Massive Attack

[Mozza]

finally got round to buying blue lines, wondering what everyone else thought?

[Apocalypse King]

I haven't really heard much Massive Attack, but what I've heard is nice. Really ambient and relaxing actually.. is that what all their songs are like, or do they do different sounding stuff too?

[Mozza]

their older stuff is, the new album is quite dark, my friend advised me not to buy it. Blue lines is good and mezzanine.

[Neil]

From what i've heard I like it

[Thessi]

Love it. Love it. Love it.
I have Blue Lines, the 100th Window, Mezzanine and No Protection. It's all good.
Risingson sends shivers up and down my spine :happy:

[*glam*]

You should buy mezzanine, it's the best MA album... much better than the other ones.

[Nincy Face]

I bought 100th window a while ago and listen to it very often! It's pure class!

[Reuben]

Well the FIRST Massive Attack purchase and album I bought was "100th Window". I was totally hooked onto it after hearing it played in my friend's car as he took me to uni one day.

The rest is history. A HUGE MA fan, and also got my bro hooked onto them. I'm slowly appreciating their back catalogue - Got myself their Singles Box Set (so I'm up with the singles and remixes!), got myself the limited edition Mezzanine album...and also their 11 Promos DVD! I am slowly getting there!

[devotionalee]

Massive Attack are one of the better bands doing that kind of music. I like them. I like Recoil too.

[Emotion Sickness]

Yeah, I have all of their albums. Love them love them love them. :D

Though, in my opinion, Blue Lines is their worst album. As time went on, their production got better, and they progressively got better than better. Not to say that I think 100th Window is better than Mezzanine. I mean, Mezzanine is a masterpiece. But 100th Window is a great album in its own right. More mellow and brooding.

[LittleMUSEalieN]

oooooooooooo i love Massive Attack. tho ive lost my cd ans forgot what its called *shame* its the one with the black beetle on the front, Mezzanine right? anyone seen um live?

[Reuben]

Yep! Mezzanine is the one!!! It's actually a dung beetle! :rolleyes: And it's seriously a great album! You should get it again!

And no, I haven't seen them live. I am still kicking myself for passing up the opportunity when they came down here in 2003. It was right at the time of the child porn scandal...and I wasn't sure if they will play in Melbourne at all. But they did...and I missed out on a brilliant show....laser light show with brilliant light screens...

[*glam*]

Yup I've seen them last summer one of the best gigs in my life...

Though, in my opinion, Blue Lines is their worst album. As time went on, their production got better, and they progressively got better than better. Not to say that I think 100th Window is better than Mezzanine. I mean, Mezzanine is a masterpiece. But 100th Window is a great album in its own right. More mellow and brooding.

I could'n t agree with you more. Mezzanine is the best MA album ever.It's just perfect...

[Mozza]

I'm seeing them live at V :)

[Mozza]

Did anyone else see them at V?

[Gem]

Yes!
Oh dear god, right down the front. It was like... Heaven.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/musechick/V%20Festival/MA.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/musechick/V%20Festival/MA2.jpg

[Mozza]

soundtrack for Danny the dog, wondering if it was worth buying? Apparently its not a "real" massive attack album. I'm suprised there has been no singles since "butterfly caught" :'(

[*glam*]

Yeah they're not like muse... won't release an album every 2nd year... and they don't do that kind of promotion... ;)

[Mozza]

Yeah they're not like muse... won't release an album every 2nd year... and they don't do that kind of promotion... ;)

They still released 4 singles from Mezzanine

[Mozza]

I absolutely love protection at the moment, i'm hooked on it

[Neil]

I absolutely love protection at the moment, i'm hooked on it

Should be arriving in the post for me...soon

[Bluedini]

Everything before Mzzanine was absolute shite in my opinon. Everything post Mezzanine was fantastic. The darker the better in my opinon, 3D did a much better job on his own without the rest in my opinion.

