I've listened to so much Prodge in the last 24 hrs. Strange to listen to No Tourists and then go straight back to Experience. There was definitely a point in their career where they stopped caring about coming up with new ideas and decided to keep using the same template - even down to the drum/break sounds Liam uses from Invaders onwards.
I'm definitely someone who got off after hearing FOTL, but I've heard Always Outnumbered and Invaders a few times out in the wild. Gonna give Always Outnumbered a spin now - my guess is that it's going to be marginally more listenable than FOTL at this point.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
Also, the Sub Focus remix of Smack My Bitch Up (from 2005) goes in hard.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 09:05 (two years ago) link
All these years later mind a bit blown by Jeff Mills having a credit on 'Warriors Dance' because of the 'Take Me Away' sample. I never realised he was part of Final Cut.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
best post-98 Prodigy: excluding the Dirtchamber mix, Howlett's own remix of You Will Be Under My Wheels
― nashwan, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 09:24 (two years ago) link
Breezeblock mix was ‘98 so that counts imo
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 09:57 (two years ago) link
forgot about this (pre-98 but still great)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lEtgbT8v4k
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
Man, Climbatize is easily one of the best tracks on FOTL. Serial Thrilla is the worst.
I had a listen to 3 Kilos off of Jilted earlier - so good, and nothing like how they usually sound. They were great at doing those more chilled, funky tracks and it's strange they didn't do more of them
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 11:46 (two years ago) link
DJP, do a best prodigy tracks from 1998 onward
off the top of my head without relistening and without digging into remixes (because tbh I haven't heard a bunch of them yet, I've mostly just rattled around the albums)
GirlsGet Up Get OffHotrideYou'll Be Under My WheelsOmenTake Me To The HospitalWarrior's DanceWorld's On FireThe Day Is My Enemy(there was another track off of The Day Is My Enemy that I REALLY liked but of course I can't remember it now)
I don't know No Tourists well enough to pick any tracks off of it
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
Cheers, I've whacked those into a playlist with a couple of No Tourists tracks
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EVnNNVYCizndzOBXdMn7c?si=8fa33b4a3b034dfc
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
btw I left Stand Up off my list; really Invaders Must Die is a great album, a lot better overall than Fat Of The Land
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
oh also Wake Up Call goes pretty hard
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
i love the prodigy vs dubstep era.the productions levels finally met their needs.the 2nd cd that came with the special edition of 'invaders must die', proved the point for me.for all the classics, i have always chosen the recent material when in the mood purely cos of the insane sonics.and 'no tourists' is so much fun.even though it totally sonically references their history (pretty sure that liam acknowledged this at the time of its release).
― mark e, Thursday, 10 June 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
I agree, individually these newer songs are all pretty impressive sound-wise, but over a whole album it gets really hard to listen to. Then again, I’m too old.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
yeah, cos of this thread just listened to 'no tourists' again, and absolutely love it.a definite case of 'all killer no filler'.the fact it's a short album means you don't get time to become bored.yeah, its a retread of well worn prodigy tropes, but it totally works for me.
― mark e, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link