Skilled Mechanics
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{{Infobox album
| name = Skilled Mechanics
| type = Studio album
| artist = Tricky
| cover = Skilled Mechanics.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|1|22|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Trip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=13}}
| label = {{hlist|False Idols|!K7 Records}}
| producer = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo|Ivy 艾菲|Xdare}}
| prev_title = Adrian Thaws
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = ununiform
| next_year = 2017
| misc =
}}
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.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 68/100{{Cite web|title=Critic Reviews for Skilled Mechanics - Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/skilled-mechanics/tricky/critic-reviews|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Metacritic|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713165321/http://www.metacritic.com/music/skilled-mechanics/tricky/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|title=Skilled Mechanics - Skilled Mechanics, Tricky {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/skilled-mechanics-mw0002900858|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207165143/https://www.allmusic.com/album/skilled-mechanics-mw0002900858|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = Drowned in Sound
| rev2score = 7/10{{Cite web|last=Adcock|first=Lee|date=January 20, 2016|title=Album Review: Tricky - Skilled Mechanics|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19183/reviews/4149705|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Drowned in Sound|language=en|archive-date=12 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212062307/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19183/reviews/4149705|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = No Ripcord
| rev4 = Q
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|last=Segal|first=Victoria|url=https://archive.org/details/Q_Magazine_-_March_2016_vk_com_stopthepress/page/n115/mode/2up|title=Q Magazine March 2016|pages=116}}
| rev5 = Record Collector
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Phil|date=February 2016|title=Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics - Record Collector Magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Record Collector|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714132337/http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics|url-status=live}}
| rev6 = Resident Advisor
| rev6score = 2.8/5{{Cite web|last=Song|first=Sandra|date=February 24, 2016|title=Review: Tricky - Skilled Mechanics|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/18563|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Resident Advisor|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104150352/https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/18563|url-status=live}}
| rev7 = The Spill Magazine
| rev8 = The Arts Desk
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|last=Kidel|first=Mark|date=January 21, 2016|title=CD: Tricky – Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics {{!}} The Arts Desk|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-tricky-%E2%80%93-tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=The Arts Desk|archive-date=29 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529122144/https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-tricky-%E2%80%93-tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics|url-status=live}}
| rev9 = The Guardian
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|last=Dennis|first=Jon|date=January 21, 2016|title=Tricky, DJ Milo & Luke Harris: Tricky Presents Skilled Mechanics review – a menacing side project|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/21/tricky-dj-milo-luke-harris-tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics-review-a-menacing-side-project|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930072905/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/21/tricky-dj-milo-luke-harris-tricky-presents-skilled-mechanics-review-a-menacing-side-project|url-status=live}}
| rev10 = The Line of Best Fit
| rev10score = 8.5/10{{Cite web|last=Westley|first=Nathan|date=January 28, 2016|title=Tricky shows his nuts and bolts|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/tricky|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=The Line of Best Fit|language=en|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304014738/http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/tricky|url-status=live}}
}}
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.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = I'm Not Going
| note1 = featuring Oh Land
| writer1 = Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws
| extra1 = Tricky
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Hero
| writer2 = {{hlist|Thaws|Milo McKenzie Johnson}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo}}
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = Don't Go
| writer3 = Thaws
| extra3 = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo}}
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = Beijing to Berlin
| note4 = featuring Ivy 艾菲
| writer4 = {{hlist|Thaws|Deng Wanxing}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Tricky|Ivy 艾菲}}
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = Diving Away
| writer5 = Porno for Pyros
| extra5 = Tricky
| length5 = 2:09
| title6 = Boy
| writer6 = Thaws
| extra6 = Tricky
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = Bother
| writer7 = Corey Taylor
| extra7 = Tricky
| length7 = 2:24
| title8 = How's Your Life
| writer8 = {{hlist|Thaws|Larry Carlton}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo}}
| length8 = 2:59
| title9 = Here My Dear
| writer9 = Thaws
| extra9 = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo|Chembakwe Johnson|Tyler Sheppard Morris}}
| length9 = 2:38
| title10 = We Begin
| note10 = featuring Francesca Belmonte
| writer10 = {{hlist|Thaws|Francesca Belmonte}}
| extra10 = Tricky
| length10 = 1:35
| title11 = Well
| writer11 = Thaws
| extra11 = Tricky
| length11 = 2:50
| title12 = Necessary
| writer12 = {{hlist|Thaws|Milo Johnson}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Tricky|DJ Milo}}
| length12 = 3:35
| title13 = Unreal
| writer13 = Renata Platon
| extra13 = Xdare
| length13 = 1:48
| total_length = 34:13
}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Flanders|127|artist=Tricky|album=Skilled Mechanics|access-date=September 5, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|108|artist=Tricky|album=Skilled Mechanics|access-date=September 5, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|946906|Skilled Mechanics}}
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