[Mozza]

I'm not a huge fan of blue lines, its very hit and miss for me, protection and 100th window are the most consistent but mezzanine has the best songs in my opinion

[Neil]

Should be arriving in the post for me...soon

Today infact, it's all brill :)

[RisingSon]

Blue Lines - groundbreaking
Protection - relaxing
No Protection - trippy
Mezzanine - scary
100th Window - paranoid
Danny The Dog OST - soundtrack

The thing that makes Massive Attack so fantastic is their ever changing style. Apparently they're gonna go back to sampling for the new one. With Daddy G's DJ Kicks album recently too, they've still got the ear for it.
100th Window for me has the long lasting appeal. I can still just sit there listening to it start to end without doing anything else like i did day 1. But Mezzanine gets the rage burning inside of me with songs like Risingson and Mezzanine. They're both amazing in different ways. 100th Window as a whole, but Mezzanine is easier to pick out songs.
Don't wanna make this too long a post, but it sounds like i don't like the others. Blue Lines i have to be in the mood for, but the rapping on that is more fun and creative esp with Tricky on board in the early days. Protection is quite drawn out and good for bg music, but Karmacoma is a classic. No Protection is the overdubbed remix version - not for the feint of heart. Gud stoner cd. And Danny The Dog, is just very much a soundtrack. Some nice melodies and pieces of music, but not songs and not a true MA album.

Cheers then

[breaking_porcelain]

Been listening to Black Milk all day.

[pcelica_1612]

i have blue lines haven't really been listening 2 it tho. but mezzanine is their best album. actually one of my favorite albums in the world!!

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

'contreversial' new video of new single Live With Me to be shown for the first time on channel 4 in 5 minutes

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

Um. Interesting.

[Mozza]

if anyone could send me a link to the new song i would much appreciate it! clearly i made a bad choice tonight

[christoph]

Teardrop/Inertia Creeps are ridiculously addictive.

[Max]

The new song is quite brilliant actually. Mixture of stuff from all four albums (Blue Lines, Protection, Mezzanine, 100th Window) and the video is clever. Cannot wait Collected and the live stuff from the 100th Window tour (I was at the Bristol show you see!).

[Mozza]

I love the new song, I wish they were bringing out a proper new album though

[Kazuya vs Ummagumma]

They are in the summer/autumn.

[Max]

Massive Attack are playing the 02 Wireless Festival on a day that includes as well as them headlining The Flaming Lips. And DJ Shadow. And Pharrel Williams.

Get. Me. Tickets. Now.

[Max]

Is anyone seeing them this summer?

I can't because I have no friends who like Massive Attack...:(

[Mozza]

I want to see them but i seem to be the only one here with an unhealthy obsession with the 'Tack

[Janu5]

:eek: last post in march 2006 :noey: Well, it's not as if they did anything in this time :wtf:

Anyway... I'm seeing them this july in Slovenia (if I dont get hit by a bus or sth :erm: *knocks on wood*)

:party: finally!! :D

[Max]

I'm going to see them in June I think. No one wants to go with me though. :(

[Easily_Hyper]

I'm going to see them in June I think. No one wants to go with me though. :(

:eek: Why not? There amazing! Makes me sad Im not gonna see them this year or ever probably :LOL:

[Max]

:eek: Why not? There amazing! Makes me sad Im not gonna see them this year or ever probably :LOL:

They're criminally underrated.

I'm going to see them and Radiohead (twice) in the space of four days. That's just a dream gig schedule to have.

[Easily_Hyper]

They're criminally underrated.

I'm going to see them and Radiohead (twice) in the space of four days. That's just a dream gig schedule to have.

Im so jealous of you! My friends hate Radiohead:rolleyes: Hmm to be honest I only have to Massive Attack songs but its still an awesome band!

[Max]

I am so fucking there on Sunday! :D

Can't wait to hear the new stuff. Really looking forward to this.

[Blackwings]

They're criminally underrated.

I'm going to see them and Radiohead (twice) in the space of four days. That's just a dream gig schedule to have.

Snap, well almost. Saw them on the 14th (Sat),you are really in for a treat this Sunday. I was also at the Massive Attack/Vangellis Remix of the "Blade Runner" soundtrack. I'm sorry i didn't see this thread earlier or I could have given you my spare ticket.
There's a whole gang of us going to Radiohead on the Wednesday.

