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Trick

Jamie T

Trick

Fourth album from the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in London and Detroit

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Virgin EMI
UK Release date
02/09/2016
US Release date
02/09/2016
  1. 10.0 |   NME

    The full, colourful spectrum of Jamie is on show here, as broad as it’s ever been
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  2. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    Unquestionably Jamie T’s best album to date
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  3. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A genuinely magnificent album that surpasses anything else in his discography with consummate ease
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  4. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Comfortably Jamie T’s best album so far
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  5. 8.0 |   The Music

    It's a clever, thoughtful piece of work, with witty lyrical content and catchy riffs and hooks
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    Touchstones include French Saints, English mystic messengers, the golden era of Stateside hip-hop, grime, and The Clash. Always The Clash
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  7. 8.0 |   Q

    What pins everything together is the sheer force of Jamie T's personality. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    The Clash are an obvious influence on the ragged tune Robin Hood, though Jamie T has plenty of his own ideas on this rich and rousing album. He’s getting better and better
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  9. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Trick feels more celebratory than melancholy, mostly because of the bruising passion and commitment Treays loads into every syllable, every bar
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  10. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Jamie’s approach to this should be all of ours - think about it a bit, spit in its face, and don’t forget to have some bloody fun
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  11. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Despite his grander statements falling flat and a mid album slump, Trick sees Jamie T at his absolute best
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  12. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    The second half of this album is great, it’s just a shame it takes so long to get going
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  13. 6.0 |   Beardfood

    He can do everything, admirably, but with track names like ‘Power Over Men’ and ‘Drone Strike’, you’re expecting a brash, brazen political statement, or at least something more than mid-2000s Arctic Monkeys
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  14. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    This at least feels like Jamie T is being himself again
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  15. 6.0 |   DIY

    That refinement has, for the most part, fallen by the wayside
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  16. 5.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    While there are redeeming moments on Trick, none of them are spectacular enough to make up for the mediocrity of the rest
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  17. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    There’s a strong feeling that we have heard songs (let alone song titles) such as Drone Strike, Tescoland, Police Tapes, Joan of Arc, Robin Hood, and Solomon Eagle several times before
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  18. 4.0 |   The Independent

    One step forward, two steps backward: having produced perhaps his best album with 2014’s Carry On The Grudge, Jamie T is at best stationary, and often retrograde, on Trick
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