100th Window

100th Window is the fourth studio album by British music group Massive Attack. The album contains nine pieces as well as a hidden title, and was published in 2003, five years after the previous studio album Mezzanine. 100th Window in 2003 reached the top position in the UK album charts, as the second album by Massive Attack for mezzanine. In Germany, the album reached # 3 on the album charts in the U.S. Billboard 200, the maximum placement 69

Occupation

Following this success, the success mezzanine board are responsible Robert Del Naja, a founding member of Massive Attack, and the producer Neil Davidge. Grantley Marshall, second remaining founder of the band, had not participate in the formation of 100th Window, but joined the following album tour again to Massive Attack. The production is strongly influenced by Del Naja, who had the creative direction of Massive Attack determined already at Mezzanine.

Various guest musicians are represented on 100th Window, including Damon Albarn, who regularly represented at Massive Attack albums Horace Andy and Sinéad O'Connor, who contributes vocals on three tracks (What Your Soul Sings, Special Cases, A Prayer for England).

Title list

The title Antistar expires after 8:17 minutes to 8:50 minutes in employing an instrumental piece called LP4 as a hidden track.

Reception

From the platform Metacritic 100th Window received a Metascore of 75 out of 100 points and an audience of 7.9 out of 10 points. The music magazine Rolling Stone awarded three out of five, described an " Asian atmosphere " as sentiment and suggested that fans of the band would not be particularly challenged. The mirror held that Del Naja the great achievements of earlier albums could not conjure up again, 100th Window nevertheless a good production would be, but fans vorfänden nothing surprising.