Who Can You Trust?
1996 studio album by Morcheeba
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Who Can You Trust? is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Morcheeba. It was released in 1996 on China Records in the United Kingdom and Discovery and Sire Records in the United States. Stylistically, the album is by far the band's most trip hop oriented release, consisting of languid, looping grooves, using mostly Rhodes piano, electric guitar and scratching. At the end of 1998 the album was re-issued as 2-CDs with the 8 track disc Beats & B-Sides collection.
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| Released | 1 April 1996 (UK)[1] 24 September 1996 (US) | |||
| Genre | Trip hop | |||
| Length | 56:07 | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[5] |
| Q | [6] |
| USA Today | [7] |
| The Village Voice | A−[8] |
Melody Maker recommended Who Can You Trust? and remarked that Morcheeba "take up where trip hop leaves off, picking up at its outer reaches and taking it way, way off into the Indian Ocean... A strange and bitter brew indeed."[9] Musician wrote that the band is "saved from Portishead comparisons mainly by their fondness for guitars" and that their "laid-back beats and gentle, smoky tunes are enhanced by Ry Cooder-ish slide, funky wah-wah, and other simple guitar flourishes, as well as a reappearing Hammond organ and some occasional strings."[10] Josef Woodard of Entertainment Weekly compared vocalist Skye Edwards to "Sade filtered through Portishead" and felt that she has "enough hypnotic charms and charisma to counter the dangers of techno-riff overkill."[4] Robert Christgau, in The Village Voice, praised the band as "always thoughtful, often sad, rarely neurotic, never scary."[8]
Commercial performance
Track listing
All tracks are written by Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Moog Island" | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Trigger Hippie" | 5:31 |
| 3. | "Post Houmous" | 1:48 |
| 4. | "Tape Loop" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Never an Easy Way" | 6:41 |
| 6. | "Howling" | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Small Town" | 5:09 |
| 8. | "Enjoy the Wait" | 1:07 |
| 9. | "Col" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Who Can You Trust?" | 8:56 |
| 11. | "Almost Done" | 6:38 |
| 12. | "End Theme" | 2:27 |
| Total length: | 55:56 | |
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| 13. | "The Music That We Hear (Moog Island)" | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Trigger Hippie" (Newcheeba Mix) | 4:01 |
| 15. | "Tape Loop" (Shortcheeba Mix) | 3:49 |
| Total length: | 67:41 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Killer Hippie" (Bad Vibrations Mix) | 4:15 |
| 2. | "On the Rhodes Again" | 7:09 |
| 3. | "Tape Loop" (Diabolical Brothers Remix) | 5:26 |
| 4. | "Dungeness" | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Baby Sitar" (Drummer of Your Dreams Mix) | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Ray Payola" | 8:00 |
| 7. | "Shoulder Holster" (Diabolical Brothers Remix) | 5:57 |
| 8. | "Post Houmous" (Live at the MacKie) | 5:08 |
| Total length: | 44:37 | |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI)[14] | Platinum | 100,000* |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Gold | 100,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||