Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Ritual Of The Savage (2018)

Ritual of the Savage is an album by Les Baxter, released in 1951 often cited as one of the most important Exotica albums. The album featured lush orchestral arrangements along with tribal rhythms and offered such classics as "Quiet Village", "Jungle River Boat", "Love Dance", and "Stone God."

Baxter described the album as a "tone poem of the sound and the struggle of the jungle." The album's liner notes requested the listener to imagine themselves transported to a tropical land. "Do the mysteries of native rituals intrigue you…does the haunting beat of savage drums fascinate you? Are you captivated by the forbidden ceremonies of primitive peoples in far-off Africa or deep in the interior of the Belgian Congo?"

Tracklist:
3:03 | 01. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Busy Port (remastered)
2:12 | 02. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Sophisticated Savage (remastered)
3:04 | 03. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Jungle River Boat (remastered)
2:39 | 04. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Jungle Flower. (remastered)
1:42 | 05. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Barquita (remastered)
3:06 | 06. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Stone God (remastered)
3:15 | 07. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Quiet Village (remastered)
2:34 | 08. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Jungle Jalopy (remastered)
2:56 | 09. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Coronation (remastered)
2:16 | 10. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Love Dance (remastered)
2:49 | 11. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Kinkajou. (remastered)
2:11 | 12. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - The Ritual. (remastered)
3:09 | 13. Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Bacoa (remastered)
3:18 | 14. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Despair (remastered)
6:06 | 15. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Ecstasy (remastered)
3:08 | 16. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Hate (remastered)
2:55 | 17. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Lust. (remastered)
3:11 | 18. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Terro (remastered)
2:58 | 19. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Jealousy (remastered)
2:41 | 20. Les Baxter And His Orchestra & Bas Sheva - Joy (remastered)