| Old Money | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 10, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 - 2006 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock | |||
| Length | 45:25 | |||
| Label | Stones Throw Records | |||
| Producer | Omar Rodríguez-López | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| CHARTattack | (favorable)[2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (6/10)[3] |
| The Skinny |  [4] |
| Paste | (75/100)[5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [7] |
Old Money is the eighth studio album by American guitarist and composer Omar Rodríguez-López, his first with Stones Throw Records who released CD and MP3 versions on November 10, 2008 and a vinyl version in February 2009.[8] Rodríguez-López explained that the album is "loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money."[9]
Rodriguez-Lopez has hinted that this record was a thematic sequel to the 2006 album Amputechture by his band The Mars Volta.[10]
Review aggregate site Metacritic calculates a score of 70/100 for the album, but erroneously referred to it as "The debut album for the Mars Volta guitarist".[11]
In the song "I Like Rockefellers' First Two Albums, But After That...", there is a dialog from the movie El Topo, from Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Power of Myth" | 5:29 |
| 2. | "How to Bill the Bilderberg Group" | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Population Council's Wet Dream" | 6:17 |
| 4. | "Private Fortunes" | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Trilateral Commission as Dinner Guests" | 4:51 |
| 6. | "1921" | 1:35 |
| 7. | "Family War Funding (Love Those Rothschilds)" | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Vipers in the Bosom" | 1:49 |
| 9. | "I Like the Rockefellers' First Two Albums, But After That..." | 4:31 |
| 10. | "Old Money" | 9:18 |
| Total length: | 45:25 | |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | November 10, 2008 | Stones Throw Records | MP3 |
| United States | November 21, 2008 | Stones Throw Records | CD |
| United Kingdom | January 26, 2009 | Pinnacle | CD |
| United States | January 27, 2009 | Stones Throw Records | CD (wide release) |
| United States | February 6, 2009 | Stones Throw Records | LP |
| United Kingdom | December 2023 | Clouds Hill | LP |
Personnel
- Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars (except 2), synths (except 6, 8), bass (2, 4, 5), keys (2, 4, 7, 10), Wurlitzer (2), theremin (3), effects and TV (6), percussion (8)
- Juan Alderete – bass (1, 3, 7, 9, 10)
- Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez – woodwinds (5), percussion (7)
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion (1, 4, 7, 9, 10), drums (5, 9, 10), synths (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), clavinet and keys (10)
- Deantoni Parks – drums (1)
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala – drums (2)
- Jon Theodore – drums (3, 7)
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ CHARTattack review
- ↑ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ↑ The Skinny review
- ↑ Paste review
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
- ↑ Stones Throw Online Store
- ↑ "Omar Rodriguez Lopez releases Old Money on Stones Throw | Stones Throw Records". Stonesthrow.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ↑ Stones Throw Records Website
- ↑ "Old Money Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-04.