Vulnerable (Tricky album)

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Vulnerable
Tricky - Vulnerable.jpg
Studio album by
Tricky
Released19 May 2003 (2003-05-19)
Genre Trip hop
Label Epitaph
Producer Tricky
Tricky chronology
Blowback
(2001)		Vulnerable
(2003)		 Knowle West Boy
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
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Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Pitchfork 4.9/10 [5]
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin B+ [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Stylus Magazine C− [10]
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Vulnerable is the sixth album by English trip hop artist Tricky released in 2003 on the Epitaph record label.

Contents

Album production

The main female collaborator on this album was the Italian singer Costanza Francavilla, a previous fan who approached Tricky at one of his shows and gave him a CD with songs. "On the 17th of December 2001, Tricky, one of Costanza's favourite artists ever, came to play in Rome," Costanza's Official site reads. "Costanza managed to give Tricky's drummer a demo CD (with 3 songs written, performed and produced by her). The day after Tricky called her asking to work with her the collaboration started."

In Spring 2002 she moved to Los Angeles to begin recording Vulnerable. During the summer 2002 her song "My Head" was part of Tricky's Blowback limited re-edition. In summer 2003, Costanza performed live on Tricky's "13" tour all around Europe (including the Glastonbury Festival and the London Meltdown Festival). In fall 2003 the Back to Mine compilation dedicated to Tricky came out featuring Costanza's song "Desire" (written, performed and produced by Costanza).

Track listing

  1. "Stay"
  2. "Antimatter"
  3. "Ice Pick"
  4. "Car Crash"
  5. "Dear God" (XTC cover)
  6. "How High"
  7. "What Is Wrong"
  8. "Hollow"
  9. "Moody"
  10. "Wait for God"
  11. "Where I'm From"
  12. "The Lovecats" (The Cure cover)
  13. "Search, Search, Survive"

Limited edition DVD

  1. Vulnerable movie
  2. "Antimatter" (Jimmy & T Remix)
  3. "Receive Us" (Radagon & Tricky)
  4. "You Don't Wanna" (live in Rome)
  5. Photo gallery

Charts

Chart performance for Vulnerable
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 86
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 28
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 65
Italian Albums (FIMI) [18] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 88

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vulnerable - Tricky | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ He's a full-fledged alternative auteur, skipping effortlessly from hypnotic electronics to refracted torch songs to balls-out alt-rock. [Aug 2003, p.134]
  4. ↑ Quirky, detail-rich arrangements nodding at dub and death metal. [Jun 2003, p.108]
  5. ↑ "Tricky: Vulnerable". Pitchfork.
  6. ↑ The year-round sunshine [of new home L.A.] seems to have induced creative lethargy, sapping the adventure that elevated his last album. [Jun 2003, p.106]
  7. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 18 August 2006.
  8. ↑ The Trickster's best record in years. [Aug 2003, p.119]
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