Massive Attack
Protection
Label:  Virgin 
Date:  1/24/1995
Length:  0:00
Format:  CDR
Genre:  Dance; Alternative
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Protection    
      2.  
      Karmacoma    
      3.  
      Three    
      4.  
      Weather Storm    
      5.  
      Spying Glass    
      6.  
      Better Things    
      7.  
      Eurochild    
      8.  
      Sly    
      9.  
      Heat Miser    
      10.  
      Light My Fire [Live]    
      11.  
      Teardrop [LP Version]    
      12.  
      Teardrop [Scream Team Remix]    
      13.  
      Teardrop [Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix]    
      14.  
      Teardrop [Mad Professor Mazaruni Instrumental]    
      15.  
      Euro Zero Zero    
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      Includes "Teardrop" single.

      Bristol's Massive Attack released a classic with their first album, Blue Lines, but only those who were paying careful attention noticed; soon, they were overshadowed by the likes of Tricky and Portishead, who were colleagues. But not so after the release of Protection, which sported a massive hit and was just as critically acclaimed as their first album. (The hit was the title track, for which Everything but the Girl's Tracy Thorn lent her divine pipes--a move that made the act's name, and also presaged EBTG's move to the dance floor.) Eschewing the showmanship of their scene mates, Massive prefer subtler soundscapes and using a diverse range of vocalists (including Horace Andy, Nicolette, and Tricky) who give them a number of flavors and moods with which to work. Protection is an understated album with a rich palette; it reveals more of itself on repeated listens, growing better--and deeper--each time. --Randy Silver