'Firestarter' and all of its rewrites capture the fire of the Prodigy at their peak, and the remaining songs have imagination that give the album weight. All those guest vocalists mean something - Howlett is at his best when he's writing for himself or others, not his group's own vocalists. Granted, Liam Howlett is an inventive producer, and he can make empty songs like 'Smack My Bitch Up' and 'Serial Thrilla' kick with a visceral power, but he is at his best on the funky hip-hop of 'Diesel Power' (which is driven by an excellent Kool Keith rap) and 'Funky Shit,' as well as the mind-bending neo-psychedelia of 'Narayan' (featuring guest vocals by Crispian Mills of Kula Shaker) and the blood-curdling cover of L7's 'Fuel My Fire,' which features vocals by Republica's Saffron. Half of the album does sound quite similar to 'Firestarter,' especially when Flint is singing. Instead, it delivers exactly what anyone would expect: intense hip-hop-derived rhythms, imaginatively reconstructed samples, and meaningless shouted lyrics from Keith Flint and Maxim. Is it too much to ask for a remixed version of Breathe on the 'Breathe' single For many listeners, the existence of singles are only justified by the inclusion of remixes. For starters, there is no remix of the title track. The Fat of the Land was touted as the album that would bring electronica/techno to a worldwide audience (Of course, in Britain, the group already had a staggeringly large following that was breathlessly awaiting the album.) The Fat of the Land falls short of masterpiece status, but that isn't because it doesn't deliver. While Breathe is one of Prodigys most compelling songs, the 'Breathe' single is one of the weakest.

By the time of its release, the group had two number one British singles with 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe' and had begun to make inroads in America. Get DJ recommendations for harmonic mixing. Few albums were as eagerly anticipated as The Fat of the Land, the Prodigy's long-awaited follow-up to Music for the Jilted Generation. Also see Camelot, duration, release date, label, popularity, energy, danceability, and happiness.

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