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Q MagazineThe year-round sunshine [of new home L.A.] seems to have induced creative lethargy, sapping the adventure that elevated his last album. [Jun 2003, p.106]
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UrbThe album bristles with a new urgency. [Sep 2003, p.100]
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Vulnerable is Tricky's most accessible album since Maxinquaye, but it has neither that album's shock of the new nor its enduring appeal.
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What once sounded like the future's music a decade ago just sounds creepy and dated now.
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Uncut13 avant-pop gems evocative of Pere Ubu and Talking Heads. [Jun 2003, p.96]
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So, while this might not be Tricky at his total best, it may well be the best you're likely going to get out of him.
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SpinThe Trickster's best record in years. [Aug 2003, p.119]
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Under The RadarVulnerable has a cheap sound and a cut and paste feel from beginning to end and is hard to shake. [#5, p.110]
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BlenderHe's a full-fledged alternative auteur, skipping effortlessly from hypnotic electronics to refracted torch songs to balls-out alt-rock. [Aug 2003, p.134]
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The WireTricky's problem is that the future has caught up with him. [#233, p.71]
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Very much Tricky business as usual, the sound of a staggering talent laid-up with the longest case of musical flu in history.
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By the end of the album, Tricky returns to acting on his worst impulses, stumbling through hackneyed sonics and wincing lyrics.
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Alternative PressTricky without edges and paranoia is freakin' dull. [Sep 2003, p.118]
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MojoQuirky, detail-rich arrangements nodding at dub and death metal. [Jun 2003, p.108]
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VibeWithout the apocalyptic beats and emotional storm clouds that were once his trademarks, Vulnerable makes Tricky all but dispensable. [Aug 2003, p.156]
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This record is still an example of mediocrity.
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FilterTricky hasn't planted his flag on any new territory, but he has gotten a stronger grasp of what has made him such an intriguing and important artist in the last decade. [#6, p.90]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 2 out of 13
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Feb 20, 2012
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F4bNov 1, 2005I dont get all the bad critics, this album is a nice return to simpler and delicate melodies and contains some pretty stuff.