Mixed Race (album)

Mixed Race
Studio album by
Tricky
Released27 September 2010
Recorded2010; Paris, France
GenreTrip hop, electronica
Length29:23
31:36 (with bonus track)
LabelDomino
ProducerTricky
Tricky chronology
Knowle West Boy
(2008) 		Mixed Race
(2010) 		False Idols
(2013)
Singles from Mixed Race
  1. "Murder Weapon"
    Released: 30 August 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash 7/10[3]
Drowned in Sound7/10[4]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−[5]
musicOMH[6]
Pitchfork5.0/10[7]
Q[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]
Uncut[10]
Under the Radar8.5/10[11]

Mixed Race is Tricky's eighth studio album, released on 27 September 2010. It is his second album released through Domino Records, following 2008's Knowle West Boy.

Mixed Race was recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, and has been described by Domino Records as "his most passionate album to date".[12] Tricky himself has described it as "the most uptempo album I've done".[12] Musically, the album takes influence from UK, Jamaican, US, North African and French music.[12] Guest artists include Franky Riley, Terry Lynn, Bobby Gillespie, Gavin Brooksbank, Hakim Hamadouche, Blackman, and Tricky's youngest brother Marlon Thaws.[12]

"Murder Weapon" was released as the first single on 30 August 2010 and charted in France #76.

  1. ^ "Mixed Race by Tricky" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. Review: Mixed Race. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
  3. ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". Clash Magazine.
  4. ^ "Album Review: Tricky - Mixed Race". DrownedInSound.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (November 26, 2010). "Expert Witness" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. MSN Music. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.
  6. ^ Winkie, Luke (27 September 2010). "Tricky – Mixed Race". musicOMH. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Tricky: Mixed Race". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ Another smart and limber record. An astute choice of collaborators plays its part. [Oct 2010, p.116]
  9. ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". Tiny Mix Tapes. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  10. ^ Tricky has a frustrating tendency to lurk behind his collaborators, and one has to fight the feeling that ideas rarely gel. [Oct 2010, p.106]
  11. ^ "Tricky - Mixed Race". UnderTheRadarNZ.
  12. ^ a b c d "Mixed Race". Domino Records. Retrieved 12 August 2010.