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Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)

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Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)

Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 327 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 107 Mb | Scans included
Trip-Hop, Electronic, Alternative | Label: Domino | # DNO 194 | Time: 00:46:00

Tricky is back with an album named after the Bristol neighborhood where he grew up. It details the travels and travails of his youth, resulting in an eclectic aural history of his diverse upbringing. He reaches into post-punk, Two-Tone, reggae, hip-hop, and pop, twisting them into surreal songscapes. Tricky uses his astonishingly eclectic band and a host of great undiscovered singers to create the most varied and accessible set of his career.

Is the year 2008 a Bristol revival? First there's a new Portishead recording (Third), their first in over a decade, then Massive Attack finishes a new album (Weather Underground) and curates the Meltdown festival, and finally, Tricky's released his finest record since Pre-Millennium Tension. Knowle West Boy is named for the Council Estates housing project neighborhood Tricky grew up in. This set is not shrouded in mystery: it's autobiographical. It's the first album of well-crafted songs he's come up with since Maxinquaye (but doesn't sound a thing like it). As has been his wont since early on, Tricky also employs a host of other vocalists here for the sake of expressing more complex emotions, and also toward spinning a more complete – if sometimes complex – narrative. Rage and paranoia haven't been replaced so much as they've been extrapolated upon and expanded by humor, joy, bravado, and an authentic vulnerability and sense that the personal is political, as this set deals straight on with issues of race and class without even remotely preaching. That said, it's a down and dirty musical beat collision that combines punk, reggae, funk, pop, and hip-hop and hard rock in a wicked brew that is focused and in your face.

The set begins with a lounge-blues soundscape that evokes the late-night feel of Barry Adamson at his sleaziest. It explodes about a minute in, strutting its scrappy big band against Fripp-ian guitars, a cracking distorted snare, and cymbal thuggery. The cool thing is in its humor. Tricky plays a lounge lizard boasting about himself to a young woman (Alex Mills) who hands it back to him on a funhouse mirror. The first single, "Council Estate," is a furious punk anthem created as a football-style chant set to a post-punk bassline, with big menacing kick drums, staggered reverb vocals, and Tricky letting the pride in his upbringing come to the fore. It's a breathless two-and-a-half minutes, but it's the best thing here. "Past Mistake" is reminiscent of the torch song duet balladry of Nearly God's "Poems," a tune Tricky performed with Terry Hall and Martina Topley-Bird. "Bacative" employs a ragged punk-charged ragga, and features toaster Rodigan (a New Yorker of West Indian origin). He begins his toast to a plucked cello, drum loops, snares, tambourines, and a set of hi-hat cymbals that shimmer above the bassline. "Joseph" is titled for a young man who does the vocals. The use of harp, hand drums, vibes, and a synthed bassline is strangely atmospheric and haunting. "Veronika" features vocals by French-Moroccan vocalist Lubua; it commences with a slew of distorted beats and tom-tom loops that feel like a military march; her voice is anything but, however. She expresses hurt, heartbreak, and anger brought about by the absent subject. She is also present on the haunting ballad "School Gates" that closes the set; a haunting ballad about a teen pregnancy told from both male and female points of view. "C'Mon Baby" is a rockist thumper that evokes AC/DC with beats! There is also a cover here of Kylie Minogue's "Slow." Whereas the original is all sleek, sensual, and inviting, Tricky inverts the song's meaning by becoming a sleazy, macho Lothario narrating. Knowle West Boy is not another Maxinquaye (it doesn't try, either) but it is a very strong, accessible set that puts his renewed creativity on display in a blur of sound and color. It not only re-establishes him as a pioneer, but as an engaging personae who isn't hiding behind his sonic palette anymore; his music is all the better for it.

Review by Thom Jurek, Allmusic.com

Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)



Tracklist:

01. Puppy Toy (03:31)
02. Bacative (03:50)
03. Joseph (02:26)
04. Veronika (02:58)
05. C'Mon Baby (03:02)
06. Council Estate (02:36)
07. Past Mistake (05:06)
08. Coalition (03:57)
09. Cross To Bear (03:42)
10. Slow (03:22)
11. Baligaga (03:40)
12. Far Away (03:35)
13. School Gates (03:47)


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 25. января 2010, 10:57

Tricky / Knowle West Boy

Дисковод: TEAC DV-W516GA Adapter: 0 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 12
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

Выходной формат : Внутренние WAV-операции
Формат сэмплов : 44.100 Гц; 16 бит; стерео


TOC извлечённого CD

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Конец отчёта

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-09-19 15:40:45

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Analyzed: Tricky / Knowle West Boy
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR3 -0.10 dB -5.65 dB 3:35 01-Puppy Toy
DR5 -0.10 dB -6.64 dB 3:51 02-Bacative
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.02 dB 2:29 03-Joseph
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.23 dB 3:00 04-Veronika
DR4 -0.10 dB -5.02 dB 3:04 05-C'Mon Baby
DR4 -0.10 dB -5.56 dB 2:39 06-Council Estate
DR6 0.00 dB -7.63 dB 5:07 07-Past Mistake
DR4 -0.10 dB -6.34 dB 3:59 08-Coalition
DR7 -0.10 dB -10.35 dB 3:46 09-Cross To Bear
DR5 -0.10 dB -6.18 dB 3:22 10-Slow
DR6 -0.10 dB -7.10 dB 3:42 11-Baligaga
DR6 0.00 dB -8.45 dB 3:39 12-Far Away
DR9 0.00 dB -11.02 dB 3:47 13-School Gates
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR6

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16

Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)

Tricky - Knowle West Boy (2008)