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Meanwhile, an eclectic list of collaborators line up to add a touch of malevolence to her slumber-like vocals. Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme provides the lumbering rock for first single "Need One", DJ/Producer David Holmes digs out some swampy blues samples and demonic slide guitars for "Too Tough to Die" and Tricky himself adds his trademark claustrophobia to twisted love song "Ragga". And as if all that wasn't enough, thanks to monumental orchestration from James Bond composer David Arnold, the smothering "Soulfood" is possibly the most powerful, glorious and humbling soul ballad ever. --Dan Gennoe
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Four very laidback years in the making, one wonders if someone in the Independiente office had to hurry her up a bit in the last few months to make sure it hit the Mercury Prize deadline. Somehow Quixotic was always going to be on the list - it's just one of those albums by one of those artists - yet compared to releases by similarly default Mercury Prize nominees, Coldplayand Radiohead, it's a far more intriguing piece.
On first listen it is the simple and more restrained tracks that stand out; the shimmering "Sandpaper Kisses", "Lullaby", with its sugar-coated remonstrations (There's a fairytale/ You never learned to read or write/ Oyster pearl/ You never dared to look inside) and new single, "Anything". Supported by an elegant string arrangement, Topley-Bird's voice trembles as she pleads I dont want anything...but you, and it's just beautiful.
In "Soulfood" and other places it does go too deep into Morcheeba territory but fortunately there are enough moments of screaming guitar to prevent it from becoming mere dinner party music fodder. Queens Of The Stone Age guitarist Josh Homme and vocalist Mark Lanegan help her rock out on "Need One", and where she collaborates with DJ/producer David Holmes (Too Tough To Die, I Wanna Be There) and soundtrack artist David Arnold, ("Stevies (Days Of A Gun)") the tone becomes harder and the beat becomes ever more pounding. She and Tricky have patched up their friendship and on "Ragga" he proves that he's as keen to talk dirty as ever. He's such a bad influence, that boy. --Sue Keogh
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Martina's cross-genre talents soon become obvious in "Quixotic", her debut solo album. The deep south blues of 'Intro' lead into the catchy first single from the album, 'Need One'. PJ Harvey would be proud of the intensity and fire emitted by 'I Wanna Be There' and yet 'Anything' is so touching. Ragga's trippy-Tricky percussional pitter-patter defies the listener to remain apart from the music's energy, and swathes of luxuriating David Arnold arranged strings complete 'Stevie's (Days of a Gun)' and the album.
Wow.
Highlights for me are Too tough to die, and the final song, Stevie's (Days of a gun). She couldnt have made the album much better, and its a fine fine debut. Her not winning the Mercury Music Prize would be insane. 5 stars
Its not your typical album (just like any Tricky album) it has its own sound, darkness, soulfulness and the list goes on... Read more
Absolutely gorgeous from start to finish.
I especially love Need One,Anything and Soulfood. Read more
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