100th Window
The fourth album, made mainly by Del Naja and Davidge with no existing samples.
Massive Attack, 2003
- Released
- 10 February 2003
- Recorded
- 2002
- Studio
- Sony, London
- Label
- Virgin
- Producer
- Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidge
- Length
- 73:52
Del Naja first conceived the record in early 2000 at Christchurch Studios in Clifton, Bristol, working with Lupine Howl, a band of former Spiritualized members. In a July 2002 forum post he said the band had become very unhappy with the shapes being formed and had discarded most of the material by the start of that year. The September 11 attacks also pushed him away from the original tone. Vowles had left after Mezzanine and Marshall chose not to take part in production, so Del Naja and Neil Davidge wrote and produced it.
Horace Andy, Sinead O'Connor and Damon Albarn, appearing as 2D, sing on it. O'Connor co-wrote What Your Soul Sings, Special Cases and A Prayer for England, and it is the first Massive Attack album to use no existing samples. After the closing Antistar and a stretch of silence, a hidden instrumental called LP4 follows. Metacritic gives it 75 from 25 reviews.
Track listing
- Future Proof5:37
- What Your Soul Sings6:37
- Everywhen7:37
- Special Cases5:09
- Butterfly Caught7:33
- A Prayer for England5:44
- Small Time Shot Away7:57
- Name Taken7:47
- Antistar19:40
Personnel
- Robert Del Naja vocals, writing, production, art direction and design
- Neil Davidge writing, production, string arrangement
- Horace Andy vocals
- Sinead O'Connor vocals, co-writer of tracks 2, 4 and 6
- Damon Albarn backing vocals on Small Time Shot Away, as 2D
- Jon Harris bass
- Damon Reece drums
- Angelo Bruschini guitar
- Alex Swift keyboards
- Craig Pruess string arrangement and conducting
- Mark Stent mixing
- Tim Young mastering
- Nick Knight photography
More from Massive Attack
Blue Lines (1991), Protection (1994), Mezzanine (1998), Heligoland (2010)
Sources
- 100th Window, Wikipedia