Massive Attack: Mezzanine (Virgin)
Barney Hoskyns, Rolling Stone, 28 May 1998
ELDER STATESMEN of the moody dance genre that used to be called trip-hop, Massive Attack like to take their time making albums. So long, indeed, that they perpetually run the risk of being overtaken by the very people (Bjork, Tricky, Portishead et al) theyve influenced.
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