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Music for the Jilted Generation

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Prodigy

July 04, 1994
Quite simply put... this album is in classic territory and is still relevant in 2008. Much of it live at T in the Park in 199.. something was my introduction to how live music should sound! Pioneering. If you are the new Jilted Generation get out there and buy it, you won't regret it!

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The Fat of the Land

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Prodigy

June 30, 1997


music+beat+lyrics. that says it all!! 2 thumbs up!

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Singles 1993-2003

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: Chemical Brothers

January 05, 2004
This was such a bargain. Arrived in excellent condition, really quickly and was cheaper to buy as a CD than just downloading the tracks I really like from any download site.

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Experience

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Prodigy

September 28, 1992
I would not say the other reviewer is much of a prodigy fan if he cant hear the difference in the remastering ! sounds better than ever, and although some of the bonus remixes / additional tracks are not up to the prodigy polished touch - the ruff in the jungle and weather experience remixes more than make up for it. An excellent introduction to early 90s 'dance' music.

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Let's Get Killed

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by: David Holmes

March 15, 1999
Why is David Holmes so relativly unknown, even after producing work of this jaw dropping quality, when his emulators, such as Fat Boy Slim get so huge? This album just makes old Norm seem so...crass. Subtle, delicate, groovy and oh-so-cool, this album is a film, it's a huge hollywood blocbuster without pictures. It feels not like a collection of seperate tracks, but a continual narrative. An album in the truest sense of the word. I came across Holmes by accident and now just want everything he's ever done.
Buy this buy this buy this buy this.

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Exit Planet Dust

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Chemical Brothers

June 26, 1995
i have all the albums (apart from we are the night) and i think this has to be the best. yes the beats are quite simple, but they are genius! very addictive listening if your in the mood.

tracks 1-6 are quite simply brilliant. "leave home" is a brilliant start to the album and probably their best piece of work. another track is "three little birdies down beats" this is very repetitive, but is a tune which will get you dancing. "f*ck up beats" is basically a follow up beat to "chemical beats" and they both mix in very well. from track 6 onwards the pace of album slows and is more relaxed, track 10 is very weird but is something different to listen to.

if you havent got this album then buy it! i worried that it may sound dated but ... Read More:

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Dig Your Own Hole

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Chemical Brothers

April 07, 1997
Way back when, this was one of the defining big beat albums. Massive percussion, explosions etc underneath layers of almost discordant samples and loops. It broke the Brothers into the mainstream with Block Rockin Beats leading the way on the radio, and Setting Sun ticking the celebrity vocals box.

Ten years on, this remains a cracking album. The tracks merge into one soundtrack, which veers between the plaintive Where Do I Begin to the real hardcore mid section of the album. Sometimes you get a nice neat packaged chorus sing a long, and sometimes you get a real mashup of noise. But the quality shines through. And if you turn it up all the way to 11, then it becomes just awesome, the subtleties, the balance of the different layers, brilliant.... ... Read More:

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Decksandrumsandrockaroll

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: Propellerheads

December 01, 2002
Every so often, an album of truly funky genius pops up and makes you want to write a movie just to set scenes to the songs. Unfortunately for anyone just arriving at the Propellerheads' seminal work, you've largely been beaten to it. Rarely a year goes by when there's no film released with at least a few bars from this album hidden away on it.

Where, to give just one example, would The Matrix have been without Spybreak to accompany the excellent `Government Lobby' scene?

This album shines from the opening bars of Take California, right through to the Jungle Brothers' remix of the same track (though cleverly renamed `You Want It Back') over an hour later. There are some lull's, but never a moment when you are not being taken on a tour of how ... Read More:

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Come with Us

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: Chemical Brothers

January 28, 2002
When asked "What is your favourite Chemical Brothers album?" most people say Dig Your Own Hole. Although that album is among one of the great electronic albums, this release is much more innovative and cultural with hits such as "It Began in Afrika" and "The Test" featuring Richard Ashcroft. Come with Us easily fits into my top ten favourite albums and I recommend it to any fan of electronic music.

My favourite tracks in the album - Star Guitar, The Test, My Elastic Eye

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Surrender

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Big Beat
by: The Chemical Brothers

June 21, 1999
What an album! Great for getting ready for a night out, blasting in the car, or pretty much anytime when you want to feel good.
classic