The Prodigy - No Tourists (Album Review & Catalog In Brief) 

Damn, Prodigy ranking lower than Guetta's highest album ... Brings a tear to my eye

In a time of bearded hipster indie music with pseudo emotional impact, these simple, catchy, loud danceable in your face tunes work for me.

how many times did you listen to it? Mostly, for me at least, the Prodigy albums are like wine that have to ripe in your brain. first you are, meh, then it hits you and you're hooked for life (to some tracks)

Since when did Harry Potter start doing reviews on break beat bands?

Give Me A Signal is definetly my favourite song on this album.

TBH I love this album Perfect mixture of their signature sounds from every era plus the new never heard before things We Live Forever Timebomb Zone and NS1 Sounds like Experience/Jilted tunes made today :D And Boom Boom Tap reminds me so much of the Charly Sampling And that Acid on GMaS oh god :D We Live Forever is definatelly Their Law/Voodoo of the 2018 Champions of London sound more like TDIME track to me I like it but it sound to similar to the roadblox for me And the Title track is a really good BigBeat-movie ost like track :D The Only thing that I will change is Resonate as much I love that track it sounds just a little too empty for me :/ Edit after 2 years: My fav Prodigy album defo has to be the Music for the Jilted Generation, it's just an amazing journey thru all that different influences, also being one of the most influential albums for the music in general... The Fat of the Land might be more popular, but it was the MFTJG, which went over all that borders between the Ravers, Guitar music lovers, and Hip-Hop fans, showing them, that in fact they are about the same thing!

This album is no 3 of all their CD's for me. I will never understand those low ratings of it. It's Prodigy's back to form. Some oldschool blended together with a few modern twists of Liam. It really stands out for me, because it sounds fresh yet three-dimensional. I can't say that about 2 last albums.

Nothing will ever beat their first 3 albums. and everyone secretly knows this.

The album in my eyes is fairly solid, although as I am seeing The Prodigy live tomorrow my opinions on the majority of the songs, if not all, will change to an extent.

I thought this album was just solid overall, I wouldn't say it's better than The Day Is My Enemy - but I like how some of the songs went back to the old Prodigy sound. Fight Fire With Fire had a good beat, but was ruined by the vocals (didn't exactly fit with the instrumental imo). I'd probably give the album a high 7.

Im surprised you think The Day Is My Enemy is better than Invaders Must Die. Invaders was much better.

I listened to The Prodigy Experience, and I love that kinda music :D

Enemy was like left overs from invaders, invaders was an improvement on outgunned, outgunned was a direct reaction to the over commercialisation of fat of the land. No tourists eclipses ALL those albums. As both an electronic & metal guy, I'm delighted he's got back to his roots, the whole rock crossover thing never worked . This is a solid 8/10

I'm completely with you, and I'm a massive Prodigy fan. It's their weakest album by quite a bit, and I can't quite get my head around the positive response. It's not terrible, but as you say they are capable of more. HOWEVER as usual it makes a hell of a lot more sense when you go and see them live. This one and TDIME are essentially collections of tracks that have been made to play live, and their sets IMO from TDIME onwards have been the strongest since the 90s. Tracks like Champions of London may be not particularly interesting to listen to at home, but in a room full of people at full blast with Maxim and Keith yelling at you it makes so, so much sense.

Couldn’t get into this new album either. If you want a dance album in a similar vein. But harder hitting bass and more hip-hop ish. Check out Rustie. I wish he would make new material!!! What are your thoughts on reviewing the upcoming Brainfeeder and Little Dragon records? Anyway, keep the videos coming!

love the passion and knowledge

I love this album and I've been listening to the prodigy since the early 90's. Yes it's not perfect and kinda short but it's catchy and punches the listener in the face. Dude, the bass is really good on the album, not sure what you listened it through.

FINALLY YOUR TALKING ABOUT THE PRODIGY!

Need Some1 is one of the most annoying Prodigy songs that hammers you over the head with it's irritating synths I've ever heard, and I don't understand any kind of praise it gets. Happy to see you liked Champions of London, though! That one's a banger.

I loved it! But I respect your opinion !

Pretty much my feeling on this album as well.

Experience - AWESOME Music For The Jilted Generation - AWESOME The Fat Of The Land - AWESOME Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - AWESOME Invaders Must Die - AWESOME Then at this point, Howlett evidently went deaf and totally lost the ability to produce and decided that compressing every song as far as possible was the answer. The Day Is My Enemy - a too-long blur of monotonous noise that just leaves the listener exhausted and bored. No Tourists - A definite improvement. The production and mastering is still absolutely painful to listen to, but the songwriting is much stronger and more memorable, the sound is more varied, and the Ho99o9 feature is fantastic. Still, as you said, the production majorly lets it down, so it still comes nowhere near the level of the first 5 albums.

