The String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack

Vitamin String Quartet

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The String Quartet Tribute to Massive Attack Review

by Johnny Loftus

Considering that Vitamin regularly tags hitmaking rock & roll greenhorns with string tributes, it's about time the label got around to U.K. electronic veterans Massive Attack. Interpreted instrumentally for violin, viola, and cello, these versions of iconic material like "Safe From Harm," "Hymn of the Big Wheel," "Inertia Creeps," and "Teardrop" sound radically different. However, that's only on the surface, since the vocal and electronic elements are gone. The swooping violin leads, droning cello, and occasional bit of programming (on "Creeps," especially) give the songs an organic quality that's kind of striking in relation to the originals, and it makes for an intriguing listen for Massive Attack diehards. Other set highlights include "Unfinished Symphony," "Angel," and "Better Things."

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Angel	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	06:09	Amazon
2	Hymn of the Big Wheel Horace Andy / Neneh Cherry / Grantley Marshall	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	05:11	Amazon
3	Rising Son	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	05:02	Amazon
4	Better Things James Brown / Grantley Marshall / Tracey Thorn / Andrew Vowles / Ben Watt	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	03:46	Amazon
5	Safe From Harm Marlon Thaws	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	05:08	Amazon
6	Intertia Creeps Grantley Marshall	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	04:04	Amazon
7	Sly Steven Goldmann / Nellee Hooper / Nicolette Suwoton	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	03:38	Amazon
8	Teardrop Elizabeth Fraser / Mushroom / Robert del Naja	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	04:02	Amazon
9	Three Nicolette Suwoton	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	04:10	Amazon
10	Weather Storm Grantley Marshall / Andrew Vowles	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	05:46	Amazon
11	Unfinished Symphony	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	02:55	Amazon
12	OTO	Vitamin String Quartet feat: String Vindaloo	07:13	Amazon