Knowle West Boy

Knowle West Boy is the seventh studio album by musician and producer Tricky, released by Domino Records on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.

Knowle West Boy
Studio album by Tricky
Released	7 July 2008
Recorded	2007
Length	45:53
Label	Domino
Producer	Tricky, Bernard Butler
Tricky chronology
Vulnerable (2003) Knowle West Boy (2008) Mixed Race (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Pitchfork Media	5.8/10 [5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Uncut	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
NME	[9]
PopMatters	[10]

A remixed version of the album called Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew was released in 2009 and was mixed by Florida-based producers South Rakkas Crew.[11]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tricky and Bernard Butler except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Puppy Toy" (ft. Alex Mills)	3:34
2.	"Bacative"	3:51
3.	"Joseph" (ft. Joseph Franklin Hunt)	2:29
4.	"Veronika" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)	3:00
5.	"C'mon Baby"	3:04
6.	"Council Estate"	2:39
7.	"Past Mistake"	5:07
8.	"Coalition"	3:59
9.	"Cross to Bear"	3:47
10.	"Slow" (Kylie Minogue, Mr. Dan, Emilíana Torrini)	3:22
11.	"Baligaga"	3:42
12.	"Far Away" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)	3:38
13.	"School Gates"	3:47

Details

The first single, "Council Estate", samples "Roads" by Portishead from the 1994 album Dummy. It was the first single that Tricky had ever done with just himself on vocals. He commented: "I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."[12]

"Cross to Bear" features guest vocals from Hafdís Huld.

"Veronika" is a cover of the song "Livido Amniotico" by Subsonica (ft. Veronika Coassolo), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album "Controllo del livello di rombo"

References

1. "Knowle West Boy by Tricky" – via www.metacritic.com.
2. Allmusic review
3. Knowle still offers a diverse evocation of his childhood in the proverty-riddled district of the title. [12 Sep 2008]
4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Tricky". www.robertchristgau.com.
5. "Tricky: Knowle West Boy". Pitchfork.
6. "Rolling Stone review".
7. "Uncut review".
8. Rogers, Jude (July 3, 2008). "CD: Tricky, Knowle West Boy" – via www.theguardian.com.
9. "Tricky | NME". July 3, 2008.
10. "PopMatters review".
11. Diver, Mike. "BBC - Music - Review of Tricky - Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
12. Tricky (April 2008). "Domino Publishing | Artists | Tricky". Domino Publishing. Retrieved 25 January 2010.