Radio Retaliation is the fifth studio album of electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 band Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists, including current drummer Jeff Franca...

. Planned to be a very political album, it was recorded in the band's hometown of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 A pre-release of the album was available on iTunes on September 9, featuring an exclusive track entitled "Philosopher’s Stone". The band will also be promoting the album through Facebook

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 and iLike

ILike

iLike is an online service that allows users to download and share music. The website makes use of a sidebar that is used with Apple's iTunes or Microsoft's Windows Media Player. The program and sidebar are not required in order to use the site but allow for ease in discovering new artists....

. The music video for "The Numbers Game" single debuted on December 15. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Recording Package

Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the art director....

.The Album cover shows a photograph of the Mexican rebel Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos

Subcomandante Marcos is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation , a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas protesting against the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous...

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Tracklisting

1. "Sound The Alarm" (featuring Sleepy Wonder) – 3:41
2. "Mandala" (featuring Anoushka Shankar
   Anoushka Shankar
   Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
   
    on sitar) - 4:00
3. "Radio Retaliation" (featuring Sleepy Wonder) – 3:26
4. "Vampires" (featuring Femi Kuti
   Femi Kuti
   Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti....
   
   ) – 4:57
5. "Hare Krsna" (featuring Seu Jorge
   Seu Jorge
   Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba...
   
   ) – 3:35
6. "El Pueblo Unido" (featuring Verny Varela) – 3:29
7. "(The Forgotten People)" – 3:10
8. "33 Degree" (featuring Zee) – 3:47
9. "Beautiful Drug" (featuring Jana Andevska) – 3:27
10. "La Femme Parallel" (featuring Lou Lou) – 4:29
11. "Retaliation Suite" – 2:53
12. "The Numbers Game" (featuring Chuck Brown
    Chuck Brown
    Chuck Brown is a guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid- and late 1970s...
    
    ) – 3:03
13. "The Shining Path" – 3:38
14. "Blasting Through the City" (featuring Notch
    Notch (artist)
    Norman Howell , better known as Notch is a R&B, reggae, dancehall and reggaeton artist. He was the former lead vocalist and one of the creative force behind the hip hop-reggae act, Born Jamericans....
    
    ) – 3:33
15. "Sweet Tides" (featuring Lou Lou) – 4:48

iTunes bonus tracks

16. "Philosopher's Stone" - 4:10


17. "Vampires (Louis Vega House Remix)" - 9:42


18. "Vampires (Louie Vega Dub Remix)" - 9:42


19. "Mandala (Pathaan Remix)" - 5:37