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Music : The Fat of the Land
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The Fat of the Land by: The Prodigy List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093624660620 Label: Maverick Manufacturer: Maverick Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Maverick Release Date: July 01, 1997 Studio: Maverick Sales Rank: 5229 MPN: 46606 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Japanese reissue of the British electronica act's 1997 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Molotov Bitch' & 'No Man Army'. CBS. 2004. Amazon.com essential recording: An album even the technophobic couldn't ignore, The Fat of the Land made Prodigy one of the first U.K. rave acts to infiltrate pop culture. Hard-core hip-hop-derived breakbeats, layers of unabashed (but creative) sampling, and meaningless shouted lyrics struck a chord beyond the electronic-music community. The inclusion of "Firestarter" and "Breathe" (both previously released hit singles) certainly aided the disc's widespread success, but it was the ferocity (and controversy) of "Smack My Bitch Up" that caught the world's attention. Guest Shahin Bada's Indian vocalizations convey the sense that dance music has come a long way from "Pump Up the Volume"! "Diesel Power," featuring Kool Keith, and "Funky Shit" set a wicked groove; the cover of L7's "Fuel My Fire" recalls the energy of the Sex Pistols. In fact, the dark aggression of The Fat of the Land bears closer resemblance to both rap and punk than the hedonism of techno. Leader Liam Howett simply gives up 10 solid songs with bombastic production values, transforming dance music into the art of noise. --Lisa Ladouceur Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Ahead of their time, and still sounding greatIf you had never heard anything from "The Fat of the Land" before this point in time, I feel confident guessing that you would think Prodigy was a "current" musical group/act. The musicality and driving rhythms still feel fresh and clean, and the angst-filled vibe is still around. Prodigy was ahead of the pack, and still sounds great, today. A must-buy. Rating: - Great StuffI'm not a big fan of electronic music in general, but this has enough rock influence with good beats to be more than worthwhile. Recommended for anybody who wants to feel and hear music. Rating:  - One of industrial metals calling cardsBursting onto the scene in 97 with this breakout album Prodigy in many ways took the baton of industrial metal from Trent Reznors NIN and ran with it. It really is inconceivable that without NIN paving the way for them Prodigy could of had anywhere near the impact they had on the mainstream. This album is killer stuff, taking a range of traditional hard rock/metal shadings and giving them a new set of clothes and really adding a serious dose of accessibility to the industrial metal pantheon. Starting up with Smack My Bitch Up the band show themselves to be no record company darlings. I mean it's not the most subtle way of starting up an album is it? The album moves along from there to Breathe, one of the hits off this release and ... Read More: Rating: - "I'm A Firestarter! Twisted Firestarter!"Bursting onto the scene in early 90's/late 80's, Prodigy have been known to dabble into a smorgasboard of electronic music styles. They never stuck to one type of electronic style in their career, and that's just dynamite. But whatever they do, they never fail on one thing: To Deliver an attitude. Yeah, the earlier stuff really doesn't have as much, but The Fat Of The Land does. It's in your face. It has hard beats. The sampling has nothing to do with catchy pop melodies. So expect not a lot of catchy, tasty melodies. Do however, expect dirt. Lot's of it. Prodigy at it's heart, is a dance group. But it extends beyond that. Take a time to relax as you get lost in the etheral vocals in Narayan and Smack My ______ Up (the ... Read More: Rating: - ProdigyI got the CD in very good condition and on time. I love this kind of survise. Keep it up :) |
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