100th Window
With dark shades of dub and songs that stretch with patient grace,
100th Window
finds trip-hop legends Massive Attack seeping through your speakers with the same eerie intensity they mined on 1998's revelatory
Mezzanine
. The burden of high expectations has been a constant for this band since they released the classic
Blue Lines
in 1991. Under pressure to produce yet another record that changes the playing field of dance music, the collective has turned in a brooding, orchestral work that profits greatly from collaboration. The breathy, distinctive voice of Sinead O'Connor elevates a song like "What Your Soul Sings" into a deeply affecting, candlelit nocturne, while Horace Andy's stylized vocal washes through the string-laden "Name Taken." O'Connor also shines on "A Prayer for England," a remake of "Safe from Harm" off
Lines
, as her barely contained emotions artfully collide with
Window
's stark, distorted production. It may not turn the world upside down again, but Massive Attack retains the power to keep you transfixed and blissfully off-balance.
--Matthew Cooke
| uuid: |
ADCE2832-8FD2-4E1C-9BA7-049F2FED2C6E |
| upc: |
0724358123920 |
| tracklisting: |
Future Proof
What Your Soul Sings
Everywhen
Special Cases
Butterfly Caught
A Prayer For England
Small Time Shot Away
Name Taken
Antistar |
| title: |
100th Window |
| purchase date: |
22-02-2006 |
| publisher: |
Virgin Records |
| published: |
11-02-2003 |
| price: |
$17.98 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| last lookup time: |
162170384 |
| genre: |
Electronica
Trip-Hop |
| fullTitle: |
100th Window |
| currentValue: |
$6.00 |
| created: |
162168640 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
Audio CD |
| asin: |
B00007KK7V |
| artist: |
Massive Attack
|
