Nearly God
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| Nearly God | ||
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| Studio album by Tricky | ||
| Released | April 29, 1996 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Trip Hop | |
| Length | 64:44 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer(s) | Tricky | |
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| Tricky chronology | ||
| Maxinquaye (1995) |
Nearly God (1996) |
Pre-Millennium Tension (1996) |
Nearly God is the first of Tricky's own releases in 1996. He explains later that the title is inspired by a German interviewer who asked him how it feels to be God, well, nearly God. The project contains collaborations with Terry Hall (singer of The Specials), Alison Moyet, Cath Coffey, Neneh Cherry, Björk and Martina Topley-Bird. It was recorded in about three weeks in the summer, and Tricky himself describes it as "a collection of brilliant demos". Tricky has already appeared on Terry Hall's Rainbows EP (released last year) - with a live version that they did together of The Special's song Ghost Town. The Specials were one of Tricky's biggest early musical influences. He used a sample from their song (Dawning of a) New Era in Aftermath (Version 1) and the lyrics of another Special's tune (Nite Klub) in a live version of his own song Ghetto Youth on this year's tour. A version of Little drummer boy by Terry Hall and Tricky was rumoured, but never released.
Originally Nearly God also included a song with Blur singer Damon Albarn, but he pulled the song off at the last minute. Tricky says: "He wants to work on something for like two months and then do the vocals again and again and again, and I don't work like that." (Raygun 96) The song is later recorded again with former Madness singer Suggs, but this version (I'll pass right through you) doesn't get released either. Four of ten rumoured songs with Neneh Cherry get released on her singles Woman, Kootchi and Feel it throughout 1996 and 1997. He also records another song with Cath Coffey, a cover of the Grease song Summer nights which will be released in 1997 on her debut album Mind the gap (only released in Japan so far).
In summer '96, Tricky starts a project with underground New York Hip Hop bands, which is his first attempt to bring British and American Hip Hop together. The result is an EP on the Pay Day label in the U.S. called Tricky presents Grassroots. It contains collaborations with The Hillfiguzes, Laveda Davis, Stephanie Cooke, Robert Malary Jr., and a slightly different version of his own song Tricky Kid.
[edit] Track listing
- "Tattoo"
- "Poems" (with Terry Hall & Martina Topley-Bird)
- "Together Now" (with Neneh Cherry)
- "Keep Your Mouth Shut" (with Björk)
- "I Be the Prophet" (with Martina Topley-Bird)
- "Make A Change" (with Alison Moyet)
- "Black Coffee" (with Martina Topley-Bird)
- "Bubbles" (with Terry Hall)
- "I Sing for You" (with Cath Coffey & Dedi Madden)
- "Yoga" (with Björk)
- "Judas'" (US RELEASE) (with Martina Topley-Bird) (Cover of Depeche Mode)
- "Children's Story" (US RELEASE) (with Martina Topley-Bird)
"Together Now" was featured on Neneh Cherry's album Man and it could be considered a co-authored track, rather than Neneh just featuring on a Tricky's Album. "Keep Your Mouth Shut" features lyrics from Björk's song "You've Been Flirting Again", from the album Post.
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