Music for the Jilted Generation

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Music for the Jilted Generation is an album by British band The Prodigy. The album was released through XL Recordings in July 1994. The album is scheduled to be re-released in 2008 as "More Music for the Jilted Generation" which will include remastered and bonus tracks.

It is largely a response to the corruption of the rave scene in England by its mainstream status as well as Great Britain's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which effectively criminalised raves, rave culture, and by implication, rave music itself. The latter is exemplified in the song "Their Law" (predominant lyric: "Fuck 'em and their law").

When Liam Howlett 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'.

Track listing

Original Release

All songs written by Liam Howlett unless indicated otherwise.

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

Track Listing for "More Music for the Jilted Generation"

Volume 1

1. "Intro" (Remastered)
2. "Break & Enter" (Remastered)
3. "Their Law" (Remastered)
4. "Full Throttle" (Remastered)
5. "Voodoo People" (Remastered)
6. "Speedway (Theme From Fastlane)" (Remastered)
7. "The Heat (The Energy)" (Remastered)
8. "Poison" (Remastered)
9. "No Good (Start The Dance)" (Remastered)
10. "One Love (Edit)" (Remastered)
11. "3 Kilos" (Remastered)
12. "Skylined" (Remastered)
13. "Claustrophobic Sting" (Remastered)

Volume 2

1. "Voodoo People (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session)"
2. "Poison (Radio 1 Maida Vale Session)"
3. "Break & Enter (2005 Live Edit)"
4. "Their Law (Live At Pukkelpop)"
5. "No Good (Start The Dance) (Bad For You Mix)" (Remastered)
6. "Scienide" (Remastered)
7. "Goa (The Heat The Energy, Part 2)" (Remastered)
8. "Rat Poison (Remastered)"
9. "Voodoo People (Dust Brothers Remix)" (Remastered)

Chart positions

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

Reception

Professional reviews:

• Rolling Stone (4/20/95, p.80) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "A soundtrack for those British rave hordes who dodge Tory truncheons, Music for the Jilted Generation thrills initiates with a political buzz Americans might miss. But the Prodigy's hard-core techno generates universal dance fever....Truly trippy."

• Alternative Press (4/95, p.84) - "Jilted Generation throws much darker shapes than its predecessor. Moreover, it slams harder and rawer and covers more ground--21st century hip hop, Latin funk, horror trance, Vapourspace-like ambient--in addition to their usual crowd-pleasing, hi-NRG tekno. Thumbs up for the use of guitar and flute, too."

• Option (7-8/95, pp.129-131) - "...the Prodigy jolts an industrial sensibility with techno drive and then rides the seemingly endless grooves until we're numb...for intensely pumping dance music, this album has more life than most."

• Mojo (p.56) - Ranked #83 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "One-man Bomb Squad Liam Howlett was a breakbeat maker without peer."

• Spin (9/99, p.150) - Ranked #60 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

• NME (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #9 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'

• Q magazine - Voted the 62nd greatest album of all time by Q readers in early 1998 and ranked one of the best British albums of the last 50 years in 2008.

It is included in the book '1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.'

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"
• sample: Baby D "Casanova" on "Break & Enter"
• sample: Kelly Charles "No Good For Me" on "No Good (Start the Dance)"
• sample: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope "We're going in full throttle" reversed on "Full Throttle"
• sample: Nirvana "Very Ape" on "Voodoo People "