Invaders Must Die [LP] [LP]

Spin (p.78) - "INVADERS MUST DIE is a stirringly workmanlike, if retro, blast of founder/producer Liam Howlett's anthemic breakbeat spazz." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.50) - "Reality steals the show on 'Thunder' by breathing some muscle-bound melody into the mix, then helps 'World's On Fire' stutter and slam home its point." Q (Magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Prodigy's fifth studio album sounds -- instantly, from the jagged synth riff and pounding drum break of the opening title track -- just like The Prodigy should. Only leaner, harder, and even faster than before." Mojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Reintroducing the bleeps, synth riffs and chipmunk vocals of their early '90s hardcore roots alongside scuzzy rock, these tracks are full of peaks, breakdowns and hard returns..." Blender (Magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "If anyone has the right to reboot the manic keyboard riffs and overheated breakbeats of the era, it's them. Sure, it's nostalgic, but the rave flashbacks punch the right note of crazed jubilation..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The highlight has to be the hinged 'Take Me To The Hospital,' which marries ecstasy rush-triggering rave in the style of 'Out Of Space' to a vicious industrial 'Firestarter' back line." Clash (Magazine) (p.96) - "[I]t's 'Take Me To The Hospital' that opens the floodgates for this fifth studio album's most euphoric highs....The album's middle section continues to impress with the savagely boisterous 'Run With The Wolves'..."

前作ではMCとして出番のなかったキースもマキシムも復帰。よくよく考えてみると、3人が揃ったアルバムは何と97年の〈カニ〉以来!　それでテンションがアガったわけじゃないだろうけど、5年ぶりとなるこの新作にはやたらと熱が込められている。けたたましいサイレンのようなシンセ、重量感と多彩なパターンを持つビート、MC2人の見事なコンビネーションが揃い、彼らの活動を総括したような仕上がり。激アツです!
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