Prodigy, The ‎– Invaders Must Die

I was a happy man when i got this album cuz their release before this one was shitty and messy... Loves this album cuz it got the old sound and the up to date sound.. :D

This album seems to split the masses.
In my oppinion the last one AONO was acceptable, because Liam tried to do something new and I digged this e-clash stuff!
But what he did here is nothing more than a copy of the first albums.
But the concept seems to work as I could read here and else.
If you think this album is good than try out Exillon or Glowstyx. They make exactely that hardcore acid stuff, what prodigy may would do today, if they would not have been corrupted!

While my favourite Prodigy album always will be FOTL, IMD comes a CLOSE f***ing second! This album brings together ALL the elements of Prodigy for me, from their early days of rave to later punk and breakbeat fusions, IMD marries all the elements from Prodigy's career and brings them together into one package. All the songs for me are awesome and the final track really makes me feel like Prodigy are back and in shape. It's sort of funny to see how Prodigy's post-FOTL albums polarizes so many. Either way, this is the album that brought the three boys together again and deserves some praise for that. Best track is definitely Warrior's Dance which sounds a lot like some of their early material.

liam needs to switch up his style. that hardcore/punk techno was great but this album is just a rehash to try and relive that style. not recommended.

If this was made by anyone else other than The Prodigy (Liam Howlett) the whole world would be wetting it's pants about the genius of it's creator. The fact that Liam Howlett is the most successful electronic musician of a generation plays against him.

This is classic Prodigy. Pissing off the pretentious and entertaining everyone else. Drop 'Thunder' and see what happens...

For people like me who have known that band in my teenage angst, I have to say it's really painful to witness this: that album is joyful, noisy, corny, irrelevant and very danceable. It's really like if Liam Howlett had already done all he wanted, and now his music is more a continuation of what he used to be, than a real matter of sense. Let's not be too nostalgic, but I can assure you "invaders must die" is definitely not his best work, I strongly recommend to you his previous albums "music for the jilted generation" and "fat of the land".
I remember reading in Newspapers at that time (mid nineties) that the prodigy is the only band that have reconciliated rock fans and techno fans...well I actually think his latest crappy effort will have a hard time trying to seduce anyone who knows a bit about music.
Also his latest videoclips are so rotten I can't help myself feeling ashamed of what they have become (take me to the hospital & invaders must die are their two worst videos ever made), just compare with "voodoo people" or "smack my bitcb up" and u will draw the same conclusion than me : Liam has no more ideas nowadays. Proof is he has entrusted the making of his last single to his fans besides, which is perilous but logical since his current public is rather young and musically uncultured and since he doesn't seem to care about his music now.
So we have here 11 songs who doesn't offer any aesthetic of any kind, any appeal, any relevance and any originality at all. If some people are calling Liam a genious, let's mention it's despite of that album, and not thanx to. Overall only for young people who just wish to move and dance, but I personaly can't eat shit. Definitely not recommanded.

A very poor LP from start to finish.
Liam seems to have borrowed a drum kit library from Pendulum and used the same sounds on every track. It's formulaic, dull and sounds like Pendulum and some of their clones. I'd heard this was a re-invention of their early style but it's not - it's just dreadful and has very little in common with the 1st 2 ingenious Prodigy LPs. Even Fat of the Land which was average at best is light years ahead of this travesty. I'm not even going to bother mentioning individual tracks because they are all the same. Also, whoever told Keith that he was a vocalist should be slapped senseless. His scrawny, squeaky voice annoys the hell out of me.
The Prodigy as a band at their best who were doing something original, artistic and incredible died after Jilted Generation and what is left is an embarrassment.
RIP Liam, Keith, Maxim and Leeroy - thanks for my 2 x favourite LPs and some amazing live shows in the early/mid 1990's but your last 2 x LPs have been horrible.

Am i the only one to NOT like this album?
I think it is mainly a repetition of older tricks... Only new thing is the incorporation of modern drum'n'bass-beats, which i think are nothing compared to the 1995-2000 d'n'b sounds...
Too much compression going on, which just gives a very flat feel to the whole array of the sound, while it is meant to achieve a more dynamic sound!

So if you're looking for the good Prodigy stuff, just pick up 'Music for the jilted generation'.

The only real reason for buying the deluxe box set for me, like many, was for the 4-track bonus "Lost Beats" CD.
Rather a lot of money for just 4-tracks, though you never know the stickers and stencils may come in handy one day :)
Personally I think it's worth it just for "The Big Gundown", a tune Liam's performed in their live gigs for a few years now (called "Comanche" to begin with!).
"Black Smoke" and "Fighter Beat" are also worthy.
Overall I think the "Lost Beats" CD is quality... Not everyone agrees but I'm happier to hear people debating the quality of a bonus CD as opposed to the lack of any bonus CD at all.
It may not live up to the hopes of everyone who got excited when Liam said he'd put some bonus material together but I'm just glad he did anything at all.

The Prodigy finally releases their fourth studio album, Invaders Must Die. Like the title, the content gives you the feeling of a Prodigy in top-shape, still striking out that dirty drum and bass, distorted samples and bullet-proof creativity that we known them for. Overall, this albums has kept much of their own sound - and it still is indeed - their own sound.

With many artists, both electronic and non-electronic, making an entire album can be a real hard job to do. Often, there is released a single, and then the entire album, where only 2-3 tracks are really remarkable and something that you would remember & enjoy to listen to later on. Invaders Must Die can be played again and again, from Side A to Side D - without skipping anything. Although the tempo and atmosphere might change throughout the tracklist, you are as a listener evenly rewarded in every track, with that crude, raw, rebelness of quality that The Prodigy provides. They have not faded one bit, and I cannot wait to see the Invaders Must Die tour in europe.

On a side-note: Get the Double 12" 180g Album - its really worth the money!