James Jupiter wrote:
ChemicaL wrote:
I mean, yes, that's the official version. I was told (by a fairly reputable source) they got dropped. But hey, the source might have been full of it. It was just a conversation.
I do remember Liam sending notes to Richard Russell back in the day with various tracks from AONO. I think Wake Up Call had a post it attached to it saying: "This one is a club banger." Which leads me to believe he had to vet a ton of AONO tracks with XL to evaluate their "hit potential". That process was probably grueling. But I gotta tell you, artist/creatives need constraints to thrive and the change of direction was pretty evident once they bounced from XL.
I've recently read Richard Russell's book. He and Liam are friends. Trying to get hit records and chasing commercial success isn't the driving force for Richard Russell. Even if it was, dumping The Prodigy after AONO and Their Law: The Singles both got to number 1 in the UK album charts would seem a poor decision. My understanding is they mutually decided to part ways at the end of the record contract.
The photo of the vinyl envelope with the post-it note on it was 'Get Up Get Off'. Liam mentions the two versions of the track on the note.
Ah yes, it was GUGO, you are correct.
IDK, voluntarily leaving XL under any circumstances is an odd choice. That label is absolutely astonishing in terms of talent, it's an incredible group of artists to be a part of. I do think the extra long delay after TFOTL, coupled with BGAT and AONO underperforming are all reasons that played into leaving or being dropped, however it went down.
Oddly enough, the AONO wikipedia page stated they were dropped as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Ou ... _OutgunnedGranted, it's Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt.