![]() The Criminal Justice Bill sought to make raves, or ‘music with repetitive beats’ illegal. Although no band has ever really come close for courting such widespread controversy as The Sex Pistols did in 1977, early 1990s rave music and culture spread fear throughout a conservative middle England. Then, in 1994, came Music For The Jilted Generation: an album that is all at once emblematic of its time, and yet manages to skilfully transcend the early 1990’s rave scene by many decades. ![]() The large succession of single releases from Experience meant that critics did write it and the band off at the time though. It’s all chaotic, hyper experimental and very, very British. AC/DC mingles with LuLu, Kate Bush with Aswad, Run DMC and Arthur Brown. ![]() Although it was a debut very much of its time, Experience has so many layers and facets to it, so much awareness of the type of samples used, that you cannot just dismiss it as ‘kiddy rave’. Music For The Jilted Generation came two years after The Prodigy’s debut album, Experience. Album Review: The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
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