Respect your opinions on this! But have to say that No Tourists is one of my prodigy albums. I'm a long time fan. Absolutely disagree with it being pointless. The prodigy deserve respect for making different music over time. The bests artists evolve and experiment. I think Howlett's production has aged really well.

I absolutely love this album! I love these kinds of Prodigy tracks. Someone here said it was just like a b-sides album, but I love Prodigy b-sides. I’m always so excited when they bring out a b-side. I feel like these songs are less affected by needing to be a ‘stadium banger’ or whatever. I hated Nasty, Wall of Death and Get Your Fight On. I thought that was the worst side of the Prodigy and I was glad Keith and Maxim were kept away from this a bit. Although, obviously I love them live. For me, this stands alongside the first 3 albums.

Wow a semi low score. that's kinda rare.

No way did 2018 see a new Prodigy album released. What a year!

This album is good. They are definitely capable of better and I gaurantee they drop a serious banger within the next few years.

I liked day is my enemy and i like light up the sky and live forever from no tourists. I only discovered both yesterday btw :::)

8/10 it went back to the original roots, Harry Bitch why u hating man. This shit is badass and intense. Real Techno shit

The first few were ok but after that it was a wall of noise and hard to listen to. Seem to get worse each album, think Liam needs a rest or is getting too old for this. 4/10

it's a great record....

Ok, not what I expected. What you said are my feelings about the day is my enemy. The first three albums were great. 4th was really forgettable, 5th was a return to form and apparently they felt the same way because the 6th album feels as a rehash of the 5th. This new albums feels more like a mixture of old and new sounds blended together on one album.

3:29 Thank you for saying that! I thought I was the only one. I ONLY LIKE ONE SONG! And that's We Live Forever. The rest was just not my poison :(

I´m little bit confused why Liam thinks he has to go back to 1992 sound. He always says, that Prodigy are about beats, samples, back to roots etc.. No, Prodigy were about good music (MFTJG, TFOTL). No Tourist is just collection of B-side tracks.

You said Liam Howlett Twice😂

0:48 I guess now is the best time for a discography review... RIP

Also The Prodigy Experience is energetic and fun but EXTREMELY dated and cheesy. And as a person who grew up with industrial and metal, I'm glad they toughened up their sound, because that first one is weak pippity sounding drums, chipmunks, and glowsticks to me.

I agreed on what you said until you start talking about No Tourtists. I think the tracks Timebomb Zone, Give Me A Signal, We Live Forever & Light Up The Sky are better tracks, than the ones on Invaders & The Day Is My Enemy. The rest of the album doesn't do much for me. Boom Boom Tap should never been made.

1 The Fat Of The Land 2 Music For the Gilted Generation 3 Experience My opinion Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned was bit trash but this Album is not that bad "Champions Of London" and "No Tourists" straight up bangz & this man by the way would get eaten fcking alive in a mosh pit lord have mercy 😰 . Im so happy and privileged to have seen The prodigy perform live at Glastonbury in late 90s along with RATM what a weekend believe me 😉.. R.I.P Keef 🕊🙏.. Bless up . 💯

The fact this album only took about a year to make says it all. Normally we have to wait at least 5 years for a Prodigy album, but when one does come out, you really feel that all the time Liam took off, he was working away hard at the album. Now I'm not saying he didn't work hard here, apparently he crammed in a bunch of late nights to get this done, but it only took a year to make, and that shows. None of the tracks are as refined as their older work and just made to go off live it seems. I really hope the next one doesn't come out until at least 2023 or 2024, because although the long wait is painful, the result is amazing. But if they're going to do EP's now (like Liam has hinted at for a couple of years now), at least they should come out every two years or so.

