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- Summary: Best known as the female vocalist on Tricky's first three albums, Martina Topley-Bird finally arrives with her first solo release, which earned her a Mercury Music Prize nomination. Guest collaborators include the Tricky kid himself, as well as David Holmes and Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age).
- Record Label: Independiente
- Genre(s): Rock, Electronic, Alternative
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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'Quixotic' can't fail to mesmerise even those who thought Tricky too clever for his own good.
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Mojo[A] sensual, endlessly inventive record. [Aug 2003, p.106]
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Satisfying but rarely challenging, Quixotic is a fantastic start to a solo career, and its display of range, talent, and charm suggests that Martina Topley-Bird has an endless well of creativity at her disposal and that she is most likely destined for greater things.
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Entertainment WeeklyQuixotic lacks the spooky atmosphere and layered polyrhythms that made her work with Tricky so magical. [15 Aug 2003, p.74]
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As ever, Topley-Bird's voice continues to be a strange and beautiful thing, but it's admittedly less strange and less beautiful when framed against this hopelessly warmed over setting.
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'Quixotic' is doomed to be a record that has dinner parties nodding in mute agreement at its quality. Albeit half a decade ago.
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UncutAn overload of genre hopping and exotic finery swamps whatever attracted all the heavyweight talent to her in the first place. [Aug 2003, p.108]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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dannypSep 18, 2003HUM DINGA DINGA DANG YEEHAW!!!
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AsmartyOct 11, 2003sheer brilliance
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