Released September 30, 2002 The Richest Man in Babylon
(2002) The Cosmic Game
(2005) Release date 30 September 2002 Label E:motion | Length 56:58 Artist Thievery Corporation Producer Rob Garza | |
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Recorded December 2000 – August 2002 Genres Dub, Trip hop, Lounge music Similar Thievery Corporation albums, Trip hop albums | ||
The richest man in babylon thievery corporation full album
The Richest Man in Babylon is the third studio album by Thievery Corporation, it was released in 2002 on their Eighteenth Street Lounge label. Like Thievery Corporation's previous albums, The Richest Man in Babylon is electronic music with a downtempo aesthetic.
Contents
The album combines influences such as dub, jazz, dance music, rap, reggae, and Indian music. The songs are sung in English, French ("Une Simple Histoire"), Portuguese ("Meu Destino"), Spanish ("Exilio") and Persian ("Omid"). The title track, as well as "State of the Union", incorporate protest music into the group's sound, with both songs making political statements.
The album features singers from Iceland, Jamaica and France, including Emiliana Torrini, LouLou, Pam Bricker, Latin singers and several Jamaican rappers including Notch. The album features both electronic and live instrumentation.
Reception
The critical reception was mixed. BBC's Collective magazine said that "This, their third 'proper' album, is certainly their most complete work to date, and arguably the first to be presented as one complete, cohesive whole. … this ranks as Thievery Corporation's finest yet." Allmusic's John Bush said that the album "doesn't have the hooks or the production finesse to compete with The Mirror Conspiracy" but that "a few tracks on the backside do plow new ground, thanks in part to new guests..." Among fans the album is popular, peaking at number 9 on Billboard's Independent Albums list on October 19, 2002 and number 2 on the Dance/Electronic Albums list on October 26, 2002.
Songs
1Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes4:10
2Facing East3:44
3The Outernationalist3:30