Tricky [Blowback mini site]

Blowback

release dates

Japan:
June 20, 2001
Europe:
June 25, 2001
USA:
June 26, 2001

Tricky: "It's definitely the most ear-friendly of all my albums. I feel like I've been sitting around for a couple of years complaining about what's on MTV and the radio. You can only do that for so long. If you want to hear good music on the radio, you need to make an album." (MTV)

tracklisting

01.	Excess(with Stephanie McKay and Alanis Morissette)
02.	Evolution Revolution Love (with Ed Kowalczyk and Hawkman)
03.	Over Me (with Ambersunshower and Hawkman)
04.	Girls(with Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante) -- already played live in 1999 ('Bad Boy')
05.	You Don't Wanna (with Ambersunshower)
06.	Wonder Woman (with John Frusciante and Flea) -- cover song
07.	Your Name (with Ambersunshower) -- cover song
08.	Diss Never (Dig Up We History) (with Hawkman)
09.	Bury The Evidence (with Hawkman) -- already played live in 1998 and onwards ('Movies don't move me')
10.	Something In The Way (with Hawkman) -- cover song
11.	Five Days (with Cyndi Lauper)
12.	Give It To Em (with Hawkman)
13.	A Song For Yukiko (with John Suzuki and Yukiko Takahashi) -- already played on Tricky Radio ('Yukiko')

Blowback was released as a limited digipak in Europe with two bonus tracks:
14. The Hawkman Is Coming
15. Evolution Revolution Love Remix
Also the Japanese version has these two bonus tracks, just in opposite order.

It was re-released in France in 2002 as a limited edition with a bonus CD with seven unreleased tracks:
01. Excess (radio edit)
02. My Head
03. Five Days (instrumental)
04. Suffocating (demo)
05. Divine Comedy
06. Your Name (instrumental)
07. Unofficial

Also check out this promo site, the Anti web site, the official Tricky site or Dotmusic for sounds. (and FNAC for sounds for the French release!)

musicians and producers

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musicians:
Mark Thwaite - guitar
Marty Rifkin - guitar
Wayne Nunes - bass
Tim Pierce - guitar and bass
Gareth Bowen - keyboards
Perry Melius - drums
Josh Klinghoffer - drums
Mikio Endo - piano

producer:
Tricky

co-producer:
Rob Cavallo (on 'Bury The Evidence')

executive producer and arranger:
Rob Cavallo (on 'Excess' and 'Girls')

guest vocalists:
Stephanie McKay - Excess
Alanis Morissette - Excess
John Frusciante - Girls, Wonder Woman
Anthody Kiedis - Girls
Flea - Wonder Woman
Ed Kowalczyk - Evolution Revolution Love
Hawkman - Evolution Revolution Love, Over Me, Diss Never, Bury The Evidence, Something In The Way, Give It To 'Em
Cyndi Lauder - Five Days
Ambersunshower - Over Me, Don't You Wanna, Your Name
John Suzuki - A Song For Yukiko
Yukiko Takahashi - A Song For Yukiko
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singles

Evolution Revolution Love:

The single was announced for June 18, but delayed until August 20 - promos were sent to radio stations in May, see promo discography

1. Evolution Revolution Love (Radio Edit)
2. The Hawk Is Coming
3. Bury The Evidence (Don't Watch My Face Mix)_

For more details go to the discography, see the video here, here or here.

Tricky:"It's a song about different people from different planets and how they all feel the same thing. Me and Hawk and me and Ed are very different, but we come from the same experiences. Everyone's alike in some way." (MTV)

You Don't Wanna:

The single was announced for June 24, but is obviously delayed. Now the new release date is July 1. According to Anti Records the tracklisting will be:

1. Tricky - You Don't Wanna (Radio Edit)
2. Ko-La - What's It Gonna Be
3. Tricky - Intro Outro

You can already see the video at the Anti web site: 34k (real player) or 300k (real player)
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		*downloads*
		_ You can download a Windows Media file for Evolution Revolution Love on this official site. Also interesting: an audio interview by Steve McQueen (over 100 min.) at Showstudio. _

