Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Evil Lurks (12") | XL Recordings, XL Recordings | XLT-17, XLT 17 | UK | 1991 | |
| Android (12") | Torso | TORSO 12194 | Netherlands | 1991 | |
| What Evil Lurks (12", Promo, W/Lbl) | XL Recordings | XLT 17 | UK | 1991 | |
| What Evil Lurks (12", TP) | XL Recordings | XLT 17 | UK | 1991 | |
| What Evil Lurks (12", Ltd, RE) | XL Recordings | XLXV 1501 | UK | 2004 | |
| What Evil Lurks (4xFile, MP3, Ltd, 256) | XL Recordings | XLXV1501DL | UK | 2004 | |
| What Evil Lurks (4xFile, WAV) | XL Recordings | XLXV1501DL | UK | 2004 | |
| What Evil Lurks (12") | Not On Label (The Prodigy), XL Recordings (2) | XLT 17 | |||
| What Evil Lurks (12") | Not On Label (The Prodigy), XL Recordings (2) | XLT-17 | UK |
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Reviews & Discussion
referencing What Evil Lurks, 12", XLT-17, XLT 17
No promotional copies of What Evil Lurks were released by XL-Recordings on either vinyl or CD. Only ten acetate white label 12 inches were pressed to promote this single.
referencing What Evil Lurks, 12", XLT-17, XLT 17
Aye, bit of a groundbreaker this one, although not that great it somehow managed to carve out a niche for Liam Howlet. I think they timed his next release perfectly, so as to catch whatever this first one had managed to do. Personally i think it caught the people who were getting bored with the way the scene was becoming overground, The Prodigy grabbed the scene Altern-8 had managed to stem, that almost comical but hard edged approach to hardcore and the whole drugs culture. And for the record (no pun inteneded) i had the original promo of this with photocopied press release inside, god knows whose got it now, prolly up in Nottingham with DJ Dizzy.
referencing What Evil Lurks, 12", XLT-17, XLT 17
Illegal or not, this EP absolutely kills it... this was what got me into techno in the first place. Quirky vocal samples, funky breaks, perfect twists and turns into the music... techno just had unlimited potential back then. This record would work any sort of dance floor today: "WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN!"
