The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group established by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Method, as well as other acts, members of the Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide.
The group's brand of big beat music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, industrial and breakbeat in the early 1990s to electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The current band members include Liam Howlett (composer/keyboards), Keith Flint (dancer/vocalist) and Maxim (MC/vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer/very occasional live keyboards) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer/vocalist called Sharky who left the band during their early period. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s, and have since then achieved immense popularity and worldwide renown. Some of their most popular songs include "Charly", "Out of Space", "No Good (Start the Dance)", "Voodoo People", "Poison", "Firestarter", "Breathe", "Smack My Bitch Up", "Omen", "Spitfire", "Invaders Must Die" and "Warrior's Dance."
The name displayed on album covers changed from "The Prodigy" to "Prodigy" between Music for the Jilted Generation and The Fat of the Land in 1997 and back again with the release of Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned in 2004. However, Howlett has stated that the title has always been "The Prodigy." The change was made only to fit within the displayed logo, according to Howlett.
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• Always outnumbered, never outgunned (2004)
• Experience Expanded (2001)
• Prodigy Presents The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One (1999)
• The fat of the land (1997)
• Music for the jilted generation (1994)
• Experience (1992)
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• Charly (1991)
• What Evil Lurks (1991)
• Everybody in the Place (1992)
• Fire - Jericho (1992)
• Out Of Space (1992)
• No Good (Start The Dance) (1993)
• One Love (1993)
• Wind It Up (1993)
• Voodoo People (1994)
• Poison (1995)
• Breathe (1996)
• Firestarter (1996)
• Smack My Bitch Up (1997)
• Baby'S Got A Temper (2002)
