Rhythm and Stealth is an album by Leftfield

Leftfield

Leftfield are a British duo of electronica artists and record producers, namely Paul Daley and Neil Barnes, who formed in 1990 in London, England...

 released on 20 September 1999. It was the follow-up to 1995's Leftism

Leftism (album)

Leftism is the first album by electronica musicians Leftfield, released in 1995. It was shortlisted for the 1995 Mercury Music Prize but lost-out to Portishead's Dummy...

. 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

Badly Drawn Boy

Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....

's The Hour of Bewilderbeast

The Hour of Bewilderbeast

The Hour of Bewilderbeast is an album that was released by Badly Drawn Boy in 2000 . The album won the 2000 Mercury Prize. The album featured members of Alfie and Doves as backing musicians.-Copyright issues:...

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Rhythm and Stealth had a notably harsher underlying beat than its predecessor with songs such as "Phat Planet

Phat Planet

"Phat Planet" is the second track from the 1999 album Rhythm and Stealth, the second studio album of English electronica duo Leftfield. It is based around an insistent, two-note bassline, and the heavily-distorted vocal of "phat planet", spoken by Daley...

" 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

Phat Planet

"Phat Planet" is the second track from the 1999 album Rhythm and Stealth, the second studio album of English electronica duo Leftfield. It is based around an insistent, two-note bassline, and the heavily-distorted vocal of "phat planet", spoken by Daley...

" which featured on Guinness

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' 1999 advert Surfer

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and Beast Machines

Beast Machines

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, yet the song was never released as a single

Single (music)

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. The best selling single from the album was "Afrika Shox" featuring Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

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 which peaked at #7 in the UK singles chart

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.

The album was released on CD, cassette

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, double-LP

Gramophone record

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, quintuple 10" box set and MiniDisc

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. "Double Flash" was one of the songs that was remixed into the European release of MTV Music Generator, known as Music 2000. The album was re-released on 29 May 2000 with a bonus disk of remixed versions which was also released as an album on its own, Stealth Remixes

Stealth Remixes

Stealth Remixes is an album by Leftfield released on 29 May 2000, originally on Leftfield's official web-site. It was the follow-up to 1999's Rhythm and Stealth and essentially contained remixes of songs from that album. The album was released on CD and double-12"...

. The song "Swords" was featured in the 1999 movie "Go

Go (1999 film)

Go is a 1999 comedy thriller film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal. The film stars William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf and features Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Timothy Olyphant,...

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Track listing

1. "Dusted" (feat. Roots Manuva
   Roots Manuva
   Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 4:41
2. "Phat Planet
   Phat Planet
   "Phat Planet" is the second track from the 1999 album Rhythm and Stealth, the second studio album of English electronica duo Leftfield. It is based around an insistent, two-note bassline, and the heavily-distorted vocal of "phat planet", spoken by Daley...
   
   " – 5:24
3. "Chant Of A Poor Man" (feat. Cheshire Cat) – 5:54
4. "Double Flash" – 4:11
5. "El Cid" – 6:02
6. "Afrika Shox" (feat. Afrika Bambaataa
   Afrika Bambaataa
   Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
   
   ) – 5:37
7. "Dub Gussett" – 4:51
8. "Swords" (feat. Nicole Willis
   Nicole Willis
   Nicole Willis is an American singer/songwriter and painter. Willis lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.-Biography:Willis contributed vocals in London, United Kingdom in 1985 with Washington Week In Review...
   
   ) – 5:07
9. "6/8 War" – 4:13
10. "Rino's Prayer" (feat. Rino) – 6:44

• A Special Edition was released in Australia
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   and Japan
  Japan
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   containing a bonus track "Phat Planet (Version 2)"

Bonus CD

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

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