Billion Dollar Gravy

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Billion Dollar Gravy
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Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Liquid funk
Label Hospital Records
Producer Tony Colman
London Elektricity chronology
Pull the Plug
(1999)
Billion Dollar Gravy
(2003)
Power Ballads
(2005)
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Billion Dollar Gravy is the second studio album by drum n bass act London Elektricity, released in 2003. The album is known for its usage of live musicians, such as the Jungle Drummer (drums), Liane Carroll (jazz vocals), Andy Waterworth (upright bass), Robert Owens (vocals), and others, much like London Elektricity's debut, Pull the Plug . [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Billion Dollar Gravy" – 6:23
  2. "Different Drum" – 7:23
  3. "Fast Soul Music" – 6:22
  4. "To Be Me" – 6:16
  5. "The Great Drum + Bass Swindle" – 7:09
  6. "Cum Dancing" – 7:15
  7. "Main Ingredient" – 4:35
  8. "Harlesden" – 5:44
  9. "My Dreams" – 7:24
  10. "Born to Synthesise" – 6:42
  11. "Syncopated City" – 5:57

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References

  1. Kingsley Marshall. "Billion Dollar Gravy". Allmusic . Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  2. Pascal Wyse (23 May 2003). "CD: London Elektricity: Billion Dollar Gravy | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. Performers on "Billion Dollar Gravy"
  4. Jungle Drummer's appearances Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine