- electronic, lounge, trip hop, acid jazz
- 76 min
- 17 tracks
- Primary Wave
Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi is the debut studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation. It was first released in 1996 in Germany and on June 7, 1997, by ESL Music in the United States. The guest vocalists include Pam Bricker and Bebel Gilberto. As of 2002, the album has sold over 33,000 copies in US according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Character-led, grave, warm and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- The Guardian4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1A Warning (dub)2:16
- 22001 Spliff Odyssey5:07
- 3Shaolin Satellite6:25
- 4Transcendence4:08
- 5Universal Highness4:23
- 6Incident at Gate 76:29
- 7Scene at the Open Air Market2:58
- 8The Glass Bead Game6:13
- 9Encounter in Bahia4:01
- 10The Foundation5:39
- 11Interlude2:23
- 12The Oscillator4:15
- 13Assault on Babylon4:27
- 14.38.45 (A Thievery Number)5:08
- 15One4:53
- 16Sun, Moon, and Stars4:31
- 17Sleeper Car3:08
17 tracks, 76 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Thievery Corporation
- Label
- Primary Wave
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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