the Land' as a powerful and epochal album blending techno-punk with breakbeat elements. Highlighting standout tracks like 'Smack My Bitch Up' and 'Breathe,' it emphasizes the album's global success and lasting influence on electronic music. The distinction between artists and styles within the album is addressed, noting how the album changed musical tastes worldwide.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
The Prodigy
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).35 Reviews
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