The Prodigy Album: “Experience”

Of all the Prodigy albums, I think this is the best, Liam's brilliance in a early stage. If you listen regularly, you'll notice more and more brilliant details in the inspiring and adrenaline giving songs, which unfortunatly is found less in the newer albums. Especially listen to Jericho and Outer Space....

This is an album that you really have to listen to several times before you can really appreciate it. If all you know about Prodigy is Breathe and Firestarter, then you might be disappointed by this album because it is nothing like The Fat of the Land. However, in my mind, that is a good thing. This CD is close to 10 years old and it's still amazing the sound that Liam Howlett creates here. The first 3 tracks are the best especially Jericho and Wind It Up. By the end of the CD, the music gets darker and doesn't seem like anything from the beginning of the album. Highly recommended for fans of the techno/electronica genre. Don't be expecting a Fat of the Land, though.

After I bought the Hackers soundtrack, I was hooked on Prodigy. So, after buying Music for the Jilted Generation, I was still throughly impressed with them. Somebody told me that this, however, was the best Prodigy album ever so I bought it. What I found, however, was that it was not the Prodigy that I had expected. It's not the dark Prodigy of their other two albums. It's just awesome dance music.

Let's get one thing clear right now: "Experience" is the Prodigy's most intense CD ever. Not darkest (that would be "Fat Of The Land"). Not most eclectic (for that, buy "Music For The Jilted Generation"). This is the Prodigy at their fastest and most insanely stupid.

It's essentially rave techno, which means it's filled with sound effects, sped-up vocals, old-skool pianos and synth lines, and fast breakbeats. So while it may be annoying, it's also extremely catchy and surprisingly well-composed. My favorite track here is "Out Of Space", but "Jericho", "Charly", "Everybody In The Place", "Fire", and "Ruff In The Jungle Bizness" are also great, and the whole album holds together very well. If you like intense, fast, immature rave music, you need "Experience". And if you don't, this may be the disc that converts you over.

I was a fan when I bought Fat of the Land, but I had yet to truly hear how good the Prodigy was until I bought this CD. I love every song on it. They each have their own unique qualities, but if I had to single out just one song, it would have to be Fire(Sunrise Version). That song, to me, is the absolute best song Prodigy ever did. This CD is a must-have for any fan of techno music. PRODIGY RULES!!!!