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Title: Massive Attack - 100th Window
Review: Not Massive Attack's best album, but 100TH WINDOW is still an album of impressive beauty and menace. Sinead O'Connor takes the role of chanteuse du jour, and her fragile voice accompanies the lonesome guitar and wistful harp chords on "What Your Soul Sings" with startling fragility. Later, on "Special Cases," she makes her whisper into more of a growl. Frequent collaborator Horace Andy also lends his vocals: on "Everywhen," he adds a grace note amongst the dub effects. He also works well with faster tempo, as on "Name Taken." As with other Massive Attack albums, the overall feel of 100TH WINDOW is one of dense sonic paranoia ("Butterfly Caught" is a good example of this; it's bass growls with tension), but also has fewer songs to lighten the mood somewhat. "A Prayer for England" is both gorgeous and depressing. And I've never thought that Robert Del Naja was the best vocalist, but his grizzled voice matches the overall tone.
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