Tricky
Murder Weapon

3
...according to our Dave on 26 August 2010.

I'm confused by this but I'd best be complimentary about it as I don't want to be beaten to a bloody pulp by Tricky or one of his minions. I play Connect4 with him every Thursday at the Day Care Centre, with Denzel Washington, Russ Le Roque and Apache Indian as ombudsman, overseeing proceedings as it can get quite violent. We played TiddlyWinks last September and two people had to go to A&E. Not a pretty sight to behold, I can assure you of that my brothers. Anyway this single is an interesting proposition...not in a "I'll give you 12 million pounds for a steamy romp with your wife...all right 6 million..well how about 2 million..all right then £87 a CurlyWurly and a copy of Razzle" kind of way. More like its just plain hard to pin down. The flip side has a haunting cover of a Britney Spears song. At least I'm not confused about this track. It's arse...Main track 2, flip side 0...

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What their label says...

‘Murder Weapon’ is the addictive first single taken from Tricky’s forthcoming ninth studio album, ‘Mixed Race’. Available on limited edition vinyl 7”.

Recorded in Paris, where Tricky currently lives, ‘Mixed Race’ is
Tricky’s most direct album to date.

‘Murder Weapon’ is a reworking of the classic dancehall hit from
Jamaican-born Echo Minott, originally released in the early ‘90s.

Tricky first fell in love with the track when someone sang it to him as he walked into a shop, and has been obsessed with it ever since.

He was determined to hear how it would sound with a female
vocalist (in a similar fashion to his reworking of ‘Black Steel’ with
Martina Topley-Bird).

Tricky here enrolls Irish-Italian Franky Riley, who has toured as
Tricky’s vocalist for two years and makes her recording debut on
this album.

Available on heavyweight 7” only and limited to 500 copies.

Tracklisting:

Murder Weapon
Piece Of Me