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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Tricky
| image               = Tricky - August 13, 2009.jpg
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| caption             = Tricky in 2009
| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws
| alias               = {{hlist|Tricky Kid|Tricky Rock}}
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1968|1|27}}
| birth_place         = [[Bristol]], England
| origin              = 
| death_date          =
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Carmen Ejogo]]|1998|1998|end=divorce}}
| genre               = {{flatlist|
*[[Trip hop]]<ref name=all/><ref name=gua/>
*[[electronic music|electronic]]<ref name="bill">{{cite news|last1=Flick|first1=Larry|title=Electronic Music Rises From Underground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=tricky+%22electronic+artist%22&pg=PA79|access-date=16 December 2016|work=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|issue=7|date=15 February 1997|volume=109}}</ref>
*[[experimental hip hop]]<ref name="now">{{cite web|last1=Boles|first1=Benjamin|title=Tricky – Adrian Thaws|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/tricky-adrian-thaws/|website=[[NOW Toronto]]|access-date=15 December 2016|date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Producer|mixer|musician|vocalist|actor}}
| years_active        = 1985–present
| label               = {{hlist|False Idols|[[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]|[[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]|[[Island Records|Island]]}}
| current_member_of  = 
| past_member_of     = {{hlist|[[The Wild Bunch (sound system)|The Wild Bunch]]|[[Massive Attack]]|[[Whale (band)|Whale]]}}
| website                 = {{URL|trickysite.com}}
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'''Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws''' (born 27 January 1968), better known by his stage name '''Tricky''', is a British music artist, record producer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.endclub.com/node/48562 |title=Tricky Interview &#124; The End |publisher=Endclub.com |access-date=3 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223081239/http://www.endclub.com/node/48562 |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> vocalist and [[rapper]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Alternative, Country, Hip-Hop, Rap, and More: Music from the 1980s to Today|page=146|publisher=[[Britannica Educational Publishing]]|year=2012|isbn=978-1615309108|editor-last=Ray|editor-first=Ray}}</ref> Born and raised in [[Bristol, UK|Bristol]], in southwest England, he began his career as an early member of the band [[Massive Attack]], alongside [[Robert Del Naja]], [[Daddy G|Grant Marshall]] and [[Andrew Vowles]]. Through his work with Massive Attack and other artists, Tricky became a major figure in the [[Bristol underground scene]], which gave rise to multiple internationally recognized artists and the music genre of [[trip hop]].

Tricky embarked on a solo career with his debut album, ''[[Maxinquaye]]'', in 1995. The release won Tricky popular acclaim and marked the beginning of a lengthy collaborative partnership with vocalist [[Martina Topley-Bird]]. He released four more studio albums before the end of the decade, including ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]'' and the pseudonymous ''[[Nearly God]]'', both in 1996. He has gone on to release nine studio albums since 2000, most recently [[Fall to Pieces (album)|''Fall to Pieces'']] (2020). In 2016, he joined Massive Attack on stage for the first time in two decades while continuing his solo career.

Tricky is a pioneer of [[trip hop]] music,<ref name=all/> and his work is noted for its dark, layered musical style that blends disparate cultural influences and genres, including [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[alternative rock]], and [[ragga]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/juxtapose-mw0000668155 | title=Tricky – Juxtapose | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=13 December 2015 | last=Erlewine|first= Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}</ref> He has collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career, including [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]], [[Björk]], [[Gravediggaz]], [[Alanis Morissette]], [[Grace Jones]] and [[PJ Harvey]].<ref name=all>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tricky-mn0000025462/biography |title=Tricky &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tricky was born Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws on 27 January 1968 in [[Knowle West]], [[Bristol]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave |last=Simpson |title=Tricky: 'I don't believe that death exists' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/23/tricky-i-dont-believe-death-exists |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> to a black [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] father and a [[Multiracial people|part-white, part-black]], [[English people|Anglo]]-[[Ghanaian people|Ghanaian]] mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trickysite.com/biog/|website=Tricky &#x2f; False Idols &#x2f; &#x21;K7|title=Tricky &#x7C; biography|access-date=2024-12-25}}</ref> His mother, Maxine Quaye, died either by suicide or due to [[epilepsy]] complications when Tricky was four.<ref name=gua>{{cite news |title=Interview with Tricky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,384882,00.html |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky – Maxinquaye (album review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/58892/Tricky-Maxinquaye/ |website=Sputnikmusic |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> His father, Roy Thaws, operated the Studio 17 [[sound system (DJ)|sound system]] (formerly known as "Tarzan the High Priest") with his brother Rupert and his own father, Hector.<ref name="Tim" /> Bristol musician Bunny Marrett claimed in 2012, "It became the most popular sound system in Bristol at the time."<ref>{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Cater |title=BUNNY MARRETT |url=http://www.bristolarchiverecords.com/people/people_Bunny_Marrett.html |publisher=Bristol Archive Records |access-date=27 August 2013 |date=January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky [biography] |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/bio1.html |website=Moon-palace.de |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

