Old Money (album)

Old Money
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	November 10, 2008
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock
Length	45:25
Label	Stones Throw Records
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead (2008) Old Money (2008) Megaritual (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
CHARTattack	(favorable)[2]
Drowned in Sound	(6/10)[3]
The Skinny	[4]
Paste	(75/100)[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[7]
highlandernews.org	[8]

Old Money is a studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López released by Stones Throw Records in November 2008, and is the musician's first album on that label.^[9] Rodríguez-López explained that the album is "loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money."^[10] Stones Throw Records released the vinyl version of the album on February 6, 2009.

Rodriguez-Lopez has hinted that this record was a potential follow up to the 2006 The Mars Volta studio album Amputechture until he changed his musical direction.^[11] Many songs share similarities with previous Mars Volta live jams.

Review aggregate site Metacritic calculates a score of 70/100 for the album, but erroneously referred to it as "The debut album for the Mars Volta guitarist".^[12]

In the song "I Like Rockefellers' First Two Albums, But After That...", there is a dialog from the movie El Topo, from Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Track listing

1. "The Power of Myth" – 5:29
2. "How to Bill the Bilderberg Group" – 3:27
3. "Population Council's Wet Dream" – 6:17
4. "Private Fortunes" – 4:12
5. "Trilateral Commission as Dinner Guests" – 4:51
6. "1921" – 1:35
7. "Family War Funding (Love Those Rothschilds)" – 3:55
8. "Vipers in the Bosom" – 1:49
9. "I Like the Rockefellers' First Two Albums, But After That..." – 4:31
10. "Old Money" – 9:18

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United States	November 10, 2008	Stones Throw Records	MP3
United States	November 21, 2008	Stones Throw Records	CD
United Kingdom	January 26, 2009	Pinnacle	CD
United States	January 27, 2009	Stones Throw Records	CD (wide release)
United States	February 6, 2009	Stones Throw Records	LP

Personnel

• Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars (except 2), synths (except 6, 8), bass (2, 4, 5), keys (2, 4, 7, 10), Wurlitzer (2), theremin (3), effects and TV (6), percussion (8)
• Juan Alderete – bass (1, 3, 7, 9, 10)
• Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez – woodwinds (5), percussion (7)
• Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion (1, 4, 7, 9, 10), drums (5, 9), synths (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), clavinet and keys (10)
• Deantoni Parks – drums (1)
• Cedric Bixler-Zavala – drums (2)
• Jon Theodore – drums (3, 7, 10)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. CHARTattack review
3. Drowned in Sound review
4. The Skinny review
5. Paste review
6. PopMatters review
7. Tiny Mix Tapes review
8. highlandernews.org review
9. Stones Throw Online Store
10. "Omar Rodriguez Lopez releases Old Money on Stones Throw | Stones Throw Records". Stonesthrow.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
11. Stones Throw Records Website
12. "Old Money Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-04.