I was going to post this in Retro but such an iconic album deserves it’s own thread *.*

 

It’s been 20 years since Mezzanine was unleashed unto us belting out the singles ‘Risingson’, ‘Teardrop’, ‘Angel’ and ‘Inertia Creeps’. Now it comes back to us again in a remastered format with some additional unheard remixes from the 1998 sessions! The album has stood the test of time over the years making several Greatest Albums of all Time lists for the likes of NME and Rolling Stone.

 

It’s available on 2CD, download, 3LP coloured vinyl (with a book and exclusively designed images).

 

 

Disc 1

1. Angel

2. Risingson

3. Teardrop

4. Inertia Creeps

5. Exchange

6. Dissolved Girl

7. Man Next Door

8. Black Milk

9. Mezzanine

10. Group Four

11. (Exchange)

 

Disc 2

1. Metal Banshee (Mad Professor Mix)

2. Angel (Angel Dust)

3. Teardrop (Mazaruni Dub One)

4. Inertia Creeps (Floating On Dubwise)

5. Risingson (Setting Sun Dub Two)

6. Exchange (Mountain Steppers Dub)

7. Wire (Leaping Dub)

8. Group Four (Security Forces Dub)

 

 

 

 

amazing album, use to have it on CD but someone borrowed it and never gave it back so might have to re-buy!

Pushed back to January 25th, but one of the remixes has now been released

 

Pushed back AGAIN to April 19th. So much for this being a 20th anniversary release :kink:

 

And the joke continues... pushed back to June 21st

I love all the Massive Attack albums bar Heligoland which I just 'kinda like' :kink:

 

I don't feel intrigued by the remixes really (although I'm not ruling out listening to them) but Mezzanine is an incredible album. Dark and maybe slightly twisted even. Apart from the aforementioned singles, my fav tracks are 'Dissolved Girl', 'Black Milk' and 'Group Four'. Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins really gives some of these tracks a great quality with her ethereal voice!

 

There isn't a track on this I don't like but I think 'Angel' is actually my least fav of the singles.

if unfinished symphony was on this (which i always seem to presume it is) then it'd be a solid 11/10 album

if unfinished symphony was on this (which i always seem to presume it is) then it'd be a solid 11/10 album

 

Hard to think that song actually came out in 1991 and its nearly 30 years old!

Oh hey July 19th release date :’)

This is ridiculous :lol:

Oh well at least I don't any longer have any worries about it arriving while I'm on holiday!

Hmmmmmm this has suspiciously disappeared from their site! :lol:

makes no sense

they even made a Mezzanine 20th anniversary tour

Maybe the link has issues. It’s still available from retailers, I’ll be a very happy bunny if one does arrive on my doorstep in a couple of weeks!

Ooooops pushes back again to 23 August

Gah I genuinely think it should just be scrapped now. It was supposed to celebrate 20 years of the album and now seems a little unnecessary

So this has finally been released and looks set for a return to the Top 20 this week which is nice to see (currently at #13 in the mids)

The vinyl edition has been cancelled though, how on earth did someone manage to mess this up so spectacularly?!!

The vinyl edition has been cancelled though, how on earth did someone manage to mess this up so spectacularly?!!

:(

 

a vinyl of this is essential