![]() The mid-’90s was a time where the music scene outside of the pop charts was a strange landscape. AlbumbeschreibungIn July 1994 British dance outfit, The Prodigy broke out of abandoned warehouse raves and kicked in the doors of both the alternative and mainstream genres with their sophomore release Music for the Jilted Generation. Mehr sehen Your browser does not support the audio element. ![]() If Experience seemed like an excellent fluke, Music for the Jilted Generation is the album that announced the Prodigy were on the charts to stay. Each of the four singles - "Voodoo People," "Poison," "No Good (Start the Dance)," and "One Love" - are excellent, though album tracks like "Speedway" and "Their Law" (with help from Pop Will Eat Itself) don't slip up either. After a short intro, the shattering of panes of glass on "Break & Enter" catapults the album ahead with a propulsive flair. As on Experience, there are so many great songs here that first-time listeners would be forgiven for thinking of a greatest-hits compilation instead of a proper studio album. Compared to their previous work, the sound is grubbier and less reliant on samples the effect moved the Prodigy away from the American-influenced rave and acid house of the past and toward a uniquely British vision of breakbeat techno that was increasingly allied to the limey invention of drum'n'bass. Pure sonic terrorism, Music for the Jilted Generation employs the same rave energy that charged their debut, Experience, up the charts in Britain, but yokes it to a cause other than massive drug intake. The Prodigy's response to the sweeping legislation and crackdown on raves contained in 1994's Criminal Justice Bill is an effective statement of intent. ![]() Kaufen Sie dieses Album und laden Sie es in verschiedenen Formaten herunter, je nach Ihren Bedürfnissen. ![]()
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