Tricky - Maxinquaye (Super Deluxe)

Tricky - Maxinquaye

“An unrepeatable record so unbelievably wrong it could only be right. Maxinquaye is a work of beautiful disorder” Pitchfork (9.3) 

“Time has not dimmed the impact of this extraordinary record” The Guardian (5/5) 

“You never know what’s going to happen next and you’re not quite sure what you’re taking in as you progress deeper into its wintry regions – yet you’re held spellbound, enraptured, lost at the edge of words” NME (9/10) 

“I’ve loved Maxinquaye for some time” David Bowie, in a letter to Tricky, c August 1995 

 Tricky’s groundbreaking and peerless 1995 debut-album ‘Maxinquaye’ is being reissued in triple-LP, single-LP, double-CD and digital formats.

‘Maxinquaye (Reincarnated)’ contains rarities and brand new versions of tracks many of which have not been officially released before – The single-LP contains the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studio. The super deluxe triple-LP set and double-CD contains six new “Reincarnated” versions of tracks recorded by Tricky in 2022, previously unreleased BBC session tracks recorded with a full live band in the autumn of 1995 as well ‘Black Steel’ performed live at Glastonbury that same year and it concludes with some rough monitor mixes. The digital version also includes all the remixes from the original single releases plus eight remixes originally unreleased including one from Leftfield.

All versions of ‘Maxinquaye (Reincarnated)’ come with brand new artwork containing a rare image of his late mother, of whom the album is named after. The image was recently discovered by Tricky’s cousin and is the only one that exists of him and her together.

With creative control on the project, Tricky started reworking tracks from the original album in 2022 which have never before been released and allow ‘Maxinquaye (Reincarnated)’ to be a natural evolution of the original release. “If you’re an artist or a musician and you look back at your old stuff,” he reasons, “if you don’t think it’s dated then you’re either stood still or you’re satisfied with what you’ve done.”

“I hadn’t listened to it for years! And ‘Aftermath’ was the obvious one [track] to start with because that was my first release without any label. So it was like, ‘Okay, I’m not going to cover this.’ It’s almost like I just thought about that song and then ‘Aftermath Reincarnated’ – just how it should have sounded to me now. So I redid it as it should sound now. It’s not a cover, it’s a reminder.”

‘Maxinquaye’ remains one of the most groundbreaking records in British music history. Upon its released in 1995, it was met with resounding critical acclaim receiving near perfect scores from music critics across the board – Melody Maker deemed it “gripping, original, sublime”, NMEsaid the record was “… unprecedented, spellbinding and revealed something new with every listen”, Q Magazine“… Tricky proves himself to be more challenging and eclectic than his peers”, Pitchfork “An unrepeatable record so unbelievably wrong it could only be right”… even David Bowie took it upon himself to write a letter to Tricky in the August of 1995 proclaiming “I’ve loved Maxinquaye for some time”. In more recent times The New York Times and Guardian have respectively said of it  “… [an] album-length masterpiece” and “Time has not dimmed the impact of this extraordinary record”.

In its year of release, NME, Melody Maker and The Wire all named it their album of the year and it was nominated for a Mercury Prize(losing out to Portishead’s ‘Dummy’). It continues to be sited for its impact on music being a mainstay of “Greatest Albums Of All Time” lists such as NME’s 2013 list of the 500 greatest albums, Uncut Magazine’s 2016 200 Greatest Albums, Q Magazine’s 100 Greatest British albums, Mojo’s 100 Modern Classics, Rolling Stone’s ‘Essential Recordings of the 90s’ to name but a few.

2CD version 

Celebrating Maxinquaye as it approaches its 30^th Anniversary (2024) the Reincarnated 2CD package is a welcome reappraisal of this seminal album containing the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, 6 new reincarnated versions of tracks recorded by Tricky in 2022, previously unreleased BBC session tracks recorded with full live band in 1995 along with rough monitor mixes and a previously unreleased remix from Leftfield. 

The album has brand new artwork featuring the only known photograph of Tricky with his late mother, of whom this album is named after. The image was recently discovered by his cousin.

