Thieves and Poets

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{{Infobox album

| name = Thieves and Poets

| type = studio

| artist = John McLaughlin

| cover = Thieves and Poets.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|10|14|df=y}}

| recorded = June 2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 44:20

| label = Verve

| producer = John McLaughlin

| prev_title = Remember Shakti – Saturday Night in Bombay

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Industrial Zen

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = All About Jazz

| rev2Score = {{cite web |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=12516|title=John McLaughlin: Thieves and Poets|first=Walter |last=Kolosky |work=allaboutjazz.com |date=25 October 2003 |accessdate=27 October 2013}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=978}}

}}

Thieves and Poets is an album by John McLaughlin, released in 2003 through the record label Verve.{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/thieves-and-poets-r662008/review|title=Thieves and Poets|first=Alex|last=Henderson|accessdate=May 13, 2011|publisher=Allmusic}} The album reached number twenty on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/thieves-and-poets-r662008/charts-awards|title=Thieves and Poets: Charts & Awards|accessdate=May 13, 2011|publisher=Allmusic}}