Skilled Mechanics

Skilled Mechanics is a studio album by English trip hop artist 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
Studio album by Tricky
Released	22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Genre	Trip hop
Length	34:13
Label	False Idols !K7 Records
Producer	Tricky DJ Milo Ivy 艾菲 Xdare
Tricky chronology
Adrian Thaws (2014) Skilled Mechanics (2016) ununiform (2017)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[3]
No Ripcord	8/10[4]
Q	[5]
Record Collector	[6]
Resident Advisor	2.8/5[7]
The Spill Magazine	[8]
The Arts Desk	[9]
The Guardian	[10]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10[11]

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Not Going" (featuring Oh Land)	Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws	Tricky	2:53
2.	"Hero"	Thaws Milo McKenzie Johnson	Tricky DJ Milo	2:23
3.	"Don't Go"	Thaws	Tricky DJ Milo	3:12
4.	"Beijing to Berlin" (featuring Ivy 艾菲)	Thaws Deng Wanxing	Tricky 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"	Thaws Larry Carlton	Tricky DJ Milo	2:59
9.	"Here My Dear"	Thaws	Tricky DJ Milo Chembakwe Johnson Tyler Sheppard Morris	2:38
10.	"We Begin" (featuring Francesca Belmonte)	Thaws Francesca Belmonte	Tricky	1:35
11.	"Well"	Thaws	Tricky	2:50
12.	"Necessary"	Thaws Milo Johnson	Tricky DJ Milo	3:35
13.	"Unreal"	Renata Platon	Xdare	1:48
Total length:				34:13

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	127
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	108

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Skilled Mechanics - Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
2. Jeffries, David. "Skilled Mechanics - Skilled Mechanics, Tricky | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
3. Adcock, Lee (20 January 2016). "Album Review: Tricky - Skilled Mechanics". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
4. Purvis, Carl (8 February 2016). "Quick Takes (January 2016)". No Ripcord. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
5. Segal, Victoria. Q Magazine March 2016. p. 116.
6. Smith, Phil (February 2016). "Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics - Record Collector Magazine". Record Collector. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
7. Song, Sandra (24 February 2016). "Review: Tricky - Skilled Mechanics". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
8. "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: TRICKY (FT. DJ MILO & LUKE HARRIS) - SKILLED MECHANICS". The Spill Magazine. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
9. Kidel, Mark (21 January 2016). "CD: Tricky – Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics | The Arts Desk". The Arts Desk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
10. Dennis, Jon (21 January 2016). "Tricky, DJ Milo & Luke Harris: Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics review – a menacing side project". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
11. Westley, Nathan (28 January 2016). "Tricky shows his nuts and bolts". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
12. "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Skilled Mechanics" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
13. "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Skilled Mechanics" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

External links

• Skilled Mechanics at Discogs (list of releases)