Mezzanine

Product Details

Artist : Massive Attack
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0724384559922
Label : EMI Music Canada
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-05-12
UPC : 724384559922

ASIN : B000006045

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Angel
2. Risingson
3. Teardrop
4. Inertia Creeps
5. Exchange
6. Dissolved Girl
7. Man Next Door
8. Black Milk
9. Mezzanine
10. Group Four
11. (Exchange)

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Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.co.uk

By the release of 1998's Mezzanine, critics were suddenly of the understanding that Massive Attack were one of the most important bands in the world. Bristol's original trip-hop pioneers had, on previous albums Blue Lines and Protection, fused turntable wizardry to the warmest of soul. With Mezzanine, however, the party had ended; revisiting the murky soundscapes so favoured by former partner and fellow Bristolian Tricky, the comeback single "Rising Son" muttering edgily about "cheap beer filled with crocodile tears", over the deepest bass. Tensions were heightened by the news that the making of Mezzanine was riven by inter-band rifts. The friction, though, seems to have create some gems; "Inertia Creeps" is drenched in menace, and "Teardrop" features the ethereal vocals of Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins--both of these a benchmark not just for the band, but for the trip-hop genre. Bleak, but powerfully beautiful. --Louis Pattison

Amazon.com essential recording

The third full-length release from Massive Attack is a taste of the future of pop music--a future where precisely engineered events can be seamlessly partnered with the subtle complexities of a human voice. Since their first album, Blue Lines, they've been making similar magic happen with any one of several guest vocalists, but nothing like the way it happens on Mezzanine. This time they take the union further, moving it into a darker space in which the individual elements become less discernable. Guest vocalists are Sara Jay, Horace Andy (who also appeared on their debut), and Elizabeth Fraser (of Cocteau Twins), whose amazingly articulate and distinctive voice works so very well with the music of Massive Attack. --Paul Clark

Un Essentiel amazon.fr

Avec son visuel d'insecte mutant (pattes velues, mandibules crochues) et ses sonorités vénéneuses, le troisième album des laborantins de Bristol fascine et fait flipper. ''Mezzanine'' marque un tournant plus rock dans la carrière d'un groupe qu'on découvre également amateur de musiques blanches : l'obscurité de la new-wave et l'immatérialité ambiante étant les deux éléments principaux qui viennent s'ajouter à la base dub/trip-hop habituelle, ainsi que quelques guitares plombées. Assurément le disque le plus impressionniste de Massive Attack, ce recueil de dix titres et un remix fait alterner ambiances oppressantes et plages de béatitude avec toujours cette même science éprouvée de l'alchimie qui constitue la griffe de 3-D, Daddy G et Mushroom. D'autre part, après Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) et Nicolette sur le deuxième album, c'est ici au tour de Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) et Sara Jay de poser leurs voix ensorceleuses sur les charbons ardents de Massive Attack. Le fidèle Horace Andy est quant à lui encore du voyage, notamment sur une reprise de John Holt ponctuée d'un sample de Cure (!). Pas à dire, rien ne les arrête ! --José Guerreiro

Customer Reviews

awesome (2008-07-26)

It's hard to improve on Brent DiCrescenzo's original review of this album, which pointed out that Mezzanine absorbs light. Even in the blacklit genre of trip-hop, nothing hit the low register like the pulses of the brooding "Angel" or the choked-out, smoked-out vocals on "Risingson". But what saves this from being a mere opium drip soundtrack are the flashes of pop: the subtle hooks, the dependable songwriting, and-- most of all-- the spare use of Elizabeth Fraser's high vocal wisps. On "Teardrop" and especially "Group Four", the contrast between that fleeting beacon and the void below evoke far more drama than their writing ever could-- like some classic mythological painting where the gates of heaven are just barely in sight of whatever's damned at the bottom.

Massive its sure is (2006-12-19)

I brillant discovere though my sista some cool must pierce just sitting around.Out of the two albums ive got Mezzinine and blue lines.Mezzinine is my favorite.But theres alot other albums by massive attack which i need to get see if they live up to this.

BEST CHILLOUT ALBUM I HAVE (2005-12-14)

This cd opens great, and never lets you down. Every track sounds different, and they all just give you a feeling like you can't get without them. Amazing. Can't keep this out of my cd player. Anyone who likes ambient music, or is open to electronica should hear this.

soundtrack for the vibes of the soul (2005-09-19)

I'm not a huge electronica music fan but I sure love this album. Sooth you right in with it's incredible melodies, lyrics and beats.Just buy it yooooooooooooo

Groundbreaking and breathtaking (2004-07-11)

I guess I just need to put in my two cents in this sea of reviews (most of them good, obviously) for this album. I fell in love with this album in the summer of 1998. I listened to it while reading the 4th book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. They meshed perfectly. The dark, haunting synths, downbeat droning guitar, and spine tingling vocals on this album are simply amazing. I had never heard anything quite like it before, or since. Massive's earlier works are not as dark and moody, and their later work is a little too innaccessible for most people (though I absolutely loved it!). Buy this album! Dont hesitate! Do it NOW!!! SPEND, YOU AVID CONSUMER YOU!!!!

Whew! 'Nuff said. Bye!

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