Fall to Pieces (album)

Fall to Pieces is the fourteenth studio album by English trip hop artist Tricky. It was released on 4 September 2020 via False Idols. It features guest appearances from Marta and Oh Land.

Fall to Pieces
Studio album by Tricky
Released	September 4, 2020
Recorded	Berlin
Length	28:30
Label	False Idols
Producer	Tricky
Tricky chronology
ununiform (2017) Fall to Pieces (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[1]
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	7/10[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Mojo	[6]
The Arts Desk	[7]
The Independent	[8]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[9]
The Times	[10]
Uncut	6/10[11]
Under the Radar	[12]

Fall to Pieces 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 73 based on twelve reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.7 out of 10, based on thirteen reviews.[1] The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 73 out of 100, based on fifteen reviews.[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thinking Of" (featuring Marta)	2:11
2.	"Close Now" (featuring Marta)	1:37
3.	"Running Off" (featuring Oh. Land)	1:44
4.	"I'm in the Doorway" (featuring Oh. Land)	2:51
5.	"Hate This Pain" (featuring Marta)	3:23
6.	"Chills Me to the Bone" (featuring Marta)	2:16
7.	"Fall Please" (featuring Marta)	2:27
8.	"Take Me Shopping" (featuring Marta)	2:44
9.	"Like a Stone" (featuring Marta)	3:26
10.	"Throws Me Around" (featuring Marta)	3:15
11.	"Vietnam" (featuring Marta)	2:28
Total length:		28:30

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	45
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16]	29
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	69
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	3
UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[19]	6

References

1. "Fall To Pieces by Tricky reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. "Critic Reviews for Fall To Pieces - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. Yeung, Neil Z. "Fall To Pieces - Tricky | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. Holi, Eero (4 September 2020). "Tricky - Fall To Pieces". Clash. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
5. Sylvester, Daniel (3 September 2020). "Tricky Brings Raw Emotion to His Classic Trip-Hop Sound on 'Fall to Pieces'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. Perry, Andrew (2020). Mojo October 2020. p. 90.
7. Kidel, Mark (2 September 2020). "Album: Tricky - Fall to Pieces review - unsettling and yet very moving". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
8. O'Connor, Roisin (4 September 2020). "Album reviews: Declan McKenna – Zeros, and Tricky – Fall to Pieces". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
9. Cardew, Ben (5 September 2020). "Tricky: Fall to Pieces Album review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
10. Hodgkinson, Will (4 September 2020). "Tricky: Fall to Pieces review — sparse, atmospheric and moving". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
11. Dalton, Stephen (2020). Uncut - October 2020. p. 38.
12. McDuffie, Candace (4 September 2020). "Fall to Pieces". Under The Radar. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
14. "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Fall To Pieces" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
15. "Ultratop.be – Tricky – Fall To Pieces" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
16. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
17. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
18. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
19. "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 September 2020.