Name: Mezzanine
Brand: Massive Attack

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

wbrcd4

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-05-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

724384559922

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Massive Attack

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Virgin

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. The inter band friction created 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.

Mezzanine

Music GB