Number 88 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century20th CenturyBig Beat / Breaks
The Fat of the Land
1997 · big beat · breakbeat · electro · techno
XL Recordings · XLLP 121
№ 88 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
Number one in 20 countries; rave's ugliest, most successful record
The Fat of the Land went number one in twenty countries and sounds built for that scale. 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe' are warheads, all sneer, compression and brute momentum. Away from the singles, the album thins out, and Experience is the better record front to back. As a detonation this one has few equals here.
№ 5 on The 10 Best Big Beat and Breaks Albums
The one that went to number one in twenty-five countries and got them banned from radio. Firestarter and Smack My Bitch Up are the reason, and underneath the controversy Liam Howlett's programming is at its most precise. The genre's commercial ceiling and it earns the position.
Also ranked
- Dancefloor
- № 68
- Influence
- № 105
- External poll
- № 69
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Tracklist
- A1Smack My Bitch Up5:43
- A2Breathe5:35
- B1Diesel Power4:18
- B2Funky Shit5:16
- C1Serial Thrilla5:11
- C2Mindfields5:40
- C3Narayan7:07
- D1Firestarter6:43
- D2Climbatize6:38
- D3Fuel My Fire4:19