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The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land is an album by electronica act The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on July 1, 1997 (see 1997 in music).

The album cause some minor controversy in Britain. The video for first single, "Firestarter", caused a minor uproar because of vocalist Keith Flint's appearance, and several people objected to the seeming misogyny of "Smack My Bitch Up", though the band maintain that it was a humourous poke at gangsta rap.

"Mindfields" later appeared on the soundtrack of The Matrix, while "Smack My Bitch Up" has appeared in both Charlie's Angels movies.

Table of contents
1 Track listing
2 Charting singles
3 Personnel

Track listing

  1. "Smack My Bitch Up" (Howlett/Kool Keith/Miller/Randolph/Smith) - 5:42
  2. "Breathe" (Flint/Howlett/Maxim) - 5:35
  3. "Diesel Power" (Howlett/Kool Keith) - 4:17
  4. "Funky Shit" (Howlett) - 5:16
  5. "Serial Thrilla" (Arran/Flint/Howlett/Skin) - 5:11
  6. "Mindfields" (Howlett) - 5:40
  7. "Narayan" (Howlett/Mills) - 9:05
  8. "Firestarter" (Deal/Dudley/Flint/Horn/Howlett/Jeczalik/Langan/Morley) - 4:40
  9. "Climbatize" (Howlett) - 6:36
  10. "Fuel My Fire" (James/Knight/Sparks/Walsh) - 4:19

Charting singles

Album positions: 
1997  The Fat Of The Land      The Billboard 200                            No. 1
1997  Fat Of The Land          Top Canadian Albums                          No. 1
Singles positions: 
1997  Smack My Bitch Up        Canadian Singles Chart                       No. 12
1997  Firestarter              Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales           No. 11
1997  Smack My Bitch Up        Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales           No. 19
1997  Breathe                  Modern Rock Tracks                           No. 18
1997  Firestarter              Modern Rock Tracks                           No. 24
1997  Firestarter              The Billboard Hot 100                        No. 30

Personnel