Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the sophomore release from trip-hop legend and Massive Attack co-founder Tricky. Following his debut Maxinquaye was never going to be an easy task for Tricky - the record defined a sound and a generation, and took abstract, stoned hip hop into the UK charts and around the world in the mid-1990s - but Pre-Millennium Tension managed that comfortably. Densely packed with Tricky's trademark choking, paranoid beats, intelligent skepticism and guttural rhyme technique, and boasting three successful singles, this album took the Bristolian to a far deeper, murkier level than his debut. So much so that Q Magazine dubbed Pre-Millennium Tension one of the 50 'Heaviest Albums Of All Time'. Well-received by both fans and critics, and featuring long-time collaborator, the brilliant Martina Topley-Bird, Pre-Millennium Tension is ripe for rediscovery. Remastered, and replete with sleeve essay from Record Collector's Paul McGuinness.
01 Vent 3:04 02 Christiansands 3:52 03 Tricky Kid 4:11 04 Bad Dreams 4:11 05 Makes Me Wanna Die 4:01 06 Ghetto Youth 5:37 07 Sex Drive 3:49 08 Bad Things 5:12 09 Lyrics Of Fury 3:20 10 My Evil Is Strong 3:59 11 Piano 4:14 12 Bonus Tracks
13 Flynn 2:35 14 Devil's Helper 4:29 15 Grass Roots 3:50 16 Makes Me Wanna Die (tricky's Extrememix) 4:45 17 Piano (the Green Stinky Mix) 5:14