- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
It's too lightweight and silly to appeal to those looking for musical innovation, and the songs aren't focused or fully developed enough to grab new fans. Mostly, it's just a really annoying album.
-
The WireMuch of this fascinating, infuriating record is defined by his commingling of HipHop, Electro, dancehall, and, most problematically, stadium alt.rock... Some of it is just odd enough to work. [#209, p.62]
-
Where Maxinquaye was both engaging and coherent, working up to a kind of weird gestalt by way of good songs and dark sounds, Blowback is hit-and-miss.
-
Alternative PressA feel-good collection of (mostly) poppy songcraft. [Aug 2001, p.103]
-
SpinA blatant stab for radio... [Aug 2001, p.134]
-
The first thing that strikes you about Tricky's sixth album is how, despite the size of the project - the collaborators, the much-trumpeted 'new directions', the very fact that this is the new Tricky album, fergawdsakes - it manages to sound so underwhelming.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 8 out of 10
-
Mixed: 1 out of 10
-
Negative: 1 out of 10
-
Feb 20, 2012
-
yeehaMay 16, 2006the worst album i've ever bought
-
SarahCSep 23, 2005