The Prodigy ~ The Fat Of The Land (1997)

the Prodigy

http://www.theprodigy.com/

Origin: Braintree, Essex, England
Genres: Big beat, dance-punk, synthpunk, electronica, digital hardcore, alternative dance, rave, breakbeat
Years active: 1990–present
Labels: Take Me to the Hospital, Ragged Flag, Cooking Vinyl, XL, Beggars Banquet, Mute, Maverick, Warner Bros., Elektra, Shock
Members: Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Maxim Reality
Past members: Leeroy Thornhill, Sharky

The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Dance Act twice, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Kerrang! Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards.

The group's brand of music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial, and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current members include Liam Howlett (keyboardist and composer), Keith Flint (dancer and vocalist), and Maxim (MC and vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer and very rarely a live keyboardist) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer and vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown.

The Prodigy ~ The Fat Of The Land (1997)

The Fat of the Land is the third studio album by The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on 30 June 1997 and on 1 July 1997 in the United States by Maverick Records. The album title comes from the old English phrase 'living off the fat of the land', which means living well or being wealthy.

Fat of the Land
The Prodigy | Format: Audio CD

Studio album by The Prodigy
Audio CD (July 1, 1997)
Artist: The Prodigy
Album: The Fat Of The Land
Year: 1997
Original Release Date: June 30, 1997/July 1, 1997
Released: 30 June 1997
Recorded: 1996–1997, Earthbound Central
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK, US
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Breakbeat, Big Beat, Alternative dance, Oldskool Jungle, Dance Rock, iIndustrial Rock, Synthpunk
Style: Breakbeat, Big Beat
Label: XL Recordings|Maverick|Warner Bros. Records
XL (UK), Maverick (US), Warner Bros. Records (USA)
Producer: Liam Howlett
EAN: 9 46606-2
Catalog #: XLCD 121
ASIN: B000002NFM
© XL Recordings | © Maverick Recprds | © Warner Bros. Records

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Tracklist:
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1 Smack My Bitch Up  |5:42
feat. M. Smith, C. Miller, K. Thornton, and T. Randolph of Ultramagnetic MCs
Written by Liam Howlett
Released: 17 November 1997

2 Breathe  |5:35
Written by Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Maxim Reality
Released: 11 November 1996

3 Diesel Power  |4:17
Written by Liam Howlett, Kool Keith

4 Funky Shit  |5:16
Written by Liam Howlett

5 Serial Thrilla  |5:11
Written by Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, Len Arran, Skin

6 Mindfields  |5:40
Written by Liam Howlett, Maxim Reality

7 Narayan  |9:05
Written by Liam Howlett, Crispian Mills

8 Firestarter  |4:40
Written by Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, T. Horn, A. Dudley, J. Jeczalik, P. Morley, and G. Langan of Art of Noise, Kim Deal
Released: 18 March 1996

9 Climbatize  |6:36
Written by Liam Howlett

10 Fuel My Fire  |4:18
Written by Donita Sparks, Walsh, James, and Knight of Cosmic Psychos
Total Time: 56:26

+ Bonus

Voodoo People (Edit 1994)  |4:06
Voodoo People (Original Mix 1994)  |6:27
Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix 2005)  |5:07

Time: 15:41

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| DDD | Audio CD | CBR 320 Kbps/48.1 kHz/Stereo |

|File Size: 220 mb. | Pass: theprodigy |

Personnel:

The Prodigy
Keith Flint – vocals
Liam Howlett – keyboards, producer, art direction, mixing
Maxim Reality – vocals
Additional musicians
Shahin Badar – vocals ("Smack My Bitch Up")
Matt Cameron – drums
Jim Davies – guitar
Kool Keith – vocals ("Smack My Bitch Up", "Diesel Power")
Crispian Mills – vocals ("Narayan")
Tom Morello – guitar ("No Man Army")
Saffron – vocals ("Fuel My Fire")
Gizz Butt - Guitar ("Fuel My Fire)

Samples:

