The reason I bought this album was for the track Angel. It is one of the most powerful brooding pieces of music I have ever heard. The way it builds and builds is epic, and the simple vocal is outstanding. This piece has been used in numerous films, and the one that stands out for me is it’s use in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch.
Massive Attack are one of the most important bands to come out of the UK music scene in eons, as they mash together all styles of music. The album is a complete dark atmospheric groove fest. The main single from the album and the one that got the most attention was Teardrop, with the vocal done by Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins – a superb track that always gives me goosebumps. Inertia Creeps is another track that really grabs me with the mix of East Indian rhythms and dub. The band are described as trip hop, and I understand that because of the grooves and the beat, but if ever there was a band that embodies the term “progressive” then it has to be Massive Attack.
Massive Attack are a one off, and in Mezzanine they have made a masterpiece.
10/10 from The Grooveman.
I really loved anything electronic coming out of the UK at that time. Especially Trip Hop. Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, DJ Shadow….. all killer!
There was a moment in time where Bristol was the centre of the musical universe.