Massive Attack discography

Massive Attack discography

Massive Attack in concert
Releases
↙Studio albums	5
↙Compilation albums	2
↙EPs	2
↙Singles	16

Massive Attack are a British trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch. The group has released five full-length studio albums, two extended play (EP), three compilations, and sixteen singles.

Massive Attack's debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, and was a pioneering force in the forming of the fusion genre dubbed trip hop.^[1] Blue Lines peaked at #13 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Double Platinum in the United Kingdom. The album spawned four singles, three of which charted in the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart. In 1994, Massive Attack released their second album, Protection, which peaked at #4 in the UK. In 1998, the group released their third album, Mezzanine, which peaked at #1 in the UK and Australia, and was the group's first release to chart in the United States. 100th Window was released in 2003, peaking at #1 in the UK and three other countries.

In 2006, Massive Attack released Collected, a compilation of the group's singles and music videos. The compilation charted in seven countries, and was certified platinum in the UK.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL [5]	CAN [6]	FIN [7]	NZ [8]	SWI [9]	US [6]
1991	Blue Lines Released: 1 June 1991 Label: Virgin (#91685) Formats: CD, CS, LP	13	69	5	—	—	—	—	26	—	UK: 2× Platinum[10] FRA: 2× Gold[11]
1994	Protection Released: 26 September 1994 Label: Virgin (#39883) Formats: CD, CS, LP	4	15	21	—	—	—	9	29	—	UK: Platinum[10] FRA: Gold[12] SWI: Gold[13] EU: Platinum[14]
1998	Mezzanine Released: 20 April 1998 Label: Virgin (#45599) Formats: CD, CS, LP	1	1	3	4	—	4	1	6	60	UK: Platinum[10] AUS: Platinum[15] BEL: Platinum[16] CAN Gold[17] FRA: 2× Gold[18] SWI: Platinum[19] EU: 2× Platinum[14]
2003	100th Window Released: 10 February 2003 Label: Virgin (#81239) Formats: CD, LP	1	4	4	1	8	1	5	1	69	UK: Silver[10] AUS: Gold[20] BEL: Gold[21] CAN: Gold[22] SWI: Gold[23]
2010	Heligoland Released: 8 February 2010 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP	6	8	5	1	12	11	7	2	46	UK: Gold [10]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions								Certifications
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL [5]	FIN [7]	NZ [8]	SWI [9]	US [6]
1998	Singles 90/98 Released: 7 December 1998 Label: Circa/Virgin (#95443) Format: 11xCD box	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Collected Released: 27 March 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: CD/DVD DualDisc	2	19	13	1	8	3	4	198	UK: Platinum[24] BEL: Gold[25] FRA: Gold[26] SWI: Gold[27] EU: Platinum[28]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [2]	SWI [9]
1992	Massive Attack EP [I] Released: February 1992 Label: Circa (#664698) Format: CD	27	35
2009	Splitting the Atom [I] Released: October 2009 Label: Virgin Format: Download/12" single/Promo Only CD	64	68

^ I The Massive Attack EP and Splitting the Atom EP charted on the UK Singles Chart and Swiss Singles Top 100, despite being extended-play length releases.

Other albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [2]	NZ [8]	SWI [9]
1995	No Protection Released: 17 February 1995 Label: Gyroscope (#6619) Formats: CD, LP Dub version of Protection	10	29	—
2004	Danny the Dog soundtrack Released: 11 October 2004 Label: Virgin (#8737842) Format: CD	70	—	92
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Album
		UK [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BE-FL [29]	BE-WA [30]	GER [31]	FIN [7]	NZ [8]	SWI [9]	US [9]
1988	"Any Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
1990	"Daydreaming"	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Blue Lines
1991	"Unfinished Sympathy"[II]	13 [32]	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	9	—
	"Safe from Harm"	25	—	23	—	—	33	—	—	15	—
1992	"Be Thankful for What You've Got"	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	"Sly"	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Protection
1995	"Protection"	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	—	—
	"Karmacoma"	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	—
1997	"Risingson"	11	—	—	43	—	—	13	30	—	—	Mezzanine
1998	"Teardrop"	10	16	—	—	—	52	—	19	75	110
	"Angel"	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	—
1999	"Inertia Creeps"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—
2003	"Special Cases"	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100th Window
	"Butterfly Caught"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"Live with Me"	17	—	58	52	47	74	—	—	64	—	Collected
	"False Flags"	158	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	"Splitting the Atom"	64	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	—	Heligoland
	"Psyche" (Flash Treatment)	—	—	—	67	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Paradise Circus"	117	—	—	33	33	—	—	—	41	—
	"Atlas Air"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	"Four Walls"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

