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August 10, 2004

Topley-Bird Takes Flight

Tricky vocalist releases long-awaited LP
April 22, 2003

Tricky Gets "Vulnerable"

Seventh album by U.K. electronica artist due in June
June 25, 2001

Tricky Leads New CDs

Reviews of "Blowback," "White Blood Cells" and more
February 13, 2001

Tricky Nabs Alanis, RHCP

Morissette, Chilis to guest on new Tricky album

Vulnerable

Tricky's stunning 1995 debut, Maxinquaye, transformed hip-hop beats with playful psychedelia; holding together the mix were Tricky's sandpaper, slow-mo raps and the erotic mystique of his chanteuse collaborator, Martina. After that auspicious start, Tricky's releases became increasingly dark,...

2003 RS: 2of 5 Stars

Blowback

2001

Mission Accomplished

2001

Juxtapose

1999

Angels With Dirty Faces

1998

Pre-Millennium Tension

1996

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Biography

After squinting into the glare of nightlife notoriety for more than half a decade as an adjunct member of Bristol, England, beatmongers Massive Attack, Tricky took a deep huff and released his brilliant debut Maxinquaye, a long, distorted shadow of utopian '90s club culture that draws from the techno, hip-hop, and rock underground.

The soundtrack to a morning after in which the sun never rises,...

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