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![]() ![]() It has inspired and invigorated everyone from The Chemical Brothers to The Beastie Boys, Oasis to Gorillaz. It remains the blueprint for dance acts with a taste for rock, and rock acts with a love of electronic music. ![]() Where ‘Experience’ proved that a singles oriented dance act could produce a great, era-defining album, Music for the Jilted Generation is the set that truly set out the cultural terrain for the music scene of the years that followed. Despite losing out to ‘middle of the road’ house sounds of M People, the guest critics for the television coverage were almost unanimous in their praise for ‘Jilted’ with journalist Miranda Sawyer describing it as “the only modern sounding album” among the nominees. It was at this point the most successful underground dance album of all time and a few months later it was shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Award. Music for the Jilted Generation entered the the UK chart at #1 and remained in the top twenty for four months after its release, going gold after only two weeks. ![]()
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