Massive Attack - Mezzanine


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Label: Wild Bunch Records, Circa Records Ltd.
Catalog#: WBRCD4, 7243 8 45599 2 2
Format: CD, Album
Country:Europe
Released:20 Apr 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: Leftfield, Downtempo, Trip Hop
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
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.
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Tracklisting:

1   Angel (6:20)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Hinds* , Del Naja*
2   Risingson (4:58)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
  Written-by [Sample] - Reed* , Seeger*
3   Teardrop (5:30)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
4   Inertia Creeps (5:56)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
5   Exchange (4:11)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
  Written-by [Sample] - Hilliard* , Garson*
6   Dissolved Girl (6:06)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Schwartz* , Del Naja* , Jay*
7   Man Next Door (5:56)
    Written-By - Holt*
  Written-by [Sample] - Tolhurst* , Dempsey* , Smith*
8   Black Milk (6:21)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
9   Mezzanine (5:56)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
10   Group Four (8:12)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Fraser* , Marshall* , Del Naja*
11   (Exchange) (4:10)
    Written-By - Vowles* , Marshall* , Hinds* , Del Naja*
  Written-by [Sample] - Hilliard* , Garson*
User Reviews:
barticle, Sep 01, 2003

Perhaps its just that I like things Im 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 Attacks third album. Sure, there are loads of classic tracks on its predecessors, Blue Lines and Protection, but to my mind these LPs cant 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 groups 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.

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