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Track List
01) Angel
02) Risingson
03) Teardrop
04) Inertia Creeps
05) Exchange
06) Dissolved Girl
07) Man Next Door
08) Black Milk
09) Mezzanine
10) Group Four
11) (Exchange)
01) Angel
02) Risingson
03) Teardrop
04) Inertia Creeps
05) Exchange
06) Dissolved Girl
07) Man Next Door
08) Black Milk
09) Mezzanine
10) Group Four
11) (Exchange)
6:19
4:58
5:30
5:57
4:11
6:06
5:56
6:21
5:56
8:12
4:12
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First Released
1998
Trip Hop
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Mezzanine ist das dritte Studioalbum der Trip-Hop-Band Massive Attack. Es erschien im April 1998 und gilt als eine der bedeutendsten Veröffentlichungen im Genre des „Bristol Sound“.
Verglichen mit seinen Vorgängern ist Mezzanine weitaus düsterer ausgefallen, was unter anderem an der Hinzunahme stark verzerrter E-Gitarren in einigen Songs liegt. Der Musikexpress beschreibt Mezzanine als „eine Platte von verstörender Intensität“. Diese neue, sich vom Hip-Hop entfernende Richtung soll der Grund dafür gewesen sein, dass Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles die Band kurz nach der Veröffentlichung des Albums verließ.
Auf dem Cover wie im Booklet sind Collagen zu sehen, die unter anderem den Sandlaufkäfer Manticora latipennis sowie andere Käfer zeigen.
Für die meisten Songs wurden wieder Gastvokalisten verwendet, etwa Cocteau-Twins-Sängerin Elizabeth Fraser und Reggae-Musiker Horace Andy, der bisher auf jedem Album der Gruppe zu hören war.
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Like any artist blessed, or cursed, with the reputation of being at the forefront of a musical genre, Massive Attack were never comfortable being dubbed the fathers of trip hop. Having produced two classics of dubby, dancehall reggae and shuffling foggy urban dread, Mezzanine was to see them produce something far edgier. Coming a good four years after Protection, this was the album that saw them cement their reputation as producers to die for, as well as causing the split within their ranks that would never be healed.
After its release Mushroom (Andrew Vowles) left the core trio citing the old chestnut 'muiscal diferences'. The reason for his departure was the album's darker, more electronic edge, surprisingly matched with some thundering metal guitar action. It was simultaneously a wake-up call to all those people who considered Blue Lines to be the work of some kind of dinner party chill out act, as well as a reflection of the personal crises worrying the Bristol collective's interior.
Gone was the leering, breathy voice of Tricky as well as Tracey Thorn's more student-friendly monotone. But reggae singer, Horace Andy, remained, starring on two of the album's standouts, his sweet tones at odds with the guitar-heavy opener, Angel, and the eery, paranoia of Man Next Door.
Ironically, for a piece of work so riddled with angst and unease, the track to universally win hearts was the genius guest spot of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on Teardrop. Now used as the accompaniment to such things as the glossy techno money shots in CSI, it remains a jewel of a song; ineffably sad and containing one of Fraser's most sublime performances.
From dub, through krautrock and glitchy electronica, not to mention the metal; this was a band reinventing itself for the coming millenium. Perhaps, for all these reasons, Mezzanine remains the best of Massive Attack's albums; its stresses making it resistant to the dating that has marred earlier work. It's the dark heart of their back catalogue.
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Mezzanine ist das dritte Studioalbum der Trip-Hop-Band Massive Attack. Es erschien im April 1998 und gilt als eine der bedeutendsten Veröffentlichungen im Genre des „Bristol Sound“.
Verglichen mit seinen Vorgängern ist Mezzanine weitaus düsterer ausgefallen, was unter anderem an der Hinzunahme stark verzerrter E-Gitarren in einigen Songs liegt. Der Musikexpress beschreibt Mezzanine als „eine Platte von verstörender Intensität“. Diese neue, sich vom Hip-Hop entfernende Richtung soll der Grund dafür gewesen sein, dass Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles die Band kurz nach der Veröffentlichung des Albums verließ.
Auf dem Cover wie im Booklet sind Collagen zu sehen, die unter anderem den Sandlaufkäfer Manticora latipennis sowie andere Käfer zeigen.
Für die meisten Songs wurden wieder Gastvokalisten verwendet, etwa Cocteau-Twins-Sängerin Elizabeth Fraser und Reggae-Musiker Horace Andy, der bisher auf jedem Album der Gruppe zu hören war.
(Wikipedia)
User Album Review
Like any artist blessed, or cursed, with the reputation of being at the forefront of a musical genre, Massive Attack were never comfortable being dubbed the fathers of trip hop. Having produced two classics of dubby, dancehall reggae and shuffling foggy urban dread, Mezzanine was to see them produce something far edgier. Coming a good four years after Protection, this was the album that saw them cement their reputation as producers to die for, as well as causing the split within their ranks that would never be healed.
After its release Mushroom (Andrew Vowles) left the core trio citing the old chestnut 'muiscal diferences'. The reason for his departure was the album's darker, more electronic edge, surprisingly matched with some thundering metal guitar action. It was simultaneously a wake-up call to all those people who considered Blue Lines to be the work of some kind of dinner party chill out act, as well as a reflection of the personal crises worrying the Bristol collective's interior.
Gone was the leering, breathy voice of Tricky as well as Tracey Thorn's more student-friendly monotone. But reggae singer, Horace Andy, remained, starring on two of the album's standouts, his sweet tones at odds with the guitar-heavy opener, Angel, and the eery, paranoia of Man Next Door.
Ironically, for a piece of work so riddled with angst and unease, the track to universally win hearts was the genius guest spot of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on Teardrop. Now used as the accompaniment to such things as the glossy techno money shots in CSI, it remains a jewel of a song; ineffably sad and containing one of Fraser's most sublime performances.
From dub, through krautrock and glitchy electronica, not to mention the metal; this was a band reinventing itself for the coming millenium. Perhaps, for all these reasons, Mezzanine remains the best of Massive Attack's albums; its stresses making it resistant to the dating that has marred earlier work. It's the dark heart of their back catalogue.
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