100th Window

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."{{cite web |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue2/LupineHowl/lupine_602.html |title=Lupine Howl |last=Redfern |first=Mark |work=Under the Radar |date=June 2002 |access-date=15 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112174405/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/issue2/LupineHowl/lupine_602.html |archive-date=12 November 2006}} 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.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/100th-window/massive-attack |title=Reviews for 100th Window by Massive Attack |website=Metacritic |access-date=7 October 2011}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/100th-window-mw0000019142 |title=100th Window – Massive Attack |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 October 2011}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = 4/5{{cite magazine |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |magazine=Alternative Press |issue=177 |date=April 2003 |page=87 |issn=1065-1667}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = C{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |url=http://ew.com/article/2003/02/14/100th-window/ |title=100th Window |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401180807/https://ew.com/article/2003/02/14/100th-window/ |archive-date=1 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/07/popandrock.artsfeatures |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |work=The Guardian |date=7 February 2003 |access-date=17 December 2017}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last=Romero |first=Dennis |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-09-ca-rack9-story.html |title=Visionary, polished and harrowing |work=Los Angeles Times |date=9 February 2003 |access-date=17 December 2017}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |magazine=Mojo |issue=112 |date=March 2003 |page=97 |issn=1351-0193}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 5.1/10{{cite web |last=Ott |first=Chris |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5135-100th-window/ |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |work=Pitchfork |date=4 February 2003 |access-date=26 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318052131/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5135-100th-window/ |archive-date=18 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Berger |first=Arion |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/massiveattack/albums/album/279303/review/5946401/100th_window |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 January 2003 |access-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507121921/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/massiveattack/albums/album/279303/review/5946401/100th_window |archive-date=7 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 7/10{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vIfI5iSyMEC&pg=PA117 |title=Storm Windows |magazine=Spin |volume=19 |issue=3 |date=March 2003 |pages=117–18 |issn=0886-3032 |via=Google Books}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Massive Attack: 100th Window |magazine=Uncut |issue=70 |date=March 2003 |page=104 |issn=1368-0722}}

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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.

As of February 2010, the album had sold 180,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959308/massive-attack-prove-new-album-was-worth-the-wait |title=Massive Attack Prove New Album Was Worth The Wait |magazine=Billboard |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=12 August 2017}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge, except tracks 2, 4 and 6, written by Del Naja, Davidge and Sinéad O'Connor

| extra_column = Vocals

| title1 = Future Proof

| length1 = 5:37

| extra1 = 3D

| title2 = What Your Soul Sings

| extra2 = Sinéad O'Connor

| length2 = 6:37

| title3 = Everywhen

| extra3 = Horace Andy

| length3 = 7:37

| title4 = Special Cases

| extra4 = Sinéad O'Connor

| length4 = 5:09

| title5 = Butterfly Caught

| extra5 = 3D

| length5 = 7:33

| title6 = A Prayer for England

| extra6 = Sinéad O'Connor

| length6 = 5:44

| title7 = Small Time Shot Away

| extra7 = 3D

| length7 = 7:57

| title8 = Name Taken

| extra8 = Horace Andy

| length8 = 7:47

| title9 = Antistar

| extra9 = 3D

| length9 = 19:40

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• 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.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 100th Window.{{cite AV media notes |title=100th Window |type=liner notes |others=Massive Attack |publisher=Virgin Records |year=2003 |id=724358123920}}

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• 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"

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• Robert Del Naja – production
• Neil Davidge – production
• Alex Swift – additional programming, keyboards
• Lee Shephard – recording, engineering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing{{efn|Mixed at Olympic Studios (London)}}
• Paul "P Dub" Walton – mixing assistance
• David Treahearn – mixing assistance
• Robert Haggett – mixing assistance
• Tim Young – mastering{{efn|Mastered at Metropolis Studios (London)}}
• Mike Ross – recording

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

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