Mezzanine (album)

Mezzanine
Studio album by
Massive Attack
Released20 April 1998 (1998-04-20)
Recorded1997–1998
Genre
Length63:29
Label
Producer
Massive Attack chronology
Protection
(1994) 		Mezzanine
(1998) 		Singles 90/98
(1998)
Singles from Mezzanine
  1. "Risingson"
    Released: 7 July 1997
  2. "Teardrop"
    Released: 27 April 1998
  3. "Angel"
    Released: 13 July 1998
  4. "Inertia Creeps"
    Released: 21 September 1998

Mezzanine is the third studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 20 April 1998 by Circa and Virgin Records. For the album, the group began to explore a darker aesthetic, and focused on a more atmospheric style influenced by British post-punk, industrial music, hip hop and dub music.[2] The album spawned four singles, “Risingson”, “Teardrop”, “Angel” and “Inertia Creeps”. It’s the group’s first album to not feature the input of rapper Tricky and the last to feature Andrew “Mushroom” Vowles. It also marked the first collaboration between Robert Del Naja and producer Neil Davidge.

Mezzanine received significant critical acclaim, with many praising the group’s darker sound. It has been named by several publications as one of the best albums of the 1990s and of all time. It is the group’s most commercially successful album, topping the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. It has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.

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  2. ^ Mueller, Gavin (1 September 2003). "Massive Attack – Mezzanine – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.