The Fat of the Land

The perfect mixture of rock and electronic with numerous bangers. Absolutely unskippable album of the nineties.

Quintessential rave album. Some 90s dance music has a tednency to age very poorly. The Prodigy (somewhat ironically considering one of the song titles), manage to sound fun and feisty 30 years later.

This is the music that was used in YouTube compilations of rollercoaster POVs. I like that Climbatize samples Won’t Get Fooled Again. I like Big Beat. Favorites were Smack My Bitch Up, Breathe, Funky Shit, Firestarter, and Climbatize.

Brilliant, brilliant album. Love me some Prodigy. One of my very early music memories is watching Top Of The Pops when Firestarter got to Number 1. The song and accompanying video blew my little mind. Unfortunately the BBC banned it afterwards. Complete and utter Bastards that they are lol.

As for the album itself, for me there’s nothing even close to a dud track. The three singles are definitely the stand outs but the likes of Minefields and Narayan more than hold their own.

It’s been a year or two since I’ve listened to this in full and bloody hell I loved revisiting it.

Top Track - Breathe, my favourite Prodigy track by a mile

boring

Interesting one today. A bit long, but really good. I especially loved the heaviness of the drums here, it added a lot to the album as a larger experience. “Smack My Bitch Up” was a song I was already vaguely familiar with (we all know why), but the rest of the songs I was listening to for the first time. I can’t say I love the vocalist here, but his voice certainly fits the bombastic sound of the album. It’s at times aggressive, in-your-face, fast, and big. Pretty much every song is awesome, save for “Serial Thrilla” and “Mindfields,” neither of which I especially cared for. That being said it’s awesome, it’s iconic, and it has a lot of songs that are really worth listening to.
8.5/10

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Als 13-jarig jongetje zag ik The Prodigy voor het eerst live en werd omver geblazen door uitvoeringen van Breathe en Firestarter. The Fat Of The Land is ongeëvenaarde, snoeiharde big beat. Met grote afstand de beste Prodigy plaat en een van de beste elektronische platen uit de jaren 90.

Man this one is a blast from the past. I used to love Firestarter. But I totally forgot about Smack My Bitch Up, what the hell? Who thought that was a god idea? The 90s were a different time I guess. But I mean there are still countless hip hop records made and applauded today with basically (or exactly...) the same lyrics so maybe we haven't changed all that much. I would imagine that was done to be intentionally controversial. I mean the band said that you aren't a fan if you take it literally (or something like that) but there are only 6 words in that song so how exactly is it hard to interpret?
I was actually surprised how much of this I remembered. It was pretty much played everywhere for a while but looking back at it now it's definitely aged poorly, to my ears at least. Repetitive, droning, monotonous, all the worst parts of house music. Vocals are laughable on most tracks. I can see teenagers in the 90s just loving this though, I knew a lot that did. I wasn't much of a fan then, less so now. 1.5/5

Cool but like who can listen to this for more than 10 mins without getting utterly annoyed

Arranca excelente, pero sobre la mitad se empieza a poner repetitivo y aburrido. De todas formas es buenísimo, pero sí es verdad que las canciones se empiezan a diferenciar muy poco entre sí.

I get why The Fat Of The Land is a 90s dance music legend, it really nails that wild, aggressive rave vibe. The huge tracks like "Breathe", "Firestarter", and (to a lesser extent) "Smack My Bitch Up" are absolute bangers that brought that raw, industrial energy straight into the mainstream.

But honestly, listening to the whole thing in one sitting is a lot. The relentless energy gets old pretty fast. Once you move past the singles, it all just starts to sound the same. The heavy bass and shouted vocals eventually turn into a wall of noise that’s more exhausting than fun. It’s a cool time capsule for sure, but for me, it just doesn't hold up as a full album listen.

Classic upon classic upon classic- "Smack," "Breathe," "Funky Shit," "Mindfields," "Firestarter." A very impactful album on my life- I remember discovering it in middle school and thinking how "underground" it was to listen to because it treaded into some edgy territory lyrically. The album still sounds so awesome and informed much of what happened in the years following in the dance music scene both across the pond and in the US alike.

It's nice to hear again after all these years. But it's pretty bland, which is probably why I bought the CD then hardly played it back then.

mid 90s

Very techno

The Prodigy's magnum opus.

Smack My Bitch Up? Really? I almost don't know what is worse, the misogyny or the immaturity.

Now, before the boomers get mad at me: no, I did not give this a low rating solely because of that song. I'm just not that into electronica.

Some classics on here. The rest was alright, but just didn't hit quite as hard.

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Најомилена меморија од Продиџи е брат ми кога случајно го сретна денсерот со боцки на Макпетрол Подмоље и се сликаа.