Knowle West Boy

Knowle West Boy
Studio album by Tricky
Released	7 July 2008 (2008-07-07)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Ghetto punk, electronic rock
Length	45:53
Label	Domino
Producer	Tricky, Bernard Butler
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 musician and producer Tricky, released by Domino Records on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.

Track listing

All music composed by Tricky and Bernard Butler except where noted.

Track notes

• "Council Estate" appeared in Chuck.
• "Coalition" appeared in the PS2 and Wii release of Need for Speed: Undercover.
• "Baligaga" appeared in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
• "Past Mistake" appeared in the UK TV series Ideal and the US TV series The Following.
• "Slow" is a cover of the song originally performed by Kylie Minogue and features vocals from British actress Carmen Ejogo.

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), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album "Controllo del livello di rombo"

References