1998-11-27: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

~ Release by Massive Attack (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

The information about this release raises some unanswered questions!!!

The tracklist does not correspond to the setlist known to be performed at this event. As far as is known, #6 Mezzanine was not played on Nov 27, 1998 at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels. #8 Unfinished Sympathy has a very unusual track length of 11:17, which was certainly not played in this length, but roughly corresponds to the length of Group Four, which was usually played at the end of a show on their 1998 tour.

3 possibilities are conceivable:

  • The recordings were taken from another show
  • The album was put together from 2 different shows (probably tracks 6 to 8 from another show)
  • All recordings are from this show but song titles got mixed up

There are no fingerprints attached to verify either possibility. Until these questions can be resolved, all recordings from this release should be considered questionable and NOT be merged with other recordings!

Annotation last modified on 2022-03-12 15:14 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Angel
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Angel (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Horace Hinds (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer), Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
5:09
2Risingson
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Risingson (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Lou Reed, Pete Seeger and Andrew Vowles
4:54
3Teardrop
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Teardrop (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
5:27
4Karmacoma
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Karmacoma (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Bob Locke, Grant Marshall, Tim Norfolk, Adrian Thaws and Andrew Vowles
6:14
5The Hymn of the Big Wheel
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Hymn of the Big Wheel (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer), Neneh Cherry, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
6:09
6Mezzanine
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Mezzanine (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
7:19
7Heatmiser
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Heat Miser (on 1998-11-27)
composer:
Marius de Vries, Robert Del Naja, Nellee Hooper, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
5:12
8Unfinished Sympathy
recorded at:
Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium (on 1998-11-27)
live recording of:
Unfinished Sympathy (on 1998-11-27)
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson, Jonathan Sharp (UK producer aka Jonny Dollar) and Andrew Vowles
11:17