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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)
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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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Electronic
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Mezzanine es el tercer álbum de estudio del grupo de trip hop inglés Massive Attack, lanzado el 20 de abril de 1998. Fue producido por Neil Davidge junto con el grupo. El álbum fue lanzado en Virgin Records.
El álbum completo se proporcionó en su sitio web para su descarga legal muchos meses antes de que se anunciara el lanzamiento físico. Fue uno de los primeros usos importantes del formato MP3 por parte de una organización comercial.
Musicalmente, Mezzanine es una desviación importante del sonido jazzy y relajado de los dos primeros álbumes (Blue Lines y Protection), e invoca las corrientes oscuras que siempre habían estado presentes en la música del colectivo. El tono texturizado y profundo del álbum se basa en gran medida en sonidos abstractos y ambientales, como se demuestra en la canción "Mezzanine", entre otros.
Al igual que en sus álbumes anteriores, la mayoría de las canciones constan de una o más muestras, que van desde Isaac Hayes hasta Led Zeppelin. En 1998 Manfred Mann demandó a Massive Attack por el uso no autorizado de una muestra de la canción "Tribute" del álbum homónimo de 1972 de Manfred Mann's Earth Band, usado en "Black Milk". La canción ha aparecido posteriormente como "Black Melt" en lanzamientos posteriores y en presentaciones en vivo, con la muestra eliminada.
Mezzanine marcó la despedida del miembro de la banda Andrew Vowles, debido a conflictos creativos. Horace Andy, un conocido artista de reggae, también actuó en varios lugares del álbum.
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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 es el tercer álbum de estudio del grupo de trip hop inglés Massive Attack, lanzado el 20 de abril de 1998. Fue producido por Neil Davidge junto con el grupo. El álbum fue lanzado en Virgin Records.
El álbum completo se proporcionó en su sitio web para su descarga legal muchos meses antes de que se anunciara el lanzamiento físico. Fue uno de los primeros usos importantes del formato MP3 por parte de una organización comercial.
Musicalmente, Mezzanine es una desviación importante del sonido jazzy y relajado de los dos primeros álbumes (Blue Lines y Protection), e invoca las corrientes oscuras que siempre habían estado presentes en la música del colectivo. El tono texturizado y profundo del álbum se basa en gran medida en sonidos abstractos y ambientales, como se demuestra en la canción "Mezzanine", entre otros.
Al igual que en sus álbumes anteriores, la mayoría de las canciones constan de una o más muestras, que van desde Isaac Hayes hasta Led Zeppelin. En 1998 Manfred Mann demandó a Massive Attack por el uso no autorizado de una muestra de la canción "Tribute" del álbum homónimo de 1972 de Manfred Mann's Earth Band, usado en "Black Milk". La canción ha aparecido posteriormente como "Black Melt" en lanzamientos posteriores y en presentaciones en vivo, con la muestra eliminada.
Mezzanine marcó la despedida del miembro de la banda Andrew Vowles, debido a conflictos creativos. Horace Andy, un conocido artista de reggae, también actuó en varios lugares del álbum.
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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