Old Money (album)
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Old Money is a studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
released by Stones Throw Records
in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label. Rodríguez-López explained that the album is "loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money." Stones Throw Records released the vinyl version of the album on February 6, 2009.
Rodriguez-Lopez has hinted that this record was a potential follow up to the 2006 The Mars Volta
studio album Amputechture
until he changed his musical direction. Many songs share similarities with previous Mars Volta live jams, although to say which came first is difficult knowing Rodriguez-Lopez' musical tendencies.
Metacritic
gave the album a 70/100 but erroneously referred to it as "The debut album for the Mars Volta guitarist."
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
released by Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20....
in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label. Rodríguez-López explained that the album is "loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money." Stones Throw Records released the vinyl version of the album on February 6, 2009.
Rodriguez-Lopez has hinted that this record was a potential follow up to the 2006 The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
studio album Amputechture
Amputechture
-Notes:#"Vicarious Atonement" is the theory that the atonement of Jesus Christ was legal in God's eyes and that Jesus died in the place of the humans that sinned....
until he changed his musical direction. Many songs share similarities with previous Mars Volta live jams, although to say which came first is difficult knowing Rodriguez-Lopez' musical tendencies.
Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
gave the album a 70/100 but erroneously referred to it as "The debut album for the Mars Volta guitarist."
Track listing
- "The Power of Myth" – 5:29
- "How to Bill the Bilderberg Group" – 3:27
- "Population Council's Wet Dream" – 6:17
- "Private Fortunes" – 4:12
- "Trilateral Commission as Dinner Guests" – 4:51
- "1921" – 1:35
- "Family War Funding (Love Those Rothschilds)" – 3:55
- "Vipers in the Bosom" – 1:49
- "I Like the Rockefellers' First Two Records, but After That..." – 4:31
- "Old Money" – 9:18
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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November 10, 2008 | Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20.... |
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| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
November 21, 2008 | Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20.... |
CD |
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January 26, 2009 | Pinnacle | CD |
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January 27, 2009 | Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20.... |
CD (wide release) |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
February 6, 2009 | Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20.... |
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Personnel
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– Guitars (except 2), Synths (except 6, 8), Bass (2, 4, 5), Keys (2, 4, 7, 10), Wurlitzer (2), Theremin (3), Effects & TV (6), Percussion (8) - Juan AldereteJuan AldereteJuan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.-Biography:...
– Bass (1, 3, 7, 9, 10) - Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez – Woodwinds (5), Percussion (7)
- Marcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– Percussion (1, 4, 7, 9, 10), Drums (5, 9), Synths (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), Clavinet & Keys (10) - Deantoni ParksDeantoni ParksDeantoni Parks is a new wave/avant-garde/experimental drummer, songwriter, film director, actor and record producer born in Newnan, Georgia. He is the founder; producer and drummer of the New York band, KUDU, and one-half of the writing duo, Dark Angels with producer and keyboardist Nick Kasper,...
– Drums (1) - Cedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...
– Drums (2) - Jon Philip Theodore – Drums (3, 7, 10)