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Studio album by the Prodigy
Released 30 June 1997
Studio
Strongroom (London)
Earthbound (Braintree, Essex)
Genre
Big beat[1]electropunk[2]electronic rock[3]techno[4]electronica[4]dance-rock[5]
Length 56:21[4]
Label XL
Producer Liam Howlett
The Prodigy chronology
Music for the Jilted Generation
(1994) The Fat of the Land
(1997) The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One
(1999)

The Fat of the Land is the third studio album by English electronic music group the Prodigy, released on 30 June 1997 through XL Recordings. The album received critical acclaim and topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It has sold over 10 million copies worldwide as of 2019.[6][7] It is their best-selling album.

Background, artwork and album title
While Liam Howlett is generally responsible for the compositions and Maxim Reality is featured on two tracks, this is the first record to include contributions by Keith Flint. The Fat of the Land album cover featured an image of a halloween moon crab[8] and a new logo, dropping `The` and adding an ant silhouette. The album title comes from the old English phrase `living off the fat of the land`, which means living well or being wealthy.[9]
Legacy
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [4]
Entertainment Weekly B[14]
The Guardian [15]
Los Angeles Times [5]
The New Zealand Herald [16]
NME 8/10[17]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 (1999)[18]
5.9/10 (2018)[19]
Q [20]
Rolling Stone [21]
Spin 7/10[22]
The album has been featured in a number of music publication lists:

In 1998, Q magazine readers voted The Fat of the Land the ninth greatest album of all time. In 2000, Q placed it at number 47 in its list of the 100 greatest British albums ever.[citation needed] It has also been ranked number 43 in Q`s `Best 50 Albums of Q`s Lifetime` list,[23] and was included in their `90 Best Albums of the 1990s`[24] and `50 Best Albums of 1997` lists.[25]
Rolling Stone included it in their `Essential Recordings of the 90s` list.[26]
Spin ranked it number 20 on their list of the `Top 20 Albums of the Year [1997]` list.[27]
Melody Maker ranked it number 13 on their list of `Albums of the Year` for 1997[28] and number 29 in their 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics` Poll.[29]
NME ranked it number 17 in their 1997 Critics` Poll.[30]
In 2000 it was voted number 269 in Colin Larkin`s All Time Top 1000 Albums.[31]
Heavy metal-focused magazine Metal Hammer included it in their 2020 list of the top 10 1997 albums, citing it as `the point at which rave culture collided with metal culture`.[32]
The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die,[33] and was nominated for the 1997 Mercury Music Prize.[34]

Following Flint`s death on 4 March 2019, fans used the hashtag `Firestarter4Number1` on various social media platforms to replicate the song`s success by getting it to the number one spot again; which was done out of respect for Keith Flint and to raise awareness of suicide among men.[35] Shortly afterwards, `Firestarter` returned to the Billboard charts, entering number 13 on its Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in its 26 March 2019 issue, marking the first time that this song has appeared on a dance chart of any kind.[36]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Smack My Bitch Up` (featuring Shahin Badar)
Liam HowlettCedric MillerTrevor RandolphMaurice SmithKeith Thornton
5:42
2. `Breathe`
HowlettKeith FlintKeith Palmer
5:35
3. `Diesel Power` (featuring Kool Keith)
HowlettThornton
4:17
4. `Funky Shit`
HowlettMichael DiamondAdam HorovitzAdam Yauch
5:16
5. `Serial Thrilla`
HowlettFlintLeonard ArranDeborah Dyer
5:11
6. `Mindfields`
HowlettPalmer
5:40
7. `Narayan` (featuring Crispian Mills)
HowlettCrispian Mills
9:05
8. `Firestarter`
HowlettFlintKim DealAnne DudleyTrevor HornGary LanganJonathan JeczalikPaul Morley
4:41
9. `Climbatize`
HowlettTimothy Taylor
6:38
10. `Fuel My Fire` (L7 cover; featuring Saffron)
Donita SparksPeter JonesRoss KnightBill Walsh
4:19
Total length: 56:27

Personnel
The Prodigy

Keith Flint – vocals (`Breathe`, `Serial Thrilla`, `Firestarter`, `Fuel My Fire`)
Liam Howlett – keyboards, synthesizers, sampling, programming
Maxim Reality – vocals (`Breathe`, `Mindfields`)
Leeroy Thornhill – dancing (no musical contributions, appears in liner note photos and music videos only)
Additional musicians

Shahin Badar – vocals (`Smack My Bitch Up`)
Kool Keith – vocals (`Diesel Power`)
Crispian Mills – vocals (`Narayan`)
Saffron – vocals (`Fuel My Fire`)
Gizz Butt – guitars (`Fuel My Fire`)
Jim Davies – guitars (`Breathe`, `Firestarter`)
Matt Cameron – drums (`Narayan`)
Tom Morello – guitars (`No Man Army`)
Other personnel

Liam Howlett – production, engineering, mixing, art direction
Neil McLellan – engineering
Christian Ammann – photography
JAKe – illustrations
Alex Jenkins – art direction, design, photography
Pat Pope – photography
Alex Scaglia – photography
Lou Smith – photography
Terry Whittaker – photography
Konrad Wothe – photography
Mike Champion – management
Cover versions
In 2004, Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons covered `Firestarter` on his second solo album, Asshole. `Firestarter` was also covered by Sepultura on their album Kairos, and by Jimmy Eat World on their EP Firestarter.
In 2007, Kula Shaker, led by Crispian Mills, incorporated elements from `Climbatize` and `Narayan` (the lyrics of which were written by Mills) in the song `Song of Love / Narayana` from the album Strangefolk.[38]