Mixed Race (album)
| Mixed Race | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 27 September 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010; Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, electronica | |||
| Length | 29:23 31:36 (with bonus track) | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Producer | Tricky | |||
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| Singles from Mixed Race | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 64/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Clash | 7/10[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[4] |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A−[5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 5.0/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
| Under the Radar | 8.5/10[11] |
Mixed Race is Tricky's eighth studio album, released on 27 September 2010. It is his second album released through Domino Records, following 2008's Knowle West Boy.
Mixed Race was recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, and has been described by Domino Records as "his most passionate album to date".[12] Tricky himself has described it as "the most uptempo album I've done".[12] Musically, the album takes influence from UK, Jamaican, US, North African and French music.[12] Guest artists include Franky Riley, Terry Lynn, Bobby Gillespie, Gavin Brooksbank, Hakim Hamadouche, Blackman, and Tricky's youngest brother Marlon Thaws.[12]
"Murder Weapon" was released as the first single on 30 August 2010 and charted in France #76.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Adrian Thaws (except 'Murder Weapons' written by Noel Phillips); additional writing credits noted per track.
- "Every Day"
- "UK Jamaican" (Adrian Thaws / Thomas Bangalter / Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo / Antony Hegarty / Tekomin Williams)
- "Early Bird"
- "Ghetto Stars"
- "Hakim"
- "Come to Me"
- "Murder Weapon"
- "Time to Dance"
- "Really Real"
- "Bristol to London"
- "Friend Went to Jail" (iTunes and Japanese edition bonus track)
References
[edit]- ^ "Mixed Race by Tricky" – via www.metacritic.com.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Review: Mixed Race. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
- ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". Clash Magazine.
- ^ "Album Review: Tricky - Mixed Race". DrownedInSound.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (November 26, 2010). "Expert Witness" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. MSN Music. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
- ^ Winkie, Luke (27 September 2010). "Tricky – Mixed Race". musicOMH. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Tricky: Mixed Race". Pitchfork.
- ^ Another smart and limber record. An astute choice of collaborators plays its part. [Oct 2010, p.116]
- ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". Tiny Mix Tapes. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Tricky has a frustrating tendency to lurk behind his collaborators, and one has to fight the feeling that ideas rarely gel. [Oct 2010, p.106]
- ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". UnderTheRadarNZ.
- ^ a b c d "Mixed Race". Domino Records. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