		*lyrics*
		_ read all the lyrics here, or chose one song: Excess Evolution Revolution Love Over Me Girls You Don't Wanna Wonder Woman Your Name Diss Never (Dig Up We History) Bury The Evidence Something In The Way Five Days Give It To 'Em A Song For Yukiko _

		*cover songs*
		_ Wonder Woman (TV Theme, written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimble) Something in the way (written and performed by Nirvana) Your Name = Under The Bamboo Tree (written by Rob Cole, performed by J. Garland & M. O'Brien) _

		*samples*
		_ Squeeze - Tempted (Evolution Revolution Love) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (You Don't Wanna) Notorious BIG - What's Beef (Bury The Evidence) _

		*articles, interviews, specials*
		_ NME: TRICKY SITUATION FOR ALANIS (12.02.) Allstar News: TRICKY READIES NEW ALBUM (12.02.) Allstar News: TRICKY AT WMC (26.03.) Showstudio: AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH STEVE McQUEEN (12.04.) [or read the transcript here] NME:TRICKY CONFIRMS DETAILS OF NEW ALBUM (18.04.) Allstar News: GOSSIP (20.04.) MTV: TRICKY WORKS WITH CHILI PEPPERS... (06.06) NME: MORE TRICKY BUSINESS FOR ALANIS? (06.06) NME: BLOW FOR 'BLOWBACK' SINGLE (18.06.) NME: POSTPONED TRICKY SINGLE GETS NEW RELEASE DATE (19.06.) CMJ: TRICKY, LOOKING FOR PAYBACK (??.06.) Laut: DIE LEUTE SOLLEN ETWAS NEUES HÖREN (in German!) (20.06.) Daily Telegraph: I'M REAL COOL WITH MYSELF (23.06.) Les Inrockuptibles: TRICKY SPECIAL (with video documentary) (26.06.) Jam: TRICKY ACCUSES STP OF MUSICAL RIP-OFF (26.06.) Dotmusic: VIDEO INTERVIEW (27.06.) Billboard: TRICKY CONTINUES EVOLUTION ON 'BLOWBACK ' (29.06.) Alternative Press: REWRITING POP HISTORY (June) Tip: NO MORE NOSTRADAMUS? (in German!) (June/July) NME: TRICKY TALKS TO NME (06.07.) Virginmega: TRICK OF THE TRADE (12.07.) Chartattack: TRICKY WOULD NEVER DISS ALANIS (13.07.) Exclaim: RADIO FRIENDLY (27.07.) Visions: ZURÜCK IM LEBEN (in German!) (July) FHM: TRICKY (in German!) (July) Amazon: TRICKY BUSINESS (July) WOM: WIEDERERÖFFNUNG (in German!) (July) Intro: LEKTIONEN IN WEHMUT (in German!) (July/August) Spex: TRICKY (TRIGGER) HAPPY (in German!) (July/August) Visions: BIG NEW TRICKY (in German!) (August) DocRock Show: Blowback als Doppel-CD (in German!) (24.6.02) _

		*reviews*
		_ CMJ review NY Post review Rolling Stone review Visions review (in German!) Tonspion review (in German!) Q review NME review Sonicnet review Intro review (in German!) Rolling Stone review (in German!) Laut (in German!) Prinz (in German!) Independent On Sun The Independent Time Out Sunday Telegraph _

press info

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from the promo CD:

>>Tricky, the genre bending UK native, is gearing up to release the record of his career entitled "Blowback". He first hit the scene with the Wild Bunch, the English collective that went on to become Massive Attack, prior to launching his solo career in 1994 with the epic release "Maxinquaye," an album which Rolling Stone named one of the "essential recordings of the 90s." Since then, this prolific artist has followed up with such criticially acclaimed albums as "Pre-Millenium Tension," "Angels With Dirty Faces" and "Juxtapose" collaborating with artists as diverse as Bjork, Garbage, Bush, PJ Harvey, Elvis Costello and Portishead. On his provocative new offering "Blowback", this master of ceremonies who consistently dogdes musical convention has truly outdone himself, sculpting a collection of songs that are distinctive, beautiful, moody and explosive all at once. Tricky is again surrounded by amazing artists such as Ed Kowalczyk from Live, members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Ambersunshower, Hawkman, and more. "Blowback" arrives in stores this summer.<<

presskits:

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