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]

Old Money
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	November 10, 2008
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock
Length	45:25
Label	Stones Throw Records
Producer	Omar 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
CHARTattack	(favorable)[2]
Drowned in Sound	(6/10)[3]
The Skinny	[4]
Paste	(75/100)[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[7]

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.

Track listing

Release history

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)

References