release date: Nov. 2, 2018
format: digital (10 x File, FLAC)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,35]
producer: Liam Howlett
label: Take Me to the Hospital - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Need Some1" - 2. "Light Up the Sky" - 6. "Timebomb Zone" - 7. "Champions of London" - 9. "Resonate"
7th studio album by The Prodigy, which is the continued band-project consisting of dancer Keith Flint on vocals, Maxim Reality (aka Keith Palmer) on vocals and Liam Howlett as the musical mastermind behind it all, as he has made the music with various samples, mixed and produced it all. Flint and Maxim are credited as co-writers on three of the songs and basically "only" contributes with vocals on three and four songs respectively. Aside from the three official band members, the album has been made with various guest musicians, including guitarist Olly Burden, who has co-written four of the songs - on which he's also credited as co-producer - with Howlett and who also plays guitar on three comopsitions.
As the predecessor The Day Is My Enemy from 2015, the album continues in a more aggressive "rave revival" or big beat known as hardcore breaks, which bonds nicely with the first three albums by the band.
The album is the band's 7th consecutive album to peak as #1 on the UK albums chart list (including the compilation album Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005 from 2005), which seems like some sort of record, although, the band hasn't released a No. 1 single since "Breathe" in 1996.
After some time, I have come to enjoy this album more and more - and without comparison, I see it as no less than their best album since The Fat of the Land from 1997.
No Tourists became the last to feature dancer and vocalist Keith Flint as he ended his life in Mar. 2019.
[ allmusic.com, The Guardian, Mojo 3 / 5, Uncut 3,5 / 5, The Observer, The Irish Times 4 / 5, NME 5 / 5 stars ]
