Old Money (album)

Old Money
Studio album by
Omar Rodríguez-López
ReleasedNovember 10, 2008
Recorded2005–2006
GenreExperimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock
Length45:25
LabelStones Throw Records
ProducerOmar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead
(2008) 		Old Money
(2008) 		Megaritual
(2009)
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
The Bedlam in Goliath
(2008) 		Old Money
(2008) 		Octahedron
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
CHARTattack(favorable)[2]
Drowned in Sound(6/10)[3]
The Skinny[4]
Paste(75/100)[5]
PopMatters[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

Old Money is the eighth studio album by American guitarist and composer Omar Rodríguez-López, his first with Stones Throw Records who released CD and MP3 versions on November 10, 2008 and a vinyl version in February 2009.[8] Rodríguez-López explained that the album is "loosely based on the concept of exploitative industrialists and, well, their old money."[9]

Rodriguez-Lopez has hinted that this record was a thematic sequel to the 2006 album Amputechture by his band The Mars Volta.[10]

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".[11]

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.

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ CHARTattack review[usurped]
  3. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  4. ^ The Skinny review
  5. ^ Paste review
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  8. ^ Stones Throw Online Store
  9. ^ "Omar Rodriguez Lopez releases Old Money on Stones Throw | Stones Throw Records". Stonesthrow.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  10. ^ Stones Throw Records Website
  11. ^ "Old Money Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-04.