Massive Attack – Mezzanine

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Label:

Virgin – 0602537540433, Circa – 0602537540433

Series:

Virgin 40

Format:

2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180g

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Trip Hop, Downtempo

Tracklist

A1Angel
Written-By – Vowles*, Marshall*, Hinds*, Del Naja*
6:18
A2Risingson
Performer ["I Found A Reason" Sample] – The Velvet Underground
Written-By – Vowles*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
Written-By ["I Found A Reason" Sample] – Reed*, Seeger*
4:58
A3Teardrop
Written-By – Vowles*, Fraser*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
5:29
B1Inertia Creeps
Written-By – Vowles*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
5:56
B2Exchange
Performer ["Our Day Will Come" Samples] – Isaac Hayes
Written-By – Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson
4:11
B3Dissolved Girl
Written-By – Vowles*, Marshall*, Schwartz*, Del Naja*, Sara Jay
6:07
C1Man Next Door
Performer ["10:15 Saturday Night" Sample] – The Cure
Written-By – Holt*
Written-By ["10:15 Saturday Night" Sample] – Tolhurst*, Dempsey*, Smith*
5:55
C2Black Milk
Written-By – Vowles*, Fraser*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
6:20
C3Mezzanine
Written-By – Vowles*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
5:54
D1Group Four
Written-By – Vowles*, Fraser*, Marshall*, Del Naja*
8:13
D2(Exchange)
Lyrics By [Additional] – Horace Andy
Performer ["Our Day Will Come" Samples] – Isaac Hayes
Written-By – Bob Hilliard, Mort Garson
4:08

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Circa Records Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Circa Records Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Published By – Island Music Ltd.
  • Published By – BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Harmony Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Sony Music Publishing
  • Published By – Better Half Music Co.
  • Published By – Bourne Music
  • Published By – MCA Music Publishing
  • Published By – Universal Studios, Inc.
  • Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
  • Published By – Fiction Songs Ltd.
  • Record Company – Fantasy, Inc.
  • Record Company – Melankolic
  • Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
  • Licensed Through – Warner Special Products
  • Licensed Through – Fiction Records
  • Licensed Through – East West Records Australia
  • Licensed Through – Elektra Records
  • Recorded At – Massive Attack Studios
  • Recorded At – Christchurch Studios
  • Mixed At – Olympic Studios
  • Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BD26581

Credits

  • Art Direction, Design – Robert Del Naja, Tom Hingston
  • Bass [Bass Guitars] – Bob Locke, John Harris*, Winston Blissett
  • DAW [Pro Tools] – Jan Kybert*
  • Drums – Andy Gangadeen
  • Engineer – Lee Shepherd*
  • Guitar – Angelo Bruschini
  • Keyboards [Additional] – Dave Jenkins (7), Michael Timothy
  • Keyboards, Sampler [Samples] – Massive Attack, Neil Davidge
  • Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching i…i] – Sean Magee
  • Lighting – Tom Nulty
  • Management [Tour Director] – John Gray (10)
  • Management [Tour Representation] – David Levy (5), Deluxe (23), ITB, Jeremy Joseph (2), Jonathan Levine (3), MPA (2), Metropolis Music (2), Raye Cosbert
  • Management [Worldwide Representation/West] – Marc Picken
  • Mixed By – Mark 'Spike' Stent*
  • Mixed By [Assistant] – Jan Kybert*, P-Dub*
  • Mixed By [Live Mix] – Mark Littlewood
  • Performer [On Stage] – Angelo Bruschini, Deborah Miller, Michael Timothy, Winston Blisset*
  • Photography By – Nick Knight
  • Producer, Arranged By – Massive Attack, Neil Davidge
  • Programmed By – Massive Attack, Neil Davidge
  • Tour Manager – Andrew Mansi (2)
  • Vocals – Elizabeth Fraser, Grant Marshall, Horace Andy, Robert Del Naja, Sara Jay

Notes

Heavyweight 180g vinyl pressings, with printed inner sleeves.

