The Cosmic Game

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The Cosmic Game
Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2005
RecordedDecember 2003 – November 2004
StudioThe Consulate, Washington, DC [1]
Genre
Length62:42
Label ESL
Producer
  • Rob Garza
  • Eric Hilton
Thievery Corporation chronology
The Richest Man in Babylon
(2002)
The Cosmic Game
(2005)
Versions
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The Cosmic Game is the fourth studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation, released on February 22, 2005, by ESL Music. After the success of their previous album The Richest Man in Babylon (2002), the guest artists on The Cosmic Game are of higher profile. The album features various styles of music including club, future-bossa, breaks, rock, and more.[ citation needed ]

Contents

The album debuted at number 74 on the UK Albums Chart, and has sold over 151,000 copies in the United States. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleFeaturingLength
1."Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)" Wayne Coyne 4:01
2."Warning Shots"Sleepy Wonder and Gunjan5:02
3."Revolution Solution" Perry Farrell 3:41
4."The Cosmic Game" 2:19
5."Satyam Shivam Sundaram"Gunjan4:07
6."Amerimacka" Notch 5:41
7."Ambicion Eterna"Verny Varela3:43
8."Pela Janela"Gigi Rezende3:41
9."Sol Tapado"Patrick de Santos3:57
10."The Heart's a Lonely Hunter" David Byrne 4:03
11."Holographic Universe" 3:42
12."Doors of Perception"Gunjan3:16
13."Wires and Watchtowers"Sista Pat4:19
14."The Supreme Illusion"Gunjan4:10
15."The Time We Lost Our Way"LouLou Ghelichkhani4:11
16."A Gentle Dissolve" 2:49

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Cosmic Game
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 46
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 71
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 50
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 24
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 74
US Billboard 200 [16] 94
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 6
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [18] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Cosmic Game
Chart (2005)Position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [19] 7

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