Music for the Jilted Generation

Music for the Jilted Generation
Studio album by The Prodigy
Publication (s)	1994
Label (s)	XL recordings
Format (s)	CD, 2xLP, MC
Genre (s)	Hardcore , big beat , techno
Title (number)	13
running time	78 min 07 s
occupation	DJ , keyboard : Liam Howlett Keyboard: Leeroy Thornhill Singing : Keith Flint
production	Liam Howlett, Neil McLellan
Studio (s)	The Strongroom
chronology The Prodigy Experience (1992) Music for the Jilted Generation The Fat of the Land (1997)

Music for the Jilted Generation is an album by the English big beat band The Prodigy , which was released on July 4th 1994 on XL Recordings .

History of origin

The success of the album The Prodigy Experience gave Liam Howlett the opportunity to experiment a lot. The album contains many hard breakbeats , jazz - and radio - Grooves , electric guitars and a hard dance song can ( " No Good (Start the Dance) "). In the song " Poison " the vocals of MC Maxim Reality were used for the first time .

The album shot from zero to one in the UK charts and sold over a million copies. Because of this success, appearances followed all over the world. In the course of this success, the band won the MTV Europe Music Award in 1994 in the category "Best Dance Artist".

In early 1998, the album was voted number 62 of the best albums ever released by Q magazine readers .

meaning

In terms of content, it is largely seen as a response to the increasing mainstream within the rave scene and Britain's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994, a law that criminalized raves, the techno scene and even the music itself.

The image from the artwork on the plate was analyzed in a culture-critical article in 2007 and compared with a later parody. The political and social requirements of techno parties in Great Britain in the mid-1990s, which are represented in the picture, are highlighted. The marketing strategies of The Prodigy with the album "Music for the Jilted Generation" are also described on the basis of the artwork. The article states:

“With the picture, The Prodigy take a stand in the conflict between ravers and police at the time. At the same time, this statement is the marketing of a rebellious attitude. The image is part of a sound carrier artwork. The goods should appear rebellious and the young (and presumably male) consumer should identify with the rebellion presented. The Prodigy should be set to a certain image via the artwork. The anti-stars who define themselves through refusal and resistance [...]. "

Track list

1. Intro (Liam Howlett) - 0:45
2. Break & Enter (Liam Howlett) - 8:24
3. Their Law (feat.Pop Will Eat Itself ) (Liam Howlett / Pop Will Eat Itself) - 6:40
4. Full Throttle (Liam Howlett) - 5:02
5. Voodoo People (Liam Howlett) - 6:27
6. Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) (Liam Howlett) - 8:56
7. The Heat (The Energy) (Liam Howlett) - 4:27
8. Poison (Liam Howlett / Maxim Reality) - 6:42
9. No Good (Start the Dance) (Liam Howlett) - 6:17
10. One Love (Edit) (Liam Howlett) - 3:53
11. The Narcotic Suite: 3 Kilos (Liam Howlett) - 7:25
12. The Narcotic Suite: Skylined (Liam Howlett) - 5:56
13. The Narcotic Suite: Claustrophobic Sting (Liam Howlett) - 7:13

Singles

The following singles were released from Music For The Jilted Generation :

• One Love (October 1993)
• No Good (Start The Dance) (May 1994)
• Voodoo People (August 1994)
• Poison (March 1995)

Chart placements

• UK Album Charts - # 1
• The Billboard 200 - # 198
• Heatseekers - # 15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Commodities for the jilted Generation published in the monthly magazine Transmitter 07/2007 of the Freie Sender Kombinat Hamburg