Tricky experienced a difficult childhood in Knowle West,<ref name="Strong" /> an economically deprived area in Southern Bristol.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frisckis-Warren |first=Bill |page=107 |title=I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence |publisher=[[A&C Black]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0826419217}}</ref> He became involved in crime at an early age,<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin Charles |author-link=Martin C. Strong |year=2006 |title=The Essential Rock Discography |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |isbn=978-1841958606 |page=1118}}</ref> joining a gang that was involved in car theft, burglary, fights, and promiscuity.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shields |first=Andy |chapter=Tricky |editor-last=Buckley |editor-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-1843531050 |page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1101 1101] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/1101 }}</ref> Tricky spent his youth in the care of his grandmother, who often let him watch old horror films instead of going to school. At 15, he began to write lyrics ("I like to rock, I like to dance, I like pretty girls taking down their pants", ''MixMag'', 1996). When he was 17, he spent some time in prison after purchasing forged [[Pound sterling|£]]50 notes from a friend, who later informed the police. Tricky stated in an interview afterward, "Prison was really good. I'm never going back."<ref name="Mix">{{cite web |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/bio1.html |title=Tricky [biography] |website=Moon-palace.de |access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
===1987–1994: The Wild Bunch, Massive Attack===
In the mid-1980s, Tricky met DJ Milo and spent time with a sound system called [[The Wild Bunch (sound system)|the Wild Bunch]], which, by 1987, evolved into Massive Attack. He received the nickname "Tricky Kid," and, at age 18, became a member of the Fresh&nbsp;4, a rap group built from the Wild Bunch. He also rapped on Massive Attack's acclaimed debut album, ''[[Blue Lines]]'' (1991).<ref name="amazon1">{{cite book|title=Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone: Amazon.co.uk: Melissa Chemam: 9781910089729: Books |id={{ASIN|1910089729|country=uk}} }}</ref>

In 1991, before the release of ''Blue Lines'', he met Martina Topley-Bird in Bristol. Some time later, she came to his house and mentioned to Tricky and [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]] that she could sing. Martina was only 15 years old, but her "honey-coated vox" impressed them, and they recorded a song called "Aftermath"<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1191}}</ref> (although ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' '95 mentions that the first song they recorded together was called "Shoebox"). Tricky showed "Aftermath" to Massive Attack, but they were not interested. In 1993, he decided to press a few hundred vinyl copies of the song. In 1995, a [[white label record]] got him a contract with [[Island Records]], and he started to record his first solo album, ''Maxinquaye''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mojim.com/ush103593.htm|title=Tricky (musician)( Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws ) Total collection of 19 albums 227 lyrics |website=Mojim.com|access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref>

===1995–2001: Solo breakthrough===
[[File:Tricky mp3h1934.jpg|thumb|right|Tricky performing in 2008]]
Tricky left Massive Attack to release his debut album, ''[[Maxinquaye]]'', co-produced by himself and [[Mark Saunders (record producer)|Mark Saunders]] and prominently featuring singer Martina Topley-Bird.<ref name="Larkin"/> The album was successful, and Tricky consequently attained international fame, something he was notably uncomfortable with.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |title=Culture Music Tricky Tricky: 'I thought I'd be an underground artist. I was not ready' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/18/tricky-maxinquaye-interview |access-date=19 April 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 April 2012}}</ref> The ''Maxinquaye'' album review by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' read: "Tricky devoured everything from American hip-hop and [[Soul music|soul]] to [[reggae]] and the more melancholic strains of '80s British rock".<ref name="rs">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080731063036/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tricky/albums/album/249416/review/5941140/maxinquaye Album Reviews: Tricky&nbsp;– Maxinquaye]", ''Rolling Stone'', 2 February 1998.</ref>

Authors David Hesmondhalgh and Caspar Melville wrote in the book ''Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA'': "Tricky showed his debt to hip-hop aesthetics by reconstructualising samples and slices of both the most respected black music ([[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]) and the tackiest pop (quoting [[David Cassidy]]'s "How Can I Be Sure?")."<ref>David Hesmondhalgh and Caspar Melville, "Urban Breakbeat Culture: Repercussions of Hip-Hop in the United Kingdom," in ''Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA'' (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2001), 104–105.</ref> As the ''Rolling Stone'' article further explained, Tricky created "a mercurial style of dance music that immediately finds {{sic|it}} own fast feet."<ref name=rs />

Tricky failed to complete a number of lyrics begun for the Massive Attack album ''[[Protection (Massive Attack album)|Protection]]'' and gave the band some of the lyrics he had written for ''Maxinquaye'' instead, meaning there is significant overlap in the lyrics of songs on the two albums—specifically with "Overcome" on ''Maxinquaye'' and "Karmacoma" on ''Protection''; and "Hell is 'Round the Corner" on ''Maxinquaye''  and "Eurochild" on ''Protection.'' Tricky found it difficult to cope with the huge success of ''Maxinquaye'' and subsequently eschewed the laidback soul sound of the first album to create an increasingly edgy and aggressive [[Punk rock|punk]] style of music.

In 1996, [[Neneh Cherry]] and [[Björk]] appeared as guests on his second album ''[[Nearly God]]''.<ref name="Larkin"/> The opening number was a cover of the [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] pre-trip-hop song "[[Tattoo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Tattoo]]"<ref name=irish>Boyd, Brian. [http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/he-be-the-prophet-1.52173 "He Be The Prophet"]. ''The Irish Times''. 24 May 1996. Retrieved 12 October 2015.</ref> that had previously inspired Tricky when he forged his style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tricky-mn0000025462/related |title=Tricky &#124; Similar Artists |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2001, Tricky appeared on the ''[[Thirteen Ghosts]]'' soundtrack with the song "Excess" which (briefly) features [[Alanis Morissette]] during two of the choruses. In 2002, that song also appeared on the ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' soundtrack.

