MASSIVE ATTACK - MEZZANINE (JAPANESE VERSION)

Year     : 1998                     Release Date : 99-09-19
Type     : Album                    Tracks       : 12
Label    : Circa Records            Playtime     : 01h 08m 36s
Genre    : Trip-Hop                 Size         : 78.6 MB
Supplier : Karmacoma                Encoder      : Audioactive/Radium
Ripper   : Karmacoma                Bitrate      : 160k

tracks

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)
12 superpredators (remix)

about

After revolutionizing the U.K. music scene with their brilliant debut
Blue Lines, Massive Attack responded triumphantly with an equally
engaging album, Protection, that gave the Bristol crew their first
true taste of U.S. success. On this, their third album, the group
stay true to form precisely by not staying true to form, responding
to their previous work by quietly reinventing themselves yet again.
Slow, grinding guitars mix with the bubbling undertow of bass on
the opening "Angel," serving notice that this isn't the same group
you were probably expecting. Over 11 dub- heavy tracks, Mezzanine
paints a dark and edgy picture that is surprisingly devoid of
cynicism or despondency. In essence, Massive Attack provide
counterpoint to the simpler, rave- influenced dance tunes being
embraced by audiences today.
The primary conduit for this can be found in the voice of Cocteau
Twins chanteuse Elizabeth Fraser, who contributes vocals on three
songs. Having previously used Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn
on Protection, Massive again take a seemingly innocuous vocalist and
make her seem wholly plausible within their musical structure.
Fraser's ethereal musings on "Teardrop," against a backing track of
simple drum taps and piano sighs, is spellbinding. Hearing her voice
work with actual rhythms, like on the pulsing bass lines of "Black
Milk," is thoroughly compelling, and hopefully a harbinger of Cocteau
Twins music to come.
The rest of the album's murkier instrumentals are strong, and it's
only the songs featuring male vocals that stumble. British vocal
accents in music have always been a searing point with American ears
and, as such, songs like "Risingson" and "Man Next Door" can be
trying. Even then, however, those vocals add texture to the
beautifully crafted tracks and can be listened to seamlessly in
context.
Few groups can manage the consistency over as many years as Massive
Attack has, and it's a true testament to their vision, considering
the changing climate of music this decade. But if ever a group could
hold their own in a genre they all but invented, it is Massive
Attack, and they do so on Mezzanine with immaculate aplomb.

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