Hereby I place my review of The Prodigy's The Day Is My Enemy album.

Before I get to the point, I think it is important to sketch what my entry attitude towards the upcoming album had initially been like. Frankly, my (altogether painful) reception of the IMD longplay had bereft me pretty thoroughly of my habit that dates back to the pre-BGAT times, namely of presuming any expectations, dwelling any dreams etc. towards the upcoming shit. Consequently, this time round, my attitude was very, say purified if you like, indifferent and devoid of any goals I'd have wanted to see fulfilled.

And then bang!, the album drops, gave it the first listen and I was instantly like: man, I won't judge so tumultuous a set when i heard it but once, yet on the spot I was sure: this is better than IMD.
So, now it's been a good while that I've spent listening to it, analysing, almost dissecting it, and here come some working conclusions. I do listen to the album as one entity (in accordance to LH's recommendation) but here I place the tunes as I like them, from the very favourite to the other end of scale (yet this time that other end is still quality):

Beyond the Deathray. The other day I wrote that if Weather Experience was a landscape after the rain, then BTD is a landscape of a meteorite hit aftermath. I think that time will show that this is a little masterpiece. The choice of sounds, ostenslbly simple, is just Howlett at his best. Vibrant, almost psychedelic record. And yes, it may stem from Weather Experience and yes, it may have something in common with Omen Reprise, but to me it is a tune of its own. If Liam nowadays says he considers doing soundtracks, then here he goes - a perfect example of beatless, vocalless, apocalyptic landscape. Intense.

Medicine. It is a bit Britpop, lol. I like the optimism and the cocky beat pouring out of that tune. The intro sample is an excellent find, given its age and origin.

Rhythm Bomb. Exhausting. Don't listen if you're sleepy, dizzy or sth. Very clubby tune. So relentless is the vocal loop that it's almost hypnotic. Plus that violent beat.

Wall of Death. Keith's vocals ftw. Hilarious!

Invisible Sun. Such a different vibe. With a brevado the Prodigy embrace chimes never used before, respect for that. I appreciate the slower tempo that introduces a certain picturesqueness.

The five above gets an immediate 10/10 rating.

Wild Frontier. Again, the vibe it bears is a novelty to the Prodigy. It has a certain depth. I'd had given it 9.5/10 but for the video which I like and which turns it 10/10.

Destroy. My mates' fav tune. For me, it's that bit too repetitive though. 9/10.

Rebel Radio. My only thought that repels me a bit from praising this tune is that, given e.g. the current situation in Europe, the word 'rebel' sounds somewhat pretentious to my mind. I mean we probably all like the militant rhetoric and 'violent' image of the Prodigy, but we do so knowing that it is much more like art for art's sake fashion. I mean the REAL war and real rebels have nothing to do with ANY kind of music - basically, war and violence are very wrong. It's usually a thin line between an artistic creation and a naive use of catchy, viral, hype vocab. Maybe, to my mind, the Prodigy resort to "death" or "rebel" type of slogans a bit too eagerly. Though there are people out there that have to cope with these lethal nasties in their real lifes, not in the funny lyric zone. I'd be slightly more careful here.

Nasty. A powerful record, I've heard some live footages and there it's even stronger. A good opportunity for Mr Keith to boast his ferocious vocal artistry. The foxy video is cool as well. 9.

The Day Is My Enemy. I've given this one a break, probably due to a multitude of listens I gave it when the album was yet unavailable. Drums are the strong point of that tune. 9.

Get Your Fight On. I don't care whether it is TMTTH+SMBU's replica or not. The vocals are slightly too mellow though. 8.5.

Rok-Weiler. This one's drawn my recent attention and I may call it a grower. The album's final rework is more appealing than the live versions.

If i didn't post something here, it means I'm still furnishing my further opinion. Respect due to all.

http://lemurai.lt/?p=7119

8/10

They Didn't like Invisible Sun and Beyond the death Ray.

http://www.redbrick.me/music/slider-mus ... -my-enemy/

It's rare to find someone who liked the album as a whole but not Beyond The Deathray. Google translate's failing me, but is the gist that they don't like it because it's a bit of instrumental filler, rather than because they dislike the track itself?

As i see it... they felt that these two tracks wasn't necessary bad but they are on their own genre and didn't fit with the whole other album material.

Was just about to post this. A very fair review I thought.

I'm both. I love the album but I never listen to BTD or indeed IS simply because they don't fit. But I do like them.

Unlike Omen Reprise which somehow came as a mood-fitting interlude in IMD, IS & BTD just don't fit with the rest on any level.

They are both good tracks, and enjoyable on their own, but they don't blend with the rest at all.

Not even as an interlude.

All my friends bought the album so its getting pretty popular atleast in north Jupiter

And yeah someone bought this because she found the fox cute, and she actually gave it a 10/10 rating and is in love with the Prodigy now, isnt that cute

http://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/ ... ight/56562

Not really a review but nice read.