===2002–2011: ''Mixed Race'' and other work===
[[File:Tricky @ INmusic festival.jpg|thumb|left|190px|Tricky at the 2009 [[INmusic festival]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia]]
Tricky's studio album ''[[Knowle West Boy]]'' was released in the UK and Ireland in July 2008, and September 2008 in the US. The first single from the album was "Council Estate" and features the artist as the sole vocalist: "It's the first single I've ever done with just me on vocals. I couldn't whisper that song. I had to come out of myself and do a loud, screaming vocal. I wanted to be a proper frontman on that one."<ref>{{cite web |title=New Tricky Video – 'Council Estate' |url=http://www.stereogum.com/10016/new_tricky_video_council_estate/video/ |website=Stereogum.com |access-date=24 June 2013 |first=Amrit |last=Singh |date=27 May 2008}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' in July 2008, Tricky mentioned that ''Knowle West Boy'' was the first album for which he decided to enlist a co-producer. Ex-[[Suede (band)|Suede]] guitarist [[Bernard Butler]] was Tricky's initial selection, but, less than enamoured with Butler's technical prowess, Tricky finished the album by totally re-recording all of the material.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tricky: Real Gone Kid |first=Dave |last=Kerr |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/43387-tricky-real-gone-kid |newspaper=The Skinny |date=30 July 2008 |access-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>

On 8 December 2009, Tricky's 1995 debut album ''Maxinquaye'' was reissued with a bonus 13-track CD featuring [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]], [[outtake]]s and seven previously unreleased mixes of songs such as "Overcome", "Hell is Round the Corner" and "[[Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos|Black Steel]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky – Maxinquaye |url=http://www.discogs.com/Tricky-Maxinquaye/release/2371991 |publisher=discogs |access-date=24 June 2013 |year=2013}}</ref>

In December 2009, the media reported that Massive Attack met Tricky in Paris and asked him to work on a future project—Daddy G said: "Things seem like they've healed between us and Tricky. It's been quite well documented how us and Tricky get on, hasn't it? It's not that well, but things have changed. Things have softened up. We saw Tricky a couple of weeks ago in Paris and it was quite an amicable meeting after five or six years."<ref>{{cite news |title=Massive Attack and Tricky make up |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8402022.stm |access-date=24 June 2013 |work=BBC News |date=8 December 2009 |first=Georgie |last=Rogers}}</ref> Tricky agreed to record with the band and he revealed in a June 2013 interview that "there's a couple of songs which are OK, which are really good actually to be honest with you". However, Tricky also stated in June 2013 that he could not spend more than two or three days with Massive Attack and described band member Daddy&nbsp;G as "very arrogant".<ref name="Tom">{{cite web |title=Tricky on Massive Attack, Bjork, Obama and false idols |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35933/Tricky-on-Massive-Attack-Bjork-Obama-and-false-idols |website=FasterLouder.com.au |access-date=24 June 2013 |first=Tom|last= Mann |date=12 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615232934/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35933/Tricky-on-Massive-Attack-Bjork-Obama-and-false-idols |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tricky's ninth album ''[[Mixed Race (album)|Mixed Race]]'' was released on 27 September 2010 and the first single from the album became available on 23 August. The album includes contributions from Franky Riley, Terry Lynn, [[Bobby Gillespie]], Hamadouche, Blackman and Tricky's youngest brother Marlon Thaws.<ref name="Tim">{{cite news |title=Tricky: 'I can still be really dark in my mind' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/19/tricky-mixed-race-interview |access-date=24 June 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 September 2010 |first=Tim |last=Adams}}</ref>

In June 2011, Tricky's then label Brownpunk signed on Mexican band My Black Heart Machine for one single, "It Beats Like This", which Tricky co-produced.<ref>{{cite news |last=Caballero |first=Jorge |title=My Black Heart Machine lanzará en septiembre su primer EP: Little Tragedies |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/08/13/espectaculos/a19n1esp |access-date=21 October 2013 |newspaper=La Jornada |date=13 August 2012}}</ref> My Black Heart Machine was then commissioned by the label to cover a song from Maxinquaye for an album of covers by Brownpunk's roster; the band chose "Hell Is Round the Corner". "It Beats Like This" was released independently by the band on their first EP in April 2013.

Tricky produced rapper Omni's album ''IamOmni (produced by Tricky)'' (released under the moniker ''IamOmni'') that was available from 30 August 2011 as a free download on Omni's official site.

