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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
lost in their sucess.......:
I am a die hard TC fan and have seen them live multiple times, this album is NOT GOOD AT ALL, period. It builds off what they have learned and created in the last ten years but THEN WHAT???? Nothing. Nothing new, more dub rapping, sittar riffs and... what else? It is a lazy effort at best, as if they were partying for the last two years and then realized its time to make a new album. In addition, whats with the crappy packaging?? these guys need to fire their marketing dept because it is just the definition... more info
Better than some efforts but.........:
it no "Sounds Fromt Thievery Hifi" or "DJ Kicks" but not a clunker like Abductions and Reconstructions".About on par with "Mirror Conspiracy".They don't re-invent their wheel here by any means but it grooves.Little more of that "Tower Of Power" lite here with usual sitars and drum grooves from Brazil,Africa,Jamaica,India.Again not a re-invention by any means.Definitely more political lyrics as you might expect from the cover art.Worth picking up but I thought an MP3 for $5 was bargain compared with CD.I... more info
Deja Vu all over again:
This sounds allright, but really it is just a pleasant throwaway. It's a retread of all their other albums with nothing new to offer whatsoever. Same ole "chill out" style that had its heyday almost a decade ago now.
Retailiate the Past With the Present:
Wow. I haven't been this excited about an album for a long time...at least an album in this current decade. I guess I am a little jaded about music because I was at one time surrounded by the classics and soon-to-be classics but this new recording by Thievery Corporation sends out a message to the listener's spirit; be new, be present, be open to the possibilities that are contained in this present. Last night (November 4, 2008) proved to my soul that changes are taking place. There will be some... more info
