Presenting the best Thievery Corporation albums, ranked. This votable list includes all 10 studio LPs from the experimental electronic and trip hop duo, comprised of members Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, from their first album, 1997's Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi, to their most recent, Treasures from the Temple.
Each decade has had defining Thievery Corporation albums. In the 2000s, The Mirror Conspiracy introduced Garza and Hilton to a larger audience than ever before, while The Richest Man in Babylon and The Cosmic Game attracted attention thanks in large part to their respective well-known songs, "Until the Morning" and "Amerimacka." Meanwhile, the duo's feature-heavy Saudade stands out perhaps the most prominently among Thievery Corp's 2010s output. And, with a new album slated for release in April 2020, Symphonik, Garza and Hilton show no signs of slowing down in the coming decade.
The Thievery Corporation discography is full of gems, but it's up to you to decide which record is the best of the best. Vote up your favorite albums by the downtempo legends below to decide which one takes home the gold.
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The Richest Man in Babylon
Photo: ESL
1. Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes
2. Facing East
3. The Outernationalist
4. Interlude
5. Omid (Hope)
6. All That We Perceive
7. Un Simple Histoire (A Simple Story)
8. Meu Destino (My Destiny)
9. Exilio (Exile)
10. From Creation
11. The Richest Man in Babylon
12. Liberation Front
13. The State of the Union
14. Until the Morning
15. Resolution
1. Treasures
2. Le Monde
3. Indra
4. Lebanese Blonde
5. Focus on Sight
6. Air Batucada
7. Só com você
8. Samba Tranquille
9. Shadows of Ourselves
10. The Hong Kong Triad
11. Illumination
12. The Mirror Conspiracy
13. Tomorrow
14. Barrio Alto
15. A Guide for I and I
Pitchfork score: 7.2
Release Date: 2000
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The Cosmic Game
Photo: ESL
1. Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)
2. Warning Shots
3. Revolution Solution
4. The Cosmic Game
5. Satyam Shivam Sundaram
6. Amerimacka
7. Ambicion Eterna
8. Pela Janela
9. Sol Tapado
10. The Heart's a Lonely Hunter
11. Holographic Universe
12. Doors of Perception
13. Wires and Watchtowers
14. The Supreme Illusion
15. The Time We Lost Our Way
16. A Gentle Dissolve
Pitchfork score: 7.6
Release Date: 2005
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Radio Retaliation
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1. Sound the Alarm (feat. Sleepy Wonder)
2. Mandala (feat. Anoushka Shankar on sitar)
3. Radio Retaliation (feat. Sleepy Wonder)
4. Vampires (feat. Femi Kuti)
5. Hare Krsna (feat. Seu Jorge)
6. El Pueblo Unido (feat. Verny Varela)
7. (The Forgotten People)
8. 33 Degree (feat. Zee)
9. Beautiful Drug (feat. Jana Andevska)
10. La Femme Parallel (feat. LouLou Ghelichkhani)
11. Retaliation Suite
12. The Numbers Game (feat. Chuck Brown)
13. The Shining Path
14. Blasting Through the City (feat. Notch)
15. Sweet Tides
