Tricky: A Ruff Guide

Belvedere Jehosophat - Monday, June 27, 2005 - Print Version

Bringing together a generous 17 tracks A Ruff Guide is an excellent introduction to the early years of this talented and seminal artist.

This is a headphones album all the way and it's only through close listening that one can take in the intricacies of the beats and the whispered, claustrophobic feel that made Tricky a sensation in the mid-90s.

Everything up to and including Juxtapose, the collaboration with DJ Muggs and Grease, is sampled here, with Maxinquaye, Tricky’s first album, getting the biggest workout – Maxinquaye songs are in fact featured twice as often as the songs from the other four albums.

A Ruff Guide is a fine summary of a fine career. It’s just a shame that the next retrospective that Tricky releases won’t boast the same high quality of songs.

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[A few of the songs are radio and/or single edits and not album cuts.]

Originally written for Defunkt magazine and limited to 150 words.

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