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Different When It's Silent Image
Metascore
70

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  • Summary: Tricky's latest solo release features guest appearances by Marta, Radana, Run Red, and Mitch Sanders.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Uncut
    Jul 15, 2026
    80
    Consistently surprising, richly textured, poignant yet tormented, this is one of Tricky's finest. [Aug 2026, p.36]
  2. Jul 15, 2026
    80
    Bristol artist Mitch Sanders sings the top lines with a haunting falsetto not a million miles from Beth Gibbons, while Tricky’s almost undetectable growls – mostly about pain – underpin these raw, emotive songs. [Jul 2026, p.103]
  3. Jul 15, 2026
    70
    As ever, he’s made an album that feels both fresh yet nostalgic.
  4. Jul 15, 2026
    60
    While Tricky mainly looms in the background, he's upfront during closing track "Out of Place," a punkish rush with frequent collaborator Marta Złakowska. Strings and an eerie operatic sample surface near the end, but the song frustratingly fades out as abruptly as it begins, ending the album right when it felt like a refreshing change of pace was about to occur.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 15, 2026
    60
    His vocal contributions are often no more than background whispers, like a running commentary. Instead, a significant role is handed to Bristolian singer-songwriter Mitch Sanders, whose falsetto is a versatile, intoxicating feature. [Aug 2026, p.85]