[Max]

My review of last night (http://themusicalchairs.com/?p=116)

Absolutely brilliant. :D

[Janu5]

My review of last night (http://themusicalchairs.com/?p=116)

Absolutely brilliant. :D

+1

I saw them last night and I was pleasantly surprised, coz I didn't know what to expect, since I've never heard them live before. The setlist was I think identical to "yours". And the hour and 50 min went faster then ever. Definitly not a gig to miss!
I can hardly wait for the new album to come out, coz the new stuff sounds very interesting.
The song 'Dobro' ... I'm lost for words. I was like :eek: :stongue: Funny, it means 'good' in Slavic languages... and don't they know it :happy:

[SpecialK]

Did no one go to the free gig then yesterday? :eek:
Only me?

[AFX Twiiin!]

I Love Them!

[paper tiger]

Massive Attack!
i first heard of MA when i was watching House, M.D. [my favourite show!!] they play teardrops in the intro. i had no clue it was MA at the time of watching the show for about 2 seasons and by the 3rd season my brother walks by and goes..."hey it's Massive Attack!" and I said "who?" and he said you've heard this before in fact you;ve heard the whole cd...lol he used to listen to mezzanine in the car all the time and it never occurred to me..:LOL:

[HarmonyLover]

How can you say that a band that uses sampling even on their best album is "all class"? We would destroy Muse if Matt ever said he sampled anything.

[AFX Twiiin!]

How can you say that a band that uses sampling even on their best album is "all class"? We would destroy Muse if Matt ever said he sampled anything.

STFU, All my favorite artists use sampling :mad:

[emzlilachouse]

I saw Massive Attack at glastonbury and thought they were pretty good :happy:

[Max]

How can you say that a band that uses sampling even on their best album is "all class"? We would destroy Muse if Matt ever said he sampled anything.

That's one of the most stupidest things I've ever heard. I'm all for bands using samples as long as they use it really well. Massive Attack did this for Black Milk, whilst Radiohead also did it for Idioteque. They're both awesome tracks.

[Mozza]

New Song :D

[Iddy]

shit, I forgot to listen! :(

[Mozza]

I made this thread 5 years ago and its only on page 4. :(

[Obi]

I suppose I'll add to it.

Massive Attack are good. Umm, I have the greatest hits or whatever but plan on dipping into the albums too.

[Max]

I'm checking iPlayer soon. I'm so, so, so pumped that they are back since it's been too long. The new songs last year in their live shows sounded great.

[Mozza]

I suppose I'll add to it.

Massive Attack are good. Umm, I have the greatest hits or whatever but plan on dipping into the albums too.

Mezzanine is amazing.

I'm really liking 100th Window these days too. I guess I'm more of a fan of their darker side

[Iddy]

Mezzanine and Blue Lines are fantastic albums.

[Obi]

Mezzanine is amazing.

I'm really liking 100th Window these days too. I guess I'm more of a fan of their darker side

Mezzanine is first on the list to get then : ))

[Mozza]

Lets talk about how great they are! :awesome: :LOL:

[GorkerMorker]

Mezzanine is first on the list to get then : ))

Mezzanine is one of my favourite albums of all time.

[daftendirekt]

Saw them last night at the O2 Academy Brixton. Fucking amazing gig. Angel hits you really hard live. And then Damon Albarn came on stage and performed a song with them. Good night, I say.

[GorkerMorker]

:stunned: Damon? What did they do?

[vibrantXhearts]

Tried to watch their headlining set at Bestival last Friday, but only lasted two songs because the sound was so poor (no idea if it was like that nearer the front or if it was just where me and my dad were standing). Shame, because I was really looking forward to finally seeing them :( Oh well, one day. . .

[Mobius]

What Your Soul Sings is such a good song! :happy:

[Max]

Full report on teh blog (http://themusicalchairs.com/2009/09/18/massive-attack-at-brixton-academy/).

Marakesh is easily the best out of the new songs and radically different from the 2008 version. :happy:

[Max]

Never say never, but the new release date for LP5 is 8th February 2010.

[Mozza]

Never say never, but the new release date for LP5 is 8th February 2010.

Just 7 years since the last one then! :LOL:

[Iddy]

Never say never, but the new release date for LP5 is 8th February 2010.

Another thing to look forward to in 2010 then:awesome:

[Mobius]

Just 7 years since the last one then! :LOL:

Must be a Bristol thing, Portishead took 13 didn't they?

