IMD is clearly better. AONO is decent, and has some great tracks like Spitfire, Girls, and Wake Up Call. Overall though AONO is the step child out of Prodigy's children, the rest are all full-on Prodigy so IMD it is!...

an album without maxim or flint can never be as good as IMD

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The Prodigy are Liam, Keith and Maxim - I know that Liam is the brain but come on guys - when Keith and Maxim are not there it's just not the same. I really liked the pre-AONO era with tracks like Nuclear, Trigger and all the sounds on their pre-AONO site and then I was a bit disappointed with the actual record. It's still an amazing album but I just did not had that special feeling when I heard it for the first time - it could easily be a compilation of good electronic artists and that's it. Well it's def a grower and now I love listening to it but I guess that's mostly cause I know that they moved forward and they're on the right track again.

IMD on the other hand was really special with all the hype before it was released - I remember watching those videos from the Birmingham gig and I was like whoaaa! WOF, Warriors Dance - fucking huge tunes man! Then we got the album and it was so massive - I could not believe how damn good it was.

so if I was not clear enough....IMD all the way!

I listen to AONO more on cd than IMD, however I've heard IMD more live and buzz off it, so its IMD in that respect. I have stated elsewhere that IMD is probably 5th fave, but solely on live experiences it's better than AONO. AONO stil has a more unique feel to it, not so mainstream.