Knowle West Boy

Knowle West Boy
Studio album by Tricky
Released	7 July 2008 (2008-07-07)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Electronic rock
Length	45:53
Label	Domino
Producer	Tricky, Bernard Butler
Tricky chronology
Vulnerable (2003) Knowle West Boy (2008) Mixed Race (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
Robert Christgau
Pitchfork Media	5.8/10
Rolling Stone
Uncut
The Boston Phoenix
The Guardian
The Independent
NME
PopMatters

Knowle West Boy is the seventh studio album by musician and producer Tricky, released by Domino Records on 7 July 2008 in Europe, and 9 September 2008 in North America.

Track listing

All music is composed by Tricky and Bernard Butler except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Puppy Toy" (ft. Alex Mills)	3:34
2.	"Bacative"	3:51
3.	"Joseph" (ft. Joseph Franklin Hunt)	2:29
4.	"Veronika" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)	3:00
5.	"C'mon Baby"	3:04
6.	"Council Estate"	2:39
7.	"Past Mistake"	5:07
8.	"Coalition"	3:59
9.	"Cross to Bear"	3:45
10.	"Slow" (Kylie Minogue, Mr. Dan, Emilíana Torrini)	3:22
11.	"Baligaga"	3:42
12.	"Far Away" (Tricky, Veronika Coassolo)	3:39
13.	"School Gates"	3:47

Track notes

• "Council Estate" appeared in Chuck.
• "Coalition" appeared in the PS2 and Wii release of Need for Speed: Undercover.
• "Baligaga" appeared in Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
• "Past Mistake" appeared in the UK TV series Ideal and the US TV series The Following.
• "Slow" is a cover of the song originally performed by Kylie Minogue and features vocals from British actress Carmen Ejogo.

Details

The first single, "Council Estate", samples "Roads" by Portishead from the 1994 album Dummy. It was the first single that Tricky had ever done with just himself on vocals. He commented: "I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."

"Cross to Bear" features guest vocals from Hafdís Huld.

"Veronika" is a cover of the song "Livido Amniotico" by Subsonica (ft. Veronika Coassolo), which was first published as one of three previously unreleased studio tracks in their 2003 live album "Controllo del livello di rombo"