Protection
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Protection
- Artist: Massive Attack
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- Release Date: 1994
- Total Time: 48:57
- Genre: Electronica
Review
Massive Attack's sophomore effort could never be as stunning as Blue Lines, and a slight drop in production and songwriting quality made the comparisons easy. Still, from the first two songs Protection sounds worthy of their debut. The opening title track is pure excellence, with melancholy keyboards, throbbing acid lines, and fragmented beats perfectly complementing the transcendent vocals of Tracey Thorn (an inspired choice to replace the departed Shara Nelson as their muse). Tricky, another soon-to-be-solo performer, makes his breakout on this record, with blunted performances on "Karmacoma," another highlight, as well as "Eurochild." But even though the production is just as intriguing as on Blue Lines, there's a bit lacking here -- Massive Attack doesn't summon quite the emotional power they did previously. Guest Craig Armstrong's piano work on the aimless tracks "Weather Storm" and "Heat Miser" leans uncomfortably close to Muzak, and his arrangement and conducting for "Sly" isn't much better (vocals by Nicolette save the track somewhat). Though it's still miles ahead of the growing raft of trip-hop making the rounds in the mid-'90s, Protection is rather a disappointment. ~ John Bush, Rovi| Protecting Love (2005 Album by Diana McMahan) | |
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| Studio album by Massive Attack | ||||
| Released | 26 September 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Wild Bunch Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, lounge, chillout | |||
| Length | 48:57 | |||
| Label | Circa/Virgin | |||
| Producer | Massive Attack and Nellee Hooper | |||
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Protection (1994) is Bristol-based trip-hop collective Massive Attack's second album.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| NME |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.0/5 [5] |
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Sound
Protection was featured in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine's 'Coolest Albums of All Time List,' calling it "great music for when you're driving around a city at 4 am," due to the 'chill out' nature of the album. Like most of Massive Attack's albums, the music often defies categorisation, ranging from R&B (title track and "Sly") to hip hop/rap ("Karmacoma" and "Eurochild") to reggae-tinged synthpop ("Spying Glass") to classical-influenced electronica instrumentals ("Weather Storm" and "Heat Miser"). The album follows Blue Lines structurally, to the point that the font used on the cover of the album is the same, Helvetica Bold Italic.
Paul Evans of Rolling Stone gave the album three and a half of five stars calling it "Cool, sexy stuff, it smoothly fuses dub, club and soul, grounding its grace in sampled hip-hop beats."
It is the second and last Massive Attack album listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Tricky again appeared on the album, rapping on the tracks "Karmacoma" (whose video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, and which featured a sample from The KLF's "Dream Time in Lake Jackson" at the 2:00 minute mark) and "Eurochild" (which featured samples from Startled Insects' "Cheetah" and Liquid Liquid's "Lock Groove (In)").
DJ Mad Professor remixed the album in 1995 under the name No Protection.
Track listing
- "Protection" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn) – 7:51
- "Karmacoma" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Tricky/Norfolk/Locke) – 5:16
- "Three" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Suwoton) – 3:49
- "Weather Storm" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Armstrong/Harmon/Napoleon/Lloyd /Murray) – 4:59
- "Spying Glass" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Andy) – 5:20
- "Better Things" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn/Watt/Brown) – 4:13
- "Eurochild" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Tricky/Norfolk/Locke) – 5:11
- "Sly" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/Suwoton/Goldman) – 5:24
- "Heat Miser" (Vowles/Del Naja/Marshall/Hooper/de Vries) – 3:39
- "Light My Fire" (live) (The Doors Cover) – 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
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r209434
- ^ 24 September 1994, p.49
- ^ "CG: massive attack". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=massive+attack. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://musicianforums.com/review/2710/Massive-Attack-Protection/
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