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  • Artist: Leftfield
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: August 31, 1999
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Perhaps wishing to move from progressive-house flagwavers to trip-hop super-producers on a par with Massive Attack, Leftfield returned after almost five years of silence with a set of blunted trip-hop jams, stoned to say the least -- though glimmers of their house background do show through. Aside from a few uptempo stormers ("Double Flash," "Swords") reminiscent of a slightly less frenetic Jeff Mills, house fans looking for anthems worthy of "Not Forgotten" might be disappointed. The grooves on Rhythm and Stealth are a bit too languid and the productions a bit too intricate for dancefloor consumption. The one track that might make fans yearn for the heady days of 1993, "El Cid," begins with the ephemeral synth for which Leftfield has been known, but soon moves into breakbeat territory. Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa makes an appearance on the excellent "Afrika Shox," taking the mic on a brutal electro throwdown. As Rhythm and Stealth shows time and time again, it's definitely not 1993 anymore, and Leftfield has moved on with a grace and mastery of production seldom seen in the dance world. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Dusted Roots Manuva, Neil Barnes, Paul Daley Leftfield (4:41)
Phat Planet (Lyrics) Paul Daley, Neil Barnes Leftfield (5:23)
Chant of a Poor Man (Lyrics) Neil Barnes, Paul Daley Leftfield (5:55)
Double Flash Neil Barnes, Paul Daley Leftfield (4:11)
El Cid Paul Daley, Neil Barnes Leftfield (6:01)
Afrika Shox (Lyrics) Paul Daley, Rapaccioli, Afrika Bambaataa, Neil Barnes Leftfield (5:36)
Dub Gussett Neil Barnes, Rapaccioli, Paul Daley Leftfield (4:51)
Swords (Lyrics) Neil Barnes, Paul Daley Leftfield (5:06)
6/8 War Neil Barnes, Paul Daley Leftfield (4:12)
Rino's Prayer Paul Daley, Della Volpe, Neil Barnes Leftfield (9:27)

Credits

Ian Robertson (Tape Operator), Rino (Vocals), Nicole Willis (Vocals), Roots Manuva (Performer), Cheshire Cat (Performer), Nick Rapaccioli (Producer), Afrika Bambaataa (Vocals), Toby McFarlan Pond (Photography), Roots Manuva (Vocals), Nick Baxter (Tape Operator), Adam Wren (Engineer), Leftfield (Producer), Afrika Bambaataa (Performer), Cheshire Cat (Vocals)
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Rhythm and Stealth
Studio album by Leftfield
Released 20 September 1999
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Electronica
Ambient
Dub
Hip hop
Length 52:48
Label Hard Hands / Higher Ground / Sony BMG
Producer Leftfield and Nick Rapaccioli(track 6)
Professional reviews
Leftfield chronology
Leftism
(1995)		 Rhythm and Stealth
(1999)		 Stealth Remixes
(2000)
Alternative Cover
Cover for Re-Release with Remix CD.
Cover for Re-Release with Remix CD.

Rhythm and Stealth is an album by Leftfield released on 20 September 1999. It was the follow up to 1995's Leftism. The album reached #1 in the UK album chart. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000 but lost out to Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour of Bewilderbeast.

Rhythm and Stealth had a notably harsher underlying beat than its predecessor with songs such as "Phat Planet" and "Afrika Shox" being much darker than those on the previous album. The album is best known amongst the British public for the song "Phat Planet" which featured on Guinness' 1999 advert Surfer [1], and Beast Machines, yet the song was never released as a single. The best selling single from the album was "Afrika Shox" featuring Afrika Bambaataa which peaked at #7 in the UK singles chart. The album was released on CD, Cassette, Double-LP, Quintuple 10" box set and MiniDisc. "Double Flash" was also one of the songs that was remixed into the European release of MTV Music Generator, known as Music 2000. The Album was re-released on 29 May 2000 with a bonus disk of remixed versions which was also released as an album on its own, Stealth Remixes. The song "Swords" was featured in the movie "Go."

Track listing

  1. "Dusted" (feat. Roots Manuva) – 4:41
  2. "Phat Planet" – 5:24
  3. "Chant Of A Poor Man" (feat. Cheshire Cat) – 5:54
  4. "Double Flash" – 4:11
  5. "El Cid" – 6:02
  6. "Afrika Shox" (feat. Afrika Bambaataa) – 5:37
  7. "Dub Gussett" – 4:51
  8. "Swords" (feat. Nicole Willis) – 5:07
  9. "6/8 War" – 4:13
  10. "Rino's Prayer" (feat. Rino) – 6:44
  • A Special Edition was released in Australia and Japan containing a bonus track "Phat Planet (Version 2)"

Bonus CD

  1. "Phat Planet (Dave Clarke Remix)" – 5:52
  2. "El Cid (I-Cube Simple Mix)" – 5:52
  3. "Rino's Prayer (Nick Rapaccioli Remix)" – 5:39
  4. "Chant of a Poor Man (Mighty Quark Remix)" – 5:24
  5. "Dub Gussett (Maas Remix)" – 6:33
  6. "El Cid (I-Cube Table Tennis Remix)" – 6:49
  7. "Double Flash (Headstarter Remix)" – 6:11
  8. "Afrika Shox (CD-Rom Video Version)" – 4:52
  9. "Dusted (CD-Rom Video Version)" – 4:43


Preceded by
Come on Over by Shania Twain		 UK number one album
October 2, 1999 – October 8, 1999		 Succeeded by
Reload by Tom Jones
v • d • e
Leftfield
Neil Barnes | Paul Daley
Studio albums
Leftism | Rhythm and Stealth | Stealth Remixes
Compilation Albums
Singles
Collaborating Artists
Earl Sixteen | Papa Dee | Djum Djum | Toni Halliday | Danny Red | John Lydon | Lemn Sissay | Roots Manuva | Cheshire Cat | Afrika Bambaataa | Nicole Willis | Rino | Dave Clarke | Nick Rapaccioli

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