worth checking an album or should i only care for the singles?

i love fat of the land

and while we're at it, tell me about Chemical Brothers

for chem brothers you have to download their first (exit planet dust) and surrender these are both outstanding albums!

"the fat of the land" was a turning point for me. it opened my mind.

I dig Music for the jilted Generation. If you like more vocal based tracks, go with Fat of the Land. Keith Flint found out he wanted to sing before that one, so FotL is more vocal based.

I like Climbatize the most off FotL, and that's an instrumental.

Chemical Brothers are pretty cool too, Dig your own Hole has Setting Sun on it with Noel Gallagher on vocals, while Surrender has Let forever Be also featuring Noel.

There's definitely more to each than just the singles. The first Prodigy album (Experience) is very much influenced by (and an influence on) the early 90s UK rave/hardcore scene. Its sound is very dated, and I wouldn't recommend it as a first listen. Music for the Jilted Generation (my favorite of theirs) and Fat of the Land are both great though. Their last album is hit or miss.

Chemical Brothers' albums have been very good up until the last two. This is how I would rank the albums:
1. Surrender
2. Come With Us
3. Dig Your Own Hole
4. Exit Planet Dust
5. We Are the Night
6. Push the Button

The thing I like about both artists is that for electronic artists, their albums are surprisingly diverse.

Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned and Fat of the land are great albums where almost every song is good

The first Prodigy album is waaaay outdated, although the single 'Out of space' is a deserved classic.

Music for the jilted generation is their own "Vitalogy" (aka the best), at least most people think it's their classic.
That album too hasn't aged so well in my book..

Same goes to Fat of the Land, although it has some killer tracks, it also features artists from the current hit bands of 1997 (like Crispin from Kula Shaker, if you remember that one) and now it feels like a bad choice... Kind of like how the first Shrek film (haven't seen the others) goofs around The Matrix films and uses a song by Smash Mouth. Might work in 1999 but gets old after that..

Always outnumbered.. got a lot of bad press and is considered as a failed album, but I think it has awesome moments, 'Girls' is probably their greatest single, and 'Spitfire' is great too.. I love how Juliette Lewis spits out those vocals: "If I was in world war two they'd call me SPITFIRE!"

So generally I don't think they are a good albums band, maybe stick with a singles collection.
Or go out and buy album by Boards of Canada!

That's Juliette Lewis singing Spitfire?

Anyway, FaT of the Land is a classic to me and i really like AONO.

I used to really love the Chemical Brothers, but it's either become pretty dated or i've just outgrown it. Exit Planet Dust and Come With Us are still great for the occasional listen.

his shit with mobb deep is better than the solo cds..

I loved Experience, Jilted, and Fat of the Land back in the day. They released that Dirtchamber mix album, and they fell off my radar for a long while. I'd still put in their mix tape from time to time. But any song from those first three albums are just nostalgia for me.

I prefer Jilted and Experience, but FoTL has some great tunes, and a wicked album cover.

Check out One Love, Their Law, Fire, Outer Space, Climbatize, Nurana (or whatever), Weather Experience, Posion, ..there's a lot of good stuff.

Their newer stuff I haven't heard.

out of space is very good

it has a reggae feeling mixed with some crazyness

jk on the last post, but techno prodigy have this dirtchamber sessions mixtape that is great

Theres a series called 'back to mine' really class series of albums.. mixtapes from artists based suppossedly around what they would play after a stompin nightout. liam howlett's ones pretty cool (its on libble)
1. The Prodigy - Wake the Fuck Up
2. Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
3. Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terror Dome
4. The Third Bardo - I'm 5 Years Ahead
5. Vatican DC - Smiling Dogs
6. Dolly Parton - Jolene
7. Public Image Limited - Rise
8. Max Romeo/Lee Scratch Perry - I chase the Devil
9. Meet Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon
10. Wood Allen - Airport 89
11. Method Man - Release Yo Delf (Prodigy Mix)
12. N.O.R.E - Nothin
13. The Specials - A Message to you Rudy
14. The Stranglers - Peaches
15. The Jam - In the City
16. ELO - Living Thing

Liam Howlett of The Prodigy has obviously enjoyed himself sticking these 16 tracks together because, with the odd exception this is a charged up party selection. Kicking off with an exclusive Prodigy track (Wake the Fuck Up) this compilation grabs you quickly by the scruff of the neck and initially, does little to let up.

Liam's parties are obviously not entirely chilled out affairs. In fact many of the tracks here delve into what could be classed as punk territory: The Jam (In the City), The Specials (A Message to You Rudy), The Stranglers (Peaches) and a brilliant blast of Sham 69 punk in the shape of Vatican DC's Smiling Dogs all get a look in. Queens Of The Stone Age's charged paean to drug overload Feel Good Hit of The Summer also makes a welcome early appearance, although it does leave you with a pang of regret that Nick Oliveri and Josh Homme aren't together making tunes this reckless anymore.

Liam's Back To Mine not only shows what an influence the punk scene was on the Prodigy, but also that he certainly knows how to throw a party. There's little in the way of wilful obscurity here: in fact if you don't own at least half of these tracks already you should probably stand in the corner and think about what you've done. As a party album, you can't go far wrong, every one's a winner.

I have that album. It is pretty damn good. It's just not really "Prodigy" to me. Without Liam singing (that is his name right?), it just doesn't seem the same.

Music for the Jilted Generation is one of the most defining albums of the 90ies. Fact.

Keith Flint and Maxim are the singers. Liam Howlett is behind the decks all the time.