| The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
(1997)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Artist/Composer |
The Prodigy |
| Length |
56:21 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
General House; General Dance |
| Label |
Intercord |
| Index |
4 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Packaging |
Jewel Case |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Smack My Bitch Up |
05:42 |
| 02 |
Breathe |
05:35 |
| 03 |
Diesel Power |
04:17 |
| 04 |
Funky Shit |
05:16 |
| 05 |
Mind Fields |
05:11 |
| 06 |
Serial Thrilla |
05:40 |
| 07 |
Narayan |
09:05 |
| 08 |
Firestarter |
04:40 |
| 09 |
Climbatize |
06:36 |
| 10 |
Fuel My Fire |
04:19 |
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| Details |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Rare |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
| UPC |
093624660620 |
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| Notes |
| The Prodigy: Keith Flint, Maxim Reality (vocals); Liam Howlett (various instruments); Leeroy Thornhill. Additional personnel: Shahin Bada, Kool Keith, Crispin Mills (vocals); Jim Davies (guitar); Saffron (background vocals). FAT OF THE LAND was nominated for a 1998 Grammy for Best Rock Album. Among the most anticipated releases of 1997, The Prodigy's third full-length album is a bulldozing rock-techno hybrid. But while the guitar/samples/hyper-beats mosaic that made "Firestarter" an MTV breakout are found in every nook and cranny of this album, the overall building blocks are far more diverse, making it a tangible melting pot of pre-millennium pop styles. There's a definite hip-hop element here. "Diesel Power," which features quality mic control by Kool Keith (of Ultramagnetic MCs and Dr. Octagon fame), is new-style hip-hop sculpture, applying techno and acid-house textures to apocalyptic ends. Both "Funky Shit" and "Smack My Bitch Up" are throbbing dance-floor ejaculations wrapped around, respectively, Beastie Boys and De La Soul refrains. Kula Shaker's Crispin Mills adds vocals to an Eastern-influenced trance workout called "Narayan." All this adds up to proof positive that THE FAT OF THE LAND is just the tip of the iceberg. Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.82) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Spin (1/98, p.87) - Ranked #20 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year." Q Magazine (10/01, p.46) - Ranked #43 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime" Q Magazine (12/99, p.92) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s." Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #29 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Q Magazine (1/98, p.114) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997." Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) - Ranked #13 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year." New Musical Express (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #17 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll. Q Magazine (6/00, p.70) - Ranked #47 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...This was Keeping It Real, Essex-style, a uniquely British spin on contemporary US influences, rooted in the dance revolution....somewhere for rock and rave to meet in pursuit of instant thrills..." Rolling Stone (8/7/97, pp.59-60) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...packs all the visceral punch of rock at its incendiary best....populist electro punk that serves as a perfect Brit counterpart to the industrial noir of Trent Reznor or the jittery soundscapes of Wu-Tang Clan's RZA..." Spin (9/97, p.155) - 7 (out of 10) - "...maybe the best fusion of pseudo-rap and pseudo-punk since Rage Against The Machine..." New Musical Express (6/28/97, p.54) - "...the first block rockin' post-Oasis amyl-techno-punk album....as well as reaffirming their position as head-warping slam-kings of the pop underground, [FAT OF THE LAND] seems set to be the ultimate party soundtrack both sides of the ocean..." Entertainment Weekly (7/11/97, pp.65-66) - "...Prodigy leader and |
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