Fall to Pieces (album)

Fall to Pieces
Studio album by
Tricky
Released4 September 2020 (2020-09-04)
RecordedBerlin
Length28:30
LabelFalse Idols
ProducerTricky
Tricky chronology
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(2017) 		Fall to Pieces
(2020)

Fall to Pieces is the fourteenth studio album by English trip hop artist Tricky. It was released on 4 September 2020 via False Idols. It features guest appearances from Marta and Oh Land.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[1]
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash7/10[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
Mojo[6]
The Arts Desk[7]
The Independent[8]
Pitchfork7.6/10[9]
The Times[10]
Uncut6/10[11]
Under the Radar8.5/10[12]

Fall to Pieces was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73 based on twelve reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.7 out of 10, based on thirteen reviews.[1] The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 73 out of 100, based on fifteen reviews.[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws

No.TitleLength
1."Thinking Of" (featuring Marta)2:11
2."Close Now" (featuring Marta)1:37
3."Running Off" (featuring Oh. Land)1:44
4."I'm in the Doorway" (featuring Oh. Land)2:51
5."Hate This Pain" (featuring Marta)3:23
6."Chills Me to the Bone" (featuring Marta)2:16
7."Fall Please" (featuring Marta)2:27
8."Take Me Shopping" (featuring Marta)2:44
9."Like a Stone" (featuring Marta)3:26
10."Throws Me Around" (featuring Marta)3:15
11."Vietnam" (featuring Marta)2:28
Total length:28:30

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 45
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 29
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 69
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18] 3
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[19] 6

References

  1. ^ a b "Fall To Pieces by Tricky reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Fall To Pieces - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Fall To Pieces - Tricky | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ Holi, Eero (4 September 2020). "Tricky - Fall To Pieces". Clash. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ Sylvester, Daniel (3 September 2020). "Tricky Brings Raw Emotion to His Classic Trip-Hop Sound on 'Fall to Pieces'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ Perry, Andrew (2020). Mojo October 2020. p. 90.
  7. ^ Kidel, Mark (2 September 2020). "Album: Tricky - Fall to Pieces review - unsettling and yet very moving". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Roisin (4 September 2020). "Album reviews: Declan McKenna – Zeros, and Tricky – Fall to Pieces". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. ^ Cardew, Ben (5 September 2020). "Tricky: Fall to Pieces Album review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (4 September 2020). "Tricky: Fall to Pieces review — sparse, atmospheric and moving". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  11. ^ Dalton, Stephen (2020). Uncut - October 2020. p. 38.
  12. ^ McDuffie, Candace (4 September 2020). "Fall to Pieces". Under The Radar. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Tricky - Fall to Pieces". Album of the Year. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Fall To Pieces" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Fall To Pieces" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.