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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 whats going to happen next and youre not quite sure what youre taking in as you progress deeper into its wintry regions yet youre held spellbound, enraptured, lost at the edge of words NME (9/10)
Ive loved Maxinquaye for some time David Bowie, in a letter to Tricky, c August 1995
Trickys 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 Trickys 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 youre an artist or a musician and you look back at your old stuff, he reasons, if you dont think its dated then youre either stood still or youre satisfied with what youve done.
I hadnt 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, Im not going to cover this. Its 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. Its not a cover, its 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 Ive 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 Portisheads Dummy). It continues to be sited for its impact on music being a mainstay of Greatest Albums Of All Time lists such as NMEs 2013 list of the 500 greatest albums, Uncut Magazines 2016 200 Greatest Albums, Q Magazines 100 Greatest British albums, Mojos 100 Modern Classics, Rolling Stones Essential Recordings of the 90s to name but a few.
3LP version Black 140g vinyl
Celebrating Maxinquaye as it approaches its 30th 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 30th 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.
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