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- Date Released: January 1, 1991
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Electronic Experimental
- Label: XL Recordings
Firestarters twist a PSA into a dark dance gem.
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We Say...
The Prodigy could be Exhibit A in the case claiming that rave, far from being anti-rock like techno and house, was in fact a futuristic reinvention of rock. From hardcore classics like "Everybody in the Place" to the digi-punk of "Firestarter," the essence of the Prodigy is a teenage rampage of bring-the-noise mayhem. "Charly" was a Top 3 hit in the UK in August 1991, and spawned the subgenre of "toytown rave" — tunes that sampled children's TV shows. "Charly" pilfers a Public Information Film advising children how to avoid getting lost: "Charly says, 'Always tell your mummy before you go off somewhere,'" the kid says, translating the words of a cartoon cat. The joke here is the idea of UK teenagers sneaking off to raves to get up to things that would horrify their parents. Charly's meow is also turned into a killer riff by Prodigy main-man Liam Howlett and is heard to best effect on the "Alley Cat" mix, where it becomes a blare of MDMA-activating noise.
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| 01. |  |
Charly (Original Mix) |
3:59 |
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| 02. | |
Pandemonium |
4:27 |
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| 03. | |
Your Love |
6:02 |
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| 04. | |
Charly (Alley Cat Mix) |
5:22 |
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04 Total Tracks, 19:50 Total Length
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