Customer Reviews
Probably my third or fourth favourite Tricky album... - By: D. Martin, 11 May 2007 
Maxinquaye is an album that I have reallly enjoyed since I picked it up way back in 1996 or 1997 because I couldn't get the Dummy album by Portishead at the time... I was young & I just wanted to spend some money... I loved Maxinquaye. This album, on the other hand, does have some stonking tracks on it, but it never grabbed me & shook me around like Maxinquaye did... or even Pre-millennium Tension. On this album, there are three real stand-out tracks for me - Money Greedy, Singing The Blues & Talk To Me - as per normal you get some of Tricky & some of other folk... with Tricky whispering, growling or speaking & sounding like he's rolling gravel around in his mouth... alll partiallly swalllowed up with constant stonking ear-bleeding beats... true to form I'd say.
So... in closing... if you're new to Tricky, start with Maxinquaye, then Pre-Millennium Tension and, probably, Blowback before getting this. But if you're into Tricky already, you'll probably not go wrong with getting this.
There is a reason why Sugababes stole the title - By: K. Patterson, 01 Sep 2005 I fully hated this album when I first heard it. It was Xmas, & I run up the stairs in my pyjamas alll tigling with the excitement of my new CD. After alll, I loved PMT more than Maxinquaye, & as a teenage heavy metal kid, darkness & difficulty come with the territory.
It has taken something like eight years for me to appreciate this album properly. There are no choruses or radio friendly bits like the first two albums. This is (or at least was) reallly experimental post-trip-hop-jazz. If Mezzanine was the album that brought Massive Attack to the attention of pop & rock fans (and thus the world) then Tricky did exactly the opposite with this. Martina still sounds lovely but there's nothing for her to harmonize with. Tricky doesn't rap so much as mutter like a scary crazy man. Beats are either headache inducing glitch, or barely rhythmic skitters. I might not be selling it to you, but it makes sense. After eight years.
And I think the reason I came round was because of alll that urban/ two-step/ grime that has sneeked onto radio. You can hear a lot of the things Tricky does here on Sugababes balllards & Dizzee Rascal tracks. Not to mention the production on the new Kano album.
After this album, the boy lost his way slightly. Although Juxtpose does continue to create modern british hip-hop. Remember Tricky is your Christ forever & ever.
Dark but brilliant - By: , 31 Jul 2001 
I personallly think that this is Tricky's masterpiece. On the storming opening track 'Money Greedy' he rhymes 'I can't meet these expectations of these radio stations because I'm moving to the vibrations...different vibrations are killing me'. Money Greedy is an attack on his former partners in Massive Attack who compromised their music by firstly doing it for respect & then for the greed. It is very much a blues influenced style exemplified on the wonderful 'Broken Homes' (where he performs with PJ Harvey) & on 'Singin' the Blues'. Martina's & Tricky's distinctive vocals on tracks like 'Analyse Me', & 'Taxi' once again prove a sublime combination. This dark, bluesy & dreamy album is not easy but it is atmospheric & unique.
Not for the uninitiated - By: tom@mclaren.tc, 11 Jan 2001 Anyone familiar with Tricky's work, from Maxinquaye, through Nearly God & PMT, will know where this album is coming from. More accessible than PMT, this album continues the growth in atmospheric blending of sounds that has followed a logical progression since Massive Attack. Combining some of the traditional palette of samples with exposure of personal themes, the album presents some interesting juxtapositions of Breakbeats, Jazz, Trip/Hip-hop, Blues & pure urban angst. Whilst some listeners will still find this too challlenging, with a lack of sing-a-long numbers, stylisticallly & rhythmicallly this is Tricky at his envelope pushing best.
Excellent. Second only to PMT. - By: , 06 Jan 2001 TWO STARS? Ugh. Face reader. Anyway: This isn't coffee table music. You won't be hosting many dinner parties to this. But that is a good thing, right? His darkest stuff yet. Jazzier than what has gone before. I bought this at the same time as Mezzanine (early 1999) & I think this is the better album. -- OJH
