Skilled Mechanics Tricky . It was released on 22 January 2016 via False Idols/!K7 Records. It features contributions from Luke Harris, DJ Milo, Ann Dao, Francesca Belmonte, Han Xingzhou, Ivy 艾菲 , Oh Land , Renata "Xdare" Platon and Wim Janssens.
Skilled Mechanics 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 68 based on nine reviews.[ 1]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "I'm Not Going" (featuring Oh Land ) Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws Tricky 2:53 2. "Hero" Thaws Milo McKenzie Johnson 2:23 3. "Don't Go" Thaws 3:12 4. "Beijing to Berlin" (featuring Ivy 艾菲 ) 2:52 5. "Diving Away" Porno for Pyros Tricky 2:09 6. "Boy" Thaws Tricky 2:54 7. "Bother" Corey Taylor Tricky 2:24 8. "How's Your Life" 2:59 9. "Here My Dear" Thaws Tricky DJ Milo Chembakwe Johnson Tyler Sheppard Morris 2:38 10. "We Begin" (featuring Francesca Belmonte) Tricky 1:35 11. "Well" Thaws Tricky 2:50 12. "Necessary" 3:35 13. "Unreal" Renata Platon Xdare 1:48 Total length: 34:13
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