LABEL: XL Recordings
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/18/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1997
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

U.K. audio menaces the Prodigy were part of a big wave of electronic artists redefining the parameters of music in the Nineties. Throughout 1997s multi-million selling The Fat of the Land, band mastermind Liam Howletts dangerously grimy production harnesses pineal-blasting bass throbs, sword-clinking audio captures from kung-fu flicks and, in the case of global breakcore smash Firestarter, a noisy and near-unrecognizable Breeders sample. Punk-spirited vocalist Keith Howlett and co-MC Maxim Reality hit the mic with confidently sneering swagger on the standout Breathe, but the album also has guest spots from rap weirdo Kool Keith and Kula Shakers Crispian Mills.