| Artist |
Thievery Corporation |
| Album Title: |
Radio Retaliation |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Trip Hop |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
09/23/2008 |
| Label |
Eighteenth Street Lounge Music |
| Catalog No |
ESL140 |
| Bar Code No |
7 95103 01402 2 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Sound The Alarm / Thievery Corporation feat. Sleepy Wonder (3:41)
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| 2.
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Mandala / Thievery Corporation feat. Seu Jorge (4:00)
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| 3.
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Radio Retaliation / Thievery Corporation feat. Sleepy Wonder (3:26)
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| 4.
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Vampires / Thievery Corporation feat. Femi Kuti (4:57)
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| 5.
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Hare Krishna / Thievery Corporation feat. Seu Jorge (3:35)
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| 6.
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El Pueblo Unido / Thievery Corporation feat. Verny Varela (3:28)
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| 7.
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(The Forgotten People) (3:10)
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| 8.
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33 Degrees / Thievery Corporation feat. Zee (3:47)
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| 9.
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Beautiful Drug / Thievery Corporation feat. Jana Andevska (3:27)
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| 10.
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La Femme Parallel / Thievery Corporation feat. LouLou (4:29)
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| 11.
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Retaliation Suite (2:53)
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| 12.
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The Numbers Game / Thievery Corporation feat. Chuck Brown (3:03)
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| 13.
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The Shining Path (3:38)
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| 14.
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Blasting Through The City / Thievery Corporation feat. Notch (3:33)
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| 15.
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Sweet Tides / Thievery Corporation feat. LouLou (4:48)
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| Date Acquired |
11/04/2008 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Best Buy |
| Purchase Price |
14.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Art Direction, Design – Ashbydesign
Bass – Ashish Vyas
Guitar – Abraham, Rob Myers
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Producer – Eric Hilton, Rob Garza
Horns – Brad Clements, Craig Madley, Dave Finnel, Frank Mitchell, Rick Harris
Keyboards – Wayne Wilentz
Mixed By, Engineer, Programmed By – Christopher "Stone" Garrett
Percussion – Andy Cazedo, Frank Orrall, Javier Miranda, John Nelson, Roberto Berimbao
Scratches – Gianmaria Conte
Sitar – Anoushka Shankar
Vocals – Archie Steele, Dexter Archer, Femi Kuti, Ooldouz Ghelichkhani, Norman Howell, Seu Jorge
Vocals, Guitar – Chuck Brown
Vocals, Keyboards – Verny Varela
Vocals, Violin – Jana Andevska
Written-By – A. Steele* (tracks: 8), D. Archer* (tracks: 3), Eric Hilton, O. Ghelichkhani (tracks: 15), Rob Garza, S. Jorge (tracks: 5), V. Varela (tracks: 6)
Comes in a thick cardboard sleeve. Credits, lyrics and statements on a big folded poster.
Tracks 5 and 6 are incorrectly labeled on the rear cover of the album.
©℗ 2008 ESL Music
P: 202-319-1580
F: 202-319-1584
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.01 dB -7.59 dB 3:41 01-Sound The Alarm
DR4 -0.01 dB -6.34 dB 4:01 02-Mandala
DR7 -0.01 dB -7.65 dB 3:27 03-Radio Retaliation
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.95 dB 4:57 04-Vampires
DR7 -0.01 dB -7.81 dB 3:36 05-Hare Krsna
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.52 dB 3:29 06-El Pueblo Unido
DR6 -0.01 dB -8.08 dB 3:11 07-(The Forgotten People)
DR7 -0.01 dB -7.70 dB 3:48 08-33°
DR7 -0.01 dB -9.93 dB 3:28 09-Beautiful Drug
DR6 -0.01 dB -8.40 dB 4:29 10-La Femme Parallel
DR7 -0.01 dB -9.26 dB 2:54 11-Retaliation Suite
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.39 dB 3:04 12-The Numbers Game
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.09 dB 3:38 13-The Shining Path
DR7 -0.01 dB -8.60 dB 3:34 14-Blasting Through The City
DR6 -0.01 dB -6.80 dB 4:49 15-Sweet Tides
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 864 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by John Bush:
From the title alone, it's clear that Thievery Corporation has more on its mind than just the construction of breezy coffeehouse soundtracks and laid-back global chill. Radio Retaliation is a record of righteous fury (the targets are political, if that even needs to be said) and one that makes their previous efforts sound like Discreet Music in comparison. Thievery amps up their beats, quickens the pace, and unleashes a phalanx of vocal features to attack the D.C.-based Corporation's crosstown rivals on Capitol Hill and at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (Granted, this is still a revolution mostly in the head.) The mélange of worldbeat influences finds all the usual traces (Jamaica, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Arabia), but virtually all of the locales are charted by natives (Sleepy Wonder, Anoushka Shankar, Seu Jorge, Femi Kuti). On the title track, narcoleptic chatter Sleepy Wonder details his list of grievances, speaking for the entire corporation: "50,000 watts of Thievery hit them like poison darts/And watch the whole system what them build up fall apart." The two most important features are Femi Kuti's and Seu Jorge's; first, Kuti uses the track "Vampires" to call out African genocide throughout history (from Kinshasa to Darfur to Lagos to Malabo, Guinea), then Jorge comes next with the yin to Femi's yang, a beatific ode to peace titled "Hare Krsna." Thievery producers Rob Garza and Eric Hilton haven't quite revolutionized their beat-making or production from the past decade, but they sound energized by the political and social events of the 2000s. Despite the politics, there are still a few more of the ethereal masterpieces Thievery Corporation have made a hallmark in the past, including the sublime "Beautiful Drug" (featuring Slovakian singer Jana Andevska) and "Mandala," a guest feature for Anoushka Shankar that's particularly refreshing as an alternative to the usual Indian atmosphere on downbeat records (sampled, not played). The liner notes are a huge 20" x 30" fold-out booklet, including not only the lyrics but numerous quotes from a variety of world figures -- from Einstein, Chomsky, and Edward Bernays to John Lee Hooker and Mos Def.
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