The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die Album Review

Invaders Must Die is the fifth studio album by British electronic act The Prodigy.

As one of the most successful and respected dance groups of recent times, this album sees the return of both Keith Flint and Maxim to the fold for their most exciting album to date. Included are collaborations with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and James Rushent (Does It Offend You Yeah, a British electronic rock band).
It is the first studio album released by the band since 2004’s “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned” and is the first Prodigy album since 1997’s “The Fat of the Land” to feature all three members of the band.

The album works really well as a whole, it defiantly brings the Prodigy sound up to date, but will please fans of the early nineties material too. The Prodigy are defiantly back!

The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die Track Listing

Standard edition

1. “Invaders Must Die” - 4:55
2. “Omen” - 3:36
3. “Thunder” - 4:08
4. “Colours” - 3:27
5. “Take Me to the Hospital” - 3:39
6. “Warrior’s Dance” - 5:12
7. “Run with the Wolves” - 4:24
8. “Omen Reprise” - 2:142
9. “World’s on Fire” - 4:50
10. “Piranha” - 4:05
11. “Stand Up” - 5:35

Japanese edition bonus tracks

12. “Black Smoke” - 3:26
13. “Fighter Beat” - 3:32

iTunes bonus tracks

12. “Invaders Must Die (Chase And Status Remix)” - 5:09
13. “Omen (Edit)” - 3:14
14. Track By Track Talk Through - 16:44

The Lost Beats EP (Bonus Disc)1

1. “The Big Gundown” - 4:21
2. “Black Smoke” - 3:26
3. “Wild West” - 4:15
4. “Fighter Beat” - 3:32

Bonus DVD

1. “Invaders Must Die” - (video)
2. “Omen” - (video)
3. “World’s On Fire” - (live video)
4. “Warriors Dance” - (live video)

The first track, also entitled “Invaders Must Die“, was released as a free download from the band’s website on the November 26, coinciding with its first airing on Zane Lowe’s show, as his “Hottest Record in the World”.
“Omen” was the first single released off the album on February 16. It peaked at #4 on UK Singles Chart.

Amazon.co.uk Review

Invaders Must Die finds the Prodigy line-up of Liam Howlett, Keith Flint, and Maxim Reality back together on record for the first time since 2002’s ill-fated, subsequently disowned “Baby’s Got A Temper”. This doesn’t mark a return to the bad old days of punk-rave cabaret, though. No, in fact, Invaders Must Die finds The Prodigy delving even further back into their history, an attempt to recapture the heady rave vibes, one-finger keyboard riffs, and concussive breakbeats of 1992’s Experience and its epochal follow-up, 1994’s Music For A Jilted Generation. True, sometimes it feels a little too transparent in its eagerness to recapture past glories: “Thunder”, with its loping reggae vocal, is undeniably Howlett on form, but it apes the formula of 1992’s “Out Of Space” a little too closely for comfort. Still, the likes of “Omen” and “Take Me To The Hospital” are agreeably back-to-basics cuts that merge nagging melodies and fairground waltzer queasiness with a weighty production job that renders them muscular enough to compete on a level playing field with Justice, Pendulum, et al. “Run With The Wolves” is the one track that harks strongly back to Fat Of The Land, a gnarled, rocky number with Dave Grohl on live drums that finds Keith Flint claiming to be “hung like a hound”. The closing “Stand Up” is a late surprise, meanwhile, a euphoric set-closer with hints of Screamadelica-era Primal Scream. Louis Pattison

‘Invaders Must Die’ is perhaps the most honest and strongest album since ‘Fat of the Land’.
It is without a doubt one of the best dance album in about 15 years and hopefully will bring life back into the rave scene.

The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die Album Information

Released in United Kingdom on February 23, 2009, in United States on March 3, 2009
Recorded February 2006 - November 2008, London, New York
Genre Big beat, Electropunk, Industrial, Hardcore techno, Electronica, Rave
Label Take Me to the Hospital, Cooking Vinyl
Producer Liam Howlett