Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi was the debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 of the 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...

, originally released in 1997. Guest vocals include Pam Bricker

Pam Bricker

Pamela Carroll Bricker was a jazz singer, and a professor of music at George Washington University. She was a frequent collaborator and guest vocalist with the group Thievery Corporation, and the voice on their track Lebanese Blonde, which was popularised by its inclusion on Zach Braff's Garden...

 and Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque...

.

Original release

This was released by Eighteenth Street Lounge Music on June 7, 1997.

1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
7. "Manha" – 3:48
8. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
9. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
10. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
11. "The Foundation" – 5:38
12. "Interlude" – 2:22
13. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
14. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
15. "38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
16. "One" – 4:51

European release

This version was released in 1998 by 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

in the United Kingdom and by Rough Trade Germany in Germany and in 2002 by Labels in France.

1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:21
2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 7:45
3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:26
4. "Vivid" - 4:22
5. "Universal Highness" – 4:25
6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:27
7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:36
8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:15
9. "The Foundation" – 5:39
10. "Interlude" – 2:26
11. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
12. "So Vast as the Sky" - 5:02
13. "38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:11
14. "Walking Through Babylon" – 4:27

2006 re-release

Eighteenth Street Lounge Music rereleased the album in early 2006 with the following track listing.

1. "A Warning (Dub)" – 2:14
2. "2001 Spliff Odyssey" – 5:06
3. "Shaolin Satellite" – 6:23
4. "Transcendence" – 4:06
5. "Universal Highness" – 4:21
6. "Incident at Gate 7" – 6:28
7. "Scene at the Open Air Market" – 2:57
8. "The Glass Bead Game" – 6:11
9. "Encounter in Bahia" – 3:59
10. "The Foundation" – 5:38
11. "Interlude" – 2:22
12. "The Oscillator" – 4:14
13. "Assault on Babylon" – 4:25
14. "38.45 (A Thievery Number)" – 5:06
15. "One" – 4:51
16. "Sun, Moon & Stars" – 4:30
17. "The Sleeper Car" – 3:07