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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Sep 1, 2016
    100
    Trick may well be his masterpiece, combining all the elements that have made him such an enduring and much-loved musician over the years to create a genre-bending classic.
  2. 100
    The full, colourful spectrum of Jamie is on show here, as broad as it’s ever been.
  3. 90
    A record [that] gleefully skips through genres without ever missing a beat, Jamie T’s fourth effort is a genuinely magnificent album that surpasses anything else in his discography with consummate ease. He simply hasn’t missed a trick.
  4. Dec 12, 2016
    80
    From start to finish, Trick is arresting, with enough sonic surprises to excite and perplex listeners freed from the restrictions of genre boundaries.
  5. Q Magazine
    Sep 6, 2016
    80
    An LP that strikes a perfect balance between desparate sides of Jamie T's personality. [Oct 2016, p.108]
  6. 80
    Trick feels more celebratory than melancholy, mostly because of the bruising passion and commitment Treays loads into every syllable, every bar.
  7. Sep 1, 2016
    80
    A return-to-roots record that works most successfully when it rebels against itself, Jamie T's vision of revelation isn't something to be easily shrugged off.
  8. Sep 1, 2016
    80
    Trick is comfortably Jamie T’s best album so far, showing off every element he can and touching many bases without ever feeling like the contrast is jarring.
  9. Sep 7, 2016
    70
    Despite his grander statements falling flat and a mid album slump, Trick sees Jamie T at his absolute best.
  10. Uncut
    Sep 2, 2016
    70
    Tracks such as "Dragon Bones" and "Joan Of Arc" have bigger, stickier hooks than anything he's written since "Sheila." [Oct 2016, p.39]

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