Rhythm and Stealth

Infobox Album
Name = Rhythm and Stealth
Type = Album
Artist = Leftfield

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Released = 20 September, 1999
Recorded = 1998-1999
Genre = Electronica
Length = 52:48
Label = Hard Hands / Higher Ground / Sony BMG
Producer = Leftfield and Nick Rapaccioli"(track 6)"
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j4ri284u055a link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leftfield/albums/album/92360/review/5942344/rhythm_and_stealth link]
Last album = "Leftism"
(1995)
This album = "Rhythm and Stealth"
(1999)
Next album = "Stealth Remixes"
(2000)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternative Cover
Background = lightsteelblue

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Lower caption = Cover for Re-Release with Remix CD.

"Rhythm and Stealth" is an album by Leftfield released on 20th September 1999. It was the follow up to 1995's "Leftism" after a period of almost 5 years waiting by Leftfield's fans. 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" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTPqzn2o8U] , 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. The Album was re-released on 29th May 2000 with a bonus disk of remixed versions which was also released as an album on its own, "Stealth Remixes".

Track listing

# "Dusted" (feat. Roots Manuva) – 4:41
# "Phat Planet" – 5:24
# "Chant Of A Poor Man" (feat. Cheshire Cat) – 5:54
# "Double Flash" – 4:11
# "El Cid" – 6:02
# "Afrika Shox" (feat. Afrika Bambaataa) – 5:37
# "Dub Gussett" – 4:51
# "Swords" (feat. Nicole Willis) – 5:07
# "6/8 War" – 4:13
# "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

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

succession box
before = "Come on Over" by Shania Twain
title = UK number one album
years = October 2 1999 – October 8 1999
after = "Reload" by Tom Jones