>That album can not be mistaken for anything else
>but a definitive Bristol sound.

I always viewed the stereotypical Bristol sound as rooted in a certain"sound-system" culture; one that may be a bit trippy, moody and weird but still firmly rooted in Hip-Hop, dub, reggae, soul, funk etc. I didn't get that vibe from "mezzanine" at all; it felt more like an art-rock record made in an electronica context or something. Of course, this is a subjective feeling but I think they changed a lot on that record (which I didn't like BTW, I was never into that vibe) and divorced themselves from what at least I viewed as the original Bristol sound...