Fat of the Land was the third album by The Prodigy. Released in 1997 this was probably their biggest commercial album breaking America and the rest of the world and confirming them to be more than a rave DJ, and MC and a couple of ropey dancers. This is probably my third favourite but has been widely acknowledged as their most creative, it went to number 1 in a number of countries including the UK, US and Australia. It went double platinum in the US selling over 2 million copies and was nominated for a Grammy and the Mercury Music prize. It is an experimental album in many ways melding the beats and samples obtained and mixed by Liam Howlett with ...  Read the complete review

"Fat of the Land" is the third studio album released by dance act the Prodigy in 1997. It has been awarded many accolades, as well as reaching number one in charts around the world and uses many samples by artists such as : Beastie Boys, Ultramagnetic MCs, Skunk Anasie amongst others. 1. Smack My Bitch Up (Single) ***** Smack my Bitch Up was a very controversial song when it came out, given the title and the video, which was featured a person drinking and driving, snorting cocaine, vandalizing as well as heroin use and a hit and run incident. After the person brings a stripper home they look in the mirror and it is revealed they are a woman. ...  Read the complete review

Ah nostalgia has suddenly swept over me, the days of annoying the hell out of my parents with the walls reverberating from the bass lines of Prodigy's Smack My B*tch Up seems like it was just yesterday. This was Prodigy's third album and made an absolutely huge splash in the UK charts and charts worldwide which was greatly helped by the hugely controversial but great song which was the song mentioned. Typically a group of women who think they speak for all women were up in arms about the misogynistic content of the song but this song has a thunderous rhythm, a fast drum beat and of course those famed words, ...well being controversial helps ...  Read the complete review

The Prodigy's third album in 1997 brought them to worldwide attention with the stand out tracks Breathe, Smack my Bitch up and the world renowned Firestarter they infused their early rave credentials with a harder industrial dance sound and some pop tendancies. This album has some great songs, but in many ways I prefer the Prodigy Experience because it represented music I grew up to, and Jilted Generation which is more musically inventive and filled with some absolutely destructive dance tunes which still make me bang my head today. The album is a good one, but it has about 5 great tracks and a fair few average ones. Smack my Bitch Up - ...  Read the complete review

In 1997 The Prodigy made an unexpected turn in their musical career when they released The Fat of the Land. Where the last two albums were clear cut electronica, The Fat of the Land proved to be a rather different beast. It is a fierce amalgamation of punk, rock and heavy dance beats. In some instances this works in the albums favour and in other areas not so much. We have all heard Smack My B*tch Up and we all love it (except our mums). The track is built around a simple loop played over and over which eventually snowballs into an angry drunken ball of fury. Yes it's childish, yes it's simple, and yes, I do love it. Whether you like it or not it's one of ...  Read the complete review