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Nearly God is Tricky's unofficial second album -- he calls it a collection of brilliant, incomplete demos. When Tricky signed his contract with Island, it allowed him to release an album a year under a different name and Nearly God is the first of these efforts. Tricky recorded the record with a diverse cast of collaborators -- in addition to his partner Martina, there's Terry Hall, Björk, Neneh Cherry, Cath Coffey, Dedi Madden, and Alison Moyet (Damon Albarn pulled his track just before the album's release). Building on the ghostly, dark soundscapes of Tricky's debut, Maxinquaye, Nearly God narrows the focus of his first record by making the music slower, hazier, and more distubing. It's not as coherent as Maxinquaye, but that's part of its appeal. Nearly God is a haunting, fractured, surreal nightmare that doesn't always make sense, but never fails to make an impact. Certain collaborators work better than others -- Tricky understands the eeriness of Terry Hall's voice, but he does nothing to tame Alison Moyet's inappropriate bluesy shrieking -- but the overall effect of the album is quietly devastating. It gets under your skin and stays there. It's a brilliantly evocative nightmare.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Steven Severin, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nearly God, MainArtist - Siouxsie Sioux, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, ComposerLyricist - Pete Briquette, Producer
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Tricky, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Terry Hall, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist - Martina Topley-Bird, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Operations Limited
Mark Saunders, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bjork, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nearly God, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Ian Caple, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Starving Souls, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Producer
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alison Moyet, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Producer
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Nearly God, MainArtist - Martina Topley-Bird, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Francis Burke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Terry Hall, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist - Pete Briquette, Producer
℗ 1996 Universal Music Operations Limited
Dedi Madden, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tricky, Producer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cath Coffey, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bjork, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nearly God, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Nearly God is Tricky's unofficial second album -- he calls it a collection of brilliant, incomplete demos. When Tricky signed his contract with Island, it allowed him to release an album a year under a different name and Nearly God is the first of these efforts. Tricky recorded the record with a diverse cast of collaborators -- in addition to his partner Martina, there's Terry Hall, Björk, Neneh Cherry, Cath Coffey, Dedi Madden, and Alison Moyet (Damon Albarn pulled his track just before the album's release). Building on the ghostly, dark soundscapes of Tricky's debut, Maxinquaye, Nearly God narrows the focus of his first record by making the music slower, hazier, and more distubing. It's not as coherent as Maxinquaye, but that's part of its appeal. Nearly God is a haunting, fractured, surreal nightmare that doesn't always make sense, but never fails to make an impact. Certain collaborators work better than others -- Tricky understands the eeriness of Terry Hall's voice, but he does nothing to tame Alison Moyet's inappropriate bluesy shrieking -- but the overall effect of the album is quietly devastating. It gets under your skin and stays there. It's a brilliantly evocative nightmare.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:27
- Main artists: Nearly God
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Electronic Triphop
© 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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