Mixed Race (album)

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
Studio album by
Released27 September 2010
Recorded2010; Paris, France
GenreTrip hop, electronica
Length29:23
31:36 (with bonus track)
LabelDomino
ProducerTricky
Tricky chronology
Knowle West Boy
(2008)
Mixed Race
(2010)
False Idols
(2013)
Singles from Mixed Race
  1. "Murder Weapon"
    Released: 30 August 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A− [3]
Pitchfork Media5.0/10 [4]
Under the Radar8.5/10 [5]
Q [6]
Virgin Media [7]
Clash [8]
Drowned in Sound[9]

Mixed Race was recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, and has been described by Domino Records as "his most passionate album to date".[10] Tricky himself has described it as "the most uptempo album I've done".[10] Musically, the album takes influence from UK, Jamaican, US, North African and French music.[10] Guest artists include Franky Riley, Terry Lynn, Bobby Gillespie, Gavin Brooksbank, Hakim Hamadouche, Blackman, and Tricky's youngest brother Marlon Thaws.[10]

"Murder Weapon" was released as the first single on 30 August 2010 and charted in France #76.

Track listing

All tracks written by Adrian Thaws (except 'Murder Weapons' written by Noel Phillips); additional writing credits noted per track.

  1. "Every Day"
  2. "UK Jamaican" (Adrian Thaws / Thomas Bangalter / Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo / Antony Hegarty / Tekomin Williams)
  3. "Early Bird"
  4. "Ghetto Stars"
  5. "Hakim"
  6. "Come to Me"
  7. "Murder Weapon"
  8. "Time to Dance"
  9. "Really Real"
  10. "Bristol to London"
  11. "Friend Went to Jail" (iTunes and Japanese edition bonus track)

References

  1. "Mixed Race by Tricky" via www.metacritic.com.
  2. Jurek, Thom. Review: Mixed Race. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
  3. Christgau, Robert (November 26, 2010). "Expert Witness" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. MSN Music. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
  4. "Tricky: Mixed Race". Pitchfork.
  5. "Tricky - Mixed Race". UnderTheRadarNZ.
  6. Another smart and limber record. An astute choice of collaborators plays its part. [Oct 2010, p.116]
  7. "Virgin TV Edit | TV, Sport, Movies & More". Virgin Media.
  8. "Tricky - Mixed Race". Clash Magazine.
  9. "Album Review: Tricky - Mixed Race". DrownedInSound.
  10. "Mixed Race". Domino Records. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
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