The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die

The Prodigy were once one of the most vital forces in music. Back in 1997, it seemed like a minor miracle that they managed to crash land a pair of singles with some seriously bizarre and frightening music videos (Keith Flint's haircut in "Firestarter," Maxim Reality's contacts in "Breathe") into the mainstream Top 40.

A lot has changed in pop music a dozen years after the fact, and unfortunately The Prodigy haven't. Liam Howlett is still mixing acid house and big beat with rock samples to get the party started, helped for the first time since The Fat Of The Land by vocalists/hypemen, Flint and Reality.

Invaders Must Die doesn't really push any boundaries the way the group's first trio of albums did. But it does re-establish them as the premiere purveyors and dance floor meets mosh-pit bangers. Their sound might be out of step with the times, but Invaders pops with more energy than anything most of their "electronica" contemporaries have had on offer lately.

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