The main vocal sample from "Smack My Bitch Up" is taken from "Give the Drummer Some" by American hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs. Thus, The Prodigy invited group member Kool Keith, who raps the portion sampled by the Prodigy in the original track, to do the lyrics and vocals for another track, "Diesel Power". The track also features a looped sample of the bassline and drums from the beginning of "In Memory Of" by jazz musician Randy Weston and a sped-up riff from "Funky Man" by American funk group Kool and the Gang; both of these samples remain uncredited on the album.
"Breathe" samples sound effects from American hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan's music video for their single "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'".
Three credited samples are present on "Funky Shit": the main vocal sample which gives the song its title is sampled from "Root Down" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, the horn riff that appears throughout the song is sampled from "Theme from "S.W.A.T."" by American disco-funk group Rhythm Heritage, and the "Break!" vocal is sampled from "2, 3, Break" by American hip hop duo the B-Boys.
"Serial Thrilla" features a sample of a riff from "Selling Jesus" by English rock band Skunk Anansie.
The main riff on "Mindfields" is sampled from English composer John Barry's "Hip's Trip", from the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun.
"Climbatize" samples a horn riff from "The Horn Track" by Egyptian Empire, the stage name of electronic musician Tim Taylor. The main drum loop was sampled from "Air Drums from Outer Bongolia" by English electronic duo The Jedi Knights; Liam Howlett sampled the drums without the group's permission, and The Jedi Knights threatened to sue The Prodigy. However, Howlett already knew that The Jedi Knights themselves had sampled the drums from an older track entitled "Bongolia" by American funk group Incredible Bongo Band without permission; XL Recordings, the Prodigy's record label, bought the rights to the Incredible Bongo Band track and threatened to sue The Jedi Knights. The media coverage cornered around the event attracted film producer George Lucas, who sued The Jedi Knights for taking their stage name from the Star Wars term "Jedi Knight", which Lucas created.
"Firestarter" samples a guitar riff from "SOS" by American rock group The Breeders, and the "Hey!" vocal from "Close (To the Edit)" by English dance group Art of Noise (the vocal was also previously used by the band in "Full Throttle" on Music for the Jilted Generation). The drums on the song are sampled from a track on the Time + Space Recordings drum recording album Jungle Warfare, Vol. 1; another Time + Space Recordings album track was sampled on The Prodigy's previous single, "One Love".
"Fuel My Fire" features guitar sounds and feedback effects by Gizz Butt taken from an unreleased remix by Kris Needs of an earlier version of the same song. Recorded shortly after the Autumn UK tour of 1996.

Bonus

"Voodoo People"

"Voodoo People" is a song by The Prodigy, released as their eighth single on 12 September 1994. It was the third single from the album Music For the Jilted Generation and was released as a 12" single and its own EP in the United States through Mute Records.
The spoken parts ("... the voodoo who do what you don't dare do people...") are taken from "The Shalimar," written and performed by Gylan Kain, one of The Last Poets.
The main riff in the song is based on a sample of the Nirvana song "Very Ape" from their third studio album In Utero.

The Prodigy ~ Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)/Out Of Space (Audio Bullys Remix)

"Voodoo People" / "Out of Space" is the seventeenth single released by the British dance act The Prodigy on 3 October 2005, and was the only single released from their compilation album Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005. The single was released as a double A-side, and peaked at number twenty in the UK Singles Chart.
Most releases featured two remixes, "Voodoo People" remixed by Pendulum and "Out of Space" remixed by Audio Bullys. Some versions also featured "Smack My Bitch Up" remixed by Sub Focus as a B-side, and other versions of the title tracks. Pendulum's remix of "Voodoo People" was accompanied by a music video, directed by Ron Scalpello.

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The Prodigy ~ Breathe

Breathe

Breathe with me.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psychosomatic addict, insane.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psycho,-somatic addict, insane.

Come play my game.

Inhale, inhale, you're the victim.

Come play my game.

Exhale, exhale, exhale.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psychosomatic addict, insane.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psycho,-somatic addict, insane.

Come play my game.

Inhale, inhale, you're the victim.

Come play my game.

Exhale, exhale, exhale.

Breathe with me.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psychosomatic addict, insane.

Breathe the pressure,

Come play my game I'll test ya.

Psycho,-somatic addict, insane.

Come play my game.

Inhale, inhale, you're the victim.

Come play my game.

Exhale, exhale, exhale

The Prodigy ~ Firestarter

F i r e s t a r t e r

Im the trouble starter, fuckin instigator.
Im the fear addicted, danger illustrated.

Im a firestarter, twisted firestarter.
Youre the firestarter, twisted firestarter.
Im a firestarter, twisted firestarter.

Im the bitch you hated, filth infatuated.
Yeah. Im the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated.

Im a firestarter, twisted firestarter.
Youre the firestarter, twisted firestarter.

Im the self inflicted, mind detonator.
Yeah. Im the one infected, twisted animator.

Im a firestarter, twisted firestarter.
Youre the firestarter, twisted firestarter.
Im a firestarter, twisted firestarter... starter... starter...
Starter...

The Prodigy ~ Voodoo People

Voodoo People

Magic people, voodoo people.
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people.
Voodoo!
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people.
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people.
The voodoo!
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people.
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people.
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people.
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people.
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people.
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, voodoo!

℗ XL-Recordings Ltd. 1997 © XL-Recordings Ltd. 1997

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