Music for the Jilted Generation

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Music for the Jilted Generation

Studio album by The Prodigy
Released	4 July 1994
Recorded	Earthbound Studios and The Strongroom
Genre	Techno Hardcore Industrial Rave Electronica
Length	78:07
Label	XL Recordings
Producer(s)	Liam Howlett, Neil McLellan
All Music Guide link Q October 2000
The Prodigy chronology
Experience (1992)	Music for the Jilted Generation (1994)	The Fat of the Land (1997)

Music for the jilted generation was the second album released by electronic band the prodigy in july 1994.

So, I've decided to take my work back underground - to stop it falling into the wrong hands." And so begins the second album. Straight off into the full speed of Break and Enter, slowing for the heavy guitar rock of Their Law, speeding up again for the breakbeats of Full Throttle and the ultimate rock/dance hybrid of Voodoo People. After Speedway there's a dramatic slowdown for some ambient sounds and it's straight back into business with The Heat (The Energy). Dipping again for the hard hip-hop of Poison. The anthemic No Good (Start the dance) and One Love come straight at you at Full Throttle , with the album mellowing out for 3 Kilos and Skylined. The grand finale hits home in the shape of Claustrophic Sting, probably one of the hardest tracks ever. Thirteen tracks of hip-hop, rock, ambient, hard dance, and even some jazzy undertones (3 Kilos) are all crammed perfectly onto 79 minutes of musical genius. This release was well received and went straight into the album charts at number one, outselling the rest of the top three put together. Within three weeks it had sold over 100,000 copies, and within two months it had sold more copies than "Experience". After five months it had sold over half a million copies. Rave reviews came flooding in from all over the music community, and the long player was heralded as "Definite album of the year" by many.

The Sample used in Full throttle was reversed since Liam didn't want any trouble with copyrights. The sample is taken from the motion picture Star Wars and can be heard just as Luke is about to enter the death star trench. The unscrambled version of the track can be found on the One Love single. "Biggs, Wedge, let's close it up - we're going in - we're going in full throttle that ought to keep those fighters off our back"

When Liam came to the cutting room for the final phase in the album production he realized that all the tracks he had originally planned for wouldn't fit onto a CD so One Love had to be edited, The Heat [The Energy] was slightly cut and the track called 'We Eat Rhythm' was left out. We Eat Rhythm was later released on a free cassette with Select Magazine in October '94 entitled 'Select Future Tracks'. A remixed version of the track can be heard during the intro and ending credits of the video 'Electronic Punks'. This mix is often referred to as We Eat Rhythm (Jungle Mix) and was often played live in gigs around '95.

In Japan a special edition of Music for the Jilted Generation was released by Avex Trax, The Prodigy's Japanese licensee. The CD album featured an extra 3" single with 3 old tracks, click here for more information about that.

The album was voted the 62nd greatest of all time by Q readers in early 1998.

[edit] Track listing

"Intro" (Liam Howlett) – :45
"Break & Enter" (Liam Howlett) – 8:24
"Their Law" (Liam Howlett/Pop Will Eat Itself) – 6:40
"Full Throttle" (Liam Howlett) – 5:02
"Voodoo People" (Liam Howlett) – 6:27
"Speedway" (Theme from Fastlane) (Liam Howlett) – 8:56
"The Heat (The Energy)" (Liam Howlett) – 4:27
"Poison" (Liam Howlett/Maxim Reality) – 6:42
"No Good (Start the Dance)" (Liam Howlett) – 6:17
"One Love" (Edit) (Liam Howlett) – 3:53
The Narcotic Suite
"3 Kilos" (Liam Howlett) – 7:26
"Skylined" (Liam Howlett) – 5:56
"Claustrophobic Sting" (Liam Howlett) – 7:13

[edit] Chart positions

UK album chart - #1
The Billboard 200 - #198
Heatseekers - #15

[edit] Personnel

Liam Howlett - Performer, Producer (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12 and 13) at Earthbound studios, Co-producer (other tracks) at The Strongroom
Neil McLellan - Co-producer (on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10) at The Strongroom
Maxim Reality - Vocals on "Poison"
Pop Will Eat Itself - Performer on "Their Law"
Phil Bent - live flute
Lance Riddler - live guitar on "Voodoo People" (Liam originally sampled a Nirvana track called "Very Ape", but he claims the guitar riff used in "Voodoo People" was a recreation performed by Lance Riddler, possibly in an effort to avoid getting sample clearance.)
sample: Baby D "Casanova" on "Break & Enter"
sample: Kelly Charles "No Good For Me" on "No Good (Start the Dance)"
sample: Star Wars IV: A New Hope "We're going in Full Throttle" reversed on Full Throttle