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	Knowle West Boy »rank: 6523 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Tricky is back with an album named after the Bristol neighborhood where he grew up. lt details the travels and travails of his youth, resulting in an eclectic aural history of his diverse upbringing. He reaches into post-punk, Two-Tone, reggae, hip-hop, and pop, twisting them into surreal songscapes. Tricky uses his astonishingly eclectic band and a host of great undiscovered singers to create the most varied and accessible set of his career.		Maxinquaye »rank: 7917 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Less experimentally brash than his more recent release, Tricky's debut CD Maxinquaye is actually a better introduction to the British hip-hopper turned international trip-hopper than his later work. The dozen smoldering, moonlit tracks are less concerned with loopy aural exaggeration than they are with showcasing Tricky's slow-mo rap and singer Martine's sexy soprano. With the exception of the stellar 'Pumpkin,' (featuring vox from Alison Goldfrapp), the duo mix a colorful palate of rhythmic vocals, throbbing backbeats and ...
	Pre-Millennium Tension »rank: 33429 by: Tricky 0ur Review:Album Details:Australian Release Featuring A Special 'flat Pack' Limited Edition :Pre-Millennium Tension picks up where the first album Maxinquaye left off, but this CD fulfills the promise of Tricky's unbounded spontaneity and fondness for sonic digression. Abandoning the accessible pop of Maxinquaye, Pre-Millennium Tension serves up a beguiling array of sound effects, electro distortion and fragmented lyrics that amount to a rich--if bizarre-musical montage. As suggested by its title, this disc zeros in on a kind of ...		Nearly God »rank: 32234 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :British trip-hop phenomenon Tricky embarks on a second hypnotic, chilled-out ride to the outer limits. Guest artistes include Bjork, Neneh Cherry, Terry Hall, and Alison Moyet (who sings 'Make a Change,' the most accessible track here). --Jeff Bateman
	BlowBack »rank: 100000 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Since the release of his debut, Maxinquaye, Tricky fans have wondered when he would or could match the nightmarish splendor of that trip-hop masterpiece. Blowback may not entirely appease the Tricky faithful, but it is the Bristol innovator's most satisfying album in a while. With Maxinquaye's surreal sonics lurking around its edges, Blowback is wonderfully schizophrenic, cavorting through robotically muted ragga, surging funk rock, nauseous, sample-mangled ballads, and bizarre versions of songs like the 193Os standard 'Your ...		Ruff Guide »rank: 99089 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Since the release of his debut, Maxinquaye, Tricky fans have wondered when he would or could match the nightmarish splendor of that trip-hop masterpiece. Blowback may not entirely appease the Tricky faithful, but it is the Bristol innovator's most satisfying album in a while. With Maxinquaye's surreal sonics lurking around its edges, Blowback is wonderfully schizophrenic, cavorting through robotically muted ragga, surging funk rock, nauseous, sample-mangled ballads, and bizarre versions of songs like the 193Os standard 'Your ...
	Vulnerable »rank: 78122 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Since the release of his debut, Maxinquaye, Tricky fans have wondered when he would or could match the nightmarish splendor of that trip-hop masterpiece. Blowback may not entirely appease the Tricky faithful, but it is the Bristol innovator's most satisfying album in a while. With Maxinquaye's surreal sonics lurking around its edges, Blowback is wonderfully schizophrenic, cavorting through robotically muted ragga, surging funk rock, nauseous, sample-mangled ballads, and bizarre versions of songs like the 193Os standard 'Your ...		Angels with Dirty Faces »rank: 62621 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :0ut-of-print in the US. Universal. :What's really tricky is following up a debut as innovative and exquisite as 1995's Maxinquaye. Third time out (fourth if you count 1996's perplexing duets project Nearly God) and the artist formerly known as Adrian Thaws is still struggling to find the right balance of ambition and ability on Angels with Dirty Faces. The album has its moments: including a stirring collaboration with Polly Harvey on the bluesy 'Broken Homes' and ...
	Juxtapose »rank: 105476 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :Bristol shaman Tricky (Adrian Thawes) is one of today's odder and more inspired artists. His 1995 debut, Maxinquaye, revealed an eccentric sensibility at play, creating nightmarishly gorgeous tracks such as '0vercome,' contrasted by a raucous Smashing Pumpkins sample on the chorus to the brooding 'Pumpkin.' A little guy with a wicked grin, Tricky is the trip-hop equivalent of Stanley Kubrick, at once original and clever, yet as dark and gloomy as his spliff-produced smoke rings. With rappers ...		Back to Mine »rank: 148166 by: Tricky 0ur Review: :The latest installment in the Back to Mine series comes from one of the alternative dance scene’s most inspirational figures: Tricky. Part of the Bristol scene that spawned Massive Attack and Portishead, Tricky has continued to release his own personal brand of music: an amalgam of doped paranoia, slithering beats and eerily frozen melodies. Who could have predicted that his Back to Mine selection would include tracks from Kate Bush, Chet Baker or The Cure? His ...