- Audio CD (Jun 20 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B00001R3G3
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#18,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #62 in Music > Dance & DJ > House
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Track Listings
| 1. Dusted |
| 2. Phat Planet |
| 3. Chant Of A Poor Man |
| 4. Double Flash |
| 5. El Cid |
| 6. Afrika Shox |
| 7. Dub Gussett |
| 8. Swords |
| 9. 6/8 War |
| 10. Rino's Prayer |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Neil Barnes and Paul Daley, the Leftfield masterminds behind 1995's sumptuous dance stew Leftism, have gone one better with Rhythm and Stealth. A little darker than its predecessor, the long-awaited sophomore effort clearly ranks with dance music's most versatile and human albums, ranging from big blocking dance-floor beats to waves of ambient melancholy, all framed bewitchingly as actual songs. Kicking in hard with the sub-thumping hip-hop trip of "Dusted" and uppercutting it with a spacey "Phat Planet", the momentum is maintained by the looping pyscho-techno mantra of "Double Flash." It is "El Cid," all sleepy, warm, sunny Sunday mornings, that offers the first hint of the richer personality to come. And while "Afrika Shox" rattles cages and "Swords" is undeniably addictive, the lush mystery of "Reno" best personifies the beauty and brilliance of this album. The song encompasses the aura of Nusrat Fatah Ali Kahn with an enormous, beautiful bottom end and engaging waves of samplers used like strings. Rhythm and Stealth is a unique entity, the best of electronic sound, with an organic, real heart pumping away inside. --Steffan Chirazi
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Shame Leftfield are no more eh?,
This review is from: Rhythm And Stealth (Audio CD)
I'm only 20 and I had no idea who Leftfield were til '99. My brother played me the original version of 'Song of Life' in 99 and kept banging on how amazing 'Leftism'is. I could not stop playing it. I still can't I admit. Still,I bought 'Rhythm and Stealth' that year and was amazed how good this is. 'Dusted' is a raw hard hop track with the magic of Roots Manuva over it.(Though I admit I hate hip-hop). 'Phat Planet', the guiness ad track is an amazing track and the album pace is kept until 'El Cid'. 'Afrika Shox' with Afrika Bambaataa is really catchy! Dub Gusset'(what a name for a track,sniff!),is a nice dark breaks number with the cool zappy dial twiddling which brings us nicely into the hypnosis of 'Swords' with the eerie vocals of Toni Halliday. The album ends nicely on a very dark tip with the awesome '6/8 War' and that's topped off with 'Rhino's Prayer' which is a dark breakbeat number with heavy sub-bass rhythms. All in all this is an album which will be in my faves of all time. Maybe not up there with Leftism with it's legacy, but still one that will keep Leftfield's spirit burn forever...
4.0 out of 5 stars
rhythm infection bliss,
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This review is from: Rhythm And Stealth (Audio CD)
I bought this before the Leftism one and actually prefer it. When it hits the speakers I pull out my djembe african drum and don't stop playing along until the very end, drenched in sweat!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Darkness and the Light,
By OverTheMoon (overthemoonreview@hotmail.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rhythm And Stealth (Audio CD)
Normally I am not a fan of Drum and Base but when it is done right it is very good and Leftfield has done it right and then some more. This is the perfect album to sit at home with. It is weird in that it is not really an album you can dance too but if you like to sit around with your friends and enjoy some tunes then this is really a good one because you can chat and then relax and then chat again and relax and the album really does fill that void well. I know lots of people who throw this one on when people are around because it sets a good mood and for all its darkness is actually quite moving in a soul searching thinky sort of way.The tunes are all mostly drum and bass but they do vary in type. There are a lot of floor thumpers that will vibrate all the way to the neighbors but then there is also ambient works that will just oscillate the bongs. For those of you expecting Leftfield: Leftism, forget it. Leftfield have simply done something darker and new. This is a must have album and it is really that good! I would also recommend Paul Oakenfold's Great Wall if you like this one because they are very similar except that Great Wall is more Trance orientated.
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