Juxtapose - Tricky

Before getting this album I was only really familiar with Tricky's 'Maxinquaye' album. I invested in this 1999 release after being instantly impressed with the first single release 'For Real'. That song stands out with the lovely piano opening, beats and sleek guitar. 'Condradictive' is my next personal favourite. It's also rhymical and has a nice guitar riff. The vocals of Tricky and guest DJ Muggs merge into eachother to create a chilling, spooky effect. 'Hot Like A Sauna' is a hip hop style song with an urgent feel and great vocals. (from Tricky, Mad Dog and Kioka) The metal mix version of this song ...  Read the complete review

The first thing that strikes you about this album is the lack of content...it is just 35 minutes long and has 9 different tracks on it (and one mix of one of the others). But, moving on from that.... Once you hit play For Real plays and you feel that the kind of Maxinquaye music is back in full swing, and the track is fabulous. But, after that the rest of the tracks show the change Tricky has made to produce something a bit different. Bom Bom Diggy is a trip hop style song, with a rap lyric overlaid provided by Mad Dog, and actually works really well. Track 3 is Contradictive, and is a mellow track in a more traditional Tricky style, and is ace. ...  Read the complete review

Though there are only nine tracks proper on this album, plus a not-very remixed version of one of the songs, 'Hot Like a Sauna', this is a far better platter than the barren 'Angels With Dirty Faces'. Most of the tracks seem cut from similar cloth, a mid-paced and fairly musical hip-hop weave with one eye on the tune and the other on background clunkings ('Angels...' kept the clunking in the foreground and forgot about the tune). Tricky is also assisted here by the British MC Mad Dog - you kind of wish he'd looked further afield, because his contributions are the most tedious elements in any of these tracks. There are two tracks ...  Read the complete review