Blowback (album)

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Blowback
Studio album by Tricky
Released	July 2, 2001 (2001-07-02)
Genre	Trip hop
Length	58:36
Label	Anti
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (3.1/10) link Rolling Stone link
Tricky chronology
Juxtapose (1999) Blowback (2001) A Ruff Guide (2002)

Blowback is the sixth album of Bristol, England rapper/producer Tricky, released in 2001. Like Nearly God, Blowback contains several collaborations, but the album's sound is much brighter and more relaxed by comparison. Tricky himself says that he wants to get airplay with this album, while most of his older albums were made to stay off the radio. Guest singers on Blowback include Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cyndi Lauper, Alanis Morissette, Ed Kowalczyk and less well known artists such as Hawkman, Stephanie McKay and Ambersunshower, with whom he already worked in 1996 for the charity compilation Childline.

A new song called "Question" and an alternate version of the song "Diss Never" (both with Alanis Morissette's vocals) are still unreleased, because her label Maverick Records holds them back.{cn}

[edit] Track listing

1. "Excess" – 4:43
2. "Evolution Revolution Love" – 4:09
3. "Over Me" – 2:57
4. "Girls" – 4:21
5. "You Don't Wanna" – 5:25
6. "#1 Da Woman" – 2:40
7. "Your Name" – 3:35
8. "Diss Never (Dig Up We History)" – 2:50
9. "Bury the Evidence" – 4:51
10. "Something in the Way" – 3:24
11. "Five Days" – 4:19
12. "Give It to 'Em" – 3:04
13. "A Song for Yukiko" – 4:10
14. "The Hawkman Is Coming" – 4:19
15. "Evolution Revolution Love (remix)" – 3:43

[edit] Additional information

• "Excess" (track 1) contains backing vocals by Alanis Morissette. (Alanis also appeared in another song, "Question", that was never officially released but was leaked through the Internet.) This song was featured on the soundtrack to the movies 13 Ghosts 2001 version, and Queen of the Damned.
• "Evolution Revolution Love" (track 2) features Ed Kowalczyk of the American rock band Live singing the vocals for the chorus.
• The music for the song "Diss Never" was originally intended for the unreleased song "Question" which featured only Alanis Morissette on vocals through out the entire track. Alanis' record label, Maverick Records wouldn't allow the song to be released.
• The backing track for "You Don't Wanna" is sampled from the Eurythmics legendary electro-pop song "Sweet Dreams."
• "Girls" (track 4) features Anthony Kiedis (back-up vocals), John Frusciante (on guitar) of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• "#1 Da Woman" (track 6) features John Frusciante and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, respectively on guitar/chorus vocals and bass. This song contains an interpolation of the title song for the TV Series Wonder Woman.
• "Something in the Way" (track 10) is a cover of the song originally performed by Nirvana.
• "Five Days" (track 11) contains guest vocals by Cyndi Lauper.