Posted January 10, 201015 yr On 8th February 2010 Massive Attack release their fifth studio album ‘Heligoland’. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm76/blissfulignorance_2008/Massive_Attack_Heligoland.jpg It features guest vocals from Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe. Long time cohort Horace Andy makes a return alongside Massive Attack founding members Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall. Albarn also plays bass on ‘Flat Of The Blade’ and keyboards on ‘Splitting The Atom’ while Portishead’s Adrian Utley plays guitar on ‘Saturday Come Slow’. The band also collaborated with DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy on selected tracks. The cover artwork, above, features an original image by Robert Del Naja. Track listing: 1. Pray For Rain [Featuring Tunde Adebimpe] 2. Babel [Featuring Martina Topley-Bird] 3. Splitting The Atom [Featuring Grant Marshall & Horace Andy] 4. Girl I Love You [Featuring Horace Andy] 5. Psyche [Featuring Martina Tople-Bird] 6. Flat Of The Blade [Featuring Guy Garvey] 7. Paradise Circus [Featuring Hope Sandoval] 8. Rush Minute 9. Saturday Come Slow [Featuring Damon Albarn] 10. Atlas Air The band scrapped their recent collaborations with Elizabeth Fraser, Beth Orton and Terry Callier among others, and the planned collaboration with David Bowie for this album didn't materialise. Burial are understood to be working on a remix project surrounding Heligoland (named after the German archipelago). The limited edition of Heligoland will include a special 28-page booklet and a bonus disc of other material, which it is thought will include a number of the commissioned remixes. An EP including songs known from previous tours (such as the working-titled "Dobro") but not included on the album is planned for release in May 2010. I've heard half of this album - to say it's a return to form is an understatement :heart:
January 25, 201015 yr Author check out this video...and how amazing is this track, too? Orgasmic.... 'Paradise Circus'..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O86iI7oXYfA
January 25, 201015 yr I must say this is the album I'm looking forward to in Jan-Feb! Def. gonna buy this
January 26, 201015 yr Paradise Circus was the song I was waiting to hear, Hope Sandoval could sing the phonebook and I would feel enchanted. The bassline sound a bit like Novocaine for the Soul.
January 26, 201015 yr Wasn't all that blown away by this album - Horace Andy's voice is still essential though.
January 28, 201015 yr Author like all great albums, you need to live with Heligoland for a while... it's easily as great as Mezzanine and Blue Lines, I think... truly fantastic...can't wait to see them in Newport next week
January 29, 201015 yr i love mezzanine. i never liked blue lines. :blink: Other way around surely? Russ, I'll stick with Heligoland for a while butI can't see it ever get anywhere near Blue Lines. Very few albums ever have.
January 29, 201015 yr :mellow: :o not even the singles? Safe from Harm is very good and I suppose Unfinished Sympathy is ok but it all sounds so dull compared to the dark menacing Mezzanine. There's a lot more texture to Mezzanine.
January 29, 201015 yr like all great albums, you need to live with Heligoland for a while... it's easily as great as Mezzanine and Blue Lines, I think... truly fantastic...can't wait to see them in Newport next week
February 2, 201015 yr I like Mezzanine a lot more than Blue Lines also. Edit: I like "Paradise Circus" a lot. Edited February 2, 201015 yr by Mattias
February 2, 201015 yr Now, THIS is what I'm talking about..... What I've heard so far is genius.... Hope Sandoval is a much under-rated talent.... And just for the record, "Mezzanine" is awesome, but so is "Blue Lines"....
February 10, 201015 yr Author I'd say this album is their finest since Mezzanine - perhaps even better. I saw the band live in Newport on Monday - and they're on incredible form. I've seen them many, many times since 1991, and the live shows have always been a little hit and miss - not so on this tour - it was perfect. Martina Topley Bird, who guests on much of the numbers (including a surprisingly great 'Teardrop') was phenomenal, as was Horace Andy - worth checking is Andy's contribution to Heligoland, 'Girl I Love You', where his voice is just stunning, quite unlike any other time I've heard him, he almost sounds female - a brilliant performance, and he rocked the place on Monday, pretty impressive especially considering the old guy's age Thank God the band are back on blistering form.... Heligoland definitely takes time, but it's a truly classic album by a band back at the peak of their powers. And yes, Paradise Circus is nothing short of orgasmic. :heart:
February 10, 201015 yr Gonna buy this tomorrow! SO looking forward to it Am I the only one who loves 100th Window? So cold but still intriguing. Although it was mainly Del Naja's record.
February 10, 201015 yr Gonna buy this tomorrow! SO looking forward to it Am I the only one who loves 100th Window? So cold but still intriguing. Although it was mainly Del Naja's record. I love 100th Window too :)
February 10, 201015 yr Author I thought the Sinead O'Connor contributions were stunning...but apart from that... I wasn't too keen on 100th Window overall. I can't stop playing Heligoland.... I think Horace Andy excels on it... especially Girl I Love You. YouTube it if you've not heard this one :)
February 10, 201015 yr Having We7'd it; I prefer it to the new Sade album; it sounds stunning, but to me it lacks the melodies and textures that made Portishead's Third album so brilliant.
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