“Angel” by Massive Attack

Massive Attack put "Angel" out on 13 July 1998 as the third single from Mezzanine, their third album, and it's trip hop turned menacing: a slow, stalking groove that keeps tightening until it finally boils over. Horace Andy sings lead, and the song grew partly out of his own "You Are My Angel"; Daddy G, who led the writing with 3D, called it something bigger than any single member of the group. Underneath runs a sample of the Incredible Bongo Band's "Last Bongo in Belgium", Neil Davidge co-produced with the band, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed it.

Walter A. Stern shot the video over three nights in a Paddington car park in London: Daddy G heads for the exit as 3D, Mushroom and Andy fall in behind him, then a swelling crowd, until he's backed up against a fence and turns to face them.

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