I knew I physically couldn't sit in my room any more, and for the first time in my life I listened to someone else and realised I actually needed help.
Neil said we had to get out, get back to London. Nat (his wife and All Saints member) was doing her own record so we weren't spending a lot of time together, but there were always dogs to stroke and videos to watch and gardens to walk 'round, so I didn't ever feel like I was at work-I was too laid-back. Eventually Neil McLellan pointed out that we'd been in the studio for four months without having anything to show for it. Tomorrow is going to be the day', but nothing ever happened. I used to go to bed every night thinking 'Tomorrow, I'm going to write the tune. My studio is crammed with equipment, but I ended up feeling I was being overcome by it all-it was just too much. He returned to Essex in 2001 to resume work on the record, but after six songs were written, he hired producer Neil McLellan, moving to a house after four months and then returning to the original studio: He initially took a break in 2000, to "go out with my mates and get drunk". Īlthough the production process started in 1998, Howlett disliked the sound of the new album.
THE PRODIGY ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED NEVER OUTGUNNED PRO
Moet Mastered, Damian Taylor, and Emily Lazar mastered the album via Pro Tools on the same computer. Unlike their predecessors, which featured contributions from the entire band, with Keith Flint only appearing on the group's third album at the time, Liam Howlett recorded the album mostly by himself in similar vein to Experience (1992), using the Propellerhead Reason program installed on his Macintosh laptop.
Pre-production was done at Mews Recording Studios, while recording began in September 1998 and ended in April 2004. Because it was left a non-album single, in 2008, the band's official website's discography classified it as an EP. Eventually, the group went in another direction, and the plan to include the song on the album was cancelled. It was intended to be released as a single from the then-upcoming album. Despite its apparently low popularity, the song reached the top five of the Canadian Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart. Liam Howlett has since disowned the song. Generating controversy upon release for the lyrics by Keith Flint, which heavily focused on the misuse of the drug rohypnol, the song was met with mostly negative reviews from critics. The single released in that year, and one of the songs intended to be featured on the album was " Baby's Got a Temper". The website was relaunched prior to releasing a new single in 2002. To coincide with the departure of Leeroy Thornhill during the period, the band shut down their official website for over two years, with its home page replaced with a logo of the band and the text "We will be back" set against a black background, leading to rumours that the band went on hiatus. The band ended the tour that promoted the album, taking a break from touring and recording and writing material for their fourth studio album. In 1996, the Prodigy rose to fame outside their native UK with " Firestarter", the lead single from The Fat of the Land, which was released in 1997 and topped several charts, including the Billboard 200. As a result, XL and Maverick dropped the group after the release of the compilation album Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005.
Despite achieving commercial success upon release, the album is among the band's lowest sellers. The title is a play on the name of the Walter Mosely novel Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned.
Keith Flint and Maxim Reality do not provide any contribution to the official record, which leaves Liam Howlett as the sole band member to do so for a first and last time in group's history. Recorded almost entirely using Propellerhead Reason and mastered with Pro Tools, the album contrasts with the group's previous releases, and features a larger use of vocals than their previous album The Fat of the Land (1997). It was first released on 11 August 2004 in Japan, on 23 August 2004 in the United Kingdom by XL Recordings, and on 15 September 2004 in the United States by Maverick Records. Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group the Prodigy.
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