Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
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Artist: Thievery CorporationBrand: Dig
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Music Label: Eighteenth Street
Soundtracks:
- Sound the Alarm
- Mandala
- Radio Retaliation
- Vampires
- Hare Krsna
- Pueblo Unido
- Forgotten People
- 33 Degree
- Beautiful Drug
- Femme Parallel
- Retaliation Suite
- Numbers Game
- Shining Path
- Blasting Through the City
- Sweet Tides
Music reviews of Radio Retaliation
Music Review: A Revolutionary Change in Style?
Rating: 4 Stars
I am a big Thievery fan. When I purchase music produced by Thievery Corporation I never even sample their songs because I know it will be quality music. Thus, I did not listen to the songs prior to purchasing this album. And, without surprise, "Radio Retaliation" is a quality album. However, it seemed as if Thievery had digressed from their original style. This album is certainly not as 'smooth' as something like the "Mirror Conspiracy" or "Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi." Moreover, I thought this album was too political. Usually Thievery puts in one or two songs that send a strong message to the audience, as in "The Richest Man in Babylon." But, in my opinion, Thievery could have slightly toned down the political aspect of this album. Nonetheless, this album is another great work produced by Thievery Corporation, and an enjoyable listening experience.
Description of Radio Retaliation
Internationally acclaimed artists Thievery Corporation release their 5th studio album entitled Radio Retaliation on ESL Music. With Radio Retaliation Thievery Corporation raise the bar with a new cast of musical collaborators including; Nigeria's afro-beat heir Femi Kuti, Brazilian star vocalist and guitarist Seu Jorge, Indian sitar virtuoso Anushka Shankar, Slovakian chanteuse and violinist Jana Andevska, and Washington DC's own go-go originator Chuck Brown. Also returning are long time co-conspirators Sleepy Wonder, LouLou, Notch, Zee, and Verny Varela.It's ironic that a band with its musical head so firmly in the clouds thinks so much about what's happening down here on Terra Firma. Yet, that's what Thievery Corporation's Radio Retaliation is all about. The musical approach is the same; just as they have on releases like 2005's The Cosmic Game, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton still bring the dub-oriented beats, silky textures, world musicology and outer spacescapes. And while Thievery Corp have always been tuned into the strange currents and impulses of the now, words have never been so central to their work. Femi Kuti lets loose on Africa's long, sad history of oppression on "Vampires" while Seu Jorge preaches the gospel of peace on "Hare Krisna." Both those tracks are killers, but the record has a way of topping itself. In the midst of all the charged slogans and lullaby charm (listen to LouLou's Gallic flow on "Le Femme Parallel" for an example of the latter), Garza and Hilton will drop a celestial bomb like the painfully gorgeous "The Shining Path." So, while there's no missing how politically engaged they are (the liner notes include relevant words of wisdom from a range of open minds including Einstein, John Lee Hooker and Mos Def), Thievery Corp can still help us return to the serenity of nothing. --Matthew Cooke
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