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On Blowback, Tricky looks to others to breathe fresh life into his world. But at first glance, Tricky's choice of collaborators for his sixth seems not just awkward but wilfully perverse. Ed Kowalczyk (lead screamer for rock relics Live), Cyndi Lauper, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ambersunshower and Hawkman all appear. Yet, to his inestimable cred
On Blowback, Tricky looks to others to breathe fresh life into his world. But at first glance, Tricky's choice of collaborators for his sixth seems not just awkward but wilfully perverse. Ed Kowalczyk (lead screamer for rock relics Live), Cyndi Lauper, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ambersunshower and Hawkman all appear. Yet, to his inestimable credit, the Bristolian wild child successfully weaves them all into his world. So much so that it feels as if he has purposely taken a back seat from vocal duties to oversee this calculatedly commercial enterprise. On the single, "Evolution Revolution Love", the drums fire such as "Missile Command" laser cannons as Ed Kowalczyk unselfconsciously warbles hip-hop mannerisms ('Now that I understand this right / Let me take it to the mic'). And for sheer cheek, the cover of the "Wonder Woman" theme tune, featuring Chilli Pepper visionary John Frusciante on guitar and vocals and Flea's spiralling bassline, deserves to be a pop hit. In Ambersunshower, Tricky has found a formidable muse, whose presence restores the hormonal balance missing from recent albums. The ragga wail of Hawkman, Tricky's new prodigy, turns a dirge-like interpretation of Nirvana's "Something in the Way" into something approaching a rasta spiritual. But below the slick exterior lurks dissonance and discontent, constantly threatening to upset the equilibrium. Foremost among these disruptive elements is Tricky's voice, which has devolved to a diabolic growl, words barely discernible. But even this intervention fails to derail Blowback from sounding like Tricky's most accessible and focused album for years. --Chris Campion
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Track listing1. Excess
2. Evolution Revolution Love (featuring Ed Kowalczyk/Hawkman)
3. Over Me (featuring Ambersunshower/Hawkman)
4. Girls (featuring Anthony Keidis/John Frusciante)
5. You Don't Wanna (featuring Ambersunshower)
6. Wonder Woman (featuring John Frusciante/Flea)
7. Your Name (featuring Ambersunshower)
8. Diss Never (Dig Up We History) - (featuring Hawkman)
9. Bury The Evidence (featuring Hawkman)
10. Something In The Way (featuring Hawkman)
11. Five Days (featuring Cyndi Lauper)
12. Give It To 'Em (featuring Hawkman)
13. Song For Yukiko
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