3LP version – Black 140g vinyl 

Celebrating Maxinquaye as it approaches its 30^th Anniversary (2024) the Reincarnated 3LP package is a welcome reappraisal of this seminal album containing the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, 6 new reincarnated versions of tracks recorded by Tricky in 2022, previously unreleased BBC session tracks recorded with full live band in 1995 along with rough monitor mixes. 

The album has brand new artwork featuring the only known photograph of Tricky with his late mother, of whom this album is named after. The image was recently discovered by his cousin.

1LP – Black 140g vinyl 

Celebrating Maxinquaye as it approaches its 30^th Anniversary (2024) the Reincarnated 1LP package is a welcome reappraisal of this seminal album containing the original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios. 

The album has brand new artwork featuring the only known photograph of Tricky with his late mother, of whom this album is named after. The image was recently discovered by his cousin.

Tracklists

3LP

LP1 - Side A

1. Overcome (Abbey Road remaster)
2. Ponderosa (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Black Steel (Abbey Road remaster)
4. Hell Is Round The Corner (Abbey Road remaster)

LP1 - Side B

1. Pumpkin (Abbey Road remaster)
2. Aftermath (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Abbaon Fat Tracks (Abbey Road remaster)
4. Brand New You're Retro (Abbey Road remaster)

LP2 - Side C

1. Suffocated Love (Abbey Road remaster)
2. You Don't (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Strugglin' (Abbey Road remaster)
4. Feed Me (Abbey Road remaster)

LP2 - Side D

1. Strugglin' (Reincarnated)
2. Aftermath (Reincarnated)
3. Ponderosa (Reincarnated)
4. Hell is round the corner (Reincarnated)
5. Pumpkin (Reincarnated)
6. Little Aftermath

LP3 - Side E

1. Hell Is Round The Corner (1995 BBC radio session)
2. Strugglin' (1995 BBC radio session)
3. Ponderosa (1995 BBC radio session)
4. Pumpkin (1995 BBC radio session)
5. Black Steel (Live at Glastonbury, 1995)

LP3 - Side F

1. She Devil (Rough Monitor mix)
2. Just For The Hate Of It (Rough Monitor Mix)
3. Overcome (Acapella - Rough Monitor Mix)
4. Black Steel (Rough Monitor Mix)

1LP

Side A

1. Overcome (Abbey Road remaster)
2. Ponderosa (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Black Steel (Abbey Road remaster)
4. Hell Is Round The Corner (Abbey Road remaster)
5. Pumpkin (Abbey Road remaster)
6. Aftermath (Abbey Road remaster)

Side B

1. Abbaon Fat Tracks (Abbey Road remaster)
2. Brand New You're Retro (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Suffocated Love (Abbey Road remaster)
4. You Don't (Abbey Road remaster)
5. Strugglin' (Abbey Road remaster)
6. Feed Me (Abbey Road remaster)

2CD

CD1

1. Overcome (Abbey Road remaster)
2. Ponderosa (Abbey Road remaster)
3. Black Steel (Abbey Road remaster)
4. Hell Is Round The Corner (Abbey Road remaster)
5. Pumpkin (Abbey Road remaster)
6. Aftermath (Abbey Road remaster)
7. Abbaon Fat Tracks (Abbey Road remaster)
8. Brand New You're Retro (Abbey Road remaster)
9. Suffocated Love (Abbey Road remaster)
10. You Don't (Abbey Road remaster)
11. Strugglin' (Abbey Road remaster)
12. Feed Me (Abbey Road remaster)

CD2

1. Strugglin' (Reincarnated)
2. Aftermath (Reincarnated)
3. Ponderosa (Reincarnated)
4. Hell is round the corner (Reincarnated)
5. Pumpkin (Reincarnated)
6. Little Aftermath
7. Hell Is Round The Corner (1995 BBC radio session)
8. Strugglin' (1995 BBC radio session)
9. Ponderosa (1995 BBC radio session)
10. Pumpkin (1995 BBC radio session)
11. Black Steel (Live at Glastonbury, 1995)
12. She Devil (Rough Monitor mix)
13. Just For The Hate Of It (Rough Monitor Mix)
14. Overcome (Acapella - Rough Monitor Mix)
15. Black Steel (Rough Monitor Mix)
16. Brand New You're Retro (Leftfield remix)

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