===2011–present: ''False Idols'', live events, ''Ununiform''===
On 26 June 2011, Tricky appeared on stage during American singer [[Beyoncé]]'s historic [[Beyoncé 2011 Glastonbury performance|2011 Glastonbury Festival Performance]] on the pyramid stage for the track "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Baby Boy]]". Partly the result of technical difficulties with his microphone, he later stated he was "mortified" by his own performance, saying, "I've never been so embarrassed. My body just froze".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/tricky-was-mortified-by-ill-fated-beyonce-duet_1323596 |title=Tricky &#124; Tricky Was Mortified By Ill-fated Beyonce Duet |magazine=Contactmusic.com |date= 30 April 2012|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

In April 2012, Tricky performed ''Maxinquaye'' with Martina Topley-Bird at several concerts around the UK including, for the first time in several years in his home town of Bristol. The concerts featured regular interruptions orchestrated by Tricky, where he brought his youngest brother, Marlon Thaws to rap on stage alongside other local rappers as well as encouraging the audience to come up on stage. The review of the concert in Manchester said it was "shambolic" and a "car crash" with Tricky often leaving the stage and continuously forgetting his words, leaving Topley Bird to carry the delivery of the tracks, resulting in many leaving early after repeated issues with Tricky's behaviour and shouts of "wanker" from the crowd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://louderthanwar.com/tricky-featuring-martina-topley-bird-manchester-academy-2/|title=Tricky featuring Martina Topley Bird. Manchester Academy 2.|publisher=Louder Than ar|access-date=9 September 2017|date=May 2012}}</ref>

In February 2013, Tricky announced the release of a new album, ''[[False Idols]]''. The album is the follow-up from his 2010 ''Mixed Race'' and featured [[Peter Silberman]], [[Fifi Rong]] and [[Nneka (singer)|Nneka]]. Tricky released this statement about the album:
::"This new album I'll stand behind every track. I don't care whether people like it. I'm doing what I want to do, which is what I did with my first record. That's what made me who I was in the beginning. If people don't like it, it don't matter to me because I'm back where I was."<ref>{{cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |title=Tricky Announces New Album False Idols, Shares Track 'Nothing's Changed' |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49716-tricky-announces-new-album-false-idols-shares-track-nothings-changed/ |access-date=27 February 2013 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=27 February 2013}}</ref>

In spring 2014, it was announced that Tricky is to perform at a number of festivals throughout Europe over the summer of 2014, including Control Day Out in Romania, festival [[Couleur Café]] in Belgium, Positivus Festival in Latvia and [[Galtres Parklands Festival]] in England, the latter of which he co-headlines with contemporaries [[Morcheeba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radu |first=Fabian |date=2014-06-30 |title=POZE: Control Day Out 2014 (Tricky) la Bucuresti |url=https://www.iconcert.ro/poze-control-day-out-2014-verde-stop-bucuresti.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=iConcert.ro |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-27 |title=Festival of music and dance - Galtres Parklands Festival 2014 |url=http://www.galtresfestival.org.uk/music-dance.cfm |access-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627222030/http://www.galtresfestival.org.uk/music-dance.cfm |archive-date=27 June 2014 }}</ref>

Tricky announced a new album titled ''[[Adrian Thaws (album)|Adrian Thaws]]'' in June 2014. It was released on 8 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/55752-tricky-announces-new-album-adrian-thaws-shares-nicotine-love/ |title=Tricky Announces New Album Adrian Thaws, Shares "Nicotine Love" |website=Pitchfork |date=30 June 2014 |access-date=7 July 2014 |last=Gordon|first=Jeremy}}</ref> ''[[Skilled Mechanics]]'' was released in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|first=David |last=Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/skilled-mechanics-mw0002900858 |title=Skilled Mechanics – Skilled Mechanics, Tricky &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=22 January 2016|access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref> The same month was released a song Tricky had written with 3D from Massive Attack, on the band's EP Ritual Spirit.<ref name="factmag.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/01/28/massive-attack-ritual-spirit-ep/|title=Massive Attack drop Ritual Spirit EP with Tricky, Roots Manuva|website=Factmag.com|date=28 January 2016|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>

His thirteenth official studio album, ''[[ununiform]]'', was released on 22 September 2017, and featured collaborations with [[Asia Argento]], Avalon Lurks, and Martina Topley-Bird, as well as a cover of [[Hole (band)|Hole]]'s "[[Doll Parts]]".<ref name=pf>{{cite web|last=Cardew|first= Ben|title=Tricky: ununiform|access-date=20 September 2017|date=20 September 2017|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tricky-ununiform/|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Polish singer Marta Złakowska joined Tricky's band on a 2017 tour as a guest singer. She stepped in at the last minute when the originally planned singer dropped out.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=2023-03-08 |title=Tricky performs live with singer Marta Złakowska - new album from Marta & Tricky coming up |url=https://idioteq.com/tricky-performs-live-with-singer-marta-zlakowska-new-album-from-marta-tricky-coming-up/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=IDIOTEQ.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Decoded |date=2023-02-16 |title=Tricky collaborator and vocalist Marta Zlakowska announces solo album |url=https://www.decodedmagazine.com/tricky-collaborator-and-vocalist-marta-zlakowska-announces-solo-album/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Decoded Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

Blink, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired Tricky's autobiography. Commissioning Editor Kerri Sharp acquired World rights from K7 Music – the independent music company headquartered in Berlin, where Tricky<ref name="factmag.com"/> now lives. The book is currently untitled and will sell as a £20 Hardback in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/news/blink-acquires-the-fascinating-and-moving-autobiography-of-music-artist-tricky/|title=Blink acquires the 'fascinating and moving' autobiography of Tricky|website=Bonnierbook.co.uk|date=12 March 2019}}</ref>

