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Maxinquaye

The debut, UK 3, with Martina Topley-Bird on vocals.
Tricky, 1995

Topley-Bird sings throughout; Alison Goldfrapp sings on "Pumpkin", and James Stevenson plays guitar. "Overcome" is a retitled remake of Massive Attack's "Karmacoma". The album sold 222,000 copies in the US by 2003 and over 500,000 worldwide by 2012, and appears in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. NME ranked it 202nd in 2013, Uncut 156th in 2016 and Pitchfork 66th among 1990s albums. Stereogum wrote that Topley-Bird deserves nearly as much credit as Tricky. A 2023 reissue is titled Maxinquaye (Reincarnated).

Track listing

  1. Overcome4:30
  2. Ponderosa3:31
  3. Black Steel5:40
  4. Hell Is Round the Corner3:47
  5. Pumpkin4:31
  6. Aftermath7:39
  7. Abbaon Fat Tracks4:27
  8. Brand New You're Retro2:54
  9. Suffocated Love4:53
  10. You Don't4:39
  11. Strugglin'6:39
  12. Feed Me4:04

More from Tricky

Pre-Millennium Tension (1996), Angels With Dirty Faces (1998), Blowback (2001), Vulnerable (2003), Knowle West Boy (2008), Mixed Race (2010), False Idols (2013), Adrian Thaws (2014), Ununiform (2017), Fall To Pieces (2020), Different When It’s Silent (2026)

Sources

  1. Maxinquaye, Wikipedia
  2. Maxinquaye turns 20, Stereogum (2015-02-20)