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Radio Retaliation

by: Thievery Corporation

September 23, 2008
it no "Sounds Fromt Thievery Hifi" or "DJ Kicks" but not a clunker like Abductions and Reconstructions".About on par with "Mirror Conspiracy".They don't re-invent their wheel here by any means but it grooves.Little more of that "Tower Of Power" lite here with usual sitars and drum grooves from Brazil,Africa,Jamaica,India.Again not a re-invention by any means.Definitely more political lyrics as you might expect from the cover art.Worth picking up but I thought an MP3 for $5 was bargain compared with CD.I usually only download what's OOP on Jazz CD but the MP3 discount got me in.
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Chazz

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The Mirror Conspiracy

by: Thievery Corporation

August 22, 2000
If you're looking to check out Thievery Corporation, this is the place to start. I got into them a few years ago, and this is their best, most consistent album from start to finish. I usually only like around 1/2 of the songs on their albums, but this one has no clunkers. Cosmic Game or Richest Man in Babylon are the next best.

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Versions

by: Thievery Corporation

May 16, 2006
I bought this because I am a musician and composer in a small way and wanted to study the bass, drums an loops. This was helpful for this but I also found it was very entertaining and satisfying listening as long as you are happy will loops. It was an excellent sound and very well produced.

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The Cosmic Game

by: Thievery Corporation

February 22, 2005
3 1/2

I always end up wishing this electronic group stuck to the non-lyric tracks. It is on those more refined productions where studio finesse really kicks in and their diverse palate of electro-world influence becomes noticeable. Unfortunately, cluttered side-by-side with run of the mill vocal appeasements, Thievery Corporation miss the mark of attaining the kind of flow you would think they were aiming for in the first place.

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The Richest Man In Babylon

by: Thievery Corporation

October 01, 2002
Released in 2002, THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON is the third album and second mature effort by Washington D.C.-based lounge duo Thievery Corporation. Eric Hilton and Rob Garza specialize in a globalist chillout style that, from a musical standpoint, is pretty insubstantial fluff but which works quite well in the background for setting the mood. In common with their last album THE MIRROR CONSPIRACY, we find French vocals over a sitar ("Un Simple Histoire") and samba stylings ("Meu Destino"). There are samples from the Smithsonian's Rastafarian Elders CD ("The Outernationalist", "From Creation") and faux-1960s epic film scores ("Interlude").

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DJ-Kicks

by: Thievery Corporation

May 18, 1999
There is nothing to say here that a 5 Star reviewer has not said before. It's the best effort in a commendable series (DJ-Kicks)and stands atop the always worthy Thievery Catalog. It is also the most electronic of the compilations and creations they have assembled.

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Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi

by: Thievery Corporation

January 24, 2006
While Thievery Corporation's first full album is less sophisticated than their later outings its rawer, less "crafted" style means that its best tracks have a distinctly more exciting edge. "The Glass Bead Game", "So Vast is the Sky" and ".38.45" just jump out of the speakers with their highly infectious mix of electronica, hip-hop & dub while "Shaolin Satellite's" drivingly addictive beats and multi-layered swathes of organs & sitars put it up there with the very best of the whole electronica/dance scene. Others drift, often much too languidly, between genres giving a rambling and disjointed feel to the album as a whole but, if you're a fan of Thievery Corporation or of high quality downbeat "world" music then what's good on it is too good to miss.

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The Outernational Sound

by: Thievery Corporation

June 29, 2004
I listened to this on a flight from Orlando to Seattle. Came home and bought it right away.

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DJ-Kicks

by: Thievery Corporation

August 04, 2008
There is nothing to say here that a 5 Star reviewer has not said before. It's the best effort in a commendable series (DJ-Kicks)and stands atop the always worthy Thievery Catalog. It is also the most electronic of the compilations and creations they have assembled.

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Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi

by: Thievery Corporation

January 29, 2002
I find it funny that so many Thievery Corporation fans are reviewing this disc. This is pretty much a JAZZ disc of music from the 50's and 60s with tracks that just happen to be chosen by the Thievery Corporation. There was no sampling or editing, or anything. Just original music from 50 odd years ago. With all that said, I find this compilation to be excellent. If you like Bossa Nova, or some cool laid back jazz, then you'll probably like this disc. The music is lively but light. Give it a try, if you do, all your wildest dreams will come true. Ok, maybe not, but this is one fine CD.