^ II Released under the name "Massive" in some countries.^[33]

Music videos

Year	Title	Director[34]
1990	"Daydreaming"	Baillie Walsh
1991	"Unfinished Sympathy"
	"Safe from Harm"
	"Be Thankful for What You've Got"
1994	"Sly"	Stéphane Sednaoui
1995	"Protection"	Michel Gondry
	"Karmacoma"	Jonathan Glazer
1997	"Risingson"	Walter Stern
1998	"Teardrop"
	"Angel"
1999	"Inertia Creeps"	W.I.Z.
2003	"Special Cases" (Version 1) [Male Vocal]	H5
	"Special Cases" (Version 2) [Female Vocal]	H5
	"Butterfly Caught"	Daniel Levi
2006	"Live With Me"	Jonathan Glazer
	"Live With Me" (performance version)
	"False Flags"	Paul Gore
2009	"United Snakes"	Dave Ferner
	"Splitting the Atom"	Baillie Walsh
	"Paradise Circus"	Toby Dye
2010	"Splitting the Atom"	Edouard Salier
	"Flat of the Blade"	Ewen Spencer
	"Saturday Come Slow"	Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin
	"Psyche" [version refused]	Dougal Wilson
	"Psyche"	John Downer
	"Atlas Air"	Edouard Salier
	"Pray for Rain"	Jake Scott

Media usage

Massive Attack have developed a reputation over their career for creating soundscapes which lend themselves to visual media. Their music is well known for being featured in many different forms of media, such as film and TV. The following are some select examples of media in which Massive Attack have featured on the soundtrack:

In film and television

• "Angel" - Firewall, Stay, Flight of the Phoenix, Antitrust, Snatch, Go, Best Laid Plans, Pi, The West Wing, La Femme Nikita, Smallville, Top Gear, Prison Break, Watchmen, True Blood, Third Watch, Buffy, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Far Cry 2-Trailer,Long Way Round
• "Be Thankful for What You've Got" - Bounce
• "Dissolved Girl" - The Matrix, the Jackal
• "Eurochild" - Skins
• "Everywhen" - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• "Future Proof" - Smallville, Queer As Folk (USA), Resident Evil: Apocalypse-Soundtrack
• "Herculaneum" (as Robert Del Naja) - Gomorra
• "Home of the Whale" - Eye of the Beholder
• "Hymn of the Big Wheel" - The Fan
• "I Against I" - Blade II
• "I Am Home" - CSI: Miami, Top Gear
• "Inertia Creeps" - Taking Lives, Stigmata, Numb3rs
• "Inflight Data" (as 3D) - The Uranus Experiment (1999)
• "Karmacoma" - 187 , Sleeper Cell
• "Live With Me" - Mujeres Asesinas
• "Name Taken" - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• "One Love" - Under the Skin (1997)
• "P Is for Piano" - Miami Vice
• "Paradise Circus" - "Luther," in which it is used as the series theme, "True Blood," in episode 3.04, "Gossip Girl" episode 3.21
• "Protection" - Hackers, Sabrina
• "Risingson" - Abre Los Ojos
• "Safe from Harm" - The Insider, Definitely, Maybe
• "Simple Rules" - CSI: Miami
• "Small Time Shot Away" - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• "Spying Glass" - 187
• "Superpredators" - The Jackal
• "Teardrop" - House, in which it is used as the series theme, Prison Break, Cold Case, Charmed, Occupation, Assassin's Creed TV-Trailer
• "Three" - City of Industry
• "Unfinished Sympathy" - Sliver
• "Wire" - Welcome to Sarajevo

Previous guest vocalists

Blue Lines

• Shara Nelson ("Safe from Harm", "Unfinished Sympathy", "Daydreaming", "Lately")
• Horace Andy ("One Love", "Five Man Army", "Hymn of the Big Wheel")
• Tricky ("Blue Lines", "Five Man Army", "Daydreaming")
• Tony Bryan ("Be Thankful for What You've Got")
• Claude Williams ("Five Man Army")
• Neneh Cherry (backing vocals on "Hymn of the Big Wheel")

