Knowle West Boy

Knowle West Boy
Studio album by Tricky
Released	7 July 2008 (2008-07-07)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Electronica, trip hop
Length	45:53
Label	Domino
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 Boston Phoenix	[8]
The Guardian	[9]
The Independent	[10]
NME	[11]
PopMatters	[12]

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

Track listing

1. "Puppy Toy" – 3:34 (Tricky, Bernard Butler, Alex Mills) ft. Alex Mills
2. "Bacative" – 3:51 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
3. "Joseph" – 2:29 (Tricky, Bernard Butler) ft. Joseph Franklin Hunt
4. "Veronika" – 3:00 (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)
5. "C'mon Baby" – 3:04 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
6. "Council Estate" – 2:39 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
7. "Past Mistake" – 5:07 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
8. "Coalition" – 3:59 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
9. "Cross to Bear" – 3:45 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
10. "Slow" – 3:22 (Kylie Minogue, Mr. Dan, Emilíana Torrini) - Kylie Minogue's "Slow" cover
11. "Baligaga" – 3:42 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)
12. "Far Away" – 3:39 (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)
13. "School Gates" – 3:47 (Tricky, Bernard Butler)

Track notes

• The song "Council Estate" appeared in Chuck.
• The song "Coalition" appeared in Need for Speed: Undercover.
• The song "Baligaga" appeared in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
• The song "Past Mistake" appeared in The Following.

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."^[13]

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

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

"Slow" is a cover of the song originally performed by Kylie Minogue and features vocals from British actress Carmen Ejogo.

References