Vulnerable is the sixth album by English trip hop artist Tricky released in 2003 on the Epitaph record label.
The main female collaborator on this album was the Italian singer Costanza Francavilla, a previous fan who approached Tricky at one of his shows and gave him a CD with songs.
Describing Vulnerable as Tricky's best album in years and a major improvement on Blowback (2001), Uncut said that the album "benefits hugely from two major developments: an appropriate vocal foil in the form of Italian vocalist Constanza Francaville, and a set of 13 avant-pop gems evocative of Pere Ubu and Talking Heads.
"[12] The reviewer deemed it to be a "varied and effective collection of subtly shaded poptones, with the occasional moment of characteristic grit", and commented that, unlike Tricky's other albums since Pre-Millennium Tension (1996), "highlights reveal themselves instead of forcing the listener to pan for them".
[12] Stylus Magazine's Scott McKeating deemed it "sonically lighter than a lot of previous work, the live sounding electric and acoustic guitars making it slightly more accessible to those not used to hearing the squonks, drones and buzzing fridge effects of usual Tricky productions.