Massive Attack - Mezzanine (Vinyl 2LP)
180 Gram Vinyl • Double LP • Reissue
‘Angel’ starts with bass and nothing else, one low line circling for a long stretch before the drums arrive. Then the guitars tear in. ‘Risingson’ drags everything down to a crawl, murky and close. ‘Teardrop’ runs on a harpsichord figure and a kick drum that thuds like a pulse. ‘Inertia Creeps’ winds tighter, percussion snaking under a whispered vocal. This is the heavy one. ‘Group Four’ holds its fire for eight minutes, building and building until the guitars finally break over the top.
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About the album.
Mezzanine is the third album from Bristol’s Massive Attack, and the record that pushed their trip hop into darker, heavier territory. It was released in April 1998 on Circa and Virgin. It trades the warmer soul and dub textures of Blue Lines and Protection for distorted guitar, brooding bass and dense, claustrophobic production.
The album was recorded at Massive Attack’s own studio and at Christchurch Studios in Bristol, then mixed at Olympic Studios. Horace Andy sings on ‘Angel’ and ‘Man Next Door’. Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins sings on ‘Teardrop’, ‘Black Milk’ and ‘Group Four’. ‘Risingson’ is built around a sample of The Velvet Underground’s ‘I Found a Reason’.
Four singles came from the album: ‘Risingson’, ‘Teardrop’, ‘Angel’ and ‘Inertia Creeps’. Together they carried the band’s darker sound well beyond the underground.
This edition presents the album across two 180-gram LPs. The final side pairs ‘Group Four’ with ‘(Exchange)’, a reworked return to the earlier instrumental ‘Exchange’.
For anyone who knows Portishead’s self-titled second album, Mezzanine is its natural companion. They are two Bristol records from the same era, and both turn trip hop colder and more unsettling.
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Sleeve
Gatefold
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Black
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0602537540433
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Original release
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