His EP ''20,20'' was released on 6 March 2020. It featured the song ''Lonely Dancer'' recorded with the female singer [[Anika (musician)|Anika]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Christopher|title=Tricky Announces New EP, Shares New Song "Lonely Dancer" (Feat. Anika)|url=http://undertheradarmag.com/news/tricky_announces_new_ep_shares_new_song_lonely_dancer_feat._anika|access-date=2 July 2020|website=undertheradarmag.com|language=en}}</ref> She had previously worked with [[Beak (band)|Beak]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phacemag.com/82038203tricky-talks-to-melissa-chemam-on-the-release-of-his-much-acclaimed-autobiography-hell-is-around-the-corner.html |title=Tricky talks to Melissa Chemam on the release of his much acclaimed Autobiography, ''Hell Is Around The Corner''|website=Phacemag.com |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> Tricky's next album, ''Fall to Pieces,'' was released in September 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The album featured singers Marta and [[Oh Land]].

In October 2021, Tricky released a new album under the artist name 'Lonely Guest'. The self-titled album featured collaborations with [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], [[Idles]]' frontman [[Joe Talbot (singer)|Joe Talbot]] and [[Maxïmo Park|Maxïmo Park's]] [[Paul Smith (rock vocalist)|Paul Smith]].<ref name="Pitchfork, Lonely Guest">{{Cite web|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=8 September 2021|title=Tricky Announces Album From New Project Lonely Guest, Shares Song: Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/tricky-announces-album-from-new-project-lonely-guest-shares-song-listen/|access-date=10 February 2022|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> It featured songs with previous album vocalists Marta and Oh Land.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lonely Guest, by Lonely Guest |url=https://falseidols.bandcamp.com/album/lonely-guest |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=False Idols |language=en}}</ref>

==Side projects and film career==
Tricky has guest-starred on a number of albums, including an appearance on [[Live (band)|Live]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[V (Live album)|V]]''. This appearance came as Tricky and Live's lead singer [[Ed Kowalczyk]] had developed a close friendship, with Kowalczyk contributing vocals to "Evolution Revolution Love", a track on Tricky's album ''[[Blowback (album)|Blowback]]''.{{When|date=March 2023}}

Tricky has also acted in various films. He appeared in a significant supporting role in the 1997 [[Luc Besson]] film ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', playing the right-hand man "Right Arm" to evil businessman Mr. Zorg.<ref name="amazon1" />

He also appears briefly in the 2004 [[Olivier Assayas]] film ''[[Clean (2004 film)|Clean]]'', playing himself, and had a large role in the music video for [[Parabola (song)|"Parabol/Parabola"]] by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. He was also rumoured to have a brief cameo in [[John Woo]]'s 1997 movie ''[[Face/Off]]'', but has denied that this was the case, although his single "Christiansands" was featured in the movie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Odell |first=Michael |title='What's Wikipedia?' |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/04/tricky.slow.wikipedia |access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> Tricky also appeared as Finn, a musician who loves and then dumps main character Lynn, in the US sitcom, ''[[Girlfriends (American TV series)|Girlfriends]]''.

In 2001, Tricky appeared in online advertising for the web series ''We Deliver'', about a [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] delivery service in New York City. Though he did not appear in any episodes, in the advertising it appears as if he is a customer of the service.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Moretti |first1=Eddy |date=December 2001 |title=Tricky's on His Way with His Attache |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tricky-v8n2/ |magazine=Vice |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

The launch of a record label named Brown Punk was announced in mid-2007 that was a collaboration between Tricky and former Island Records executive Chris Blackwell. At the time, Tricky said: "Brown Punk represents a positive movement where you find intellectuals mixing with the working class, rock mixing with reggae and indie mixing with emo." The Dirty, The Gospel, Laid Blak Mexican band My Black Heart Machine were acts that were signed to the label, but as of October 2013, the label appears to be inactive.<ref>{{cite web |last=Diver |first=Mike |date=26 July 2007 |title=Tricky and Chris Blackwell launch Brown Punk |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/2241072 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403211632/http://drownedinsound.com/news/2241072 |archive-date=3 April 2013 |access-date=13 October 2013 |work=Drowned in Sound}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=My Black Heart Machine |date=March 2013 |title=My Black Heart Machine – Making Little Tragedies |url=http://vimeo.com/56400228 |access-date=13 October 2013 |website=Vimeo.com |format=Video upload}}</ref>

In March 2023, the album ''When It's Going Wrong'' was released on False Idols. It is a collaboration between Tricky and Marta; a polish singer he has worked with since 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In April 2023 The German [[electro pop]] duo [[Berlin Banter]] released the singel ''I'll Wait'' featuring Tricky.

