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WELL I AM MARRIED NOW BUT IN MY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF DAYS GONE BY I HAPPENED TO THROW THIS ALBUM ON TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WITH TWO VERY HANDSOME WONDERFUL MEN. BOTH SAID AND I QUOTE "ARE YOU TRYING TO SEDUCE ME?" HAWAII, YOUNG PEOPLE, HOT NIGHTS, THIS ALBUM IS GREAT AND I HAVE AMAZING MEMORIES TO GO WITH IT.

I did not expect to like this... but i do!

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I am a straight up hip-hop fan. Nothing else really appeals to me much. I heard this album when my g/f played it in my car once in a while. I started to like it. The songs started growing on me, to the point where I was the one who was wanting to listen to it! I like the fact that they use what I would call a hip-hop drum beat. But they put all different kinds of music over top of it. It usually sounds spacey and kind of psychodelic. The music is crisp and high quality. Not so much for if you really want to listen to something energetic to get you pumped up, but its more of chill music. Its really actually good for most any occasion and I even listen to it sometimes in the gym during my workouts! They incorporate musical styles from all over the world. I am now checking out some of their other albums after falling in love with this one. I recommend this to a fan of any kind of music. Cus as a hip-hop guy I really didnt expect to like this as much as I do so I dont doubt others will be the same as me!

Eddy Review

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Discovered on an Internet radio. I love the "dynamics" rythms.
Some songs make me remind of west indies sounds.
Eddy

Opposing forces

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3 1/2

I always end up wishing this electronic group stuck to the non-lyric tracks. It is on those more refined productions where studio finesse really kicks in and their diverse palate of electro-world influence becomes noticeable. Unfortunately, cluttered side-by-side with run of the mill vocal appeasements, Thievery Corporation miss the mark of attaining the kind of flow you would think they were aiming for in the first place.

More of the same, but with some intriguing steps towards psychadelia

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In most respects, Thievery Corporation's 2005 album THE COSMIC GAME is a further refinement of the global lounge styles they had explored in previous efforts. There's Asian female vocals and sitar ("Satyam Shivam Sundaram"), echoes of Brazil ("Pela Janela"), and a rastaman glorifying Hallie Salassie ("Warning Shots"). The duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, who ran an elite lounge in Washington DC that would accept only the finest dress and comportment, also continue their theme (its sincerity is questionable) of the Third World masses held down by the Man; witness the songs "Revolution Solution" and "Amerimacka" where Perry Farrell and Notch deliver such lines "The toil of the many goes to the fortunate few" and "Land of the free built on slavery." Most tracks are banal, musically fluff and nothing that compels a purchase if you've already got THE MIRROR CONSPIRACY and THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON.

Yet, there are a couple of songs where Thievery Corporation ventured in a new direction that should have been featured more heavily on this album. The opening "Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)" and "Sol Tapado" are clearly influenced by 1960s psychadelia, and the "Pink Floyd meets dub" soundworld creates a chillout vibe much more effectively than Thievery Corporation's now played-out World music extravaganza.