Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon (2002)
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 334 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 55 Mb | 00:57:05
Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Lounge, Future Jazz, Worldbeat | Label: ESLM | # ESL0060
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 334 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 55 Mb | 00:57:05
Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Lounge, Future Jazz, Worldbeat | Label: ESLM | # ESL0060
Thievery Corporation's Eric Hilton and Rob Garza have always treated the line between acoustic and electronic music as a drunken sailor might, unpredictably falling on one side or the other with equal frequency. By this measure, The Richest Man in Babylon is their soberest effort to date, striding confidently into jazz, soul, world beat, and other styles with a direct, reverential approach. The band's last record, Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi, featured a set of classic jazz tunes unadorned with remixes or reinterpretation. But the songs on Babylon are originals, incorporating not just jazz but Afro-beat, Brazilian dance, Persian and Indian music, reggae, and psychedelia, all while making expert use of new and old collaborators like Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou, and Shinehead. Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini makes an instant impression on the first track, "Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes," her voice freeing the song's melody and structure with just a few hypnotic bars. It's hard to call this an electronic record at all; even their dub-influenced tracks miss a certain studio sheen, as if Hilton and Garza simply waded into a sweltering Jamaican beach party and hit record. But while it misses the ambient, ethereal edge that made The Mirror Conspiracy a downtempo classic, Babylon satisfies with organic energy and tasteful eclecticism.Review by Matthew Cooke
Even more similar to its predecessor, The Mirror Conspiracy, than that one was to the first Thievery Corporation LP, The Richest Man in Babylon provides some beat-heavy, languorous excursions into territory long-favored by Thievery Corporation – namely, the music of Brazil, India, and Jamaica – but doesn't have the hooks or the production finesse to compete with The Mirror Conspiracy. On the opener, "Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes," guest Emiliana Torrini treasures her vocals endearingly, but the backing could've been taken wholesale from any of a dozen Thievery productions (or perhaps Air's Moon Safari). "The Outernationalist," a bass-heavy trip into ambient-dub headspace, sounds great too, but it also occupies the same territory as a previous track (2000's "Treasure"). Vocalists LouLou and Pam Bricker both return for two features each, practically indistinguishable from their previous tracks. (Of course, it's difficult to resist a bland sound when the bassline for an entire song, "Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story)," encompasses only four different notes and continues throughout.) Fortunately, a few tracks on the backside do plow new ground, thanks in part to new guests: "Meu Destino (My Destiny)," with the ephemeral falsetto of Patrick de Santos; "Exilio (Exile)," which introduces Afro-Cuban percussion into the Thievery template; and a great feature for Shinehead on "The State of the Union," while Garza and Hilton throw in a few extra beats (for once). Admittedly, a solid set of treading-water productions is vastly preferred to a bad album, especially on the dancefloor. Sure, it could've been worse, but it also could've been slightly different.Review by John Bush, Allmusic.com
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon (2002)
Tracklist:
01. Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes (04:10)
02. Facing East (03:43)
03. The Outernationalist (03:30)
04. Interlude (01:21)
05. Omid (Hope) (03:48)
06. All That We Perceive (03:46)
07. Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story) (03:45)
08. Meu Destino (My Destiny) (03:29)
09. Exilio (Exile) (03:03)
10. From Creation (04:20)
11. The Richest Man In Babylon (03:50)
12. Liberation Front (05:04)
13. The State Of The Union (04:28)
14. Until The Morning (03:56)
15. Resolution (04:46)
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Thievery Corporation / The Richest Man In Babylon
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Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon (2002)
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon (2002)
