Music

I think a lot of people don't realise just how much this utterly shifted the British music scene

Ok there was electronic music before it and after it, but this was Sex Pistols level of ground-breaking at the time

It's a classic. Back to back bangers. Even some of the more "out there" songs like Narayan. Though there's barely any albums I don't like from them. Maybe "Experience" because it's a little much sometimes. Quite partial to "Invaders Must Die" and "No Tourists" since I grew up with IMD and because NT is their last album before Keith died (RIP)

It sounds modern, mainly because modern electronic music was so heavily affected by Prodigy

Coooommmmmeee plaaaay myyyy game

Fantastic album, like others have said, it was on heavy rotation in my teens, sounds track to many late night game sessions.

"Smack my Bitch Up" being a hugely popular and influential song, is also part of a long running lost media hunt for me. In the late 00's there was a youtube video made by a 3d animator as a demo reel. It was an extended anime fight between a yellow and black sentai/robot and a bunch of other robots. SMBU was the soundtrack to the video of course, lots of bits were synced to it.

That was back in the glorious pre-copyright-bot times, and since it was a demo for an unreleased project using a hugely popular song by someone who's name I've long forgotten, I can't find it! Probably scrubbed off the net by now, the creator moved on to being a cog in the Marvel movie machine.

There is not a single bad track on this entire album. Every track rocks.

Certified iridium banger for a reason, without question. My favorite track, voodoo people (pendulum mix) isn’t on this, but I still sing the chant from Narayan. Just as influential as most of the early works of Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, the Bassbin Twins, the Crystal Method, Fluke, and so many others. The remix album of this is still just as devastating.

Once you heard pretty much any one of these tracks, you knew this was, and probably always would be, the sound for you.

I went through a big prodigy phase in my teens (still listen often). I once had the house to myself so I loaded up the backyard surround sound system (living with some rich friends at the time, we did not have backyard surround sound money) with 6 CDs of prodigy. Got really stoned and then floated around in the pool with their small dog on my lap for hours. Probably one of the best single days of my life. Just pure glorious relaxation. Leisure on a level I have been chasing for the rest of my life lol.

OH MY GOD THATS THE FUNKY SHIT!

Great album, one of my favourites.
Where I'm from Narayan was a summer hit in the dance clubs when it came out, although my friends and I were more into Firestarter and Breathe. I venture saying that it helped bridge punk and dance in a big way.

I've never heard of this but that album art goes so hard, now I have to listen to it

Great album, I slightly prefer invaders must die over it but i'd put it on par with music for the jilted generation for different reasons though (like both complement each other I'd say)

Controversial opinion: It’s the album that ruined Prodigy.

Experience and Jilted Generation are amazing and I love every track.

Their first two albums were everything I loved about the genre. As soon as Smack My Bitch Up started getting radio play, they shifted their sound to match and never looked back.

I still listen to this at least weekly, the album is in my regular gym rotation because

A) it's hard for me to listen to lyric heavy music and count reps correctly (brain no work good during ugga dugga) and

B) It's amazing.

Good album, so many great tracks.

Used to have it on loop while playing doom/quake

Awesome album

The soundtrack of my youth. Genious.

This had their "hits"/pop vibe. Invaders must die I think a better album, their real sound. But this is 10 years before, and really the same revolutionary sound/music. Was a big shift from their earlier "Everybody in the place" technohouse.

its a total banger

Wait, that's not Crab Rave?

Legendary

Prefer jilted generation but this has some great tunes on it.

It was both trendy in terms of sound and packaging/styling, but the whole album was mixed with such mastery that it was one of the best sounding package I've heard until perhaps the mid 2010s. That on its own is incredible, especially in a technologically driven genre.

One of their top three albums, possibly the best and most cohesive.

Essentially Public Enemy for apolitical pillheads.

One of the greatest albums of all time!

I enjoy it

Great music and a innovative piece of history that set us on the course to crab rave.

It makes me nostalgic because it was one of the first CDs I owned.

The first was Jock Jams Volume 2, if you were wondering

Great album. Bought my copy a long time ago. It's the kind of music I sometimes go for when, of all things, cooking.

Great beats, strong lyrics, a well balanced album overall.

Up there with Dummy and Different Class in the triumvirate of British 90s music.

One of the best.

Edit: in fact I'm going to listen to it right now.

fucking awesome.

I have it on vinyl and it's so good. One of a kind. Iconic in so many ways. Shame about Keith Flint, hopefully he rests in peace

Back when Quake came out and Team Fortress Classic as well you could remove the game CD and put in a music CD of your choice for an alternative soundtrack, and this was my go to. Flippin' astrology, rocket jump with Prodigy. Diesel Power is still on my workout playlist.