Product Description

'Mezzanine' was Massive Attack's follow up album to 1994's 'Protection'. It introduces a band sound to the mix, which accompanies their distinctive use of samples and synthesizers. The top ten single, 'Teardrop', is included.

Track Listing

1. Angel
2. Risingson
3. Teardrop
4. Inertia Creeps
5. Exchange
6. Dissolved Girl
7. Man Next Door
8. Black Milk
9. Mezzanine
10. Group 4
11. Exchange (2)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #925 in Music
• Released on: 1998-04-20
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
By the release of 1998's Mezzanine, critics were suddenly of the understanding that Massive Attack were one of the most important bands in the world. Bristol's original trip-hop pioneers had, on previous albums Blue Lines and Protection, fused turntable wizardry to the warmest of soul. With Mezzanine, however, the party had ended; revisiting the murky soundscapes so favoured by former partner and fellow Bristolian Tricky, the comeback single "Rising Son" muttering edgily about "cheap beer filled with crocodile tears", over the deepest bass. Tensions were heightened by the news that the making of Mezzanine was riven by inter-band rifts. The friction, though, seems to have create some gems; "Inertia Creeps" is drenched in menace, and "Teardrop" features the ethereal vocals of Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins--both of these a benchmark not just for the band, but for the trip-hop genre. Bleak, but powerfully beautiful. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Hooks you in...
I bought this album because it had "Teardrop" and "Angel" on it,but I took the opportunity to sit in a completely dark room and properly listen to this...and couldn't stop listening to it the day after as well! It's calming, dark and beautifully written, especially songs like "Risingson", "Teardrop" and "Black Milk" (my new favourite!)
Buy this album, prepare to fall in love.

I'm in love
I truly adore this album.

Each song has it's own atmosphere and aura that I can barely put into words!
I'd have to say Black Milk is my favourite due to it's 'dark' feeling..
But each one is as good as the last.. In my opinion, this album has no faults..
It truly is an album you can listen to intently or have as 'background music'..

g7ig7i
Yeah man, I dig "Teardrop" too. That "der-der der-cah" beat is sublime; the only time Mezzanine approaches true beauty through its instrumentation. You have to remember that Music Has the Right to Children was released in the same year though, and, compared with that album, Massive Attack's supposed classic falls way short. Different records, I know, but there's enough similarity in style for the comparison to be valid. While Boards of Canada used subtle melodies and ambience to stunning effect, Massive Attack retreat to their safety zone and use cheesy, weak female vocals, with lyrics that verge on embarrassing far too often. Does anyone even carry on listening after track four has finished?