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