Blowback - Tricky

Tricky To See Why He Bothered (1132 words)
by dazza_london - written on 24/07/01, updated on 24/07/01 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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is entirely mediocre. They seemed to have tried to hit the middle ground between their musics, but ended up expelling all that is singular about each of them. Even when T Tricky takes on the vocals, the track is going far too fast for his voice to be effective, and Alanis' monotone chorus shows nothing of her ability for emotional discharge in song. A bad omen, indeed. Evolution Revolution Love brings us back to the basics for a short while. The beginning has a nice, mooody, perhaps-slightly-over-produced, beat with Tricky's voice back to its usual tempo. However, Ed Kowalczyk's voice on the chorus does absolutely nothing for this track. One of the things ...

Maxinquaye - Tricky

Cooooll.... (100 words)
by gchessun - written on 02/11/00, updated on 02/11/00 (14 readings)
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Tricky's Maxinquaye is one of those all time great albums! The mix of hip hop with complete mellow chillout music is blended together with absolute precision. You never tire of the songs here, and each time you listen to it you love it. Black Steel is one of my favourites, along with Hello is Round The Corner which are just ...

Maxinquaye - Tricky

A Perfect Debut - Prelude to Worse Follow-Ups... (437 words)
by beedubblyer - written on 09/08/00, updated on 09/08/00 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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drawing alternative music fans over to dance. But just as great was the amount of pull exerted by Bristol's holy trinity of Massive Attack, Portishead and Adrian Thaws, aka T Tricky In '95, i was languishing in Indiekidsville, Idaho. i can still remember the fantastic impact "Dummy" had, when i first listened to it, staring into the dark, wondering why music like this hadn't been done before. It sounded entirely natural, and yet completely new, a quantum leap in style (the number of imitators they spawned verify this). But to then put on "Maxinquaye" shortly after, and have exactly the same sense of awe, of unimaginably original ...