| Thievery Corporation / Richest Man in Babylon, the |
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| Album: | Richest Man in Babylon, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Thievery Corporation | Added: | Oct 2002 | |
| Label: | Eighteenth St.Lounge Mus. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2003-01-13 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Jan 5 | Dec 29 | Dec 22 | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 06, 2021: | Everything in Particular (rebroadcast from Dec 3, 2021) All that We Perceive | 4. | Oct 11, 2014: | Music Casserole Exilio | |
| 2. | Dec 03, 2021: | Everything in Particular All that We Perceive | 5. | Feb 20, 2014: | Sunshine . . . on a Birthday Afternoon! The Richest Man in Babylon | |
| 3. | Apr 07, 2016: | radio seven (deviance) The State of the Union | 6. | Sep 03, 2013: | Good Day Sunshine! Liberation Front |
| Album Review |
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| Jacki-O Reviewed 2002-11-05 | ||
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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 | ||
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