Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Label:
Catalog#:
WBRCD4, 7243 8 45599 2 2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Europe
Released:
20 Apr 1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield,
Downtempo,
Trip Hop
Tracklist
| 1 | Angel | 6:20 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Hinds* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 2 | Risingson | 4:58 | X | |
|
Written-By -
Vowles*
,
Marshall*
,
Del Naja*
Written-by [Sample] - Reed* , Seeger* | ||||
| 3 | Teardrop | 5:30 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 4 | Inertia Creeps | 5:56 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 5 | Exchange | 4:11 | X | |
|
Written-By -
Vowles*
,
Marshall*
,
Del Naja*
Written-by [Sample] - Hilliard* , Garson* | ||||
| 6 | Dissolved Girl | 6:06 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Schwartz* , Del Naja* , Jay* | ||||
| 7 | Man Next Door | 5:56 | X | |
|
Written-By -
Holt*
Written-by [Sample] - Tolhurst* , Dempsey* , Smith* | ||||
| 8 | Black Milk | 6:21 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 9 | Mezzanine | 5:56 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 10 | Group Four | 8:12 | X | |
| Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja* | ||||
| 11 | (Exchange) | 4:10 | X | |
|
Written-By -
Vowles*
,
Marshall*
,
Hinds*
,
Del Naja*
Written-by [Sample] - Hilliard* , Garson* | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Art Direction, Design] -
Robert Del Naja
,
Tom Hingston
Bass - Bob Locke , John Harris* , Winston Blissett
Computer [Pro Tools] - Jan Kybert*
Drums - Andy Gangadeen
Edited By [Cut] - Tim Young
Engineer - Lee Shepherd*
Guitar - Angelo Bruschini
Keyboards [Additional] - Dave Jenkins , Michael Timothy
Mixed By - Mark 'Spike' Stent*
Mixed By [Assisted By] - Jan Kybert* , P-Dub*
Photography - Nick Knight
Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By, Keyboards, Sampler [Samples] - Massive Attack , Neil Davidge
Vocals - Elizabeth Fraser , Grant Marshall , Horace Andy , Robert Del Naja , Sara Jay
Bass - Bob Locke , John Harris* , Winston Blissett
Computer [Pro Tools] - Jan Kybert*
Drums - Andy Gangadeen
Edited By [Cut] - Tim Young
Engineer - Lee Shepherd*
Guitar - Angelo Bruschini
Keyboards [Additional] - Dave Jenkins , Michael Timothy
Mixed By - Mark 'Spike' Stent*
Mixed By [Assisted By] - Jan Kybert* , P-Dub*
Photography - Nick Knight
Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By, Keyboards, Sampler [Samples] - Massive Attack , Neil Davidge
Vocals - Elizabeth Fraser , Grant Marshall , Horace Andy , Robert Del Naja , Sara Jay
Notes
℗ © 1998 Circa Records Ltd.
Made in the E.U. BEL/BIEM.
LC3098 / I: 392 / PM 527.
Recorded at Massive Attack and Christchurch Studios, Bristol.
Mixed at Olympic Studios, London.
Cut at Metropolis.
Risingson contains a sample of "I Found A Reason" (Reed/Seeger) as performed by The Velvet Underground.
Man Next Door contains a sample of "10:15 Saturday Night" (Smith/Tolhurst/Dempsey) as performed by The Cure.
(Exchange) contains a sample from "Our Day Will Come" performed by Isaac Hayes.
Made in the E.U. BEL/BIEM.
LC3098 / I: 392 / PM 527.
Recorded at Massive Attack and Christchurch Studios, Bristol.
Mixed at Olympic Studios, London.
Cut at Metropolis.
Risingson contains a sample of "I Found A Reason" (Reed/Seeger) as performed by The Velvet Underground.
Man Next Door contains a sample of "10:15 Saturday Night" (Smith/Tolhurst/Dempsey) as performed by The Cure.
(Exchange) contains a sample from "Our Day Will Come" performed by Isaac Hayes.
Recommendations
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Massive Attack - Protection (CD, Album)
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Massive Attack - Blue Lines (CD, Album)
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AIR French Band* - Moon Safari (CD, Album)
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Massive Attack - 100th Window (CD, Album)
-
Chemical Brothers, The - Dig Your Own Hole (CD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
I still can't believe how fresh "Mezzanine" is, nine years after its release. As much as I love "Blue Lines" and "Protection", neither of them is nearly half as perfect as this one. An essential mix of distorted guitars, deep basses, massive percussion and haunting, oniric samples. The atmosphere is so dark and hazy, that one almost feels it physically. Like slow descent into quicksands... What more can I say? "Mezzanine" remains a pure MASTERPIECE, simply a must-have.
Perhaps it's just that I like things I'm more familiar with but I always seem to prefer the earlier work of any given artist. One of very few exceptions to this rule is this, Massive Attack's third album. Sure, there are loads of classic tracks on its predecessors, Blue Lines and Protection, but to my mind these LP's can't compete with the superbly moody atmosphere that pervades Mezzanine. Big brooding basslines, heavy dub percussion, thrashy guitar and impassioned vocals are all fused here to very great effect. The group's next album, 100th Window, is good and treads similar territory but ultimately comes across as a watered-down and less powerful version of this masterpiece.