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Overview

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. 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. 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. 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. Half of the album does sound quite similar to 'Firestarter,' especially when Flint is singing. 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. 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. '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. The Fat of the Land doesn't have quite enough depth or variety to qualify as a flat-out masterpiece, but what it does have to offer is damn good.
The Fat of the Land
Studio album by
Released1 July 1997[1]
Studio
  • Strongroom Studios, Shoreditch, London
  • Earthbound Studios, Braintree, Essex, England
Genre
Length
  • 56:21[2]
  • 65:29 (Japanese edition)
  • 27:28 (The Added Fat EP)
Label
ProducerLiam Howlett
The Prodigy chronology
Music for the Jilted Generation
(1994)		The Fat of the Land
(1997)		The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One
(1999)
Singles from The Fat of the Land
  1. 'Firestarter'
    Released: 18 March 1996
  2. 'Breathe'
    Released: 11 November 1996
  3. 'Smack My Bitch Up'
    Released: 17 November 1997

The Fat of the Land is the third studio album by English electronic music group The Prodigy. It was first released on 1 July 1997 by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom and on 1 July 1997 by Maverick Records in the United States.

The album received critical acclaim and topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It has sold over 10 million copies worldwide as of 2019.[3][4]

  • 2Release
  • 7Charts
    • 7.1Album

Background, artwork and album title[edit]

While Liam Howlett is generally responsible for the compositions and Maxim Reality is featured on two tracks, this is the first record to include contributions by Keith Flint, who provides vocals on four of the songs and co-wrote three songs, including the two biggest hits, both of which reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart. He is also the vocalist on a cover of the L7 song 'Fuel My Fire' (from the 1994 album Hungry for Stink). The Fat of the Land album cover featured a new logo, dropping 'The' and adding an ant silhouette. The album title comes from the old English phrase 'living off the fat of the land', which means living well or being wealthy.[5]

Release[edit]

Released in the last week of June, the album hit number one on the Billboard chart on 19 July 1997. Certified double platinum on 2 December that year,[6] it sold 2,600,000 copies in the United States.[7]

In 1999, The Fat of the Land entered the Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling UK album. The album was also nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, but lost to Radiohead'sOK Computer.

Controversy[edit]

The National Organization for Women objected to the seeming misogyny of 'Smack My Bitch Up', though the band maintains that its true interpretation is 'doing anything intensely'.[8] Liam Howlett observed, 'That record was for the fans. Only brainless people get some stupid message out of it… I'm often misquoted. Some magazine said, 'Liam Howlett says his band are dangerous.' What I said was, 'For this band to survive, it has to be dangerous for us'… I wasn't saying we were dangerous because we're firestarters and we have spiky hair.'[9]

Legacy[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[10]
The Guardian[11]
Los Angeles Times[12]
The New Zealand Herald[13]
NME8/10[14]
Pitchfork7.9/10 (1999)[15]
5.9/10 (2018)[16]
Q[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
Spin7/10[19]
The

The album has been featured in a number of music publication lists:

The Prodigy

  • In 1998, Q magazine readers voted The Fat of the Land the ninth greatest album of all time. In 2000, Q placed it at number 47 in its list of the 100 greatest British albums ever.[citation needed] It has also been ranked number 43 in Q's 'Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime' list,[20] and was included in their '90 Best Albums of the 1990s'[21] and '50 Best Albums of 1997' lists.[22]
  • Rolling Stone included in their 'Essential Recordings of the 90s' list.[23]
  • Spin ranked it number 20 on their list of the 'Top 20 Albums of the Year [1997]' list.[24]
  • Melody Maker ranked it number 13 on their list of 'Albums of the Year' for 1997[25] and number 29 in their 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.[26]
  • NME ranked it number 17 in their 1997 Critics' Poll.[27]

Nofx so long and thanks for all the shoes zip code. The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, [28] and was nominated for the 1997 Mercury Music Prize.[29]

