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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0720616228529
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Hollywood Records
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
MPN: 162285
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hollywood Records
Release Date: June 26, 2001
Studio: Hollywood Records
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Since the release of his debut, Maxinquaye, Tricky fans have wondered when he would or could match the nightmarish splendor of that trip-hop masterpiece. Blowback may not entirely appease the Tricky faithful, but it is the Bristol innovator's most satisfying album in a while. With Maxinquaye's surreal sonics lurking around its edges, Blowback is wonderfully schizophrenic, cavorting through robotically muted ragga, surging funk rock, nauseous, sample-mangled ballads, and bizarre versions of songs like the 1930s standard "Your Name" and Nirvana's "Something in the Way." In fact, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morrisette, Cyndi Lauper, and Live's Ed Kowalcyzk along for the ride, Blowback is Tricky's Tommy, delivered through the mouths and muscles of the stars.
Blowback blows up with the arena-rock anthem "Evolution Revolution Love," featuring Kowalcyzk's familiar croon, while Tricky sings backup in a maniacal murmur. The ragga songs, which are dank and claustrophobic, are upended by the queasy flash metal of "Bury the Evidence." Finally, the trudging programming and Japanese vocals on "A Song for Yukiko" make an enigmatic gurgle that sums up Tricky's beautiful, bewildering creation. --Ken Micallef
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This CD is my all-time favorite by Tricky. I listen to this CD the most! on my mp3 player, cd player, laptop, you name it! I love this CD! THERE's NOthing LIKE IT! its also amazing how he can take other songs (like Nirvanas) 'Underneath the bridge' and give it a different beat but still its so emotional and so addictive as how Kurt Cobain first sang it...If you want to be blown away, BUY THIS CD!
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Good CD. This is 2007 and it is not necessary that every track on a CD be great, because you just rip the best tracks to your iTunes and delete the bad ones. Simple. I'll buy a CD for one track, if it's hot enough.
Now on this Tricky piece, I would keep tracks 1,2,4,8,9,10,12,and 13 and delete the rest. Use the AIFF (un-compressed) setting on iTunes.
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on tricky's album blowback [2000], he pairs himself with the likings of anthony keidis and flea of the red hot chili peppers, ed kowalcyzk of live, alanis morissette and even cyndi lauper. that's one of the pleasures of being a beat mastermind, you can imagine absolutely anyone's vocal techniques to your music and make it happen. flowing on the waves of punk rock mixed within soulful background vocals and guitar chatterings, tricky grew from his pure trip hop roots to share a part that has never ... Read More
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I approach this album basically the way I approach Blood Sugar Sex Magik or Ten or something along those lines, in other words a pop/rock record. I really didn't like it when I first got it, most likely because I am a huge Massive Attack fan and was hoping for something in that vein. I listened to it once and was underwhelmed, shelved it for about a year. Then I randomly decided to give it another go when all my other CDs weren't doing it for me, and discovered it to be hugely enjoyable, interesting, ... Read More
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I think this album is Tricky's most "focused" work, cleverly-crafted songs that produce a vivid, dark landscape that is quintessential British trip-hop at its best. This record grows on you, and the Nirvana cover "Something in the Way" is brilliantly executed, a subliminal masterpiece that Kurt Cobain would be proud of. "Song for Yukiko" is great, and it reminds me of the U2 song "Ito Okashi" from their "Passengers" CD.
