They shaped dance music for at least a decade! The band around technology genius Liam Howlett was one of the inventors of the breakbeat sound and was instrumental in launching rave culture. Hits like Charly, Poison, Firestarter or Breathe are now part of the common pop good of entire generations. So it was about time that the band’s uber albums finally got back on regular vinyl.
In 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.
The mid-’90s was a time where the music scene outside of the pop charts was a strange landscape. Dance music was waning, Grunge had exploded and imploded, indie was slowly slipping back into the underground and modern alternative rock was in its infancy. The kids were crying out of something new and The Prodigy gave it to them.
Music for the Jilted Generation was recorded at the back end of 1993 and early 1994. Composed solely by the brains behind the operation, Liam Howlett with lyrical contributions from the bands live M.C. Maxim.
