Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars

Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars is a 1998 project of producer Dan the Automator in which music from 1970s funk Bollywood composer duo Kalyanji-Anandji (Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah) was remixed.[5]

Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars
Remix album by
Dan the Automator
Released1998
LabelMotel[1]
Dan the Automator chronology
Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars
(1998)		 Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]

The album is also heavily credited to American producer DJ Shadow, but it is stated on his website: "The marketing campaign for this Dan the Automator remix project implied massive DJ Shadow involvement, which was far from the case; Shadow played drums for 30 minutes one day in the studio, elements of which were resampled and applied to various tracks. Shadow was dismayed by the record company's blatant exploitation of his name, and distanced himself from the project."[6]

A sequel album titled Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo was released in 2001, focusing on '80s Bollywood music.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote: "This is truly groovy, funky, tripped-out music from the movie capitol of the world, and showcases how the Americans and the Italians may have invented the noir and cheap thrill movie soundtrack, but the Indians took it to a whole different level."[2]

Track listing
  1. "Bombay 405 Miles"
  2. "The Good, The Bad, and the Chutney"
  3. "My Guru"
  4. "Ganges a Go-Go"
  5. "The Great Gambler"
  6. "Professor Pyarelal"
  7. "Fists of Curry"
  8. "Punjabis, Pimps and Players"
  9. "Inspector Jay from Delhi"
  10. "Satchidananda"
  11. "Theme from Don"
  12. "Fear of a Brown Planet"
  13. "Uptown Bollywood Nights"
  14. "Kundan's Hideout"
  15. "Swami Safari"

References
  1. Clover, Joshua (Mar 1999). "The Shredder". Spin. 15 (3): 141.
  2. "Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Robert Christgau: Album: Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. "Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars". EW.com.
  5. Kot, Greg. "NEW NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND". chicagotribune.com.
  6. "Bombay The Hard Way (Guns, Cars, & Sitars)". DJ Shadow. Archived from the original on 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2012-01-16.



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