A1 Published by Island Music Ltd/BMG Music Publishing Ltd
A2 Published by Island Music Ltd/Screen Gems - EMI Music Ltd/Harmony Music Ltd.
Contains a sample of "I Found A Reason" (Reed/Seeger), as performed by The Velvet Underground.
Produced under license for Atlantic Recordings Corp., by arrangement with Warner Special Products.
A3 Published by Island Music Ltd/Sony Music Publishing.
B1 Published by Island Music Ltd
B2 Courtesy of Better Half Music Co. (C/o Bourne Music Company) / MCA Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios, Inc. (ASCAP).
Contains samples from "Our Day Will Come" performed by Isaac Hayes courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
B3 Published by Island Music Ltd/Warner Chappell Music Ltd
C1 Published by Sparta Florida Music Group.
Contains a sample of "10:15 Saturday Night" (Smith/Tolhurst/Dempsey), as performed by The Cure.
Published by Fiction Songs Limited. Licensed courtesy of Fiction Records; East/West Records, Australia, and Elektra Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products, Inc.
C2 Published by Island Music Ltd/Sony Music Publishing
C3 Published by Island Music Ltd
D1 Published by Island Music Ltd/Sony Music Publishing
D2 Courtesy of Better Half Music Co. (C/o Bourne Music Company) / MCA Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios, Inc. (ASCAP).
Contains samples from "Our Day Will Come" performed by Isaac Hayes courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.

Recorded at Massive Attack and Christchurch studios, Bristol.
Mixed at Olympic Studios, London.

On discs' labels:
℗+© 1998 Circa Records Ltd.
Made in the E.U.

On back of the 2nd record's inner sleeve:
The copyright in this recording is owned by Circa Records Ltd
℗ 1998 Circa Records Ltd © 1998 Circa Records Ltd
© 1998 Virgin Records Ltd
Sampled - The Cure, Velvet Underground, Isaac Hayes and John Holt. Bristol

On back sleeve:
Printed in the EU

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 602537540433
  • Other (Individual cat number on A/B sides & inner sleeve's back): 602537542253
  • Other (Individual cat number on C/D sides & inner sleeve's back): 602537542260
  • Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 1): BD26581-01 A1 ΛƐ 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched variant 1): BD26581-01 B1 i...i 3I∇ 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched variant 1): BD26581-02 C1 JI= 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched variant 1): BD26581-02 D1 i...i 3754226 ∆Ir
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 2): BD26581-01 A1 3754225 TIƐ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 2): BD26581-01 B1 i...i 3754225 3=∇
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 2): BD26581-02 C1 5== 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched / 1s mirrored - variant 2): BD26581-02 D1 i...i 3754226 I11 1s
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 3): BD26581-01 A1 3lT 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 3): BD26581-01 B1 3754225 i,,,i ÷=.Ɛ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched / Λ=2 mirrored - variant 3): BD26581-02 C1 Λ=2 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched / V11 mirrored - variant 3): BD26581-02 D1 V11 3754226 i,,,i
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 4): BD26581-01 A1 3754225 VIƐ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 4): BD26581-01 B1 i,,,i 3754225 T=Ɛ
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 4): BD26581-02 C1 S=T 3754226 S=+
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched / 1s mirrored - variant 4): BD26581-02 D1 i...i 3754226 I11 1s
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 5): BD26581-01 A1 I..I 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 5): BD26581-01 B1 I..I 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 5): BD26581-02 C1 3754226 S+X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 5): BD26581-02 D1 b=ΛΛ 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 6): BD26581-01 A1 3754225 3VI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 6): BD26581-01 B1 I..I 3754225 4I⏊
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 6): BD26581-O2 C1 375226 3I⏊
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 6): BD26581-O2 D1 I..I 3745226 VNIX
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched / 13 mirrored - variant 7): ^|13 3754225 BD26581-01 A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 7): x+f i,,,i 3754225 BD26581-01 B1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 7): 3754226 VF BD26581-02 C1 /
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched / 12 mirrored - variant 7): i,,,i 3754226 BD26581-02 D1 =12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 8): BD26581-01 A1 3+1 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 8): BD26581-01 B1 i...i ♮X 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 8): BD26581-02 C1 3754226 3X
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 8): BD26581-02 D1 i...i 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched - variant 9): BD26581-01 A1 3VΛ 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched - variant 9): BD26581-01 B1 i...i 4=+ 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched - variant 9): BD26581-02 C1 3=∇ 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched - variant 9): BD26581-02 D1 i...i 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched Variant 10 [No Pre-/Suffixes, 1st press]): BD26581-01 A1 3754225
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched Variant 10 [No Pre-/Suffixes, 1st press]): BD26581-01 B1 3754225 i...i
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched Variant 10 [No Pre-/Suffixes, 1st press]): BD26581-02 C1 3754226
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched Variant 10 [No Pre-/Suffixes, 1st press]): BD26581-02 D1 3754226 i...i

