Even more so than the celebrated
Chemical Brothers
-- who began recording after
Prodigy
but received a hits compilation before --
Liam Howlett
and co. were fantastic singles artists who also fashioned excellent full-lengths. As such,
Their Law 1990-2005
, the singles collection that could put the cap on their career, is a collection that will leave listeners breathless but also one that can't capture how special
were to the
electronica
and
rave
scenes. Their biggest single,
"Firestarter,"
comes first, and its LP (
The Fat of the Land
) gets most of the early slots, although things right themselves by the end with no less than five singles -- all of them incredible -- from 1995's
Music for the Jilted Generation
and four from 1992's
Experience
. Although including three tracks from 2004's desultory
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
may help fans hear, for the first time, the best of a bad album, it's nearly criminal that it comes at the expense of solid material from
(like
"Break & Enter"
"Wind It Up"
). Although there are no new tracks (perhaps a good thing), included is an
Audio Bullys
remix of
"Out of Space."
~ John Bush