Mixed Race (album)
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Mixed Race is Tricky
Tricky
Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...

's ninth studio album, released on 27 September 2010. It is his second album released through Domino Records, following 2008's Knowle West Boy
Knowle West Boy
Knowle West Boy is the eighth 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:# "Puppy Toy" – 3:34...

.

Mixed Race was recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, and has been described by Domino Records as "his most passionate album to date". Tricky himself has described it as "the most uptempo album I've done". Musically, the album takes influence from UK, Jamaican
Music of Jamaica
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, US
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, North African
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 and French
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 music. Guest artists include Franky Riley, Terry Lynn, Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Gillespie
Robert Bernard Andrew "Bobby" Gillespie is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band, Primal Scream. He was also the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s.- Early life :Born and raised in the south side district of Mount Florida in...

, Gavin Brooksbank, Hakim Hamadouche, Blackman, and Tricky's youngest brother Marlon Thaws.

"Murder Weapon" was released as the first single on 30 August 2010 and charted in France #76.

Track listing

  1. "Every Day"
  2. "UK Jamaican"
  3. "Early Bird"
  4. "Ghetto Stars"
  5. "Hakim"
  6. "Come To Me"
  7. "Murder Weapon"
  8. "Time To Dance"
  9. "Really Real"
  10. "Bristol To London"
  11. "Friend Went To Jail" (iTunes
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    and Japanese edition bonus track)
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