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Must be a Bristol thing, Portishead took 13 didn't they?

10 years.

Anyone know who the support acts are? Seeing them tonight in Swindon and can't find any information anywhere :(

[Max]

I've still got Marakesh on repeat. It's so damn good. :happy:

The EP is also really good stuff. I can't wait to hear the non-remix version of Bulletproof Love.

[burythecastle]

I haven't heard too much of Massive Attack -- just Teardrop and Angel. I really love their sound; any recommendations for what else I should listen to of theirs?

[Max]

I haven't heard too much of Massive Attack -- just Teardrop and Angel. I really love their sound; any recommendations for what else I should listen to of theirs?

Get the best of, Collected. That or Mezzanine, as that is their best album to date.

[Mozza]

I haven't heard too much of Massive Attack -- just Teardrop and Angel. I really love their sound; any recommendations for what else I should listen to of theirs?

Get Mezzanine! :yesey:

For a selection of songs based on those two I'd go for:

Safe From Harm
Unfinished Sympathy
Sly
Risingson
Inertia Creeps
Dissolved Girl
Special Cases

Then maybe invest in Mezzanine and Blue Lines if you like what you hear

[burythecastle]

A friend played a lot of Mezzanine for me once when I was visiting, so I definitely will have to pick that one up. Need to give those other songs a listen too! Thanks. :D That was QUICK.

[Mozza]

A friend played a lot of Mezzanine for me once when I was visiting, so I definitely will have to pick that one up. Need to give those other songs a listen too! Thanks. :D That was QUICK.

Not many people post in this thread, so when they do I get excited :LOL:

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

That was really cool last night, still don't get why they weren't playing in Bristol :confused:

[Max]

That was really cool last night, still don't get why they weren't playing in Bristol :confused:

How close are Swindon and Bristol? :confused:

What did you think of the new songs?

[Samuel]

AHHHHH I really want to go to the Hammersmith show but no-one I know likes them.

[Max]

AHHHHH I really want to go to the Hammersmith show but no-one I know likes them.

Just go! You can groove out on your own! I did that at Brixton and had a great time!

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

How close are Swindon and Bristol? :confused:

What did you think of the new songs?

Just over 30 miles.

Some of the new stuff sounded really cool, just don't know what the titles are or anything.

[Max]

Just over 30 miles.

Some of the new stuff sounded really cool, just don't know what the titles are or anything.

Did you like Marakesh? That should of been the song in the first encore that was new (other than Splitting The Atom). It had the flights board as the visual theme.

[Samuel]

Just go! You can groove out on your own! I did that at Brixton and had a great time!

It's not just that though, I need someone to buy me a ticket before they sell out so I can pay them back.
Doesn't really matter, I'll see them on the LP5 tour :happy:

[Samuel]

Oh MAN I just heard Tunde Adebimpe from TVOTR might be on LP5 :D

The new EP is so good...

[Mobius]

I love Mezzanine a lot. Also I'm pretty sure I saw Horace Andy pottering about last week in Asda. :LOL:

[Mobius]

LP 5 is here! - Its called Heligo Land

http://www.nme.com/news/massive-attack/48542

Seems like Marakesh was either a working title or did not make the cut.

[Iddy]

Another album on my list for 2010 then :)

[Mozza]

fuck yeah.

Now to get money for tickets

[Mozza]

New song sounds amazing. Album next month.

Really tempted to get tickets for London now, just hoping they come back later in the year when I have time and money.

[Max]

The album leaked a while ago and I've listened a few times. As much as there are some songs on there that are among their best work, I just don't think Heligoland, as a whole, is all that...

If anyone else has listened to the leak, I'm quite interested to know what they think.

[Iddy]

I think it's very good. Listening to it a lot now. Not as great as Mezzanine, but I don't think they'll top that personally.

Top tracks: Girl I Love You, Atlas Air, Babel and Paradise Circus of course <3

[Max]

Yeah, I do like a lot of the tracks on it but every now and then you get some really dull ones that stop its momentum. Babel, Psyche and Rush Minute are three that I don't really like.

[Iddy]

I can't remember Rush Minute at all. Psyche is a bit of a miss too.

What else I'm not keen on is the different singers you get on nearly every track. It feels more like a compilation than an album. Other than that, I really like it.

