Unlike MP3s, which discard "inaudible" data, FLAC is a lossless codec . At 96kHz, the sampling rate is more than double that of a standard CD, capturing the finest textures of the album's dark synthesisers. How to Listen

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Mezzanine is an album about control—technological, chemical, emotional, and sonic. On 1998 vinyl, that control is gloriously incomplete: you hear the medium, the noise, the physical limits of a spinning disc. On 24/96 digital, you hear the absolute control of the studio, every ghost in the machine laid bare. Neither invalidates the other. But if you want to understand why Mezzanine still slithers under your skin after 25 years, find a first-pressing vinyl, drop the needle on Angel , and turn off the lights. The digital can wait.