Artist.......: Tricky
Album........: False Idols (French Deluxe Edition)
Label........: !K7
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: K7308DCD
Source.......: CD (LP)
Rip.date.....: 2013-05-31
Str.date.....: 2013-00-00
Quality......: 228kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.trickysite.com/
track title time
1. Does It (Remix By Tricky) 2:42
2. Hidden Track (feat. Sefyu) 2:44
Runtime 05:26
Size 8.91
Release Notes:
Finished with his recording obligations with Domino, Tricky sounds refreshingly
relaxed and grounded for his 2013 release False Idols. Two decades after the
release of his breakout release, Maxinquaye, an album that skyrocketed the ripe
18-year-old into the limelight and the public eye, he takes issue with the
concept of celebrity. Being that trip-hop has fallen in and out of fashion,
Tricky's musical (and acting) career has seen extreme ups and downs, so he has
first-hand experience with the trappings of fame. Former L.A. connections led to
some misguided, obligatory team-ups, like working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
or Live's Ed Kowalczyk, for instance, so it's a relief to see him on a musical
path where he is paired with artists who are cut from the same cloth. The most
high-profile guest appearance involves the Antlers' Peter Silberman on a
reworking of his indie band's song "Parenthesis," which updates the original by
transforming the lush Radiohead soundscape into a stark beat and a Yeah Yeah
Yeahs-styled guitar riff. It arguably improves on the original. However, the
best songs on False Idols involve new vocal collaborators Francesca Belmonte,
Fifi Rong, and Nneka Egbuna. Their seductive voices are reminiscent of Tricky's
earlier work with Martine or Elizabeth Fraser, and when paired with beats that
feel fresh in 2013, but are also based in the expected '90s Bristol dubby
atmospherics and trip-hop beats, songs like "Is That Your Life," "If Only I
Knew," and "Tribal Drums" stand up with his career highs. Occasionally parts of
the album get bogged down with spirituality ("Passion of the Christ" and Van
Morrison's "Somebody's Sins") -- which isn't surprising, because conceptually,
Tricky seems to be doing some soul-searching -- but the running time is long,
and at least three quarters of the album is top-shelf.