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Mezzanine (2×LP, Album, 180g)Circa, Circa, Virgin, VirginWBRLP4, 7243 8 45599 1 5Europe1998
Mezzanine (CD, Album, EMI UDEN Pressing)Circa, Circa, Virgin, VirginWBRCD4, 7243 8 45599 2 2Europe1998
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Mezzanine (CD, Album)Virgin, Circa7243 8 45599 2 2US1998
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Mezzanine (Minidisc, Album)Circa, Virgin, Circa, VirginWBRMD4, 7243 8 45599 8 4Europe1998
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Mezzanine (CD, Album)Circa, VirginVJCP-25360Japan1998

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Reviews

  • meinolfbrune's avatar
    meinolfbrune
    Das wahrscheinlich abgefahrenste Album, das ich besitze (auf eine gute Art)
    die Produktion ist der Wahnsinn. Frei übersetzt von @mfmarkos, danke!
    • coward's avatar
      coward
      Just to be clear: Only the so called "Variant 10" is the OG 2013 Virgin40 pressing. From 2014 until at least 2022 it has been repressed with different matrices. This initial 2013 pressing was sold out pretty quickly (came out in November & did not reach the end of the year), so not many of these will exist compared to the 42000+ owning here…
      • Chathin's avatar
        Chathin
        Excellent clean, clear press for an incredible album. Watch out for people trying to sell you the 2023 repress as the 2013!
        • mfmarko's avatar
          mfmarko
          probably the freakiest album i own (in a good way)
          production is insane
          • RebelKatsRecords's avatar
            RebelKatsRecords
            Whoever thought the label design was clever should be exiled. Absolutely unacceptable. The music is great, but with practically zero information on the labels, and what little info takes a magnifier to read makes me just not want to play this album.... and it deserves to be played. Marketing failure on an otherwise stellar release. If I was in the band, I'd be SUPER pissed.
            • alexiscamposenriquez's avatar
              alexiscamposenriquez
              Listen to Man next door at about 80dB and tell me you ain't shaking your ass. Yeah I thought so...
              • LordFarquad's avatar
                LordFarquad
                Fabulous pressing, really deep bass and superb sound overall. .
                • oztin79's avatar
                  oztin79
                  Edited 10 months ago
                  Yes, the album itself is exceptional, obviously. I discovered it somewhere around 2003. This pressing is vibrant and multidimensional and takes the album higher. Pressing is deep, grooving, and experientially isolating in a special pleasant way. Cut to lacquer by Sean Magee at Abbey Road and masterfully pressed by Optimal. Now if they can only get around to reissuing great cuts/pressings of HELIGOLAND and 100TH WINDOW, my Massive vinyl collection would be complete.
                  • SpyderTracks's avatar
                    SpyderTracks
                    Edited 11 months ago
                    One of my all time favorite albums, I still don't think Massive Attack are given due respect for just how groundbreaking they've been as musicians, they literally broke all established rules in melody making, their use of contrast in so many areas makes the music so much more impactful, and they enlisted artists that complimented their melodies in a way that no one could have expected.
                    For any nerds out there, check out ixi Music on Youtube, she breaks down the melodies, the writing, the influences, really gives you a much more in depth view of the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggy4W2Qwi74
                    • webtv72's avatar
                      webtv72
                      Am I the only one thinking the sound stage is somewhat lacking, despite other aspects are quite good? I don’t have any other copy to compare but this one sound pretty flat to me. I was hoping spacious 3D sound field for this iconic album.

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