Tricky
The 90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to history—the sounds we partied with, copulated to, fought about, and wept over—everyone has an opinion. That ours should be more valid than yours is debatable. But hey—it’s our magazine. What, then, you ask, constitutes “greatest”? Don’t even start. Suffice it to say that, after much heated discussion and countless veiled insults, it came down to the factors of both remarkable artistry and cultural shock value. Sometimes a record’s knock-you-off-your-Skechers impa...
Tricky Talks Grief, Racism, Cathartic New LP Fall to Pieces
Although he’s managed to cloak himself in mystery for the last 30 years of his career, Tricky offered a surprising level of candor and transparency in his must-read 2019 memoir, Hell Is Round the Corner. As he documents in the book, the Bristol-born musician has always used music to escape a reality plagued by misfortune, violence and racism. “Well, it’s funny — I actually learned about racism through white people,” he says, almost incredulously, to SPIN. “And with what America’s going through right now, I wondered if they really wanted a book by the name of Hell Is Round The Corner on their coffee table. I don’t know if that’s good timing, but my manager encouraged me to do it because ‘people will understand you more.’” Tricky’s innovative catalog conveys the depth of his brood...
Tricky Drops New Single and Video for ‘I’m in the Doorway’
Tricky dropped a new single/video, “I’m in the Doorway” today (Aug. 25), from his upcoming thirteenth studio album, Fall to Pieces album, due out Sept. 4 on False Idols. The tune, which follows previous singles “Fall Please” and “Thinking Of,” features guest vocals courtesy of Danish singer Oh Land. The founding member of Massive Attack explained in a statement, “With most of my stuff, there’s nothing else like it around. But with ‘Fall Please’ and ‘I’m In The Doorway’, it’s my version of pop music, the closest I’ve got to making pop.” [embedded content] “Thinking Of,” the previous single from the forthcoming disc, dropped July 28. Tricky’s 2021 tour dates, slated to begin Feb. 21 in Copenhagen, are on sale here, while pre-orders for his new Fall to Pieces record&...
