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Invaders Must Die

The Prodigy

Invaders Must Die

Comeback album from the influential veterans of the dance / rave scene

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Cooking Vinyl
UK Release date
23/02/2009
  1. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    A statement for all of the limp new rave pretenders to pack up and fuck off, a return to form rarely sounded or felt so exciting.
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  2. 9.0 |   The Observer

    Happy hardcore, acid builds, acrylic basslines and even housey samples litter Invaders Must Die like a chemical flashback given fresh currency.
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  3. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Doesn't try to recapture past glories... Instead we have a breakneck speed genre smash that has its eyes set firmly on summer festivals, high velocity car stereos and nerve-jangling console games.
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  4. 8.0 |   The Times

    It is, quite simply, the big, brilliant, dumb rave album we have secretly wanted them to make for the past ten years.
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  5. 8.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    The brutal electro dance rock of the early Nineties is the spirit being evoked here. If this fifth studio album will be remembered for anything, it is the twisted groove of 'Stand Up'... this tune will be the most played incidental music on television for the rest of the year.
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  6. 8.0 |   Spin

    There's even a nod to their aging rave cohort -- the horn-sampling sunrise refrain of closer ""Stand Up""
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    Pendulum, don’t let the door smack you on the arse on your way out.
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The album paces itself at breakneck speed for its 46 minutes, a duration which relays as both generous and brief.
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  9. 6.0 |   The List

    Most metal bands would kill for as relentlessly a pounding sound as The Prodigy have crafted here.
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  10. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    It almost works: they're still thrilling, they still kick like a slightly wheezy mule, but the almost Kraftwerkian Omen Reprise and the glorious, brass-led closer Stand Up make you wish they'd been a little more bold.
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  11. 6.0 |   Blender

    The Prodigy’s renewed commitment to first principles portends a future as the techno Ramones. There are worse things to be.
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  12. 6.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    Invaders Must Die lacks their freshness and like all supposed returns ""to form"" it might prove they can compete with the present generation but, it's more facelift than rejuvenation.
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  13. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Dance music with a heavy rock slant, as well as the ululating toytown rave noises of the early 90s.
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  14. 5.8 |   Pitchfork

    The new Invaders Must Die, however, may in fact be a cry for help.
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  15. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    Isn’t a bad album, but in the end it suffers from having a beginning which is, if anything, too good.
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  16. 4.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    This time around, erred on the side of the familiar. Overall, the fire’s gone out.
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  17. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A majority of IMD is destined to end up splattered across car adverts and in film soundtracks where the scene is of a pulsing, throbbing, energetic nature.
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  18. 4.0 |   The Independent

    As comeback albums go, this is a bit of a damp squib.
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  19. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    The oldest ravers in town may be outnumbered, outgunned and outdated, but they're not about to go gently into that good night.
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  20. 4.0 |   Uncut

    In the ugliest way possible Invaders Must Die shows that the Prodigy have still got it.
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  21. 3.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Aside from the hot grime-pop ""Warrior's Dance"" and the Stax-Volt hybrid ""Stand Up,"" it's all pummeling, vacuous rave noise — useful mainly for thrash dancing and scaring neighbors.
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