The Fat of the Land has received critical acclaim. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
Fat of the Land was nominated for a 1998 Grammy for Best Rock Album.
Among the most anticipated releases of 1997, The Prodigy's third full-length album is a bulldozing rock-techno hybrid. But while the guitar/samples/hyper-beats mosaic that made "Firestarter" an MTV breakout are found in every nook and cranny of this album, the overall building blocks are far more diverse, making it a tangible melting pot of pre-millennium pop styles.
There's a definite hip-hop element here. "Diesel Power," which features quality mic control by Kool Keith (of Ultramagnetic MCs and Dr. Octagon fame), is new-style hip-hop sculpture, applying techno and acid-house textures to apocalyptic ends. Both "Funky Shit" and "Smack My Bitch Up" are throbbing dance-floor ejaculations wrapped around, respectively, Beastie Boys and De La Soul refrains. Kula Shaker's Crispin Mills adds vocals to an Eastern-influenced trance workout called "Narayan." All this adds up to proof positive that THE FAT OF THE LAND is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Prodigy: Keith Flint, Maxim Reality (vocals); Liam Howlett (various instruments); Leeroy Thornhill.
Additional personnel: Shahin Bada, Kool Keith, Crispin Mills (vocals); Jim Davies (guitar); Saffron (background vocals).
- Format: Vinyl
- Released: 12/04/2012
- Genre: Electronic
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Tracklist
| Smack My Bitch Up | 5:43 |
| Breathe | 5:35 |
| Diesel Power | 4:18 |
| Funky Shit | 5:16 |
| Serial Thrilla | 5:11 |
| Mindfields | 5:40 |
| Narayan | 7:07 |
| Firedrill | 2:02 |
| Firestarter | 4:41 |
| Climbatize | 6:38 |
| Fuel My Fire | 4:19 |
