Mixed Race

Tricky | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Domino
• ASIN: B003Y01J80
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Mixed Race is Tricky's most passionate album to date. Musically his production work takes influences from UK, Jamaica, the US, North Africa and French music. The album is an intense lyrical journey with temptation, reflection, mischief and misbehavior. There's a wealth of knowledge distilled within the music as Tricky approaches twenty years of recording. "Every album is a learning experience and this is concentrated music, there's no dilution," said Tricky of his new collection. "I've spent my life going between cultures; Mixed Race is about that in a very direct way."

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's baaaaack . . ., October 9, 2010

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Kristian M. Lehmkuhl "centeredwarrior" (Osceola, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mixed Race (Audio CD)

Tricky has been one of my favorite artists since "Pre-Millenium Tension," and he's one of the few who I still pick up the CD as soon as I know it's being released. While the past few albums have been weaker in comparison to his early work, the strength of that early work has held my faith through thick and thin.

"Mixed Race" shows that faith rewarded. I'd easily say this is his strongest album since "Blowback," and would hold its own with "Juxtapose" or "Angels With Dirty Faces." Tricky has found a way to return to the blended trip-hop/hip-hop/rock sound that defined his early work, yet he's done it in a way that still sounds as fresh as he did when he first arrived on the scene - this is no case of an artist retracing his steps in an attempt to regain former glory, but rather an artist looking back while moving forward. In a way this sounds almost like a roots album for Tricky - the musical influences and references are clear, and encompass the range from Daft Punk to "Peter Gunn." It's instantly familiar and recognizable, but completely new at the same time.

With 10 tracks on the album, I was a little surprised when it clocked in at under 30 minutes; but the quality doesn't suffer a bit. The whole album flows nicely, and it benefits from being a tight, cohesive album, rather than a disjointed collection of what he's been doing since "Knowle West Boy." I hope this is a new beginning for Tricky; he's back to what made me love his music so much in the first place.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A musical tour de force, October 5, 2010

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mixed Race (Audio CD)

UK Trip Hop artist Tricky's new CD "Mixed Race" is a musical journey of sorts as the 10 tracks take one through various styles; Hip Hop, Blues, Dub, Trip Hop and Dance.

"Every Day" features Frank Riley and is a dreamy Dub/Country hybrid with harmonica, "(Riley appears again on the clap-driven Bluesy "Come To Me" and "Murder Weapon" which starts off with a music box chiming the notes of "My Way"), Hakim" has a haunting Middle Eastern feel and features the vocals of Algerian singer Hakim Hamadouche against a sitar backdrop, while "Bristol to London" is electro with rapping by Tricky's brother Marlon Thaws and Blackman.

"Kingston Logic" features Terry Lynn and is groovy with great guitars. while the atmospheric "Ghetto Stars" finds Frank Riley singing in a delicate upper register against a Trip Hop backdrop. The very brief "Time To Dance" is sublime Disco, and the eerie "Really Real" features a whispered performance Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie (reminiscent of "Past Mistake" from "Knowle West Boy").

The songs are brief and the album runs just about 30 minutes. Like they say, time flies when you're having fun, and fun this is!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Race=Mixed Bag, December 6, 2010

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D. Cross "D_Cross" (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mixed Race (Audio CD)

Not his best effort, and at 29 minutes, amazingly short. The overall production sounds "cheap," especially compared to the amazing Blowback. The drum programming is too simple on half the songs, as if Tricky was a bit lazy. Some of the stuff just doesn't sound fully realized. And basing a song on the Peter Gunn riff has been done to death.

But, that said, there's enough good stuff here to recommend it. I would also recommend "No Prisoners" by Gaudi for those who dig this type of stuff.