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Dec 12, 2016From start to finish, Trick is arresting, with enough sonic surprises to excite and perplex listeners freed from the restrictions of genre boundaries.
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Sep 7, 2016Despite his grander statements falling flat and a mid album slump, Trick sees Jamie T at his absolute best.
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Q MagazineSep 6, 2016An LP that strikes a perfect balance between desparate sides of Jamie T's personality. [Oct 2016, p.108]
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Sep 6, 2016Trick feels more celebratory than melancholy, mostly because of the bruising passion and commitment Treays loads into every syllable, every bar.
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UncutSep 2, 2016Tracks 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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Sep 1, 2016Trick 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.
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Sep 1, 2016A 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.
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Sep 1, 2016A 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.
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Sep 1, 2016Trick 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.
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Sep 1, 2016The full, colourful spectrum of Jamie is on show here, as broad as it’s ever been.