Album
Pre-Millennium Tension
1996 · Electronic
11 collectors on Gatefold own this
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
- A1Vent
- A2Christiansands
- A3Tricky Kid
- A4Bad Dreams
- A5Makes Me Wanna Die
- A6Ghetto Youth
Side B
- B1Sex Drive
- B2Bad Things
- B3Lyrics Of Fury
- B4My Evil Is Strong
- B5Piano
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Trip-Hop
- cavernous
- menacing
- nocturnal
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Includes full colour inner sleeve and postcard with peel off sticker.
Promo copies have a small promo sticker on the A-side label and under the barcode on the backcover.
Runouts are etched, except for the "Ⓜ" and SNA logo which are stamped.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Commodores
- Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew
- DrunkensteinVOCALS
- Eric B. & Rakim
- John TonksDRUMS
- Martina Topley-BirdVOCALS
- Pat McManusPIANO VIOLIN
- Patrice ChevalierGUITAR
- RockBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Rock SmithBACKING VOCALS
- SkyVOCALS
- Smif-N-Wessun
- TrickyHARMONICA HARMONICA, WRITTEN-BY VOCALS
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 32 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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