That's something I wonder about, too.
I love old skool Prodigy for the atmosphere and wicked sounds, the arrangements and the expected bits, but these days people rather prefer their stuff to be "bangin" and all that. I don't see why it's necessary for the Prodigy to cater to this, as tons of other acts deliver the noise and banginess and all these other buzz word drenched things. But no band I know can combine atmosphere and feel of space with funk and powerful drums like Prodigy did in the 90's.
My perception of what makes a good Prodigy tune is completely different to most others, at least here on BK, it seems.

Since i post about the band only here.I always loved the ''bass boom'' you talk about.
Smack,BGAT,Poison,Funky shit,Girls,Narayan,Diesel Power,TDIME,Medicine,Destroy.
That is what im talking about.Never liked the Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix).Song's beats remind me of light milk.

MFTJG made me worship the band.Maybe one of the reasons i never liked IMD is because on some songs the beats did not sound as ''boom'' as in the past.I like WOF because of the piano part but the beats are weak compared to the past.
Same with Colours,Run With the Wolves,Invaders Must Die,Omen,Piranha.Only TMTTH,WD and Thunder sounded properly for me.
Dont anyone say that live they rock.We talk about what you will listen on a good sound system.

I would not mind if the melody or guitar is accompanied with a beat that makes the sound system cry.
But i agree with you on this : loud beats and loud sound alone do not make a song great.

I love the bass and beats too, that's why I'm more for the old shit. But I also love the way the tracks were written, certain vibes, the textures and "sound design", the funk in the drums, the surprising bits, the weird musicality and the perfect use of non-boring repetition. Usually people say it's banging, ripping faces of, it's the shit live etc.pp., which can be said about a lot of well produced electronic music. But yeah, especially about recent Prodigy stuff.

Yeah, this album is a classic for me. I will remember the "good old The Day" days 20 years to the future. I am very surprising Liam put this album out.

I agree with you both.

The "banger" pattern has fucked his production techniques, but now, obviously, according to the real BK fans you and me are trolls and need to be blocked from this site

I love the bass, the beats and the melodies
(aw man, that almost sounds like a line from Brooklyn Bounce, bah!)

Well, what impresses me the most is the complexity and the production of Prodigy tunes- that has always excited me. Liam has a great gift of both making something really complex work well together and the talent to make something simple sound interesting. And he is the master of maximising the bassdrum kick!

Anyway, it's not like I sit and wait for a great melody, but I do want a good riff. And I like Experience as much as any of their albums, but it is dated now. Out of Space, Hyperspeed and a few other tunes still hold up - the rest are pure nostalgia. Still nice to listen to, but it is from a whole other time - and that is very auditble.

MFTJG really defined their sound. The beats and the synths are what I'm in for! -For the most part (and that's a lot of it, yeah...) But it is the heritage of Jilted that really makes me love the band.

I feel like there's such a depth to this band. They have made a lot of different music - so much that "Electronic Punks" was a needed definition to explain how their music sounded at some point.

FOTL has some of the best produced tracks by the band. Production was tops on that one. For me they might have gone a little overboard on the rock-attitude on that album, but that might have been what made them so popular at the time. This album IS very appealing. Today I feel it does sound dated - at least compared to TDIME.

Even though Nasty really isn't that complex and it might have a dull contrast part in it (it was a let down for me at the many first listens), the new album as a whole still holds that ingenuity production wise - for the most part, anyway...

AONO had a lot of tracks! A lot of different vibes on there. Kind of skizofrenic - and that too much. Some tracks also sound dated on there and it does get a little too formularic at times. When I listen to it now I really feel very nostalgic about it though. It reminds me of many concerts. It's great. I hold this album very dear. But it probably is the weakest album overall musically. Jilted had an ending that (to me) feels quite different to the rest of the album, though not as skizefrenic as AONO. -And it works on Jilted because it is a special part of the album - the ending. Hell, Liam even named those tracks "The Narcotic Suite". It works!

IMD I like more than AONO. Back to basics with a more modern sound - on the title track it might feel a bit forced though. This was the album many people were waiting for. And it did feel like a very positive album (maybe even too positive for the prodigal sons). It holds some great tunes like FOTL did, but IMD feels like a more complete album for me actually. It might not be as interesting or fresh as Jilted (or even AONO) was, but it has those great tracks (World's on Fire, WD etc.). I really love that it felt like a band album again too, production was good, there was a clear red line throughout the album, there was great synth riffs, hooks, and banging beats again!

TDIME takes The Prodigy further down the road of band-albums. If IMD was FOTL part 2 - TDIME is FOTL part 3. I don't care about that though... This album has some darkness to it that IMD didn't have. This album doesn't bring a whole new Prodigy to us, but this album is different. It is darker than IMD, it is more current than FOTL, and all tracks are cut to the chase. There's no time for relaxing (which might be something you miss at times on the new album). It is beats, synths and vocals being quite minimal, but with Liams production it becomes complex with The Prodigy's sound. It does feel like The Prodigy anno 2015, which is a good thing. If we actually got FOTL part 2 or 3 it would be quite sad. This is fresher than that in my opinion.

Well, that's enough rambling for now