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''Mezzamorphis'' is the second studio album by the Christian rock band Delirious?. Released in 1999, it represented a large step towards a more electronic and mainstream sound for the band and received a mostly positive critical reception. However, despite the critical acclaim, many former Delirious? fans disliked the album, claiming that the band had sold out to the secular industry. ''Mezzamorphis'' spawned two UK singles, "See the Star" and "It's OK", both of which landed in the top 20 of the UK Singles Charts, whilst the album itself peaked at number 25 on the UK Album Charts, giving Delirious? their second top 30 album in a row. The album has since been certified silver in the UK. In the US, "Gravity" was released as the lead single in promotion of the album. ==Recording and production== Following their breakthrough 1997 album ''King of Fools'', Delirious? started recording ''Mezzamorphis'' in February 1998, and continued to record throughout that year, interspersed with summer tours throughout the US and UK. The band began recording with roughly half the songs already written, and continued writing as they recorded.〔 Most of the recording took place in an old school in West Sussex. In the words of lead vocalist Martin Smith, "We turned a classroom into a control room, and there were some wooden rooms where students used to dine, in which we set up a drum kit with different mike positions. We did the bulk of it there for the first six months in between touring. In the end, we went to a smaller studio in Ford just to finish it off."〔 (delirious.org.uk mirror)〕 The band used movable drapes to experiment with different drum sounds and reverbs; most of the drums on the album are thus natural and unprocessed.〔 Formerly known for a sound similar to that of U2,〔 (delirious.org.uk mirror)〕〔 Delirious? aimed for a more dense and electronic sound, taking inspiration from Radiohead.〔〔〔 (delirious.org.uk mirror)〕 Producer Tedd T was brought in to add aspects of electronica to the production.〔 Recording was finished at a small studio near Littlehampton, putting the final touches on vocals.〔 The album was mixed by Jack Joseph Puig〔 (delirious.org.uk mirror)〕 in Los Angeles early in 1999. In the words of guitarist Stu G, "Martin and I went out to LA in January for three weeks and sat down with him and explained to him what we were doing and where we were coming from, what we were trying to accomplish with the music. He was very perceptive. He definitely took our tracks and made them into something we couldn't have done ourselves."〔 Puig's mixing of the album deepened the bass sound and brought it more of a "club" feel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mezzamorphis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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