--- product_id: 20865882 title: "The Outernational Sound" brand: "thievery corporation" price: "NT$2788" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/20865882-the-outernational-sound store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # The Outernational Sound **Brand:** thievery corporation **Price:** NT$2788 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Outernational Sound by thievery corporation - **How much does it cost?** NT$2788 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/20865882-the-outernational-sound) ## Best For - thievery corporation enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted thievery corporation brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Mixing fluidly between afro-beat, reggae, rock, Brazilian, soul, easy listening, electronic and rare library music, Thievery Corporation create a set that takes the listener on a trip of truly global proportions. The Outernational Sound is a seamless recording from many nights of sonic exploration with the turntables and a crate of records. From warehouse parties in Caracas to elegant soires in Honolulu, and root downs in Kingston, Garza and Hilton have played a lot of rare wax for a broad spectrum of listeners. Now, in a one-hour mix CD, the sound system has been mashed up and the whole world can share in Thievery Corporation's Outernational Sound. .com Getting back to their turntables after the all-original work on 2002's The Richest Man in Babylon, Thievery Corporation dust off a collection of soulful wax for The Outernational Sound. Rob Garza and Eric Hilton have gone with an increasingly organic approach since their relatively electronic and modern Mirror Conspiracy, looking more back than forward. Happily, the duo has good taste. If that wasn't obvious after the collections on Babylon and 2001's Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi, Outernational ends the argument. The record rambles through Brazilian jazz, afro-beat, and a kaleidoscope of funked-up rhythms that only a serious purveyor of world beat chill tunes could unearth. Their big ears, however, can't always keep up with their DJ skills; 20 tracks are smooshed into just over an hour, and you can feel Garza and Hilton sweating to make the different musical bloodlines congeal. You'll likely find yourself playing only sections of the record, depending on your mood. Still, whatever section you settle on should supply a hearty dose of satisfaction. --Matthew Cooke ## Images ![The Outernational Sound - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41vRbCVuA8L.jpg) ![The Outernational Sound - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51cYEv-KpzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really chill, trendy, romantic, and good for lounging *by S***K on Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015* This is an amazing album. There are 20 songs on it, so it's big. There is a lot of content. Thievery likes to bring in a lot of guest artists, so they are kind of more like a collective than a band. This is interesting because they don't really have one or more figurehead band members, but they have the ability to really play the broad field and make music that spans many genres with great success. Thievery has elements of jazz, reggae, international, electronic, new age, hip/hop, and probably some others that I'm not recognizing. I think that's amazing.This album is well named. The music has a very international feel to it, and there is singing in foreign languages and also English with heavy accents. Western and eastern instruments are both present. There is jazz, Latin, Indian, and other types of music that I can't readily identify.Some of the music on this album would be great for romantic formal dancing, and most of it would be well-suited for playing in your house on the hi-fi when you want to dim the lights and have some candles and wine with just you and your significant other. It would also work well in an expensive, quiet restaurant, or in the elevator of an expensive hotel, and in fact I've heard it played in restaurants.This album is also well-assembled. Many of the songs blend from one into the next, so if you're really an audiophile, set your iTunes to play it with no gaps between the songs. This blending is really well done, and demonstrates that the people mixing the album and Thievery Corporation themselves really cared about what they were doing.I'll try to outline some of my favorite songs on this album, but generally, I like all of them, and there really aren't any duds in the mix. Due to this, and the nice blending between songs, I would recommend that interested listeners try to purchase the whole album if possible, rather than just individual songs. Everyone on there is great, and it fits together and works together as an album.International Flight - A purely instrumental song, very classy, very relaxing, would be good elevator music in a very expensive hotel.Vai Vai - Electronic echoing sounds in the beginning, and small amounts of vocalizations, not very many lyrics, very smooth, laid back, and classy.Chez Roger Boite Funk - Funky and electronic, with some jazz flute3 Play It Cool - Also smooth and cool, but with some random creepy male lyricsUnder My Sensi (Thievery Corporation Mix) - Sophisticated electronic beats, also with some random creepy male lyricsLagos Communique - Nice trumpet work, backed with some sitar, if I'm not mistaken, and strong percussion beatWithin You Without You - Dreamy and meditative, with sitarExpo In Tokyo - Feels like it would be a good soundtrack to a movie featuring high stakes business deals with Japanese investors wearing expensive suits (yes, I seriously get all of this imagery) :-)My French Brother - I have no idea why they named this song this, but it's a really good song. Lots of strange and wonderful electronic sounds with some minimal female vocalizations that sound really sexy. Very chill.Better Must Come and the Richest Man in Babylon - it's a little lame that they included a remix of a song they already published on the Richest Man in Bablylon album that they previously did, but both of these songs are Reggae, and Thievery does really well with Reggae work.So in summary, I'm not sure if this is Thievery's *best of all* album, but it is certainly an excellent one, and deserving of 5 stars. Buy it and enjoy!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Solid mix-tape for a classic theivery heist *by D***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2004* Theivery Corp. have built their reputation as tastemakers over the years by releasing records so hypnotic and streamlined that, though most of the music is stolen -- i.e. thievery of sounds--, the brand name Thievery Corporation is another way of saying good taste.So by releasing a CD containing some of their favorite songs, did Thievery live up to its reputation? Yes, mostly.There's no fancy mixing here, and the songs do not always blend together in seemless fashion. But the brothers do dig some gems from their crates 'o wax.The music ranges from South American rhythems to North Atlantic drum and bass to Washington DC dub to the Beatles (off of Sgt. Peppers) to Funk to Asia (but not really) and ends with one of the best Jamaican rocksteady songs, by Delroy Wilson, I've ever heard.To top it all off, the CD is encased in layer after layer of shiny-psychedlic-Warholian-pop-art-packaging - which may be worth the price of admission if that's your thing.My overall impression is that, after spending a decade or so trying to be as effortlessly-cool as possible, Thievery is dying to get a little funky. They've amassed wealth through many heists, and this mix-tape album is their chance to just let the good times roll.If you're looking for high art, go elsewhere. But if you're looking for an intruiging mix of sounds that would probably do well at a party, check this out. Grade: B. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best out of all 32 TC albums listed on Amazon! *by T***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2007* I was a teen in the '70's and too poor to buy albums just to try them out (no sampling back then). But since hi-fi home audio equipment (as well as studio mastering as source) was pretty much subpar, it wouldn't have mattered anyway because it would've sounded like crap without TC's remix mastering and use of modern digital equipment to make them danceable as well as listenable as heard on Outernational Sound.Just from this album alone I'm convinced studio mastering and sampling is truly an art form all its own.I've always been a big fan of similarly block party styled big beat funk on this TC album ever since I heard back in the '70's Kool and the Gang's Jungle Boogie (TC-"ReReturn Of The Original Artform"and "Cookin") and rockin' instrumentals like Mason William's "Classical Gas" (TC-David Snell's "International Flight"and "Slow Hot Wind"), that I've never stopped looking for more of the same all these years. And it's really been difficult finding similarly well crafted original "pop" especially since corporate media has pretty much taken over music radio and watered down originality that I've had to resort to finding really good, original sounding music on the internet and Outernational Sound fits the bill. It's the best out of all of TC's albums.All the sampled sources for the songs on this album I've never heard before and knowing they were pulled from old recordings makes it even more unbelievable that they can be made to sound so modern with beefed up audio dynamics and perfectly timed and tastefully pieced cut and paste sampling. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tw/products/20865882-the-outernational-sound](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/20865882-the-outernational-sound) --- *Product available on Desertcart Taiwan* *Store origin: TW* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*