==Idiosyncrasies and media issues==
[[File:Tricky - Sala Bikini, Barcelona.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Tricky performing in [[Barcelona]], 2008]]
By the time ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]'' was released in 1996, Tricky was increasingly irritated with the British press, particularly articles written in ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' magazine. ''The Face'' had been an early champion of ''Maxinquaye'', but saw Tricky as more a [[Duo (music)|duo]] than a [[solo project]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=O'Hagan|first1=Sean|title=The Wide Bunch|url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/face95-1.html|publisher=Moon Palace|access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> ''The Face'' published an article claiming that vocalist Martina Topley-Bird had to single-handedly bring up the child that Tricky had fathered.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/may/25/features.magazine37 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |title=Girl interrupted |date=25 May 2003 |access-date=26 May 2010 |first=Sean |last=O'Hagan}}</ref>

Tricky has also been concerned with [[racial stereotyping]] by the media.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Time|title=Tricky: 'I can still be really dark in my mind'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/19/tricky-mixed-race-interview|access-date=19 December 2015|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=19 September 2010}}</ref> In the documentary ''Naked & Famous'', he stated that photographers wanted him to frown angrily in photos. He points to a cover of ''[[The Big Issue]]'', where he has a milder look on his face, as being more representative of how he feels. In the song "Tricky Kid" from ''Pre-Millennium Tension'', he wrote: "As long as you're humble/Let you be the king of [[Oldschool jungle|jungle]]".

Throughout his work, he blurs the normally clear gender definitions found in hip-hop. Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip-hop in his debut album, ''Maxinquaye'', he fights against typical gender representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his [[album cover]].<ref>David Hesmondhalgh and Caspar Melville, "Urban Breakbeat Culture: Repercussions of Hip-Hop in the United Kingdom", in Mitchell, ''Global Noise'', 104.</ref> As many of his tracks blend elements of varying types of music creating a difficult-to-define sound, so do his lyrics, creating a more ambiguous and blurry take on gender and sexuality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastnbulbous.com/rev03.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209163934/http://www.fastnbulbous.com/rev03.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2012|title=Reviews Archive 2003|date=9 February 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tricky has stated that he has "been through a lot... I've been moved around from family to family, never stayed in one house from when I was born to the age of 16. ...I'm not normal. It's got a lot to do with my upbringing....Staying somewhere for three years then going off for three years. My uncles being villains. All that stuff. I've got quite a dysfunctional family....for some reason, in my family, the mothers always give the kids to the grandmothers".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bennun/musicint/tricky.html |title=Tricky (c)1995, 1997 David Bennun |publisher=Homepage.ntlworld.com |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727012857/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bennun/musicint/tricky.html |archive-date=27 July 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Tricky has fourteen [[paternal]] siblings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/09/tricky_announce.html#more |title=Tricky announces new album, video & 2010 tour dates |publisher=Brooklynvegan.com |date=23 September 2010 |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>

He was in a brief relationship with Icelandic singer-songwriter [[Björk]] in the 1990s. When asked in mid-2013 about the time the pair spent together, Tricky stated: "I wasn't good for Björk. I wasn't healthy for her. I feel she was really good to me, she gave me a lot of love and she really was a good person to me. I think she cared about me, right?"<ref>{{cite web |title=Tricky on Massive Attack, Bjork, Obama and false idols |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35933/Tricky-on-Massive-Attack-Bjork-Obama-and-false-idols |website=FasterLouder.com.au |access-date=4 August 2013 |author=Tom Mann |date=12 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717075551/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/35933/Tricky-on-Massive-Attack-Bjork-Obama-and-false-idols |archive-date=17 July 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> He was also briefly married to [[Carmen Ejogo]] in early 1998 in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/bio3.html |title=Tricky [biography] |website=Moon-palace.de |date=10 October 1999 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