[Max]

I can't remember Rush Minute at all. Psyche is a bit of a miss too.

What else I'm not keen on is the different singers you get on nearly every track. It feels more like a compilation than an album. Other than that, I really like it.

I think there's about 8 different vocalists on this album, more than any other. They are very typical picks though - sultry and soulful.

There was one track that I saw them play live last year that isn't on this LP. Bit puzzling.

[Iddy]

It might be on the new EP. I read somewhere that they were going to release 'leftovers' on a new EP later this year.

[Mobius]

Im not sure what I think of it yet. It seems quite the departure from the last one. I think i'll need to give it a couple of listens.

[GorkerMorker]

I bloody love it. My second favourite MM album from the first listen. Then again I'm really in a mellow mood at the moment.

Besides, Damon Albarn ftw. Basically an extra Gorillaz song :p

EDIT: Yep, every single song is great.

[GorkerMorker]

Masterpiece after a dozen listens.

[GorkerMorker]

I want to make love to this album but my dick won't fit.

[Samuel]

Haven't heard the album but Pray for Rain is really good.

[Josefine]

Big interview in today's paper (The Evening Post).

[Max]

It might be on the new EP. I read somewhere that they were going to release 'leftovers' on a new EP later this year.

That's what I'm hoping for.

Heligoland is good but it's nowhere near their best. Pretty disappointing considering how long I've been waiting for a new album.

[Mozza]

I do like this album, but why did it take 7 years?

[Mozza]

Atlas Air and Girl I Love You are definate favourites of mine.

Really liking Pray For Rain and Paradise Circus too.

[sparkle19]

I really love Girl I Love You, Pray For Rain, Atlas Air and Babel.

It's very good, but Mezzanine is still my all time fave.

[Mozza]

Free itunes download with The Times today.

So if you don't want to pay the £1.50 for said Newspaper, the tracks are:

1. Butterfly Caught
2. Angel (Blur Mix)
3. Live With Me (Stripped Back)
4. Karmacoma (Portishead Version)
5. Teardrop (Radio Edit)
6. False Flags
7. Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)
8. Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers Mix)
9. Danny the Dog
10.Radiation Ruiling the Nation

[Black Mamba]

Massive Attack listen all day long till I get to the new album :awesome:

[Creeper McSexyPants]

Shame I'm barely getting into Massive Attack, but they're brilliant. Listened to Mezzanine and Heligoland so far, loved them both. :)

[MusoCuts]

New video clip for Physche HERE (http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/05/26/psyche-film-by-john-downer/) ! So beautiful

[GorkerMorker]

Password required.

[enigmae]

listen inertia creeps!! and teardrop

[Wind Sorcerer]

I know it has been said gazillions of times before, but Mezzanine is easily one of my favourite records of all time.

[spark_]

I know it has been said gazillions of times before, but Mezzanine is easily one of my favourite records of all time.
This this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this

closed eyed sky wide open

[GorkerMorker]

Sun setting, good wine, Mezzanine.

[Humphrey Goldenbollocks]

Sun setting, good wine, Mezzanine.

Mezzanine is way too dark an album for that though.

But I guess I completely associate Massive Attack with where they are from and those estates to hear it any other way.

[GorkerMorker]

I consider it heavy and perhaps melancholic, but not really dark.

[Alec Ferris]

I've found Mezzanine pretty much the perfect record for when I'm walking around town at the moment; I'm at uni on the Welsh coast so it's fairly gloomy most of the time.

There are some songs on Heligoland which I don't normally bother with, but the collaborations with Damon Albarn and especially Guy Garvey were absolutely brilliant.

BTW, has anyone heard their collab with Burial yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1o1BScwgVg

[Alec Ferris]

I do like this album, but why did it take 7 years?

A 3D sulk, that's why :p

I have to say, Flat of the Blade is the best song about war I've heard since Disposable Heroes. The lyrical phrases, Guy's voice, the distant but ever-present noise of artillery- perfect.

[spark_]

fade
made to fade
passion's overrated anyway
say
say my name
need a little love to ease the pain

[Me Rug I Sty]

Listening to Protection for the first time properly, and I realised this was the album that my parents used to play at their parties when i was a little kid!