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Experience might be the best dance concept album! Electronic artist Moby stated that it changed his perception of dance albums because The Prodigy attempts to create an experience rather than stringing together a bunch of singles. This is apparent when transitioning from track to track; there are almost no breaks on this album which is fitting for its hardcore/rave vibe. The tracks “Jericho” through “Everybody in the Place” (more than half of the album) are all killer no filler, with an unrelentingly fast pace.

But for its hardcore nature, the album luckily doesn’t take itself too seriously. The samples chosen for the tracks are some of the goofiest I’ve heard in electronic music, with my personal favorite sample on the track Charly which features the voice of a weird cat from an old British PSA. The singles from the album also have great music videos to accompany them, like the “Out of Space” video which includes a guy dancing in a hazmat suit because why not?!

It’s also worth mentioning that “Experience” has a great expanded album that features the singles in their original format before album conversion. The original singles are a lot different than their album counterparts. It really goes to show that The Prodigy formatted the tracks to work well for their debut, not just compiled a bunch of their singles (although just compiling the original singles would still make a pretty great album). Overall, “Experience” is an excellent debut with great beats, samples and pacing.