Mezzanine is a Electronic album by Massive Attack, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 104 pressings tracked, owned by 98 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Trip-Hop
- dark
- nocturnal
- dense
About
Trip-hop was plenty bleak to begin with, but Massive Attack's third album reached new extremes of desolation. The beetle on the cover is a good indicator of the menace inside. Tempos crawl. Vocals are pitched between a whisper and a growl. Even the milk is black in their midnight world. Hip-hop beats and dub bass come cloaked in paranoid atmospheres, but the all-encompassing sense of dread is never anything less than electrifying. On "Teardrop," featuring Cocteau Twins' angelic Elizabeth Fraser, the storm clouds briefly part—a reprieve that only accentuates the heaviness of the rest.
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Tracklist
- 1Angel6:19
- 2Risingson4:58
- 3Teardrop5:30
- 4Inertia Creeps5:57
- 5Exchange4:11
- 6Dissolved Girl6:06
- 7Man Next Door5:56
- 8Black Milk6:21
- 9Mezzanine5:56
- 10Group Four8:12
- 11(Exchange)4:10
Credits
Performers
- Andy GangadeenDRUMS
- Angelo BruschiniGUITAR
- Bob LockeBASS GUITAR
- Dave JenkinsKEYBOARDS
- Deborah Miller
- Elizabeth FraserVOCALS
- Grant MarshallVOCALS
- Horace AndyVOCALS
- Jon HarrisBASS GUITAR
- Michael TimothyKEYBOARDS
- Robert Del NajaVOCALS
- Sara JayVOCALS
- Winston BlissettBASS GUITAR
98 collectors on Gatefold own this · 104 pressings tracked on Gatefold