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Mixed Race

Tricky

Mixed Race

Ninth studio album from the Bristol trip hop producer

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6.6

Label
Domino
UK Release date
27/09/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Dense yet accessible, fleeting but full of memorable moments
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    As menacingly sexy as his best work. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Fly

    The most delicious endeavour he’s served up in years
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  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    His influence is not what it was but this is the sound of a man still energetically ploughing a unique furrow
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  5. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Tricky's ninth album is his best in ages, maybe since Maxinquaye
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Probably the strongest record work Tricky has put out this decade; definitely much more of a comeback than Knowle West Boy was
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  7. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Easily his most consistently enjoyable album since the 1990s
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  8. 7.0 |   Blurt

    The work of a studio wiz who's become less painstaking, but no less passionate
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  9. 7.0 |   Culture Deluxe

    There is a dark, violent undertone, or at least the threat of it
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  10. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Established Tricky fans will find it delightful
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  11. 7.0 |   Clash

    Adrian Thaws’ Tricky schtick has yet to get old
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  12. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Whilst the lyrics once again blur the lines between Tricky’s personae, the music is in sharper focus than ever
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  13. 6.0 |   NME

    It’s only on ‘Ghetto Stars’ when that ominous whisper comes to the fore, that ‘Mixed Race’ excites
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  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    There’s plenty of creative sparks in the old dog yet
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  15. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Has a frustrating tendency to lurk behind his collaborators. Print edition only

  16. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Greatness still remains within Tricky's grasp. Print edition only

  17. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Dark mood music
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  18. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Mixed Race doesn't always hang together, but it is the work of someone with a renewed creative appetite
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  19. 5.0 |   Pitchfork

    Mostly a failure, but with enough glimmers of a true comeback to tease fans into checking out the next one
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  20. 5.0 |   Spin

    The polyglot producer's most bland offering yet
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  21. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    There’s enough innovation throughout Mixed Race that it’s hard to believe Tricky needed fluff to fill it out
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  22. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    Despite its ten songs clocking in at under 30 minutes, the handful of ideas in Mixed Race are sp
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