Album · 1997
The Fat of the Land
by The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land is an album by The Prodigy, released in 1997 on XL Recordings, with 10 tracks.
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10 tracks · 56 min
Album · 1997
by The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land is an album by The Prodigy, released in 1997 on XL Recordings, with 10 tracks.
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10 tracks · 56 min
The release of "Firestarter" in 1996, featuring vocals for the first time courtesy of a new-look Keith Flint, helped the band break into the U.S. and other overseas markets, and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. In this year The Prodigy also headlined the prestigious Lollapalooza festival. The long-awaited third Prodigy album, The Fat of the Land, was released in 1997, just as the band headlined the Glastonbury Festival on its opening night. Featuring simplified melodies, sparser sampling, less rave music influences, and punk-like vocals supplied by a shockingly madeover Flint, the album nevertheless retained the bone-jarring breaks and buzzsaw synths so idiomatic of the band. The album cemented the band's position as one of the most internationally successful acts in the dance genre, entering the UK and US charts at number one. The Prodigy were getting considerable airplay on rock stations with their controversial track "Smack My Bitch Up"-and also a negative backlash for the song. The National Organization for Women (NOW) criticized the song and its music video. The song's lyrics consist entirely of the repeated phrase "Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up", which NO…