Was Leftfield Leftism the best album ever?

[chico enrico]

jesus! was that the inner of the gatefold sleeve?

that is possibly THEE most excruciatingly cringeworthy thing I have ever seen.

If i was ever faced with such a 'choice' i'd jump straight into the raveen with a smile on my face.

 

[butchersapron]

That is just...amazing. Please tell me it's real.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

he's giving the finger to the man!?

 

[chico enrico]

Actually, I was running a club when Leftfield 'Not Forgotten' came out. I thought 'Not Forgotten' was utter shite, but as we were offered Leftfield as a PA for about £200 (at the time about £600 which was cheap) by the booking agents we had just been taken on by we put them on as we wanted to get some decent (Detroit/Chicago) acts they were handling. Leftfield were total crap and had pretty much the same effect on the vibe of the club as letting a few stinkbombs off on the dancefloor would have had.

that whole 'prohressive house' scene they were part of was total tosh. 'mogadon house', ponytails, leather trousers, motorcycle boots and pirate shirts - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

 

[Sadken]

I had completely forgotten that pic. Very thank you.

 

[chico enrico]

That is just...amazing. Please tell me it's real.

funnily enough, it sort of reminds me of the sort of artwork Deek's wee brother used to do for Oi Polloi records, though at least they were MEANT to be ridiculous and a laugh.

 

[chico enrico]

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I'd forgotten that classic piece of political art

 

[Orang Utan]

I think that artwork is amazing! In what way is it bad? Shame about the music though.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I thought that was soooooooooo cool at the time

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I think that artwork is amazing! In what way is it bad? Shame about the music though.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I think that artwork is amazing! In what way is it bad? Shame about the music though.

It's so cheesy and simplistic, especially as the Prodigy, self-admittedly, didn't give a fuck about the environmental/road protest etc type side of things at the time (CJB), only about the rave aspect.

On the other hand, I think Jilted Generation as an album is a great bit of mainstream techno.

 

[skyscraper101]

It's one of my favourite albums ever along with dunobass and second toughest in the infants.

I've also got a framed Leftism poster in my living room which I imported from the states. Looks like this, but with a black frame:

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Jilted Generation certainly has top tunes on it, but no way did they believe any of that stuff.

Which has reminded me of someone else - Coldcut. Let Us Play.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

why this revisionism? leftfield were top, so were the prodg, rave was top banana and we were all on one (nice one top one get sorted )

 

[Orang Utan]

It's so cheesy and simplistic, especially as the Prodigy, self-admittedly, didn't give a fuck about the environmental/road protest etc type side of things at the time (CJB), only about the rave aspect.

On the other hand, I think Jilted Generation as an album is a great bit of mainstream techno.

The Prodigy were cheesy and simplistic - and so what if they weren't protestors? The picture is of a raver preventing the police from stopping a party. I can't see any other political message there.
and you seem to be confused about what techno is. Prodigy were a rave band. I've never heard any techno material from them.

 

[chico enrico]

actually, the artist should have just gone for laughs and had the guy baring his arse at the coppers and everyone at the 'rave' engaged in a mass cluster-fuck on a mountain of white powder.

 

[chico enrico]

'your love' by the prodigy is a brilliant track.
come awn!

 

[Orang Utan]

'your love' by the prodigy is a brilliant track.
come awn!

it's wicked, Out Of Space is good too, though overplayed.

 

[skyscraper101]

Everybody in the place (fairground mix) anyone?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

They've always been the best when they've stuck to their utilitarian rave roots, which is why the whole embarrassing hippy idealism really doesn't suit them.

 

[Orang Utan]

what embarrassing hippu idealism?

 

[skyscraper101]

I really thought that hippy vs police artwork was so cool when I was 15.

Now it looks really pants. But it was of its era so I forgive them.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

what embarrassing hippu idealism?

"Rave" as a whole alternative worldview to "the mainstream"? A "counterculture" if you will? A distinct society that can be isolated from everything that is bad with a clear burning, or severing, of bridges?

I don't know, I know you're smart but sometimes I feel you're deliberately playing dumb....

 

[Orang Utan]

"Rave" as a whole alternative worldview to "the mainstream"? A "counterculture" if you will? A distinct society that can be isolated from everything that is bad with a clear burning, or severing, of bridges?

I don't know, I know you're smart but sometimes I feel you're deliberately playing dumb....

it's just a pic of a raver cutting a bridge to stop the cops coming over - I don't think you can read hippy idealism into it unless you really want to

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I don't see how anyone can possibly not read those ideas into it unless they just look at it and say "lol picture".

 

[Orang Utan]

even so, I don't think it's fair to criticise The Prodigy for not caring about road protests and the CJA, just cos they put that pic in their album.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Eh?

 

[Orang Utan]

that's what RD seemed to be saying, which is what I was taking issue with in the first place

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Oh.

I don't think they were particularly political (which was why I mentioned Coldcut as a counterpoint) but not because of the album art.