THE PRODIGY Vinyl Records and CDs

... keyboard-lurking (Liam) and full-on mental moshing (Keith and Leeroy). Clearly Underworld's Karl Hyde must have been paying attention ?û it was now possible for an electronic dance act to be exciting live, instead of just po-faced avant-garde. Music For A Jilted Generation (1995) was next ?û a hard techno banger of an album that made no concessions to the loved-up house massive. However, it was the release of "Firestarter" from their third opus The Fat Of The Land (1997) that really put them on the mass media map. Fearful that the track and its provocative video were inciting arson, the inevitable tabloid frenzy ensured The Prodigy were a household name by the end of the year. "Breathe" (1995) was even bigger ?û the beats so massive that it crossed genre boundaries to be popular with metal fans, rock heads and house fanatics across the country. The time was right to really push their luck, which they did with the release of "Smack My Bitch Up" (1997), a track almost specifically designed to simultaneously fill dance floors and appall the politically correct. It was a huge hit and they were at the top of their game. Time then for some time off, which ended up being seven years, before Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004) was released. This proved to be more of a solo effort from Liam, but Keith was back for some live action at the end of the year. Future releases are entirely dependent on how much time Liam wants to spend away from the golf course, but there always seems to be a market for his brand of high-energy crowd pleasers.