Protection

Didn't know this Massive Attack album yet. Good.

Surprisingly good. Definitely high music.

My biggest complaint is that it was a little boring. Sounds good, but I don't think I will come back to anything other than the title track. I'm not sure I'm the biggest fan of this kind of music either. Highlight: 1.

Personally I'm not really a Massive Attack fan, though I do appreciate that it was a part of the early downtempo/chillwave sort of sound.

has a unique sound, if i had to put it in a playlist itd probably be with gorilaz songs. some songs kinda remind me of indian songs ive heard? all in all its a good album.

interactive buddy album very chill and atmospheric, I can see why people think very highly of this favorite tracks: protection, spying glass, sly

I do not like Better things. The lines in that song are terrible. "Say the sparks are gone. Well get an electrician." cheese

A huge mix of a lot of different styles with no two songs sounding even remotely the same. The album starts so strong with ‘Protection’ having a bass that you can physically feel hitting your ears. This is the first Massive Attack album that I’ve listened to fully & I really enjoyed it

good but kinda boring

Chill, smooth 90s

Chillig!

👑 🕶 🎤

Pretty solid album. Has different sounds with each song. I really enjoyed the song Karmacoma. Very relaxing and funky sounds which I enjoyed.

Good listen. I appreciate the diversity in styles, and generally liked them all. I preferred the tracks with the female vocals. Better Things was a standout. Some of the tracks ran unnecessarily long.

An album from Massive Attack that's not Mezzanine? Okay, this is gonna be something. Has a few really interesting tracks on it. But a few of them are very strange and eclectic.

Pleasant enough, though nothing really grabbed my attention.

me gustó tampoco demasiado

decent

good listen with some jams but overall the production value to Mezzanine is just so much better and that means alot to a band like this. Will listen again

This is pretty boring. huge letoff for this list imo

Strange album that I liked more than I expected. Kind of as background music though.

Pretty okay. I like the first track quite a bit. I have only listened to a little Massive Attack, but I think I might check out more. Didn't know they were this old either.

Hard to pin down album. Some of it i vibed with. But didn’t stand out to me.

Not my vote for best Massive Attack album, but an excellent album nevertheless.

First 1001 album so nothing to compare. In its own right nice easy listening. Think it would be nice on driving somewhere on a winter's night.

I like this! Seems to have longer duration, than in reality.

Cooooooool. Deep moody lounging. An overcast afternoon in Ibiza. The soundtrack that plays over a moody montage of parallel characters in an ensemble drama. Closing credits to a 2000s James Bond movie. I think I love this because its trip hop (whatever that is) without the chaos. It's smooth as hell, a bit disorienting (I really like the lyric "I know everyone I meet"), and sucks you into the vibe. It's a place I enjoyed spending an hour - introspective, somber, plenty of space, but also upbeat. The last track is the only thing that breaks their very serious dedication to maintaining this mood. Maybe a little more cosmic humor would make it perfect. Cooooooool A-

Pretty dope. Pared down. Unpolished. I’ve always preferred Pink Floyd without Sid Barrett but solo I like him. He’s got a psych-folk-proto-punk thing going. I hear Donovan, The Iggy and the Stooges, Brian Eno. “No good trying” is some proto punk with thrumming guitar and great drumming. A couple of the more proto-punk songs were real bangers but nothing else stood out, kind of faded into hypnotic, cool background music. Better than expected. B-

I remember Massive Attack being cool, but it's sounding pretty boring to me now. Don't really have anything else to say about it.

i thought massive attack would suit me less, but it was a vibe

Great album! So much variety. Each track sounds like a different band.

Loved it, not heard this album before but really like Massive Attack., so wasn’t surprised.

Repetitive. Karmacoma is a throwback though

This was really not my style, I thought it was too repetitive.

Okay so it’s not bad. It’s weird but listenable. Mix between 90s pop and house music?

Bit too chill out tent for me

Sooooo ambient it was pretty boring. I like their later album, despite it also being super ambient, but this was just a bit long n slow for me

"Don't want to be on top of your list... Phenomenally and properly kissed..." (Karmacoma) Me esperaba un poco más de caña para un grupo con ese nombre.

Puh, da sprach ich vor knapp einer Woche von Teufel und schon ist er da, aus dem Karmacoma erwacht und erinnert daran, welch krasses Tier sich dort reckt und streckt. Hier sitzt jeder Beat, der Bass rollt, wie Gorillaz ihn immer rollen lassen wollte, Elemente klassischer Musik ohne jeglichen Kitsch trotz unverhohlenen Pathos; es hat Kontemplation und es hat Pop, aber noch dieser sympathischen Art, die dich auch an seine Ernsthaftigkeit glauben lässt, ehe es auf „Mezzanine“ zum Headliner Pop wird und es sich für Massive Attack zunehmend schwieriger gestaltet, zu entscheiden: machen wir nun eine für uns typische oder eine von uns erwartete Platte. „Protection“ war da grad kurz vorm Brechen der Welle, wunderschön, groß, abgründig groß, warm aber auch etwas schauderhaft. Und auch wenn man vieles auswendig kennt, so bleibt es mir frisch und keineswegs ausgehöhlt und über-hört wie es so manchen Hits’ Schicksal geworden ist. Aus der Tiefe einer ehrlichen Verbeugung 5.0

