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- Summary: If declining sales and waning critical support are any indication, then yes, Tricky is probably feeling quite vulnerable at this stage of his career. But that didn't stop him from releasing this seventh LP, which includes covers of The Cure's "Love Cats" and XTC's "Dear God."
- Record Label: Sanctuary / Epitaph
- Genre(s): Rock, Electronic, Alternative, Trip-Hop
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Top Track
| Together Burning Bright | |
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| byFeel the pain wash over me Feel the salt that's burning from my eyes Feel the world move underneath me Know there is no need for my disguise Feel... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 17
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Mixed: 8 out of 17
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Negative: 2 out of 17
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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]
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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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UrbThe album bristles with a new urgency. [Sep 2003, p.100]
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The WireTricky's problem is that the future has caught up with him. [#233, p.71]
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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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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]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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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.
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Feb 20, 2012
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