100th Window

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100th Window is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 10 February 2003 by Virgin Records. The album was mainly produced by lead member Robert “3D” Del Naja, after the departure of Andrew “Mushroom” Vowles from the band shortly after the release of their previous album Mezzanine (1998). Grant “Daddy G” Marshall also opted out of the production of the album. 100th Window features vocals from regular guest Horace Andy, as well as newcomers Sinéad O'Connor and Damon Albarn (performing as 2D from Gorillaz). Stylistically, it is the first album by the group to make no use of existing samples, and contains none of the hip hop or jazz fusion styles that the group were initially known for.

Background

Del Naja initially conceived of 100th Window in its untitled form in early 2000 at the Christchurch Studios in Clifton, Bristol, recruiting Lupine Howl, a band made up of ex-members of Spiritualized, for the new project. In a November 2001 interview, Lupine Howl's lead singer Sean Cook described the sessions as "very experimental [...] minimal loops and noises that were fed to our headphones from the computer up in the control room. Then we would have this sort of extended jam session playing along to them and they would do various things to do the loops."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Del Naja and Davidge also maintained a strobe light in their studio while the band jammed, dictating the intensity of their performances with the lighting. However, in a post to Massive Attack's forums in July 2002, Del Naja subsequently announced that the band had become "very unhappy with the shapes being formed", and that by the beginning of 2002 they had discarded most of the material that was written up to that point; the September 11 attacks also motivated him to depart from the original tone of the album.

Reception

Template:Album ratings Initial critical response to 100th Window was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 25 reviews.<ref name="metacritic"/>

As of February 2010, the album had sold 180,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref name="US sales">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Track listing

Notes

• Track 7 features backing vocals by the character 2-D, performed by Damon Albarn.
• On track 9, "Antistar" ends at 8:17. At 8:47, an untitled instrumental track, commonly referred to as "LP4", plays.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 100th Window.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Musicians

• Alex Swift – additional programming, keyboards
• Sinéad O'Connor – vocals
• Horace Andy – vocals
• Robert Del Naja – vocals, string arrangement
• Angelo Bruschini – guitar
• Damon Reece – drums
• Jon Harris – bass
• Stuart Gordon – violin
• Skaila Kanga – harp
• Craig Pruess – string arrangement, conducting
• Neil Davidge – string arrangement
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
• 2-D (performed by Damon Albarn) – backing vocals on "Small Time Shot Away"

Technical

• Robert Del Naja – production
• Neil Davidge – production
• Alex Swift – additional programming, keyboards
• Lee Shephard – recording, engineering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixingTemplate:Efn
• Paul "P Dub" Walton – mixing assistance
• David Treahearn – mixing assistance
• Robert Haggett – mixing assistance
• Tim Young – masteringTemplate:Efn
• Mike Ross – recording

Artwork

• Robert Del Naja – art direction, design
• Tom Hingston – art direction, design
• Nick Knight – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for 100th Window

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	7
European Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
Greek Albums (IFPI)<ref name="greece">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	18

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for 100th Window

Chart (2003)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	14
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	87
Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	52
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	66
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	105
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2