John Morrison’s Culture Corner with host Raina Douris

When Massive Attack released their album Mezzanine in 1998, in a way, it fit right in – Electronic music was having a mainstream moment and Mezzanine rode that wave to become the band’s biggest record. But that doesn’t mean it sounded like anything else. On the next Culture Corner, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks about what sets this Massive Attack record apart and why it still matters 25 years later.

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*Brandi Carlile “Broken Horses” In These Silent Days
Massive Attack “Inertia Creeps” Mezzanine
Massive Attack “Risingson” Mezzanine
Massive Attack “Angel” Mezzanine
Massive Attack “Teardrop” Mezzanine
Jeff Buckley “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” Grace
Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood” Gorillaz
Jenny Lewis “Psychos” Joy’all
Maggie Rogers “Love You For A Long Time” Love You For A Long Time
Tame Impala “Wings Of Time” Music From The Motion Picture Dungeons & Dragons
Pavement “Gold Soundz” Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Hour Two
*Ani DiFranco “Wish I May” To The Teeth
The National “New Order T-Shirt” First Two Pages Of Frankenstein
The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize?” Yoshimi Battles
Arlo Parks “Impurities” My Soft Machine
R.E.M. “The One I Love” Document
Bangles “Manic Monday” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Phosphorescent “New Birth In New England” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Bartees Strange “Daily News” Daily News (single)
Prince “Raspberry Beret” Around The World In A Day
Cage The Elephant “Whole Wide World” Unpeeled
Geese “Cowboy Nudes” 3D Country
The Police “When The World Is Running” Zenyatta Mondatta
Everything But The Girl “Nothing Left To Lose” Fuse
Radiohead “Reckoner” In Rainbows

*Optional Song