Billion Dollar Gravy is the second studio album by

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act London Elektricity, released in 2003. The album is known for its usage of live musicians, such as the Jungle Drummer (

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), Liane Carroll (

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vocals), Andy Waterworth (

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), Robert Owens (

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), and others, much like London Elektricity's debut, ''

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''.Jungle Drummer's appearances

Track listing

#"Billion Dollar Gravy" – 6:23 #"Different Drum" – 7:23 #"Fast Soul Music" – 6:22 #"To Be Me" – 6:16 #"The Great Drum + Bass Swindle" – 7:09 #"Cum Dancing" – 7:15 #"Main Ingredient" – 4:35 #"Harlesden" – 5:44 #"My Dreams" – 7:24 #"Born to Synthesise" – 6:42 #"Syncopated City" – 5:57

References

External links

Billion Dollar Gravy Review
on trancecritic.com (archived 17 July 2011)
Review of Billion Dollar Gravy
at ''Lunar Magazine'' 2003 albums Hospital Records albums London Elektricity albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub