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| released = {{start date|2008|7|7|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2007
| recorded = 2007
| genre = [[Electronic rock]]
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| length = 45:53
| length = 45:53
| label = [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]
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{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = 70/100 <ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/knowle-west-boy/tricky</ref>
| MC = 70/100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/knowle-west-boy/tricky|title=Knowle West Boy by Tricky|via=www.metacritic.com}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1393358/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1393358/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=Tricky - Knowle West Boy |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5304 |website=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |accessdate=9 September 2008 |date=9 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006202310/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5304 |archive-date=6 October 2008 }}</ref>
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| rev2Score = B <ref>Knowle still offers a diverse evocation of his childhood in the proverty-riddled district of the title. [12 Sep 2008] </ref>
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
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| rev3score = B<ref>Knowle still offers a diverse evocation of his childhood in the proverty-riddled district of the title. [12 Sep 2008]</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}} <ref>http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tricky</ref>
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev4 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev4score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Ed |title=Tricky: Knowle West Boy |url=http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/13453 |website=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |accessdate=9 September 2008 |date=9 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715173111/http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/13453 |archive-date=15 July 2008 }}</ref>
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| rev4score = 5.8/10 <ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12148-knowle-west-boy/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}} <ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tricky/albums/album/22723971/review/22787117/knowle_west_boy Rolling Stone review]</ref>
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic12|title=CD: Tricky, Knowle West Boy|first=Jude|last=Rogers|date=July 3, 2008|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>[http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/tricky/reviews/11800 Uncut review]</ref>
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-tricky-9780-328594|title=Tricky &#124; NME|website=[[NME]] |date=July 3, 2008}}</ref>
| rev7 = [[The Boston Phoenix]]
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
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| rev7score = 5.8/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12148-knowle-west-boy/|title=Tricky: Knowle West Boy|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
| rev7Score = {{rating|3|4}} <ref>http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/69485-TRICKY-KNOWLE-WEST-BOY/</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev8 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>[http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2289021,00.html The Guardian review]</ref>
| rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/63022/tricky-knowle-west-boy/|title=PopMatters review}}</ref>
| rev9 = [[The Independent]]
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tricky/albums/album/22723971/review/22787117/knowle_west_boy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208133900/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tricky/albums/album/22723971/review/22787117/knowle_west_boy|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2009|title=Rolling Stone review|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref>
| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tricky-knowle-west-boy-domino-859579.html</ref>
| rev10 = [[NME]]
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10Score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref>http://www.nme.com/reviews/tricky/9780</ref>
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/tricky/reviews/11800|title=Uncut review}}</ref>
| rev11 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev11score = {{rating|7|10}}<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/63022/tricky-knowle-west-boy/ PopMatters review]</ref>
}}
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'''''Knowle West Boy''''' is the seventh studio album by [[musician]] and [[music producer|producer]] [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], released by [[Domino Recording Company|Domino Records]] on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.
'''''Knowle West Boy''''' is the seventh studio album by musician and [[music producer|producer]] [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], released by [[Domino Recording Company|Domino Records]] on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.

A remixed version of the album called ''Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew'' was released in 2009 and was mixed by Florida-based producers South Rakkas Crew.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Diver|first=Mike|title=BBC - Music - Review of Tricky - Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/grzb/|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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==Details==
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The first single, "Council Estate", samples "Roads" by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] from the 1994 album ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''. It was the first single that Tricky had ever done with just himself on vocals. He commented: "I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dominopublishingco.com/artists/tricky/ |title=Domino Publishing {{!}} Artists {{!}} Tricky |date=April 2008 |author=Tricky |publisher=[[Domino Recording Company|Domino Publishing]] |accessdate=25 January 2010}}</ref>

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"Cross to Bear" features guest vocals from [[Hafdís Huld]].

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"Veronika" is a cover of the song "Livido Amniotico" by [[Subsonica]] (featuring Veronika Coassolo), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album ''[[Controllo del livello di rombo]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


{{Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = ''Knowle West Boy'' track listing
| all_music = Tricky and [[Bernard Butler]] except where noted
| all_music = Tricky and [[Bernard Butler]] except where noted
| title1 = Puppy Toy
| title1 = Puppy Toy
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| length8 = 3:59
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = Cross to Bear
| title9 = Cross to Bear
| length9 = 3:45
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = Slow
| title10 = [[Slow (Kylie Minogue song)|Slow]]
| length10 = 3:22
| length10 = 3:22
| note10 = [[Kylie Minogue]], Mr. Dan, [[Emilíana Torrini]]
| note10 = [[Kylie Minogue]], Mr. Dan, [[Emilíana Torrini]]
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| length11 = 3:42
| length11 = 3:42
| title12 = Far Away
| title12 = Far Away
| length12 = 3:39
| length12 = 3:38
| note12 = Tricky, Veronika Coassolo
| note12 = Tricky, Veronika Coassolo
| title13 = School Gates
| title13 = School Gates
| length13 = 3:47
| length13 = 3:47
}}
}}


==Track notes==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
* "Council Estate" appeared in [[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]].
|+ Chart performance for ''Knowle West Boy''
* "Coalition" appeared in the PS2 and Wii release of ''[[Need for Speed: Undercover]]''.
! scope="col"| Chart (2008)
* "Baligaga" appeared in ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''.
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
* "Past Mistake" appeared in the UK TV series ''[[Ideal (TV series)|Ideal]]'' and the US TV series ''[[The Following]]''.
|-
* "Slow" is a cover of the song [[Slow_(Kylie Minogue song)|originally performed]] by [[Kylie Minogue]] and features vocals from British actress [[Carmen Ejogo]].
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=284}}</ref>

| 93
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==Details==
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The first single, "Council Estate", samples "Roads" by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] from the 1994 album ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''. It was the first single that Tricky had ever done with just himself on vocals. He commented: "I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dominopublishingco.com/artists/tricky/ |title=Domino Publishing {{!}} Artists {{!}} Tricky |date=April 2008 |author=Tricky |publisher=[[Domino Recording Company|Domino Publishing]] |accessdate=25 January 2010}}</ref>
{{album chart|Austria|35|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}

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"Cross to Bear" features guest vocals from [[Hafdís Huld]].
{{album chart|Flanders|35|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}

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"Veronika" is a cover of the song "Livido Amniotico" by [[Subsonica]] (ft. Veronika Coassolo), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album "[[Controllo del livello di rombo]]"
{{album chart|Wallonia|89|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|86|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|France|31|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Germany4|95|id=91282|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Italy|53|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Portugal|48|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|25|artist=Tricky|album=Knowle West Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|UK2|63|date=20080713|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|147|artist=Tricky|rowheader=true|access-date=23 October 2022}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2008 albums]]
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Knowle West Boy
Studio album by
Tricky
Released7 July 2008 (2008-07-07)
Recorded2007
Length45:53
LabelDomino
ProducerTricky, Bernard Butler
Tricky chronology
Vulnerable
(2003) 		Knowle West Boy
(2008) 		Mixed Race
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Drowned in Sound6/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME7/10[7]
Pitchfork5.8/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Uncut[11]

Knowle West Boy is the seventh studio album by musician and producer Tricky, released by Domino Records on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.

A remixed version of the album called Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew was released in 2009 and was mixed by Florida-based producers South Rakkas Crew.[12]

Details

[edit]

The first single, "Council Estate", samples "Roads" by Portishead from the 1994 album Dummy. It was the first single that Tricky had ever done with just himself on vocals. He commented: "I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."[13]

"Cross to Bear" features guest vocals from Hafdís Huld.

"Veronika" is a cover of the song "Livido Amniotico" by Subsonica (featuring Veronika Coassolo), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album Controllo del livello di rombo.

Track listing

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All music is composed by Tricky and Bernard Butler except where noted

Knowle West Boy track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Puppy Toy" (ft. Alex Mills)3:34
2."Bacative"3:51
3."Joseph" (ft. Joseph Franklin Hunt)2:29
4."Veronika" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)3:00
5."C'mon Baby"3:04
6."Council Estate"2:39
7."Past Mistake"5:07
8."Coalition"3:59
9."Cross to Bear"3:47
10."Slow" (Kylie Minogue, Mr. Dan, Emilíana Torrini)3:22
11."Baligaga"3:42
12."Far Away" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)3:38
13."School Gates"3:47

Charts

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Chart performance for Knowle West Boy
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 93
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 89
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 86
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 95
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21] 53
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 63
US Billboard 200[25] 147

References

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  1. ^ "Knowle West Boy by Tricky" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (9 September 2008). "Tricky - Knowle West Boy". Blender. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  4. ^ Knowle still offers a diverse evocation of his childhood in the proverty-riddled district of the title. [12 Sep 2008]
  5. ^ Graves, Ed (9 September 2008). "Tricky: Knowle West Boy". Blender. Archived from the original on 15 July 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
  6. ^ Rogers, Jude (3 July 2008). "CD: Tricky, Knowle West Boy" – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. ^ "Tricky | NME". NME. 3 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Tricky: Knowle West Boy". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ "PopMatters review".
  10. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009.
  11. ^ "Uncut review".
  12. ^ Diver, Mike. "BBC - Music - Review of Tricky - Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  13. ^ Tricky (April 2008). "Domino Publishing | Artists | Tricky". Domino Publishing. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 284.
  15. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Tricky – Knowle West Boy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Knowle West Boy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Knowle West Boy" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tricky – Knowle West Boy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Lescharts.com – Tricky – Knowle West Boy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tricky – Knowle West Boy" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Tricky – Knowle West Boy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Tricky – Knowle West Boy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tricky – Knowle West Boy". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Tricky Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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