Massive Attack – Mezzanine 2LP

Massive Attack – Mezzanine

Mezzanine topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, becoming the band's most commercially successful album to date. It saw the band expanding their trip hop sound to electronicastylings, with diverse influences from rock, hip hop and dub genres.

Musically, Mezzanine is a major departure from the jazzy and laidback sound of the first two albums, Blue Lines and Protection, invoking the dark undercurrents which had always been present in the collective's music. The album's textured and deep tone relies heavily on abstract and ambient sounds, as demonstrated in the song "Angel" among others.

The album's working title was Damaged Goods, which was the name of the Gang of Four's 1978 debut single. "Teardrop" became the opening theme to the American medical drama television series House.

Tracklist:
A1 Angel 6:18
A2 Risingson 4:58
A3 Teardrop 5:29
B1 Inertia Creeps 5:56
B2 Exchange 4:11
B3 Dissolved Girl 6:07
C1 Man Next Door 5:55
C2 Black Milk 6:20
C3 Mezzanine 5:54
D1 Group Four 8:13
D2 (Exchange) 4:08

Label: Virgin
Released: 1998/2013