Using words like Juxtaposition in a Prodigy album review deserves an instant size 12 Doc Martin to the face... This is music is to drop a cheeky biscuit, slam a tequila then mosh your nuts off to live... and essentially FEEL! I stopped listening to the Prodigy 15years ago but this album has me interested again. Is it new? Of course not

WOW!!!!!!! Please do not EVER talk about The Prodigy again

Hello mr wonky...jilted generation was 1994..I’m from England and was partying then..your right in saying it was the time of the criminal justice bill,but didn’t stop free party’s ,the scene just changed more due to the drugs and how jilted we were all becoming .I think there albums are a kinda reflection of the times in England/the world,to me anyway ,we’re all different ,and have are own interpretation of the music individually.. but to be honest man it’s about the live act ,that’s were there really at mate..I saw them at the Milton Keynes bowl..people were going crazy,also at the same there were a lot of ecstasy/speed type legal highs flying round England like wild fire,and so were the crowd..I got the dvd 2,Lol..but you don’t need drugs to see them ..the buzz is closest to the real hard dance punk vibe I can find without a good free party...invaders is one of the best albums I think..go see them,tell ya friends..help them give America some fun ..lol😀

enjoyed this review, but I think that 5.5 is a bit harsh

WOW... I love this album but Need Some 1 is bottom of the favorite list for me!

I haven’t really enjoyed their sound after their first three albums.

I agree with you on the content of the album, but not the production. I think it hits pretty hard. And if you go back and listen to Experience, that album's production is horrible and novice at best.

what evil lurks ep is a classic.

Go and listen to these tracks played live at a Prodigy gig and then review the album

Do the fat of the land tommy

OK review, Right about the other albums. wow you have a models jaw line but a Lego hair cut.

Yeah I thought this my self. I like a few more tracks than you it appears and you don't like tracks I do and visa versa but man that production is so flat over all. Such a shame. (Some tracks have replay value absolutely but this is is not FOTL or even IMD).

DO THE DISCOGRAPHY REVIEW NOW

Has he ever taken that helmet off?

Are you Dana Carveys son?

When this guy said “I heard that they were going to bring back their rave sound which I found intriguing”....(yes,intriguing!👀)to really 100% understand the rave era and the ‘chipmunk’ samples you had to live that era mate and it only happened it Britain so you are not going to ‘get’ the British rave culture of that time and only then would you understand the bands angle on this album which i do admit isn’t great although it definitely brings back a little of the magic back...big shout out to the over 40 ravers here

Nothing hits harder or makes you want to dance like "The Prodigy Experience"? I can think of a thousand joints that hit harder. Surely you are just referring to how it holds up to other shit from its era. That's a different story and maybe I'm misunderstanding. Secondly, I'd like you to post a video of you dancing to it so I can post a video "Review" for everyone, cause they've been asking me for one. Also, you're probably a nice kid but take off that Hybrid shirt until you earn it. Breakbeats for life!

First 3 albums good the rest crap. Same with underworld, orbital, chemical brothers....

Totally wrong! This thing is a great work! The old ones are not the best only the nostalgic feeling! On each album there are tracks u cant hear very loud cause of bad noisy instruments, but here u can go to the limit of ur volume in every track! This is really something 4 the tournees! Little old school but many BIG Beats! Ur Car will love it! This guy and his review is WRONG!

You're a Hybrid guy, that's for sure. Seriously though I've not a clue what the h... Prodigy is doing these days. Most of the time it sound like shite. Years from Experience, M F T Jilted Generation or The Fat Of The Land.

I respect your opinion but seriously pull your hair out of your ears. Every single track is crazy good and it's probably their best album since TFOTL.

Jilted the best album of all and timeless. This new album is rubbish, sick of the chipmunk vocals and it isn't them wholly. It also sounds dated. I am a long time prodigy fan

It's an excellent Album. This review is excrement.

I firmly disagrees with you.

dude you that you harry? harry potter???

I heard 'Need Someone' when Jack Saunders played it (as soon as it dropped)... and I felt a fairly noticeable cringe I'm afraid to say. I had a good idea of what the album would be at that moment and, I have to say, your review sort of bears out my immediate concerns. My opinion is that they're a band well past their best and I don't see any reason now to expect these three angry middle-aged men to produce anything refreshing at any point from here on. They seem to be raging against the passing of time and it's not a good look.

You have no idea about music,big beat lol,switched of after 1min

Stopped watching after you said 4 piece band.

Awkward to review music without a good microphone. Bro.

You so need to do more research before you talk about a band!!

Their best album in years you fool .

The Rolling Stones of EDM.

Man.....You have no idea what you are talking about ...

play splatoon 2 when listening to Champions of London then you know why this album is awesome :)

A bunch of prodigies in the comments. Besides Experience, I have held little interest in the band.

It's their worst album, the only thing I like is the cover, it's the only thing that is spot on.... I will never listen to this album again, and I give up all hope for the next one, it's game over... Liam just lost the golden touch, he can keep on trying but it only will get worse.....

Fat of the land is when prodigy sold out and went pop!! This is when everyone new about them. Prodigy will always be about the beats and bass over guitars. That's what this album has done!!