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The Richest Man in Babylon

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  • Audio CD (28 Jul 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Esl
  • ASIN: B00006CY6H
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,699 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes 4:10£0.79
Listen  2. Facing East 3:43£0.79
Listen  3. The Outernationalist 3:30£0.79
Listen  4. Interlude 1:21£0.79
Listen  5. Omid (Hope) 3:48£0.79
Listen  6. All That We Perceive 3:46£0.79
Listen  7. Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story) 3:45£0.79
Listen  8. Meu Destino (My Destiny) 3:29£0.79
Listen  9. Exilio (Exile) 3:03£0.79
Listen10. From Creation 4:20£0.79
Listen11. The Richest Man In Babylon 3:50£0.79
Listen12. Liberation Front 5:04£0.79
Listen13. The State Of The Union 4:28£0.79
Listen14. Until The Morning 3:57£0.79
Listen15. Resolution 4:46£0.79

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The Richest Man In Babylon is the third full-length record from Thievery Corporation and finds this atmospheric Washington DC-based electronica duo indulging their esoteric chill-out impulses, blending far-flung world-music influences into a slick, high-production trip-hop cocktail. With an emphasis on keeping it organic, Thievery Corporation boast a radically different sound to their sterile, mechanical-sounding peers: "The Outernationalist" wraps its ethereal electronic synthplay in dub-tinged passages of trippy Rastfari mysticism, while "Facing East" blends wailing Bhangra vocals and whirling sitars into a hypnotic, downotempo whole. They're not exactly on the cutting-edge of this sort of thing--"Un Simple Histoire" and "All That We Perceive" could easily have slipped neatly onto Air's Moon Safari, while the rolling brass of "Liberation Front" bears an uncanny resemblance to Nightmares on Wax circa Car Boot Soul. But like the greatest bits of DJ Shadow's The Private Press, it's often hard to say exactly how these complex, soulful tracks were pieced together in the soulless environment of the studio. It's a cool, impressive achievement. --Louis Pattison


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Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, the Washington, D.C. duo better known as Thievery Corporation, continue to refine their previously established style on THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON. For their third proper album of new material, they continue to mine a mellow electronica groove with jazz, pop, and world music flavourings mixed in among the expected reggae, soul, and funk elements. The title tune and "The State of the Union"focus heavily on the reggae aspects of Thievery Corporation's sound, while "Liberation Front" bears more of an acid-jazz feel. The closing track "Resolution" (along with a few others) is more in line with that ethereal trip-hop flow for which Hilton and Garza are perhaps best known. On the graphicsside, a great deal of time appears to have been put in to the package here, which includes a thick and evocative photo booklet whose striking, occasionally off-kilter images provide an excellent visual equivalent to the music.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another album that will please Thievery C. fans, 10 Oct 2002
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'The Richest Main In Babylon' is another example of how good Thievery C. are at what they are doing. This album is very similar to all others they have made in the past, but it is different enough to make it interesting. Songs are mellow, sensual, and show great skill. Rob Garza and Eric Hilton are obviously influenced by many musical styles (dub, reggae, bossa, latin, eastern oriented music, etc.), yet their albums are very cohesive and flow nicely from beginning to end.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars World Music at its Best, 5 Mar 2004
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Washington DC's dapper downbeat duo Thievery Corporation have been pimping some of the genre's most finely-tailored grooves for quite some time now, and have joined Kruder & Dorfmeister and a handful of others at the top of the "downbeat" field.

Their new album is another wicked blend of worldly beats and pieces, with an international cast of vocalists (including dreamy Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini, Jamaican deejay Shinehead and others) adding authenticity to this cruisey cocktail of Eastern, African, Jamaican and loungey European influences. Superbly packaged with a book of photojournalists' images from all around the globe, 'The Richest Man In Babylon' will take you on a hi-fi journey around the world in 57 minutes without having to leave the comfort of your own home.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thievery Make It Their Own, 30 Sep 2002
The Richest Man In Babylon shows Thievery's style crystallised; the influences that have all been prominent on 'Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi' and 'The Mirror Conspiracy' are here made Thievery's own, being incorporated with Thievery's smooth measured breakbeats and synth atmospherics. The production is uniformly excellent and sounds even slicker than 'Mirror', and is more cohesive. Rob Garza and Eric Hiltons unflinching attention to detail is apparent everywhere.

The presentation has changed from 'Mirror's spying 'n' flying references - the outlook is more earthy, less technical. The CD came with a booklet of excellent black and white photojournalism images on good quality paper. The images feature people from areas which have inspired Thievery's music.

Their early dub style of 'Sounds' is most apparent in the 'Outernationist', and also appears in 'State of the Union' and the 'Richest Man in Babylon'. The title track is certainly the most commercial track here, featuring some Wailers style horns and a regular song structure.

The latin/bossa influence which came to the fore in 'Mirror' is represented by 'Meu Destino' and 'Exilo', both featuring male singing (as opposed to MCing) by Patrik De Santos and Verny Varela. The sound is lighter than previous Jazzanova-esque grooves such as 'Samba Tranquille'. 'Meu Destino' features nylon acoustic guitar by Ramon Gonzales.

Eastern music is represented by 'Facing East', and 'Interlude'. 'Facing East' features santur and tabla, and vocals, which are joined by a breakbeat a minute in.

However Thievery's strongest developing style is in the ambient-pop-breakbeat style which this album confirms as their trademark. The sublime, Cocteau Twins echoing 'Omid' is the direct descendant of the superb' Shadows Of Ourselves', LouLou singing on both. 'All That We Perceive' is sung by Thievery regular Pam Bricker, and bears resemblance to 'Lebanese Blonde', which she also appeared on.
'Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes', the first track, was initially a surprise in that it bears resemblance to Air with it's string machine and heavily compressed bass. Thieveryness is restored by a trademark breakbeat 2 minutes in. With repeated listening this sits well as an intro to the album.

There is a new direction in the form of Liberation Front, a funk track with excellent horns credited to Rick Harris. This is a standout track.

The only filler is From Creation, and this is not bad, just dull.

Is this a better album than 'The Mirror Conspiracy'? It is certainly more polished, easier to listen to in one sitting. 'The Richest Man In Babylon' is more able to put Thievery Corporation in the mainstream, and this is music that everyone should hear.

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Since I liked the Thievery Corporation's first two albums so much, I rushed and bought this without bothering to listen to it first - a big mistake. Read more
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