Album

Pre-Millennium Tension

Tricky

1996 · Electronic

11 collectors on Gatefold own this

Pre-Millennium Tension by Tricky

Pre-Millennium Tension is an Electronic album by Tricky, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 32 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.

About

By the time Adrian Thaws began working on his second album as Tricky, the languid electronic soul of his debut, <i>Maxinquaye</i>, was being polished by other artists into something even more palatable at dinner parties. Eager to shake the “trip-hop” tag, Tricky made his own music increasingly unsettling: “Can hardly breathe”, he utters in a smoke-damaged drawl against backward guitars and rumbling beats on “Vent”, heralding a murky, claustrophobic and fractious 45 minutes. His fusion of rap, punk, dub and, on “Piano”, the sound of a respirator, is as hypnotic (“Christiansands”) as it is abrasive (“My Evil Is Strong”)—and consistently inventive. <i>Pre-Millennium Tension</i> restated the possibilities for British hip-hop, its influence creeping as far and wide as Burial and Radiohead.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Vent
  2. A2Christiansands
  3. A3Tricky Kid
  4. A4Bad Dreams
  5. A5Makes Me Wanna Die
  6. A6Ghetto Youth

Side B

  1. B1Sex Drive
  2. B2Bad Things
  3. B3Lyrics Of Fury
  4. B4My Evil Is Strong
  5. B5Piano

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Trip-Hop
  • cavernous
  • menacing
  • nocturnal

Credits

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11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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