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Tricky News

Tricky plans his biggest-ever US tour

He'll also play at South by Southwest with Devo

Tricky wraps up US tour in California

Trip-hop star covers The Cure and XTC in LA

  • Sep 15, 2008

Tricky announces North American club tour

Dates are his first in US in five years

  • Aug 6, 2008

Tricky showcases five tracks from his new album at Oxegen

Rapper dogged by sound problems during set

  • Jul 11, 2008

Tricky: '9/11 is why I didn't release an album for four years'

Knowle West Boy also reveals himself to be a closet Kylie fan

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Tricky Videos

Tricky at Benicassim '08

Tricky at Benicassim '08

The trip-hop legend talks to NME Video.

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YouTube Tricky Videos

Its Tricky- RUN DMC

Its Tricky- RUN DMC (03:10)

AweSome Song

Tricky - Evolution Revolution Love

Tricky - Evolution Revolution Love (04:07)

Music video by the trip-hop star Tricky.

Tricky - Overcome

Tricky - Overcome (03:43)

vocal:Martina Topley Bird album:Maxinquaye

Tricky - 'Council Estate'

Tricky - 'Council Estate' (02:37)

The first single from Tricky's forthcoming album Knowle West Boy. Council Estate is just me... that song is the upbringing me and friends had. It's the first single I've ever done with just me on vocals. I couldn't...

Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner: Video

Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner: Video (04:00)

Music video by Tricky performing Hell Is Around The Corner: Video with Mike Lipscombe [Video Director], Line Potmyr [Video Producer] (C) 1995 Island Records Ltd.

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Tricky Reviews

Tricky, Sounds Of Guns

Tricky, Sounds Of Guns

Smokin' Ace. Club Academy, Manchester, Wednesday, February 18

  • Mar 5, 2009

Tricky

Slow

  • Oct 10, 2008

Tricky

Knowle West Boy

Tricky : A Rough Guide To...

Listener-friendly guide to Bristol maverick...

  • May 7, 2002

Tricky : Blowback

Trip-hop's Lazarus experiences collaborative-heavy rebirth. Pain involved

  • Jul 2, 2001

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Tricky Biography

Tricky (born Adrian Nicholas M. Thaws on 27 January 1968) is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop culture. His debut album Maxinquaye was nominated for the Mercury Prize and voted Album of the Year by NME Magazine.

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Tricky's Best Songs

  • 1. Overcome
  • 2. Black Steel
  • 3. Aftermath
  • 4. Ponderosa
  • 5. Hell Is Round The Corner
  • 6. Pumpkin
  • 7. Hell Is Around the Corner
  • 8. You Don't
  • 9. Suffocated Love
  • 10. Feed Me
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Tricky Discography

Tricky albums.

  • Knowle West Boy - 07/07/2008 (Domino/GB)
  • Vulnerable - 17/06/2003 (Sanctuary Records/US)
  • Blowback (bonus disc: Blowkcab) - 04/2002 (ANTI-/XE)
  • Blowback - 26/06/2001 (Hollywood Records/US)
  • Juxtapose - 16/08/1999 (Island Records/GB)
  • Juxtapose (bonus disc) - (Universal Island Records/AU)
  • Angels with Dirty Faces - 02/06/1998 (Island Records/GB)
  • Angels With Dirty Faces - 25/05/1998 (Island Records/GB)
  • Pre-Millennium Tension - 28/10/1996 (4th & Broadway/GB)
  • Grassroots - (FFRR US/US)
  • Maxinquaye - 20/02/1995 (4th & Broadway/GB)

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