yes now we're talkin

Timebomb deserves music vid defo, but I'm trying to not overplay it like I did with LUTS/WLF, can't wait to see live reception

fav tunes today :

Champions (intro is so edgy, waaah! sounds kill me everytime, it's fast, rokweiler-ish chaos, can't go wrong with that, who the fuk is Eddy bits fit here nicely)
Resonate (well from 2:02 onwards)
Fight fire (raise yo fist and reverse the waaaar, I dig those lyrics now)

trying to force myself to like Boom Tap, struggling still tried on headphones - nope, huge speakers - nothing, car - little headbang...I like milonakis sample, liked first live clips of it because Maxim was on it and they were short, but the full thing is just...basic and goes nowhere during 4 minutes

my only criticism about this album right now is that alvin & chipmunks are everywhere

Guess im one of the few who is blown away by give me a signal.

An album closer.

Mix jilted tunes with aono drums and the fat riff with Keith and a pop songer singing pop lines.

This sounds like a really bad mix. Like mixing jellybeans candy with steak, potatoes, icecream and pizzasauce in a mixer. You expect to get somethig that disappoints you, but out comes glitter and gold.

This track is still the best one in my opinion. Holy shit, Liam gambled hard and got it right.

I expected some poppy song with similar feels of shoot down but i got one of my absolute favorite tracks of all time. We live forever and resonate is up there too but this track is just amazing, especially when it sounds riskfull.

2:34 to 3:11 is the No Tourists of this album. Not the No Tourists, but this one. Watching the cover and listening to this part of give me no signal.. this part.. it made the album for me.

Its like the bus is the taxi that i called. The tune is the taxi coming closer and closer, letting me in, there is Liam with sunglasses chewing bubblegum staring at me and without warning the bus drives away at full speed making me lose my balance.

Having lived through all eras I think the first 3 were met with very positive and some times very enthusiastic approach from critics and fans. I don't think there was a single soul that dissed FOTL. It was more of a struggle to pick a couple of songs that you hated rather than the modern struggle of picking a couple of tracks that you like especially from the last 2 eras.

I was hoping for something like this to drop really soon. EXCELENT

Well you were correct. The Ebay listing said "Your order will be despatched 4 days before release on 02/11/2018". Here we are on release day and I haven't even had an email to say they've even posted it yet. According to eBay "Estimated delivery Fri, 02 Nov - Tue, 06 Nov". Piss poor situation. These companies know people want stuff on release day when they've preordered. I took the risk knowing if it was late I'd be able to hear the album on streaming services. Saved myself £12 in postage anyway (if it ever turns up).

ZOOM.CO.UK web site is owned by Universal Pictures with its parent NBCUniversal International Limited. At least it's a big company so I doubt they've stolen my money.

^ Annoying gits ^ I guess that's the thing with free postage


https://www.instagram.com/p/BprjURZlkAZ some proofs available from 11pm tonite

Narcotic Suite, even after nearly 25 years, is still one of my favorite runs of any album ever and in heavy rotation on my playlists. It's seriously EDM at it's finest.

Pretty certain they're doing a Chicago festival in 2019 and I will be camping to get my hands on one of their posters for sure.

Can you hear me is definitely the best track on this album- even if some bits seem missing.




Ahh! I swore I’d never go back to Chicago after I was there for the invaders gig. Hoping for a Denver gig. I wish they’d step foot in Minneapolis for once..

Noticing all the hostility from pages ago yesterday is gone!

WOW!!!

Just received the album this morning, fucking Christ above!!! I've had to buy 50 pairs of pants because i keep jizzing them!! Based on the pre release tracks 'We Live Forever' is on top but after listening to 'No Tourists' i am torn like a pair of trousers on an extremely fat bastard

Next door neighbour has had a gutsful of me today, flat out tunes pumping all day and still going

Absolutely not. Am loving 'Give Me A Signal' too, nasty, dirty, acidic and hard. LOVING IT!!! Top production once again from Liam.

Holy shit I remember meeting you there! If it makes you feel better, Congress was the crappiest venue in Chicago and has since been condemned. If they did a venue set, It'd likely be with another EDM titan at Aragon Ballroom. Otherwise, they'll be doing a festival (likely this would be one of the events Liam mentioned "we're already booked for"). Chicago Open Air makes sense because there are two metal fests during the same weekend ran by the same company. The other one will be in Columbus. They could pay up for Prodigy to play both.

Yeah I’m quite surprised the usual suspects haven’t crawled out of their holes to give any of the naysayers any shit. I was on the receiving end myself when I criticised TDIME upon release.

Need Some1 - neutral - hate some of the sounds
Light Up the Sky - neutral - sounds messy/noisy at times; those millisecond cut-outs annoy me
We Live Forever - love - nothing else to say
No Tourists - neutral - lyrics too simplistic, not a fan of some of the sounds
Fight Fire with Fire - neutral - great beats, not so great vocals
Timebomb Zone - like - not a fan of some of the transitions between parts
Champions of London - neutral - lyrics are more cringe than normal, but banging beats. Want instrumental badly
Boom Boom Tap - hate - live version sounded like it had more drums and sounded more fast pace. Album version sounds slow, doesn't flow well, absolutely hate some of the sounds
Resonate - dislike - hate the way the lyrics are sung, don't like some of the sounds
Give Me a Signal - like - pretty good beats, lyrics don't suck

Best to worst

We Live Forever
Timebomb Zone
Give Me a Signal
Fight Fire with Fire
Champions of London
Need Some1
Light Up the Sky
No Tourists
Resonate
Boom Boom Tap

Overall Pros

Great variety in track style. No track sounds the same.
Tracks get straight to the point. Not too long. Tracks on MFTJG and AONO just draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaged on forever.
This album came quickly and it shows Liam's not afraid to experiment.

Overally Cons

Most lyrics are cringe, even for the Prodigy.
Some sounds (not songs overall) are VERY annoying or just sound bad.
Boom Boom Tap is not a style of song that fits with Liam.

Verdict

Feeling neutral about the album as a whole. I think Prodigy should play the full album on tour and gradually remove tracks leaving only We Live Forever and Light Up the Sky in the setlist with maybe Timebomb Zone and an edited lyric version of Champions of London.

Personal album position

FOTL > MFTJG > Experience > IMD > TDIME > No Tourists > AONO