Mezzanine [VINYL]

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Teardrop featuring Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins brings a new life and emotion to their trip-hop sound. years on, the set still sounds sublime: a radical translation that frequently bares only a passing resemblance to the Bristol band's original. Never seen a copy of the original pressing which is not off-centre on one side of the first disc and often the second as well.

Like his take on "No Protection", it's an inspired set of revisions that takes 3D and Daddy G's dense and red-eyed originals into wild new bass-heavy places. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.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. Universal Music will issue a 20th anniversary reissue of Massive Attack‘s third studio album Mezzanine. Mezzanine" is a murky, dank, haunting, atmospheric, brooding (if Batman was a real person this would be on his playlist for sure!

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. Or if you don't like the term trip-hop—as nearly none of the associated artists seem to lol—it's at least a quintessential of 90s music in the general realm of hip-hop/electronic music. Great record, sounds fantastic on vinyl, only gripe is Teardrop at the end of a side, meaning inner groove distortion even with a very decent stylus, it's already a very complex track.Originally released in 1998 and now widely hailed as Massive Attack‘s masterpiece – and voted 15th in Q Magazine’s 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) – Mezzanine saw the band move away from the trip-hop sound they had helped define to embrace rock and electronica. A few backing vocals etc did seem clearer in the resulting mix, so an interesting, if not dramatic, change.

Bristol's original trip-hop pioneers had, on previous albums Blue Lines and Protection , fused turntable wizardry to the warmest of soul.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.