Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy
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53 out of 100

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  • Summary: Once one of the top dance/electronica acts in the world, The Prodigy topped the UK charts in 1997 with 'The Fat of the Land' and then... nothing. Until now. After their 2002 comeback single "Baby's Got A Temper" flopped, Prodigy leader Liam Howlett scrapped the album in progress, jettisoned vocalists Keith Flint and Maxim Reality, and took a second stab at recording, enlisting Liam Gallagher, Twista and Juliette Lewis to sing, rap, and howl over what eventually became 'Always Outnumbered.'… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. Filter
    82
    This is nowhere near a bad album. [#12, p.95]
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    If electroclash left you cold... then this is, idealistically, how it should have sounded.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Trouble is, although forced to move on, Howlett had nowhere particular to go, and so much of this album sees him squatting on the floors of other acts. [14 Aug 2004, p.47]
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  4. Pitchfork
    39
    Outgunned is a mess of unfocused energy and uncomfortably irrelevant sonics, an odd mix of cartoonish immediacy and tired youth-cult ideas that would be the perfect soundtrack to Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie: The Movie.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 6 out of 29
  1. yy
    10
    good fucking album.
  2. PaulF
    8
    I put off buying this album for so long. I loved FOTL but I just didn't think i'd enjoy an album that took such a panning by almost everyone, plus offloading keith flint & maxim reality. But how wrong was I? It was only when a mate played it full blast on his stereo that I came to realise how good it is. As soon as I heard Spitfire I just knew I'd love the rest of the album, and I did. Definately one to get.… Expand
  3. gdubya
    7
    Though grating and abrasive most of the time, at least one can't say Liam hasn't reinvented the Prodge's sound here on AONO. The "band" can only take a step backwards from perfection; after the first 2 brilliant albums, the better-than-average 3rd, and this puncher, hope still exists that Liam and crew will shine again.… Expand
  4. Palp
    4
    A truly weak record from a group that has an otherwise great catalogue of work. Two or three decent songs can't save an album full of questionable choices (Juliette Lewis on vocals) and melodies that just weren't appealing to me.… Expand

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