Tatsächlich gerade der Gewinner über Blue Lines. Protection kann mich in schwachen Momenten jederzeit zu Tränen rühren, im Grunde ist jeder Song danach gewagt und Karmacoma auch deshalb so eine gute Wahl, weil Tricky halt diese verschleppte Raubtiernummer mit genau der richtigen Dosis Schulterzucken abliefert die man DA DRAUSSEN als Rüstung drinnen braucht. Auch danach: tolle Atmosphäre zwischen Flug durch wolkigen Nieselsommer (Three), unbilligen Lounge-Sounds (Weather Storm) und dem direkten Anschluss an Unfinished Sympathy (Euro Child und Sly). Am schwierigsten waren für mich immer die beiden Horace-Andy-Nummern, hab ich bis heute auch nicht komplett verstanden, nehme die aber gern mit und der kleine Gag mit Light My Fire amüsiert auf jeden Fall! 4,5

LOVE

No es su mejor disco. Pero es agradable y tiene buenos momentos.

Trip hop

not that way inclined neither god or bad

On paper I should love Massive Attack. I haven't heard this album, but their other albums underwhelm. Not "bad" just not worth the hype.

Started off enjoying the first few tracks, but it just seemed to get worse and worse. Not a Massive fan! 🤣🤣🤣

This album was just okay. Alittle boring.

It was nice to revisit Massive Attack. Also ended up revisiting Tricky. What does it say about me that I want to give everything a 3 4 or 5?

1994, Trip hop, reggae, sehr experimentell, Instrumentals aus: Hip Hop, electronica, Jazz/Blues?; Gesang: Rap, flows, Soul Gesang, Instrumentals; männlich und weiblich, geht gut, starke 3

Psss

blehhhh

Dub, reggae, electronic, even kinda r&b vibes. Not previously familiar with this album, and I don't like it as much as Mezzanine or Blue Lines. Not a huge fan of the Everything but the Girl singer's voice. Do like the reggae/dub tracks. Sound great with good headphones, feel stoned just listening.

2/5 couple of good songs in it, not their best stuff overall. Couple bits really drag the album down.

Reggae, synth, hip-hop. Didn’t mind Protection but didn’t like any others, especially not Karmacoma, Eurochild or Heat Miser.

Knew more songs than I thought, great background album

The "Light My Fire" live version was pretty dope at the end but the rest is just not for me. Unless it's Dilla or someone along those lines the instrumental/trip-hop thing is not for me.

couple of 12 year olds with a casio keyboard

Two '94 trip hop albums in a row. Much preferred portishead out of the two and it was no where near as good as Blue Lines. I do like how the album artwork is a burnt out version of the flammable sign on the first album cover.

Interesting sounds and vibe. Nothing incredible, but definitely good work music.

Enjoyed this, good ambient music for working; good beats/vocals/instrumental juxtaposition. Enjoyed Weather Storm, Sly, Euro Child... Not House music tho.

Sounds like music that I would listen to while too high to do anything besides stare forward and think about my life

Amazing chill album

Excellent.

Great album

Bit of a late night record. Not as good as Mezzanine but pretty close.

*nose plugged* 0.9

Very, very, very good.

Not feeling this one, a few decent tracks but definitely not to my tastes

More house-adjacent. Not terrible, not groundbreaking

It was okay, but not my type. None of this project was that memorable to me. I think Heat Miser was my favorite song, but I don't really understand this kind of music. 3/8.

It's good

Really like this record. It was fresh and interesting at the time, and still sounds great today. However, it should have ended after 'Heat Miser', as that would have felt like a pleasing and natural conclusion - the addition of the live version of 'Light My Fire' at the end disrupts the cohesiveness and doesn't sit well with the rest of the album.

Massive attack on my eardrums This is the worst album Boring or boring and shite Repetitive

inte min påse potatis

Most songs were mid for me. I did like a lot of the production on the album but they could have done a better job with the rest of it. 6,5/10 but it might change after some more listens

7.5/10

Baby making music.

More of a 3.5. The instrumentals are great throughout but occasionally I dislike the vocalists (the "Light My Fire" cover is particularly bad). Love the Tracey Thorne cut, and didn't realize a band I liked had sampled from "Sly" (Does It Offend You, Yeah?'s "Wondering"). Favorite tracks: "Protection", "Weather Storm"

Fine. Didn't like it as much as Blue Lines, but yeah

classic, slow rock

Not really an album I would have listened to by myself, but I really liked it. Sonically, I thought it was a bit disjointed but the themes all did come together. Some of the songs are also unnecessarily long, I believe.

If it didnt have the cover of light my fire, this could potentially round up to a 5. As it stands, its still a really good album that builds a strong mood.

Just not my thing.

Blue Lines, Protection, Mezzanine. One of the greatest run of albums ever!