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Sounds from the Thievery Hi Fi

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Recorded
  
1996

Artist
  
Thievery Corporation

Producer
  
Rob Garza

Length
  
72:09

Release date
  
7 June 1997

Label
  
ESL Music

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Released
  
1996 (German Release) June 7, 1997 (U.S Release)

Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi (1996)
  
The Mirror Conspiracy (2000)

Genres
  
Dub, Downtempo, Trip hop, Chill-out music, Lounge music

Similar
  
Thievery Corporation albums, Trip hop albums

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Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi is the debut studio album of the Thievery Corporation, originally released in 1996. Guest vocals include Pam Bricker and Bebel Gilberto.

Contents

Original release

This version was released in 1996 by ESL Music in Germany. It was later released by 4AD in the United Kingdom and by Rough Trade Germany in Germany and in 2002 by Labels in France.

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:21
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 7:45
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:26
  4. "Vivid" - 4:22
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:25
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:27
  7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:36
  8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:15
  9. "The Foundation" – 5:39
  10. "Interlude" – 2:26
  11. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  12. "So Vast as the Sky" - 5:02
  13. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:11
  14. "Walking Through Babylon" – 4:27

US release

This was released by Eighteenth Street Lounge Music on June 7, 1997.

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
  4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
  7. "Manha" – 3:48
  8. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
  9. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
  10. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
  11. "The Foundation" – 5:38
  12. "Interlude" – 2:22
  13. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  14. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
  15. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
  16. "One" – 4:51

2006 re-release

Eighteenth Street Lounge Music rereleased the album in early 2006 with the following track listing.

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
  4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
  7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
  8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
  9. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
  10. "The Foundation" – 5:38
  11. "Interlude" – 2:22
  12. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  13. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
  14. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
  15. "One" – 4:51
  16. "Sun, Moon & Stars" – 4:30
  17. "The Sleeper Car" – 3:07

Notes

  • "Incident at Gate 7" contains a sample from Kool and the Gang's "Summer Madness".
  • "The Glass Bead Game" contains a sample from Cal Tjader's "Samba Do Suenho".
  • The album is dedicated to the memory of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
  • Songs

    1A Warning2:52
    22001 Spliff Odyssey7:45
    3Shaolin Satellite7:43

    References

    Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi Wikipedia