music for the jilted generation is a work of genius

true genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrCWy2hK5yM

Good album and all but I have to say it's one of the most overrated albums in my collection. I can't count how many people have told me it's a work of unadulterated genius and after many years of listening I still don't understand.

I mean the Narcotic Suite is fantastic and Their Law is great n all but come on

ah. yes. i could see that, i don't think actually the majority of people would agree with me or the people who have told you that though. i actually personally think it's underrated.

I feel the same way about the first 3 chemical brothers albums.

Still prefer Experience. 1992, 15 years, drunk and playing Fire and Out of Space at parties. Oh those were the days.

and look at Liam now, and the shite he's putting out...

I think this is their best album. Experience is a pinacle of the style but it is ultimately well within the boundaries of being an old skool hardcore record. Jilted Generation has a greater scope, the production and sampling is a real level up from your typical breaks and hoovers. I'm forever impressed by how much punch is crammed into tracks like Voodoo People (which is also only about 120bpm if I recall correctly), I don't know of much else that manages this sort of thing except maybe some Amon Tobin tracks like Rosies.

  On 1/4/2011 at 10:00 AM, vamos scorcho said:

I feel the same way about the first chemical brothers albums.

i remember, one of the first times we tripped on acid, we really didn't like some of the chemical brothers tracks, but that night, we where so high, that when this shit came in, damn, shivers...

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  On 1/4/2011 at 10:02 AM, MortstoX said:

Still prefer Experience. 1992, 15 years, drunk and playing Fire and Out of Space at parties. Oh those were the days.

claustrophic sting has a nice acid line...

i like the album generally

would not say it was a work of genius though.

To be fair, no Prodigy track is really a "work of genius"

Big dumb fun though for sure. I'm down with Fat of the Land above the rest of their catalog but even that's an inconsistent record. Still, 'Smack My Bitch Up' and 'Diesel Power'

I disagree. I believe the track I posted is genius. Their selection of samples and sounds forms a distinctive sound world. I think it's easy to write it off as a bunch of dumb loops but I believe there is actually an original vision in there. The way he carves out a distinct feeling with each track and sound proves this.

For me it's the filler tracks that end up being my favorites. The aforementioned "It Doesn't Matter," "Lost in the K-Hole" for Chemical Brothers.

For this album, "Full Throttle," "Speedway," "Poison," etc.

I suppose the point I'm trying to get at is that this music merits just as high honors as something like Autechre or Aphex Twin. It's the same level of mastery, just a different style.

there great music producers, i love to listen the music of the prodigy :sup:

The Prodigy is great, no doubt on that, but after some years of listening it gets boring. That has not happened to me with Aphex or Autechre so I think what it makes me feel its not as the same quality, probably its music style contributes to this.

Prodigy isn't a "they"

it's a he

lol yeah

Prodigy: "he makes the music, while they like to shout/dance"

music for the jilted is brilliant in my book, btw. still sounds as good as it did when it was released. quality album for sure. not a fan of "their" other albums though.

Always experience for me, never really understood why this one was considered best. Love the last track on this album though.

there new album is great imo. so there!

  On 1/4/2011 at 12:51 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

I think this is their best album. Experience is a pinacle of the style but it is ultimately well within the boundaries of being an old skool hardcore record. Jilted Generation has a greater scope, the production and sampling is a real level up from your typical breaks and hoovers. I'm forever impressed by how much punch is crammed into tracks like Voodoo People (which is also only about 120bpm if I recall correctly), I don't know of much else that manages this sort of thing except maybe some Amon Tobin tracks like Rosies.

I agree with this. Having listened to both of these regularly for about 12 years, Jilted ends up better. Love Experience too, but Jilted has the longevity factor

  On 1/4/2011 at 8:37 PM, Wyern said:

The Prodigy is great, no doubt on that, but after some years of listening it gets boring. That has not happened to me with Aphex or Autechre so I think what it makes me feel its not as the same quality, probably its music style contributes to this.

agreed

Reason for this is probably because their music is set in one type of musical style - which is an energetic one and not too varied hence the boredom. You can't listen to Prodigy all the time when in certain moods.

Also - yes I agree with the overall consensus here that this is, indeed, a great album I think, and probably their best. Howlett took a turn for the worst after this (musically I mean). FOTL was not too bad.. but absolute deterioration occurred from AONO onwards.. All they seem to care about now is maintaining a materialistic image, and they appeal to brain-dead teenagers who seem to lack understanding of other types of musical styles that are different from the typical 'energetic' disposable music. Perhaps Howlett could have considered quitting after FOTL? You should see him now - I once saw a youtube video after the release of Invaders Must Die where he was pretending to bash around on a microkorg and no sound was coming out! He's quite the faker but never used to be like this during the Experience/Jilted era when playing live.

It's gotta be experience. Music for the Jilted Generation was good and all, but Experience was just a whole mess of fun..

it seems like they were so legitimate before, they had their own thing and they were following it without worrying about shit. and then fat of the land came and it went mega super gigantic and they sort of just became a joke with all the punk rock posturing. you can't write off stuff like "Climbatize." well, you can, but i wouldn't.

personally i never experienced the raves or any of that. i had a discman and some shitty headphones and i listened to this album over, and over, and over. same with experience and fat of the land to a lesser extent. the music was food for my imagination. i remember showing it to kids on the bus to school and them thinking i was weird. and telling everyone "Chemical Brothers is my favorite band" in morning meeting/circle/show and tell.

so basically, it might be really intense and pumped up, but i swear there is an atmosphere to it that makes it more than the sum of its parts.

  On 1/4/2011 at 9:18 PM, Bread said:

You should see him now - I once saw a youtube video after the release of Invaders Must Die where he was pretending to bash around on a microkorg and no sound was coming out!

haahaaa

link or approximate name on youtube please?

Liam got married like the rest of us (in some cases, like the rest of us will). I can understand why his musical output went downhill after that. Who'd want to f*ck about with drum machines and synths when you have the option of f*cking around with an All Saint instead? Haha.

Experience is excellent ... but Gilted is Absolute Top Notch. Well said all.

It's completely possible to like The Prodigy and Ae/Pan Sonic/Aphex/whatever-electronic-sh*t-is-thought-of-as-avant-garde-and-cutting-edge-just-now, at the same time. Peace.

  On 1/4/2011 at 9:37 PM, Lube Saibot said:

  On 1/4/2011 at 9:18 PM, Bread said:

You should see him now - I once saw a youtube video after the release of Invaders Must Die where he was pretending to bash around on a microkorg and no sound was coming out!

 

haahaaa

 

link or approximate name on youtube please?

just type on youtube something along the lines of "Prodigy live 2009 or 2010" and usually you see him with an expensive digital synth, and he keeps pressing down the key at the lowest octave repeatedly all throughout a live gig, pretending he is doing something, when actually, he is fail.

example - watch Howlett here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1_csBOlDo

i still play the shit out of the first three prodigy albums.