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Martina Topley Bird... if I just said Martina, someone might associate this name with that wonderful voice that graces Tricky's first album, Maxinquaye...
Well yes, this is her first solo album, produced by Tricky himself, with whom she must have evidently made peace after their artistic and sentimental "divorce".
I'll say it right away, this album offers nothing new, nothing groundbreaking, but at certain moments, it still manages to captivate: after a brief introduction, it kicks off immediately with the first single, "Need One", featuring Homme and Lanegan from QOTSA, who ensure a good dose of energy to the track.
With "Anything", the second single, it returns to rarefied atmospheres, with a guitar and some percussion here and there accompanying her voice, which at times reminds of Emiliana Torrini, at others of our own Cristina Donà.
In general, the album alternates between tracks with a more edgy sound, like "Too Tough To Die", "Ilya" and "Ragga" (with Tricky on vocals), and "cuddle" songs like the aforementioned "Anything", "Lying" and "Sandpaper Kisses" (with an "à la Björk" harp at the end), moving through "I Wanna Be There", with a lightning-fast guitar in the background, to conclude with "(Steve's) Day's Of A Gun", for me the most beautiful song on the album, with strings, an electronic base, but above all her warm and sensual voice, the true undisputed protagonist of the entire album.
If you like the genre, and if you think (like I do) that a good part of Tricky and Maxinquaye's success lay in the vocalist's voice, then the album is highly recommended!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Anything (04:25)
No doubt
You're gonna be thinkin'
I'll run out
That's where you're so mistaken
You take me to a high
Of just no other kind
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
The size
Just seems to get bigger
The prize is, well, just go figure
When I think way back when
I can't go back again
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
My half
I thought I'd be stronger
But my path
T you just seems longer
You fake me to a high
Of just no other kind
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
Don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything (but you)
I don't want anything (but you)
I don't need anything
05 Ragga (03:16)
Tricky :
Someone wanna come around
Dumpin fun around
I bring my bat around
And pop one in your shoulder
(2x)
Pop one in your shoulder
Martina :
I'll be the same
I'll be the same
... a pacifist (?)
Cruising on my list (?)
Feeling...
...
(2x)
I come as fast as this
Tricky make a vapour
Like a Viper Kiss
Make you get your cold on
You get to be the clown
I wrap my tongue around
I come like underground
I make you feel older
Oh I like it so much
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
And when it comes to your touch
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
I wrap my tongue around
You get to be the clown
I come like underground
I make you feel older
I wrap my tongue around
You get to be the clown
Oh I like it so much
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
And when it comes to your touch
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
Tricky:
Someone wanna come around
Dumpin fun around
I bring my bat around
And pop one in your shoulder
(2x)
Pop one in your shoulder
Pop one in your shoulder
Pop one in your shoulder
Martina:
Oh I love it so much
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
And when it comes to your touch
I'm doing things I wouldn't normally do
(3x)
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