Tricky fathered a daughter, Mina Mazy, on 19 March 1995 with Martina Topley-Bird, a musician he discovered when she was sitting on a wall near his Bristol home.  Mina struggled with depression and took her own life on 8 May 2019.  Following her death, Tricky stated "It feels like I'm in a world that doesn't exist, knowing nothing will ever be the same again.  No words or text can really explain, my soul feels empty."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/south-london-collective-404-reveal-bandmate-mina-died-2492046|title=Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird pay tribute to daughter Mina of 404: "Your words and songs will live on"|website=Nme.com|date=29 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, Tricky moved to live in [[Berlin]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skilled Mechanics|url=http://www.trickysite.com/tricky-skilled-mechanics-new-album-out-22nd-jan-2016/|publisher=Tricky|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902092215/http://www.trickysite.com/tricky-skilled-mechanics-new-album-out-22nd-jan-2016/|archive-date=2 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>, and later moved to [[Toulouse]], France.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/tricky-interview-maxinquaye-terry-hall-mazy-massive-attack-portishead-3518756|title=Tricky on 'Maxinquaye':"I can see the damage done to my mind"|website=Nme.com|date=20 October 2023}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Album
! colspan="12"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2" | Sales
! rowspan="2" | [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br /><small>([[List of music recording sales certifications|sales thresholds]])</small>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width=25 | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29831/tricky/ |title=Tricky {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>Australian ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tricky|title=australian-charts.com > Tricky in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=12 September 2016}}
*Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=284}}
*"Aftermath", "Black Steel", "The Hell E.P.", "Christiansands" and "Makes Me Wanna Die": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/11R0bwv.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 September 2016|access-date=12 September 2016|via=Imgur.com}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tricky |title=Discographie Tricky |website=austriancharts.at |language=de |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Ultratop|BEL <br />(Fl)]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/472f/Tricky-Angels-With-Dirty-Faces |title=Tricky – Angels With Dirty Faces |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |language=nl |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Ultratop|BEL <br />(WA)]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/1c23/Tricky-Maxinquaye |title=Tricky – Maxinquaye |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |language=fr |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]
! width=25 | [[SNEP|FRA]]<br /><ref name="fr">{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tricky |title=Tricky discography |website=Lescharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Dutch Album Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tricky |title=Discografie Tricky |website=dutchcharts.nl |language=nl |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="nor">{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tricky |title=Tricky in Norwegian Charts |website=norwegiancharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="swe">{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=tricky&cat=a |title=tricky |website=Swedishcharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="swi">{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=tricky |title=Suche nach: tricky |website=Hitparade.ch |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
! width=25 | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tricky/chart-history/tlp/|title=Tricky Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| align=left | ''[[Maxinquaye]]''
| 3
| 48
| —
| 29
| 42
| 53
| —
| 64
| —
| 18
| —
| —
|
* US: 222,000<ref name="vibe">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iYEAAAAMBAJ&q=nearly+god+tricky+54%2C000&pg=PA163|title=Ten Years Of People On Verge|magazine=Vibe|page=63|date=1 September 2003|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tricky|type=album|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | 1996
| align=left | ''[[Nearly God]]''
| 10
| 77
| —
| 35
| —
| 37
| —
| 90
| 34
| —
| —
| —
|
* US: 54,000<ref name="vibe"/>
|
|-
| align=left | ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]''
| 30
| 63
| —
| —
| 42
| —
| —
| 64
| —
| 31
| —
| 140
|
* US: 218,000<ref name="vibe"/>
|
* BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
| 1998
| align=left | ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces (Tricky album)|Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
| 23
| 35
| —
| 32
| —
| 69
| 14
| —
| 38
| 54
| —
| 84
|
* US: 113,000<ref name="vibe"/>
|
|-
| 1999
| align=left | ''[[Juxtapose (album)|Juxtapose]]''<br /><small>(with [[DJ Muggs]] and [[Dame Grease]])</small>
| 22
| 49
| 35
| —
| —
| —
| 38
| —
| 8
| —
| 35
| 182
|
* US: 55,000<ref name="vibe"/>
|
|-
| 2001
| align=left | ''[[Blowback (album)|Blowback]]''
| 34
| 28
| 5
| 27
| 29
| —
| 16
| 43
| 29
| —
| 33
| 138
|
* US: 95,000<ref name="vibe"/>
|
|-
| 2003
| align=left | ''[[Vulnerable (Tricky album)|Vulnerable]]''
| 88
| 86
| 67
| 21
| 28
| —
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| 27
| —
|
|
|-
| 2008
| align=left | ''[[Knowle West Boy]]''
| 63
| 93
| 35
| 35
| 89
| —
| 31
| 86
| —
| —
| 25
| 147
| 
|
|-
| 2009
| align=left | ''Tricky Meets South Rakkas Crew''
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 
|
|-
| 2010
| align=left | ''[[Mixed Race (album)|Mixed Race]]''
| 118<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/101009cluk.txt |title=CHART LOG UK: New Entries Update 9 October 2010 |publisher=Zobbel.de |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
| —
| —
| 61
| 69
| —
| 33
| —
| —
| —
| 99
| —
|
|
|-
| 2013
| align=left | ''[[False Idols]]''
| 66
| —
| 34
| 17
| 43
| —
| 93
| —
| —
| —
| 30
| 149
|
|
|-
| 2014
| align=left | ''[[Adrian Thaws (album)|Adrian Thaws]]''
| 107<br><ref>{{cite web |url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/140920cluk.txt |title=CHART LOG UK: New Entries Update 20 September 2014 |publisher=Zobbel.de |access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
| —
| —
| 44
| 47
| —
| 54
| —
| —
| —
| 63
| —
|
|
|-
| 2016
| align=left | ''[[Skilled Mechanics]]'' <br /><small>(featuring DJ Milo and Luke Harris)</small>
| —
| —
| —
| 156
| 120
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|
|-
| 2017
| align=left | ''[[Ununiform]]''
| —
| —
| —
| 114
| 52
| —
| 127
| —
| —
| —
| 47
| —
|
|
|-
| 2020
| align=left | ''[[Fall to Pieces (album)|Fall to Pieces]]''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Fall to Pieces, by Tricky|url=https://tricky.bandcamp.com/album/fall-to-pieces|access-date=14 June 2020|website=Tricky}}</ref>
| 69
| —
| —
| 35
| 45
| —
| 113
| —
| —
| —
| 49
| —
|
|
|-
| 2021
| align=left | ''Lonely Guest''<br />{{small|(as Lonely Guest)}}<ref name="Pitchfork, Lonely Guest" />
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2024
| align=left | ''Fifteen Days''<br />{{small|(as Theis Thaws)}}
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|
|}

