Thievery Corporation / Richest Man in Babylon, the
| Album: | Richest Man in Babylon, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Thievery Corporation | Added: | Oct 2002 | |
| Label: | Eighteenth St.Lounge Mus. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2002-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2003-01-13 | Charts: | Electronic |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 5 | Dec 29 | Dec 22 | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 20, 2023: | Stop Making Sense
All that We Perceive |
4. | Apr 07, 2016: | radio seven (deviance)
The State of the Union |
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| 2. | Dec 06, 2021: | Everything in Particular (rebroadcast from Dec 3, 2021)
All that We Perceive |
5. | Oct 11, 2014: | Music Casserole
Exilio |
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| 3. | Dec 03, 2021: | Everything in Particular
All that We Perceive |
6. | Feb 20, 2014: | Sunshine . . . on a Birthday Afternoon!
The Richest Man in Babylon |
Album Review
Jacki-O
Reviewed 2002-11-05
Reviewed 2002-11-05
Thievery Corporation: The Richest Man in Babylon Label: ESL Music
Rating (scale of 1-10, 10 being best): 7.5
Well, these guys are at it again w/ their wide range of trip-hop/electronica/downtempo that incorporates dub, world-music, M. Eastern, bossa-nova, and Latin. I think some of the dub work isn’t all that strong. But the Middle Eastern-influenced trip-hop tracks and the French (LouLou) tracks are good. Try: 1,2,5,7,8,9,15.
1. Pretty fem vocal (I thought it was Bjork for a second, but this singer is not as annoying), simple synths and lush synths
2. Like the title says – Facing East – Middle Eastern trip-hop w/ all the sounds & percussion
3. Basically dub – lots of reverbs & some jah-rasta-vocals – deep bassline
4. Middle Eastern flute & synths interlude
5. Echoe-y soft female vocals by French chanteuse– breathy loungey trip-hop with some nice touches (tablas & synths) – very nice track
6. Reverbed synths & bass, like dub music, w/ breathy vocals – got that swank lounge guitar
7. Sinister spy bassline w/ some M.Eastern touches – chanteuse LouLou sings in French, which for some reason is really sexy here
8. Bossa-nova lounge – soft male vocals in Portuguese w/ some lush synths & mellow guitar
9. Afro-Cuban sound now – Spanish male vocals, lots of congas, smoky synths, dubby bass
10. Space-y synths & a rasta vocal loop, big bass & thick trip-hop beats – most dance-y track yet
11. Reggae-dub mixed w/ some trip-hop beats – somehow works well here
12. Instrumental w/ big horns, dub-ish effects, stylish funky bassline
13. Big loopy dub – lots of reverbed synths & effects, rasta-man vox (Shinehead), deep bassline
14. Kind of like Bjork/Portishead-style trip-hop
15. Instrumental track - lots of synths, dubby bassline, trip hop beats breakdown
Rating (scale of 1-10, 10 being best): 7.5
Well, these guys are at it again w/ their wide range of trip-hop/electronica/downtempo that incorporates dub, world-music, M. Eastern, bossa-nova, and Latin. I think some of the dub work isn’t all that strong. But the Middle Eastern-influenced trip-hop tracks and the French (LouLou) tracks are good. Try: 1,2,5,7,8,9,15.
1. Pretty fem vocal (I thought it was Bjork for a second, but this singer is not as annoying), simple synths and lush synths
2. Like the title says – Facing East – Middle Eastern trip-hop w/ all the sounds & percussion
3. Basically dub – lots of reverbs & some jah-rasta-vocals – deep bassline
4. Middle Eastern flute & synths interlude
5. Echoe-y soft female vocals by French chanteuse– breathy loungey trip-hop with some nice touches (tablas & synths) – very nice track
6. Reverbed synths & bass, like dub music, w/ breathy vocals – got that swank lounge guitar
7. Sinister spy bassline w/ some M.Eastern touches – chanteuse LouLou sings in French, which for some reason is really sexy here
8. Bossa-nova lounge – soft male vocals in Portuguese w/ some lush synths & mellow guitar
9. Afro-Cuban sound now – Spanish male vocals, lots of congas, smoky synths, dubby bass
10. Space-y synths & a rasta vocal loop, big bass & thick trip-hop beats – most dance-y track yet
11. Reggae-dub mixed w/ some trip-hop beats – somehow works well here
12. Instrumental w/ big horns, dub-ish effects, stylish funky bassline
13. Big loopy dub – lots of reverbed synths & effects, rasta-man vox (Shinehead), deep bassline
14. Kind of like Bjork/Portishead-style trip-hop
15. Instrumental track - lots of synths, dubby bassline, trip hop beats breakdown
Track Listing
| 1. | Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eye | 8. | Meu Destino | |||
| 2. | Facing East | 9. | Exilio | |||
| 3. | The Outernationalist | 10. | From Creation | |||
| 4. | Interlude | 11. | The Richest Man in Babylon | |||
| 5. | Omid (Hope) | 12. | Liberation Front | |||
| 6. | All that We Perceive | 13. | The State of the Union | |||
| 7. | Un Simple Histoire | 14. | Until the Morning | |||
| 15. | Resolution | |||||