Following Flint's death on March 4, 2019, fans used the hashtag 'Firestarter4Number1' on various social media platforms to replicate the song's success by getting it to the number one spot again; which was done out of respect for Keith Flint and to raise awareness of suicide among men.[30] Shortly afterwards, 'Firestarter' returned to the Billboard charts, entering number 13 on its Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Sales chart in its March 26, 2019 issue, marking the first time that this song has appeared on a dance chart of any kind.[31]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.'Smack My Bitch Up'5:42
2.'Breathe'5:35
3.'Diesel Power' (featuring Kool Keith)
  • Howlett
  • Thornton
4:17
4.'Funky Shit'5:16
5.'Serial Thrilla'
  • Howlett
  • Flint
5:11
6.'Mindfields'5:40
7.'Narayan' (featuring Crispian Mills)
  • Howlett
9:05
8.'Firestarter'
  • Howlett
  • Flint
4:40
9.'Climbatize'6:38
10.'Fuel My Fire' (L7 cover; featuring Saffron)4:19
Total length:56:21
Japan bonus tracks[32]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11.'Molotov Bitch'Howlett4:56
12.'No Man Army'4:10
2012 Reissue Bonus EP: The Added Fat EP
No.TitleLength
1.'Smack My Bitch Up' (Noisia Remix)5:53
2.'Firestarter' (Alvin Risk Remix)3:18
3.'Breathe' (Zeds Dead Remix)4:36
4.'Mindfields' (Baauer Remix)3:51
5.'Breathe' (The Glitch Mob Remix)4:25
6.'Smack My Bitch Up' (Major Lazer Remix)5:05

Personnel[edit]

The Prodigy

  • Keith Flint – vocals ('Breathe', 'Serial Thrilla', 'Firestarter', 'Fuel My Fire')
  • Liam Howlett – keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, programming, production, engineering, mixing, art direction
  • Maxim Reality – vocals ('Breathe', 'Mindfields')

Additional musicians

  • Shahin Badar – vocals ('Smack My Bitch Up')
  • Kool Keith – vocals ('Diesel Power')
  • Crispian Mills – vocals ('Narayan')
  • Saffron – vocals ('Fuel My Fire')
  • Gizz Butt – guitar ('Fuel My Fire')
  • Jim Davies – guitar ('Breathe', 'Firestarter')
  • Matt Cameron – drums
  • Tom Morello – guitar ('No Man Army')

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Other personnel

  • Neil McLellan – engineer
  • Christian Ammann – photography
  • JAKe – illustrations
  • Alex Jenkins – art direction, design, photography
  • Pat Pope – photography
  • Alex Scaglia – photography
  • Lou Smith – photography
  • Terry Whittaker – photography
  • Konrad Wothe – photography
  • Mike Champion – management

Cover versions[edit]

  • In 2004, KISS co-founder Gene Simmons covered 'Firestarter' on his second solo album, Asshole. 'Firestarter' was also covered by Sepultura on their album Kairos, and by Jimmy Eat World on their EP Firestarter.
  • In 2007, Kula Shaker, led by Crispian Mills, incorporated elements from 'Climbatize' and 'Narayan' (the lyrics of which were written by Mills) in the song 'Song of Love / Narayana' from the album Strangefolk.[33][34]

Charts[edit]

Album[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1997–98)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[35]1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[36]1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[37]2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[38]3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[39]1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[40]1
French Albums (SNEP)[41]2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[42]1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[43]1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[44]1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[45]1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[46]1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[47]1
UK Albums (OCC)[48]1
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[49]1
US Billboard 200[50]1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1997)Position
German Albums Chart[51]18

Singles[edit]

YearSongChartPeak
position
1996'Firestarter'UK Singles Chart[52]1
1996'Breathe'UK Singles Chart[52]1
1996'Firestarter'Australian ARIA Singles Chart[53]22
1996'Breathe'Australian ARIA Singles Chart[53]2
1997'Smack My Bitch Up'UK Singles Chart[52]8
1997'Smack My Bitch Up'Australian ARIA Singles Chart[53]41
1997'Smack My Bitch Up'Canadian Singles Chart[54]12
1997'Firestarter'US Billboard Hot 100[54]30
1997'Firestarter'US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[54]11
1997'Firestarter'US Modern Rock Tracks[54]24
1997'Breathe'US Modern Rock Tracks[54]18
1997'Breathe'Canadian Singles Chart[55]65
1997'Smack My Bitch Up'US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[54]19
1998'Smack My Bitch Up'US Billboard Hot 100[54]89

Certifications[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[56]2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[57]Gold25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[58]Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[59]3× Platinum300,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[60]Platinum42,426[60]
France (SNEP)[61]2× Gold200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[62]Gold250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[63]Gold50,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[64]Platinum200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[65]2× Platinum200,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[66]Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[67]Gold25,000^
Sweden (GLF)[68]Platinum80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[70]4× Platinum1,428,172[69]
United States (RIAA)[72]2× Platinum2,600,000[71]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[73]2× Platinum2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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External links[edit]

  • The Fat of the Land at Discogs (list of releases)

Fat Of The Land Origin

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