Blowback (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Blowback
Type = studio
Artist = Tricky


Released = start date|2001|7|2
Recorded =
Genre = Trip hop
Length = 58:36
Label = Anti
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cwq8b5t4psqf~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media (3.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22672-blowback link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tricky/albums/album/201787/review/5945945/blowback link]
Last album = "Juxtapose"
(1999)
This album = "Blowback"
(2001)
Next album = "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}

Track listing

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

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 throughout the entire track. Alanis' record label, Maverick Records wouldn't allow the song to be released, although a limited number of advance copies of the album were released in Canada which contained the song.
* 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.