Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi

Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
Studio album by Thievery Corporation
Released June 7, 1997
Recorded 1996 - 1997
Genre Chill-out, Dub, Downtempo
Length 72:09
Label Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Producer Rob Garza, Eric Hilton
Thievery Corporation chronology

Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
(1997)		 The Mirror Conspiracy
(2000)
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Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi is the debut album of the Thievery Corporation, originally released in 1997. Guest vocals include Pam Bricker and Bebel Gilberto.

Track listing

Original release

This was released by Eighteenth Street Lounge Music on June 7, 1997.[2]

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
  4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
  7. "Manha" – 3:48
  8. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
  9. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
  10. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
  11. "The Foundation" – 5:38
  12. "Interlude" – 2:22
  13. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  14. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
  15. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
  16. "One" – 4:51

European release

This version was released in 1998 by 4AD in the United Kingdom [3] and by Rough Trade Germany in Germany[4] and in 2002 by Labels in France.[5]

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:21
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 7:45
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:26
  4. "Vivid" - 4:22
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:25
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:27
  7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:36
  8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:15
  9. "The Foundation" – 5:39
  10. "Interlude" – 2:26
  11. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  12. "So Vast as the Sky" - 5:02
  13. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:11
  14. "Walking Through Babylon" – 4:27

2006 re-release

Eighteenth Street Lounge Music rereleased the album in early 2006 with the following track listing.[6]

  1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
  2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
  3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
  4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
  5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
  6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
  7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
  8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
  9. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
  10. "The Foundation" – 5:38
  11. "Interlude" – 2:22
  12. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
  13. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
  14. ".38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
  15. "One" – 4:51
  16. "Sun, Moon & Stars" – 4:30
  17. "The Sleeper Car" – 3:07

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