Massive Attack – Protection
(Wild Bunch Records 1994 WBRLP2)
UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality – tiny pressing defect between tracks 2 and 3 on side 2 that give a light bump/click, barely noticeable)
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Plain White Inner Sleeve
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert “3D” Del Naja, Grant “Daddy G” Marshall and formerly Andy “Mushroom” Vowles (“Mush”). Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single “Unfinished Sympathy” reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998’s Mezzanine, containing “Teardrop”, and 2003’s 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
Protection is the second album by Bristol-based trip hop collective Massive Attack. Released in 1994, it was last to feature Tricky as a member of the group, after going solo with his album Maxinquaye in 1995.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Protection” (sampled “The Payback” by James Brown) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn | 7:51 |
| 2. | “Karmacoma” | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Tricky/Norfolk/Locke | 5:16 |
| 3. | “Three” | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Suwoton | 3:49 |
| 4. | “Weather Storm” (sampled “It’s Time for Love” by Pieces of a Dream) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Armstrong/Harmon/Napoleon/Lloyd/Murray | 4:59 |
| 5. | “Spying Glass” (sampled “Chapter 3” by Joe Gibbs & the Professionals and “Shaft in Africa” by Johnny Pate) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Andy | 5:20 |
| 6. | “Better Things” (sampled “Never Can Say Goodbye” by James Brown) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn/Watt/Brown | 4:13 |
| 7. | “Eurochild” (sampled “Cheetah” by Startled Insects) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Tricky/Norfolk/Locke | 5:11 |
| 8. | “Sly” (sampled “Africa Talks to You ‘The Asphalt Jungle'” by Sly and the Family Stone) | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Suwoton/Goldman | 5:24 |
| 9. | “Heat Miser” | Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/de Vries | 3:39 |
| 10. | “Light My Fire” (live) (sampled “Light My Fire” by Jackie Wilson) | The Doors | 3:15 |
Personnel
- Massive Attack – producer, mixing, programming, artwork
- Nellee Hooper – producer, mixing
- Marius De Vries, Andy Wright, The Insects, Nick Warren – programming
- Robert “3d” Del Naja, Grant “Daddy G” Marshall, Tricky, Tracey Thorn, Horace Andy, Nicolette – vocals
- Craig Armstrong – piano
- Chester Kamen – guitar
- Rob Merril – drums
- Mark “Spike” Stent – mix engineer
- Jim Abbiss – mix engineer
- Jeremy “Jim Bob” Wheatley – additional Engineering
- Al Stone – additional engineering
- Mike Marsh – mastering
- Michael-Nash Assoc. – artwork
- Matthew Donaldson, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Eddie Monsoon – photography
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