Firestarter (track)
by The Prodigy
Year: 1997
From the album The Fat Of The Land (track #8)
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Firestarter appears on the following album(s) by The Prodigy:
- The Fat Of The Land (track #8) (this album) (1997)
- Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 (track #1) (compilation) (2005)
- World's On Fire (track #7) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 09:35 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 14:21 |  Superunknown | 552 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 09:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,134 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.7/100, a mean average of 85.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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My third favourite Prodigy song, behind "Breathe" and "No Good (Start The Dance)".
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2021 18:25 | #265979
The Prodigy's lasting legacy was how they brought Punk and Rave together like no other act in history thus far. Firestarter is the crowning glory of that talent, with a riff that sounds like it was designed to start wars and overwhelming, Earth-moving energy. A game-changing dance tune.
Ahh...so many unmemorable nights and weekends those days.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/31/2015 19:47 | #146814
It is, without a doubt, the best song on the whole album.