===Singles and EPs===
====1993–2000====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=978-1-904994-10-7 |page=567}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br><ref name=aus/>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[SNEP|FRA]]</small><br /><ref name="fr" />
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/UmXsh7f.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Tricky' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media)|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nearly+God&titel=Poems&cat=s |title=Tricky&nbsp;– Swedish Chart |publisher=swedishcharts.com |access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref>
! Album
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| "Aftermath"
| style="text-align:center;"|69
| style="text-align:center;"|154
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="5" | ''Maxinquaye''
|-
| "Ponderosa"
| style="text-align:center;"|77
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1995
| "Overcome"
| style="text-align:center;"|34
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "Black Steel"
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| style="text-align:center;"|101
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "Pumpkin"
| style="text-align:center;"|26
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| ''[[The Hell E.P.]]'' <small>(vs. The Gravediggaz)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |12
| style="text-align:center;" |112
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |27
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|EP only
|-
| ''I Be the Prophet EP'' <small>(as Starving Souls)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |66<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/I+Be+The+Prophet+EP |title=(Link redirected to OCC website) |publisher=officialcharts.com |access-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Nearly God''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| "Poems" <small>(as Nearly God)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|28<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/nearly%20god/ |title=NEARLY GOD &#124; Artist |publisher=Official Charts |date=20 April 1996 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|60
|-
| ''Grassroots EP'' <small>(US only)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| EP only
|-
| "Christiansands"
| style="text-align:center;"|36
| style="text-align:center;"|128
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="3" | ''Pre-Millennium Tension''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| "Tricky Kid"
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "Makes Me Wanna Die"
| style="text-align:center;"|29
| style="text-align:center;"|125
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| "Money Greedy"
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 25
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |89
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="3" | ''Angels with Dirty Faces''
|-
| "Broken Homes"
| style="text-align:center;"|56
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "6 Minutes" <small>(US only)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| "For Real"
| style="text-align:center;"|45
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Juxtapose''
|-
| "Bom Bom Diggy / Hot Like A Sauna" <small>(UK promo only)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| 2000
| ''Mission Accomplished EP''
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|83
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| EP only
|-
| colspan="13" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country
|}

====2001–present====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Ultratop|BEL<br />(FLA)]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/11636d/Tricky-feat.-Nneka-Nothing-Matters |title=Tricky – Belgian Chart |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[SNEP|FRA]]</small><br /><ref name="fr" />
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tricky+feat.+Ed+Kowalczyk&titel=Evolution+Revolution+Love&cat=s |title=Tricky – Dutch Chart |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Alternative Songs|US Alt.]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430438/tricky/chart?f=377 |title=Tricky – US Alternative Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=15 June 2014 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907113719/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430438/tricky/chart?f=377 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Album
|-
| 2001
| "Evolution Revolution Love"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|79
| style="text-align:center;"|35
| rowspan="2" | ''Blowback''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| "You Don't Wanna"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "Mixed Up Faces" <small>(as Rico vs. Tricky)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| single only
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| "Antimatter"
| style="text-align:center;"|97<ref name="ukchart">{{cite web |url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_T.HTM |title=Chart Log UK 1994–2008 – DJ T – Tzant (scroll down to Tricky – artists in alphabetical order) |publisher=Zobbel.de |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Vulnerable''
|-
| "How High"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| "Council Estate"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="4" | ''Knowle West Boy''
|-
| "Slow"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| "Puppy Toy"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "C'mon Baby"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| "Murder Weapon"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|76
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="3" | ''Mixed Race''
|-
| "Ghetto Stars"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| "Time to Dance"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| [[Mediate (song)#Mediate: The Ralphi Rosario Remixes (featuring Tricky)|"Mediate"]] {{small|([[INXS]] featuring Tricky)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| [[Mediate (song)#Mediate: The Ralphi Rosario Remixes (featuring Tricky)|''Mediate: The Ralphi Rosario Remixes'']]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| "Nothing's Changed"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| rowspan="3" | ''False Idols''
|-
| "Nothing Matters"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|39
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| "Parenthesis"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| 2014
| "Beijing to Berlin" <small>(featuring [[Ivy (Chinese singer)|Ivy]])</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| ''Skilled Mechanics''
|-
| 2020
| "20,20"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|
|-
| colspan="13" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
|}

== Guest Appearances/Production ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Artist
!Song
!Year
|-
|Leena Conquest
|Boundaries (Remix)
| rowspan="2" |1994
|-
|Angelique Kidjo
|Agolo (Remix)
|-
|Terry Hall
|Ghost Town
| rowspan="3" |1995
|-
|Whale
|Tryzasnice; Kickin'
|-
|Bjork 
|Enjoy; Headphones
|-
|Elvis Costello
|Distorted Angel (Tricky Remix)
| rowspan="5" |1996
|-
|Bush
|In a Lonely Place
|-
|Interstella
|Grandmaster (Durban Poison Remix)
|-
|Garbage
|Milk (Wicked Mix)
|-
| rowspan="2" |Neneh Cherry
|Together Now
|-
|Devotion; I Wanna Know
| rowspan="4" |1997
|-
|Notorious B.I.G.
|Hypnotize (Remix)
|-
|Black Grape
|Marbles (Remix)
|-
|Cath Coffey
|Summer Nights
|-
|Cam'ron
|Horse & Carriage (Remix)
| rowspan="2" |1998
|-
|Method Man
|Judgement Day (Remix)
|-
|Terranova
|Bombing Bastards
|1999
|}

==See also==
*[[List of trip hop artists]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*Chemam, Melissa, ''Massive Attack: Out of the Comfort Zone'', Tangent Books (2019) {{ISBN|1910089729}}, {{ISBN|978-1910089729}}
*Tricky, ''Hell Is Around The Corner'', Blink Publishing (2019)

==External links==
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{{Commons category|Tricky}}
* {{IMDb name|0872635}}
* {{discogs artist}}

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