Music for the Jilted Generation is the second studio album by the English electronic music group the Prodigy. It was released on 4 July 1994 through XL Recordings.
The album combines a variety of genres, including electronic and breakbeat, with heavy basslines and energetic, aggressive beats. Tracks such as "No Good (Start the Dance)" and "Voodoo People" exemplify a sound which helped define the 90s electronic music scene.
As with the group's debut album, Maxim Reality and Liam Howlett were the only official members of the group to contribute to the album.
The other two members, Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill, were not credited on any tracks (although all four individuals were pictured in the liner notes).
Music for the Jilted Generation was widely acclaimed for its innovative approach to electronic music, pushing the boundaries of dance and rave genres at the time. Music for the Jilted Generation was a commercial success, solidifying The Prodigy’s place as one of the more influential acts in the genre.
Music for the Jilted Generation incorporates elements of rave, breakbeat techno, techno, and hardcore techno.
The album is largely a response to the corruption of the rave scene in Britain by its mainstream success, as well as the United Kingdom's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which criminalised raves and aspects of rave culture.
This is exemplified in the song "Their Law", with the spoken-word intro and the predominant lyric: the "Fuck 'em and their law" sample.
Many years later, after the controversy had subsided, Liam Howlett criticised the album's title, referring to it as "stupid", and insisted that the album was never intended to be political.
Many of the samples featured on the album are sound clips from, or inspired by, films.
"Full Throttle" contains a reversed sample from the original Star Wars film, and "The Heat (The Energy)" features a sample from Poltergeist III, while "Claustrophobic Sting" includes a recreation of dialogue from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Track listing
1. Intro - 0:45
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Vocals [Uncredited] – Dan Charnas
Written-By – L. Howlett
2. Break & Enter - 8:24
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Written-By – L. Howlett
3. Their Law"(featuring Pop Will Eat Itself) - 6:40
Featuring – Pop Will Eat Itself
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Vocals [Uncredited] – Dan Charnas
Written-By – L. Howlett, Pop Will Eat Itself
4. Full Throttle - 5:02
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett, Neil McLellan
Written-By – L. Howlett
5. Voodoo People - 6:27
Guitar [Live] – Lance Riddler
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett, Neil McLellan
Written-By – L. Howlett
6. Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) - 8:56
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Written-By – L. Howlett
7. The Heat (The Energy) - 4:27
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett, Neil McLellan
Written-By – L. Howlett
8. Poison - 6:42
9. No Good (Start the Dance) - 6:17
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett, Neil McLellan
Written-By – J. Bratton, K. Charles, L. Howlett
10. One Love (Edit) - 3:53
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett, Neil McLellan
Written-By – L. Howlett
11. The Narcotic Suite: 3 Kilos - 7:19
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Written-By – L. Howlett
12. The Narcotic Suite: Skylined - 5:56
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Written-By – L. Howlett
13. The Narcotic Suite: Claustrophobic Sting - 7:13
Producer, Mixed By – L. Howlett
Written-By – L. Howlett
Samples
In addition to the film samples mentioned above, Liam Howlett incorporated a significant amount of musical material from other artists:
- "Break and Enter" contains a sample from Baby D's "Casanova," which was also remixed by Liam.
- "Their Law" includes a sample from "Drop That Bassline" by Techno Grooves.
- "Voodoo People" contains a sample from "You're Starting Too Fast" by Johnny Pate. The guitar riff is based on "Very Ape" by Nirvana and is played by Lance Riddler.[25][26]
- "The Heat (The Energy)" samples "Why'd U Fall" by Lil Louis, "Thousand" by Moby, and 2-Mad's "Don't Hold Back The Feeling."
- "Poison" contains samples from "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps, "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons, and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's "Heavy Soul Slinger."
- "No Good (Start the Dance)" samples "No Good for Me" by Kelly Charles and "Funky Nassau" by Bahamian funk group The Beginning of the End.
- "One Love" features the "Arabic Muezzin" sample from the ethnic vocals section of a Zero G sample CD by Time + Space Records. The same sample was also used in "Everybody Say Love" by The Magi & Emanation, which was remixed by Liam Howlett.[27]
- "3 Kilos," Part One of The Narcotic Suite, is based on a riff sampled from Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's "Good Livin' (Good Lovin')."
The Prodigy
- Liam Howlett – performing, synthesizers, keyboards, sampling, drum machines, production (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13) at Earthbound Studios; co-production (on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10) at The Strongroom; mixing; engineering
- Maxim Reality – co-writer and vocalist on "Poison"
- Leeroy Thornhill – dancing (no musical contributions; appears in booklet photos and music videos only)
- Keith Flint – dancing, live vocals (no musical contributions; appears in booklet photos and music videos only)
Other personnel
- Neil McLellan – co-production and mixing (on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10) at The Strongroom
- Pop Will Eat Itself (Graham Crabb, Clint Mansell, Richard March, Adam Mole, Fuzz Townshend, Kerry Hammond) – performer on "Their Law"
- Phil Bent – live flute
- Lance Riddler – live guitar on "Voodoo People"
- Mike Champion – management
- Les Edwards – inside sleeve painting
- Stuart Haygarth – front cover
- Jamie Fry – rear sleeve
Companies, etc.
- Produced At – Earthbound Studios
- Mixed At – Earthbound Studios
- Produced At – Strongroom
- Mixed At – Strongroom
- Published By – EMI Virgin Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – All Boys Music Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – XL Recordings
- Copyright © – XL Recordings
- Distributed By – Warner Music UK Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – The Exchange
- Pressed By – Damont
Notes
Released: 4 July 1994
Recorded: Studio Strongroom (London) / Earthbound (Braintree, Essex)
Genre: Breakbeat hardcore · hardcore techno · rave
Length: 1:18:15
Producer: Liam Howlett · Neil McLellan
Label - XL
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