Rhythm and Stealth

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Rhythm and Stealth

Studio album by Leftfield
Released	20 September 1999
Genre	Electronica
Length	52:48
Label	Hard Hands / Higher Ground / Sony BMG
Producer(s)	Leftfield and Nick Rapaccioli(track 6)
All Music Guide link
Leftfield chronology
Leftism (1995)	Rhythm and Stealth (1999)	Stealth Remixes (2000)
Alternative Cover

Cover for Re-Release with Remix CD.

Rhythm and Stealth is an album by Leftfield released on 20th September 1999. It was the follow up to 1995's Leftism after a period of almost 5 years waiting by Leftfield's fans. The album reached #1 in the UK album chart. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000 but lost-out to Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour of Bewilderbeast

Rhythm and Stealth had a notably harsher underlying beat than its predecessor with songs such as "Phat Planet" and "Afrika Shox" being much darker than those on the previous album. The album is best known amongst the British public for the song "Phat Planet" which featured on Guinness' 1999 advert Surfer [1], yet the song was never released as a single. The best selling single from the album was "Afrika Shox" featuring Afrika Bambaataa which peaked at #7 in the UK singles chart. The album was released on CD, Cassette, Double-LP, Quintuple 10" box set and MiniDisc. The Album was re-released on 29th May 2000 with a bonus disk of remixed versions which was also released as an album on its own, Stealth Remixes.

[edit] Track Listing

"Dusted" (feat. Roots Manuva) – 4:41
"Phat Planet" – 5:24
"Chant Of A Poor Man" (feat. Cheshire Cat) – 5:54
"Double Flash" – 4:11
"El Cid" – 6:02
"Afrika Shox" (feat. Afrika Bambaataa) – 5:37
"Dub Gussett" – 4:51
"Swords" (feat. Nicole Willis) – 5:07
"6/8 War" – 4:13
"Rino's Prayer" (feat. Rino) – 6:44

A Special Edition was released in Australia and Japan containing a bonus track "Phat Planet (Version 2)"

[edit] Bonus CD

"Phat Planet (Dave Clarke Remix)" – 5:52
"El Cid (I-Cube Simple Mix)" – 5:52
"Rino's Prayer (Nick Rapaccioli Remix)" – 5:39
"Chant of a Poor Man (Mighty Quark Remix)" – 5:24
"Dub Gussett (Maas Remix)" – 6:33
"El Cid (I-Cube Table Tennis Remix)" – 6:49
"Double Flash (Headstarter Remix)" – 6:11
"Afrika Shox (CD-Rom Video Version)" – 4:52
"Dusted (CD-Rom Video Version)" – 4:43

Leftfield
Neil Barnes \| Paul Daley
Discography
Studio albums: Leftism \| Rhythm and Stealth \| Stealth Remixes
Compilation Albums: Backlog \| A Final Hit - The Greatest Hits
Singles: Not Forgotten \| More Than I Know \| Release the Pressure (1992) \| Song of Life \| Open Up \| Original \| Afro-Left \| Release the Pressure (1996) \| Afrika Shox \| Dusted \| Swords
Collaborating Artists
Earl Sixteen \| Papa Dee \| Djum Djum \| Toni Halliday \| Danny Red \| John Lydon \| Lemn Sissay \| Roots Manuva \| Cheshire Cat \| Afrika Bambaataa \| Nicole Willis \| Rino \| Dave Clarke \| Nick Rapaccioli