Protection

• Tracey Thorn ("Protection", "Better Things")
• Tricky ("Karmacoma"," Eurochild")
• Nicolette ("Three", "Sly")
• Horace Andy ("Spying Glass", "Light My Fire (Live)")

Mezzanine

• Horace Andy ("Angel", "Man Next Door", "(Exchange)")
• Elizabeth Fraser ("Teardrop", "Black Milk", "Group Four")
• Sarah Jay ("Dissolved Girl")

100th Window

• Sinéad O'Connor ("What Your Soul Sings", "Special Cases", "A Prayer for England")
• Horace Andy ("Everywhen", "Name Taken")
• 2D± (backing vocals on "Small Time Shot Away")

± Damon Albarn is lightheartedly credited as 2D from Gorillaz and his vocal only features on the song as a barely detectable, synth-like vocoder sound

Heligoland

• Tunde Adebimpe ("Pray For Rain")
• Martina Topley-Bird ("Babel", "Psyche")
• Horace Andy ("Splitting The Atom", "Girl I Love You")
• Guy Garvey ("Flat Of The Blade")
• Hope Sandoval ("Paradise Circus")
• Damon Albarn (backing vocals on "Splitting The Atom", "Saturday Come Slow")

Other known Massive Attack songs

• Carlton McCarthy (on "Any Love", the original, independently-released single of 1988)
• Tony Bryan (on "Any Love (2)", alternate "Daydreaming" single version)
• Caroline Lavelle (on "Home of the Whale" from the Massive Attack EP)
• Tracey Thorn (on "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" from the Batman Forever soundtrack)
• Madonna (on "I Want You" from the Marvin Gaye Tribute album, Collected and Madonna's Something to Remember)
• Sarah Jay (on "Wire" from the end titles of Welcome to Sarajevo and on the original "Dissolved Girl" from the film The Jackal, both not to be released)
• David Bowie (on "Nature Boy" from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack)
• Mos Def (on "I Against I" from the Blade II soundtrack and Collected)
• Dot Allison (on "Aftersun" from the end titles of Danny the Dog/Unleashed, not to be released)
• Damon Albarn (sings a discernible backing vocal on "Small Time Shoot 'Em Up" from Collected)
• Elizabeth Fraser (on "Silent Spring" and "Black Melt" from Collected)
• Debbie Clare (on "Joy Luck Club" from Collected)
• Terry Callier (on "Live with Me" from Collected)
• Martina Topley-Bird (on "Psyche (Flash Treatment)", from Splitting the Atom EP)
• Guy Garvey (on "Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix)", from Splitting the Atom EP and "Fatalism (Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi Remix)" from Heligoland (Deluxe Version))

Under the alias 100 Suns

• Snoop Dogg (on "Calling Mumia"± from the film In Prison My Whole Life)^[35]

± '100 Suns' is Del Naja/Davidge's releasing alias for certain non-Massive Attack projects and name of their co-owned studio. Their joint company is called 'Onepointsix productions'. The 100 Suns term has been used as alternate name to describe a few other low-key releases, joint events and projects involving Del Naja

Remixography

Massive Attack / 3D have remixed the following artists:

• Neneh Cherry
• Lisa Stansfield
• Jesus Loves You
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Kwanzaa Posse
• Les Negresses Vertes
• Peter Gabriel
• U2
• Indo Aminata
• Garbage
• Manic Street Preachers
• Unkle
• Primal Scream
• A Perfect Circle
• The Dandy Warhols
• Lupine Howl

Daddy G has remixed the following "solo":

• Ini Kamose and Damian Marley
• 4 Hero

Year	Artist	Album/release	Song(s)
1989	Neneh Cherry	"Manchild" 12"-single	"Manchild (Massive Attack Remix)" "Manchild (Massive Attack Bonus Beats)"[36]
1990	Lisa Stansfield	"Live Together" single	"Live Together (Big Beats Mix)"[37]
	Jesus Loves You	"One on One" single	"One on One (Fon Forece / Edit)"[38]
1992	Kwanzaa Posse	"African Vibrations" single	"African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop Mix)"[39]

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External links

• MassiveAttack.co.uk
• Massive Attack discography at Discogs