Tricky - Juxtapose
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Free Music Review: Tricky's best since "Maxinquaye"
Hit: 4 Stars
I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about this one. I've been a huge Tricky fan for several years, but his last CD "Angels With Dirty Faces" was not an easy listen... I still found myself going back to his debut "Maxinquaye" disc to hear my most favorite, haunting Tricky tunes. As he progressed with each album, Tricky seemed to be drifting away from us, into his own paranoid realm. I'm glad to see he's altered his direction a bit. This album is very good - instantly likeable, filled with great hooks, heavy beats and samples, and it still retains the off-the-wall, darkness-looming, I'm-Tricky-and-I'm-really-stoned trademark. The only thing missing is the wonderful Miss Martina Topley-Bird's vocals. That's OK though, I'll just wait for her solo CD. :)Free Music Review: More Hip Than Trip
Hit: 4 Stars
With assistance from his new friends, DJ Muggs and Dame Grease, Tricky's sound is mutated into a funkier,digestable mix of sounds. The album is totally intense with the crystal clear cut sound of "For Real" to the album climax, "Hot Like a Sauna" with an angry rapper Mad Dog and a sly singer Kioka. Other guest artists that are on the album include Bob Khaleel and D'na. The final track to the music is "Scrappy Love", a scary cut with a confused drum beat and wandering vocals. A jump away from previous Tricky albums but still a pleaser.Free Music Review: Nearly Great
Hit: 4 Stars
This is no where near as good as "Maxinquaye" or Nearly God, but it's leaps and bounds beyond Pre-Millenium and Angels with Dirty faces. It's good to hear some of his songs actually having structure again. "Call Me," "Contradictive" and "For Real" prove he's still amazingly talented. And I can't believe how much "Hot like a Sauna" has grown on me. Oh yeah- anyone who's a tricky fan MUST pick up the "For Real" LP single with the song "Bombing B*st*rds" on it, it might be his best ever.Free Music Review: Still more interesting than anything you'd hear on the radio
Hit: 4 Stars
If my one-line summary sounds like a less-than-emphatic endorsement, that's because it is. This album has grown on me after repeated listening, but it's still nowhere near as good as Maxinquaye or the first half of Pre-Millenium Tension. I'm a huge huge Tricky fan because I appreciate how far he's willing to push the musical envelope and I find his whole vibe to be completely hypnotic. Still, this album seems tossed off at times and it never really settles into a satisfying groove.Free Music Review: Short but sweet
Hit: 4 Stars
A very organic venture for Tricky...With a less synthetic sound than what I was used to hearing from him. He still maintains his gloomy sound, however, which keeps the mood of this album in-tune with his other releases. The raps on a few of the songs like "hot like a sauna" have an angry energy to them--not always staying to the beat keeps you paying attention. One complaint--it's a short album and when it was over I was hoping for two more tracks.