Thievery Corporation – The Temple Of I & I
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Eighteenth Street Lounge Music – esl 222 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Reggae |
Style: |
Dub |
Tracklist
| A1 | Thief Rockers | |
| A2 | Letter To The Editor | |
| A3 | Strike The Root | |
| A4 | Ghetto Matrix | |
| B5 | True Sons Of Zion | |
| B6 | The Temple Of I & I (Instrumental) | |
| B7 | Time + Space | |
| B8 | Love Has No Heart | |
| C9 | Lose To Find | |
| C10 | Let The Chalice Blaze (Instrumental) | |
| C11 | Weapons Of Distraction | |
| D12 | Road Block | |
| D13 | Fight To Survive | |
| D14 | Babylon Falling | |
| D15 | Drop Your Guns |
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Credits
- Arranged By [Strings Arrangement] – Phillip Peterson*
- Art Direction, Design – Neal Ashby
- Backing Vocals – Tamara Welons*
- Bass – Stephen 'Big Yard' Samuels*
- Cello – Phillip Peterson*
- Drums – Jeff Franca
- Engineer, Co-producer – Gianmaria Conti
- Guitar – Rob Myers
- Horns – Matt Rippetoe
- Keyboards – Will Rast
- Lacquer Cut By – CB*
- Management – Faction Ent*
- Management [Business Managment] – Robert "Kalani" Tifford*
- Management [Live Performance] – Dave Geller
- Mastered By – Emily Lazar
- Mastered By [Assistant] – Chris Allgood
- Percussion – Swamp Guinee
- Viola – Flora Peterson
- Violin – Victoria Parker
- Written-By, Producer – Thievery Corporation
Notes
Issued in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves and a double-sided folded poster.
A sticker is attached on the front cover. A coupon is also included.
Tracks numbered sequentially across all sides.
First catalog number appears on sticker & printed inner sleeves, while the second & third catalog numbers are listed on center labels and spine respectively.
On back cover:
℗© ESL Music 2017
Manufactured and distributed by INgroves
On labels:
All songs © ℗ 2017 ESL Music
On poster:
Mastered at The Lodge
Manufactured and distributed by INgroves
© ESL Music 2017
Runout information:
Runouts are hand-etched.
A sticker is attached on the front cover. A coupon is also included.
Tracks numbered sequentially across all sides.
First catalog number appears on sticker & printed inner sleeves, while the second & third catalog numbers are listed on center labels and spine respectively.
On back cover:
℗© ESL Music 2017
Manufactured and distributed by INgroves
On labels:
All songs © ℗ 2017 ESL Music
On poster:
Mastered at The Lodge
Manufactured and distributed by INgroves
© ESL Music 2017
Runout information:
Runouts are hand-etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 8 89326 76548 6
- Barcode (Scanned): 889326765486
- Matrix / Runout (Runouts A side): ESL-222LP-A CB MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Runouts B side): ESL-222LP-B CB MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Runouts C side): ESL-222LP-C CB MPO
- Matrix / Runout (Runouts D side): ESL-222LP-D CB MPO
Other Versions (5 of 10)
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The Temple Of I & I (CD, Album) | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music | esl 222 | US | 2017 | ||
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The Temple Of I & I (CD, Album) | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music | ESL 222 | Europe | 2017 | ||
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The Temple Of I & I (CD, Album, Unofficial Release) | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music (2) | ESL 222 | Russia | 2017 | ||
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The Temple Of I & I (15×File, MP3, Album, VBR) | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music | ESL 222 | 2017 | |||
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The Temple Of I & I (CD, Album, Promo, Stereo) | Eighteenth Street Lounge Music | esl 222 | Europe | 2017 |
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2015 EuropeVinyl —12", Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Reviews
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Sounds absolutely fantastic played as brand new (M) on my Rega Planar 1, via Marantz PM6006 and Grado SR80e headphones. No surface noise, perfectly balanced and good solid bass. One of my favourite TC albums. -
Absolutely flawless pressing here. The SQ is also top notch. Great sound stage & dynamics.
(Rig: Rega RP6 with Ortofon black cart through McIntosh MA5200 amp & Axiom M60 v2 speakers.) -
Amazing pressing! Definitely one of my favorite Thievery albums. Clean, crisp, dynamic and brilliant.
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Vinyl has a bit of surface noise floor happening, not the quietest vinyl, but it was free of clicks and pops. Second disc on mine has noticeable warpage, but it didn't prove audible. Packaging quality is great.
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This is probably my favourite Thievery album. It is undeniably a Thievery album, all chilled grooves, lush melodies, dub elements and hints of bossa, but it feels, at least in part, as one of their grittiest. This album is worth it for Letter To The Editor and True Sons Of Zion alone. Some here deplore the lack of originality, and it is true that this album doesn't mark any departure, but it feels as their most coherent album in years. I would have loved a little more of the dub/reggae side exposed, but this is what I like the most about them. As an album, It sits right up there alongside Richest Man in Babylon and Radio Retaliation. -
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Edited 8 years agoEvery time I expect a new Thievery album to radically depart into a darker, more beat-driven, psychedelic territory, I get another album that's a slight variation of their typical sound. (How cool would it be to see Garza tackle 60's psychedelia, something he touched upon on a few tracks on "The Cosmic Game"?) "Temple" is another case of Thievery doing what they are best at: sunny vibes, guest vocalists having fun, reggae, that recognizable Thievery pseudo-1990s chord in the background... Highlights here include the energetic hip-hop "centerpiece" "Letter to the Editor", Mr. Lif doing his thing on "Ghetto Matrix" and "Fight to Survive" and the instrumental, groove-driven "Let The Chalice Blaze".
All in all, a quality album that will appease fans of Thievery, while not breaking any new ground. Sometimes familiarity is reassuring, nostalgic, a dip into the past. One can't argue the top-notch quality of its production and the pleasantness of its vibes. Less of a departure than the uber-tropical "Saudade" but (unfortunately) less dark than The Cosmic Game, this lies firmly in the middle in of Thievery oeuvre. -
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Ok real thievery sounds
For me the real bombs are in the a side and b side particularly letter to the editor ,strike the root love has no heart and obviously the temple of I & I
Great work!
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