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February 25, 2009

CRITICS ARE RAVING ABOUT THE PRODIGY'S NEW CD "INVADERS MUST DIE"!

“Nobody does The Prodigy like The Prodigy, and it’s a joy to have them back on all cylinders.” - Clash – 8/10, March 2009

“It’s hard to imagine many better records being release this year.” - London Lite, 5/5, 16th February 2009

“It is, quite simply, the big, brilliant, dumb rave album we have secretly want them to make for the past ten years.” - The Times, 4/5, 20th February 2009

“Seeing as your our generation’s probably never felt more jilted, we need The Prodigy.” - Loud and Quiet, 8/10 February 2009

“There’s still plenty of life left in the UK’s most influential rave beast.” - IDJ 10/10, March 2009

“What Howlett has done is perfect a sort of nostalgic futurism, a prism through which we can access those pleasures we’ve already enjoyed and look forward to those we don’t know about yet.” - Word – March 2009

“It’s great to have them back.” – Mixmag, 4/5, March 2009

“These party monsters and pop annihilators are still havin’ it, then – and making everyone want some too.” - Metro, 23rd February 2009

“A luminous trouser wearing, get off your face rave mash up of a long player.” - Look, 4/5, 23rd February 2009

“The twisted firestarters, red hot and raving again.” - The Observer 22nd February 2009

“You suspect that even Prodigy mainstay Liam Howlett wasn’t expecting his group to make another album as good as this.” - The Times, Playlist, 21st February 2009

“The Prodigy do what The Prodigy do, and have always done best: making stooped dance music to do your nut in.” - NME, 7/10, 21st February 2009

“This is a fully cohesive collection of turbo-chafed, old-skool rave-inspired anthems that fulfils their obvious mission statement: we ain’t finished yet.” - Zoo, 4/5, 20th February 2009

“A suitably lacerating mix for the most pulverising, pummelling and pleasuring rockers in the land.” - Daily Mirror, 4/5, 20th February 2009

“Few could contest there’s life in the old ravers yet.” - Shortlist, 19th February 2009

“As stupidly cool and relevant as their former glories.” - Mizz, 5/5 19th February 2009

“Will have everyone feeling young and angry again plus win the band a new generation of fans.” - News of The World, 4/5, 22nd February 2009

“Essex rave-rockers snap back into life. The Prodigy have rained down fire on the moronic nu-rave scene that’s sprung up in their wake.” - Kerrang!, 4/5, 21st February 2009

“The Prodge recapture some former hardcore rave glories.” - Record Collector March 2009

“As incendiary as ever.” - Harper’s Bazaar March 2009

“The Prodigy are back and they are here to dig up your dancing soul. Lock up EVERYTHING” - Clash - February 2009

“As devastating as you could hope for” - Mixmag – February 2009

“No other band has the crossover appeal of The Prodigy” - Kerrang – 3rd January 2009

“A fine, beat-blasting return.” - Kerrang! 3rd January 2009

“A frantic mash-up of breaks, rave and rock power all delivered in with the punk attitude that we know and love them for.” – DJ – January 2009

“The Prodigy are back! And boy is it a welcome return.” - IDJ – January 2009

“The Prodigy haven’t changed – they’ve just added enough new cusses to run up a national debt at the swear box.” **** – The Guardian - 16th December 2008 (Live Review)

“Brutal, skilful, faster, harder and more alive than ever before – the prodigal sons returned in style.” – Daily Star – 13th December 2008 (Live Review)

“Savage breakbeats, guitar hooks and plenty of swagger. It sounds like the second coming of the Jilted Generation.” - Metro – 12th December 2008

“The Prodigy are back to their best.” **** - The Daily Telegraph – 11th December 2008 (Live Review)

“The Prodigy can fairly be described as the techno equivalent of U2 or Oasis.” **** - The Independent (Live Review)

“They’re baaack! The masters of the dance-rock hybrid are about to show us who the real daddies of the genre are!” - Kerrang! – 6th December 2008

“11 tracks of rock-infused dance mayhem which might just remove your head cleanly from your shoulders.” - Kerrang! – 8th November 2008

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