Album
Mezzanine
1998 · Electronic
160 collectors on Gatefold own this
Mezzanine is an Electronic album by Massive Attack, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 105 pressings tracked, owned by 160 collectors.
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
Side A
- A1Angel6:18
- A2Risingson4:58
- A3Teardrop5:29
Side B
- B1Inertia Creeps5:56
- B2Exchange4:11
- B3Dissolved Girl6:07
Side C
- C1Man Next Door5:55
- C2Black Milk6:20
- C3Mezzanine5:54
Side D
- D1Group Four8:13
- D2(Exchange)4:08
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Trip-Hop
- dark
- nocturnal
- dense
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Sampled - The Cure, Velvet Underground, Issac Hayes and John Holt. Bristol
Recorded at Massive Attack and Christchurch studios, Bristol.
Mixed at Olympic Studios, London.
Cut at Metropolis.
Heavyweight 180g vinyl pressings.
With printed inner sleeves.
A2 contains a sample of "I Found A Reason" (Reed/Seeger), as performed by The Velvet Underground.
B2 & D2 contain a sample of "Our Day Will Come" (Hilliard/Garson), as performed by Isaac Hayes.
C1 contains a sample of "10:15 Saturday Night" (Smith/Tolhurst/Dempsey), as performed by The Cure.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy GangadeenDRUM DRUMS
- Angelo BruschiniGUITAR
- Bob LockeBASS BASS GUITAR
- Dave JenkinsKEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER
- Deborah Miller
- Elizabeth FraserVOCALS VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Grant MarshallVOCALS
- Horace AndyVOCALS
- Jon HarrisBASS BASS GUITAR
- Massive AttackKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SAMPLER KEYBOARDS, SAMPLES
- Michael TimothyKEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER
- Neil DavidgeKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SAMPLER KEYBOARDS, SAMPLES
- Robert Del NajaVOCALS VOCALS, ART DIRECTION, DESIGN
- Sara JayVOCALS
- Winston BlissettBASS BASS GUITAR
- Isaac HayesSAMPLER , PERFORMER
- The CureSAMPLER , PERFORMER
- The Velvet UndergroundSAMPLER , PERFORMER
160 collectors on Gatefold own this · 105 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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