Released on 23/07/1999
Label: Universal/Island

Taken from Tricky's forthcoming album 'Juxtapose', 'ForReal' is typical of the singer's (?) new NY-influenced sound and sees him still struggling to accept the trappings of success and, yes, still raging against the record industry.

More accessible than much of the material on 'Angels With Dirty Faces' this is, however, not exactly what we expect from the boy from Knowle West.

Maybe I'm a bit twisted, but I preferred him dark and paranoid a la 'Pre-MilleniumTension'.

Still, the forthcoming album offers some real treats and will be gratefully received by those who thought that it was all getting a bit too much.

    by James Poletti