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Massive Attack have lost their way.

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2 Nov 30th, 2004 

15 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Sound design .   Interesting soundscapes .  Sinead O'Connor .

Disadvantages:
Melodic content non existent .  Slightly dodgy production in areas .

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Where are the tunes guys? What happened to the catchy riffs that made your songs instantly recognisable?

There are more questions than answers on this album - the most pressing being - 'What has happened to Massive Attack'

Massive Attack's albums are great listening experiences (before this one) - in particular Mezzanine. And their singles (before the singles from this album) were very memorable - most noticeably Teardrop - from Mezzanine.

On this album - there is nothing memorable, because it all sounds so 'samey'.

Massive Attack are great at creating soundscapes - and that is something they have achieved very well on this album as well. The problem with this album - is that there is not a lot on top of those soundscapes - it's all very well doing sound design - but you have to have something that interest the ears - otherwise this music might as well be lounge music.

The first single from this album that was released ' Special Cases' is a fine example of this. Great sound design - but a tune that is totally unrecognisable and umemorable. In this song - it sounds like they've tried to cross 'Angel' and 'Teardrop' from Mezzanine - and it hasn't worked.

The song that stands out for me is 'Everywhen'. I'm not saying that it's good - but it stands out from the rest of the album - because it does at least have some motifs and a more clear cut mix that emphasises these motifs. Problem with this track - it's too long.

Thank God for Sinead O' Connor - as her voice does at least lift some of the gloom from this album - shame that you can't hear her voice that well amidst all of the wash in the background.

If I had to liken this album to one musical sound - it would be a drone. It's unvaried, the mixes are poor and unclear and even distorted in places on Future Proof - the first track. Lastly - it's utterly unmemorable.

I don't know where Massive Attack go from here - but the sound design on this album doesn't hide the simple truth in that they appear to have run out of melodies.

If I wanted an album that sounded like this - I would go for the infinitely better Talkie Walkie - by Air.

 

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Comments about this review »

des901 15.06.2005 22:39

Good review. I could never get into this album I enjoy all Massive Attack's other works, but this one was rather uninspired. Lucidly written and suprisingly objective, well done. D

MAFARRIMOND 01.12.2004 08:47

Enough to tell me I probably wouldn't like this. Maureen

dough_girl 30.11.2004 16:16

Enough to tell me I would enjoy this. Jean

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