Rare Tricky Original UK Debut Vinyl LP 'Maxinquaye' + 'Overcome' 12" Portishead
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Jan 6, 2013
Sold Date
Dec 27, 2012
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£ 15
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Description
Very rare original UK vinyl copy of the seminal 'Maxinquaye' LP by Tricky, a trip-hop classic from 1995, regularly showing up in greatest albums of the 90's polls. The Vinyl LP is in excellent condition, the original gatefold sleeve shows wear to the edges, the printed inner sleeve is in excellent condition. Catalogue no. BRLP 610 / 524 089-1 PY281 LC0407
I'm also including an original 12" vinyl copy of the single 'Overcome' from the album, which is also in excellent/mint condition. The sleeve has little wear to edges. Catalogue no. 12BRW 304 / 854 171-1 PY 122 LC 0407
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maxinquaye
Studio album by Tricky
Released 20 February 1995 (UK) 18 April 1995 (US)
Recorded 1994–1995 Genre Trip hop Length 57:13 Label Island
Producer Tricky, Mark Saunders
Maxinquaye is the debut album of the English musician and actor Tricky, released in 1995. Expanding on the sonic template of fellow Bristolians Massive Attack, and featuring then-girlfriend Martina Topley-Bird on vocals, Maxinquaye is a dark, mysterious album featuring a combination of hip-hop, soul, dub, rock and electronica.
Maxinquaye, named after Tricky's late mother Maxine Quaye, received great critical acclaim upon release.
Album background
Tricky chose Mark Saunders as co-producer of the album due to his previous work with The Cure on the albums Wish and Mixed Up, and they recorded the album in the first half of 1994 at Tricky's home studio, with later work done at the Loveshack and Eastcote studios in Notting Hill, London. The sessions for the album were somewhat chaotic, and Saunders, who had the impression that he would serve as an engineer, frequently found himself serving as a DJ and programmer. Tricky frequently instructed him on what to sample, regardless of different tempos and pitches, and asked him to piece the result together, something Saunders achieved by pitch-shifting the respective samples.
Various contributors were occasionally called in to play instruments, such as guitarist James Stevenson, bassist Pete Briquette, the band FTV (on "Black Steel") and even Saunders contributed guitar, with the resulting improvisations treated as samples. Adding to the free-form atmosphere of the sessions, Martina Topley-Bird's vocals were recorded in the first take without any planning beforehand.
Track listing:
No. Title Sample Length
Side One:
1. "Overcome" "Moonchild" (Shakespears Sister) 4:30
2. "Ponderosa" "O Maa Tujhe Salaam" (Jagjit Singh) 3:31
3. "Black Steel" "Rukkumani Rukkuman" (A. R. Rahman) 5:40
4. "Hell Is Round the Corner" "Ike's Rap II" (Isaac Hayes) 3:47
5. "Pumpkin" (featuring Alison Goldfrapp) "Suffer" (The Smashing Pumpkins) 4:31
6. "Aftermath" "That's the Way Love Is" (Marvin Gaye) 7:39
Side Two:
1. "Abbaon Fat Tracks" 4:27
2. "Brand New You're Retro" "Bad" (Michael Jackson) 2:54
3. "Suffocated Love" "Look In My Eyes" (The Chantels) 4:53
4. "You Don't" 4:39
5. "Strugglin'" 6:39
6. "Feed Me" 4:04
Track notes
The lyrics of "Overcome" are the same as "Karmacoma", a song by trip-hop collective Massive Attack. "Hell Is Round the Corner" contains some of the lyrics used on "Eurochild", also by Massive Attack. Tricky appears as a rapper on both of these songs, from the 1994 Protection album. The song "Black Steel" is a cover of the Public Enemy song "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos".
Overcome 12" Track Listing:
Side One:
1. Overcome (Album Mix) 2. Overcome Bungle Mix)
Side Two;
1. Abbaon Fat Tracks 2. Overcome (Zippy Mix)
Reception
Q (6/00, p. 75) - Ranked #36 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"
Q (12/99, p. 84) - Included in Q's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s".
Q (2/96, p. 67) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.
Rolling Stone (13/5/99, p. 80) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".
Rolling Stone (25/1/96, p. 41) - Ranked #3 in the 1996 Critics' Poll.
Spin (9/99, p. 125) - Ranked #14 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Spin (12/95, p. 62) - Ranked #2 on Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums of '95'.
Melody Maker (23–30/12/95, pp. 66–67) - Tied for #1 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's 'Albums of the Year'.
Village Voice (20/2/96) - Ranked #2 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Mojo (p. 57) - Ranked #77 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics".
The New York Times (5/1/96, p. C16) - Included on Jon Pareles's list of the Top 10 Albums of '95.
NME (23–30/12/95, pp. 22–23) - Ranked #1 in NME's 'Top 50 Albums of the Year' for 1995.
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