Massive Attack discography explained

Artist:Massive Attack
Studio:5
Compilation:3
Soundtrack:1
Ep:6
Singles:18
Music Videos:27
Option:5
Option Name:Remix albums

The discography of British trip hop band Massive Attack consists of five studio albums, three compilations, five remix albums, one soundtrack, five EPs, eighteen singles, and twenty-seven music videos. The group was founded in 1988 by musicians Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles in Bristol, England. Prior to this, all four were members of British sound system the Wild Bunch.

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 number 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 number 4 in the UK. In 1998, the group issued their third album, Mezzanine, which peaked at number 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 number 1 in the UK and three other countries.

In 2006, Massive Attack released Collected, a compilation of the group's singles and music videos. It charted in seven countries and was certified Platinum in the UK. Their fifth studio album, Heligoland, was released in 2010. It peaked at number 6 in the UK and was certified Gold.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
BEL
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Blue Lines
  • Released: 8 April 1991
(UK)[12]
  • Label: Wild Bunch/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
13 69 5 81 31 31 39 26 26
Protection
  • Released: 26 September 1994
(UK)[15]
  • Label: Circa/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
4 15 21 47 24 63 76 9 29
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[16]
  • SNEP: Gold
Mezzanine
  • Released: 20 April 1998
(UK)[17]
1 1 3 4 3 6 17 1 6 60
100th Window
  • Released: 10 February 2003
(UK)[23]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1 4 4 1 1 3 9 5 1 69
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold[24]
  • BEA: Gold[25]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • MC: Gold
Heligoland
  • Released: 8 February 2010
(UK)[26]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
6 8 5 1 2 4 5 7 2 46
  • BPI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19.5em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
BEL
GER
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
Singles 90/98
  • Released: 7 December 1998
(UK)[27]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"/CD box sets
118
Collected
  • Released: 27 March 2006
(UK)[28]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, CD, DualDisc
2 19 13 1 24 19 3 4 198
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BEA: Gold[29]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
Selected
  • Released: 4 April 2006
(UK)[30]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: digital download[31]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19.5em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
NZ
No Protection
(with Mad Professor)
  • Released: 20 February 1995
(UK)[32]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
10 29
Blue Lines – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006
(UK)[33]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Protection – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006
(UK)[34]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Mezzanine – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006
(UK)[35]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
100th Window – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006
(UK)[36]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19.5em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
UK
BEL
(FL)

FRA
SWI
Danny the Dog
  • Released: 11 October 2004
(UK)[37]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD
70 65 60 92

EPs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19.5em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[38]
AUS
SWI
Massive Attack EP
  • Released: 10 February 1992
(UK)[39]
  • Label: Circa, Wild Bunch
  • Formats: CD, 7", 12", cassette
27 49 35
Bite Size Massive Attack
  • Released: 25 December 2006
(UK)[40]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Splitting the Atom
  • Released: 4 October 2009
(UK)[41]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12", digital download
64 68
Atlas Air
  • Released: 21 November 2010
(UK)[42]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12", digital download
Ritual Spirit
  • Released: 28 January 2016
(UK)[43]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12", digital download
Eutopia
  • Released: 12 July 2020
  • Formats: digital
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[44]
AUS
AUT
BEL
CAN
[45]
GER
[46]
NLD
NZ
SWI
US
Bub.

[47]
"Any Love"[48] 1988168
"Daydreaming"199081 Blue Lines
"Unfinished Sympathy"199113 95 15 17 2 48 9
  • BPI: Platinum
"Safe from Harm"25 132 23 33 28 15
"Sly"199424 98 Protection
"Protection"199514 91 27
"Karmacoma"28 114 19
"Risingson"199711 43 30 Mezzanine
"Teardrop"199810 16 67 52 64 19 75 10
  • BPI: Platinum
"Angel"30 129 33
  • BPI: Silver
"Inertia Creeps"16
"Special Cases"200315 25 100th Window
"Butterfly Caught"
"Live with Me"200617 58 52 74 64 Collected
"False Flags" / "United Snakes"158
"Psyche"200967 Heligoland
"Paradise Circus"2010117 33 41
  • BPI: Silver
"Four Walls"[49]
(with Burial)
2011rowspan="3"
"The Spoils"2016
"Dear Friend"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[50]
FRA
"Ritual Spirit"
(with Azekel)
201630Ritual Spirit
"Dead Editors"
(with Roots Manuva)
"The Spoils"
(featuring Hope Sandoval)
53
[51]
The Spoils
"Come Near Me"
(with Ghostpoet)
110

Other song(s)

Remixes

+ YearArtistReleaseSong(s)
1989Neneh Cherry"Manchild" 12"-single[52] [53] "Manchild (Massive Attack Remix)"
"Manchild (Massive Attack Bonus Beats)"
1990Lisa Stansfield"Live Together" single"Live Together (Big Beats Mix)"[54]
Jesus Loves You"One on One" single"One on One (Fon Forece / Edit)"[55]
1992Kwanzaa Posse"African Vibrations" single"African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop Mix)"[56]
1993Peter Gabriel"Steam" single"Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB Mix)"[57]

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)
"Daydreaming"1990Baillie Walsh[58]
"Unfinished Sympathy"1991
"Safe from Harm"
"Be Thankful for What You've Got"
"Sly"1994Stéphane Sednaoui[59]
"Protection"1995Michel Gondry[60]
"Karmacoma"Jonathan Glazer
"Risingson"1997Walter Stern[61]
"Teardrop"1998
"Angel"
"Inertia Creeps"1999W.I.Z.
"Special Cases" (version 1)2003H5[62]
"Special Cases" (version 2)
"Butterfly Caught"Daniel Levi[63]
"Live with Me" (version 1)2006Jonathan Glazer
"Live with Me" (version 2)
"False Flags"Paul Gore
"United Snakes"2009UnitedVisualArtists[64]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 1)Baillie Walsh[65]
"Paradise Circus"Toby Dye[66]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 2)2010Edouard Salier[67]
"Flat of the Blade"Ewen Spencer[68]
"Saturday Come Slow"Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin[69]
"Psyche" (version 1)Dougal Wilson[70]
"Psyche" (version 2)John Downer[71]
"Atlas Air"Edouard Salier[72]
"Pray for Rain"Jake Scott[73]
"Take It There"2016Hiro Murai[74]
"Voodoo in My Blood"Ringan Ledwidge[75]
"Ritual Spirit"Medium, Robert Del Naja[76]
"Come Near Me"Ed Morris[77]
"The Spoils"John Hillcoat[78]
"#CLIMATEEMERGENCY"2020Mark Donne, Robert Del Naja[79]
"#TAXHAVENS"
"#UNIVERSALBASICINCOME"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13625/biography|pure_url=yes}} Massive Attack > Biography]. AllMusic. Macrovision. 10 August 2008.
  2. Peak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom:
  3. Peak chart positions for albums and singles in Australia:
  4. Web site: Discographie Massive Attack. austriancharts.at. 29 November 2012. de.
  5. Web site: Discografie Massive Attack . ultratop.be . Hung Medien . 29 November 2012 . nl.
  6. Web site: Discographie Massive Attack . lescharts.com . Hung Medien . 29 November 2012 . fr.
  7. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Massive Attack / Longplay . musicline.de . . 29 November 2012 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212758/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Massive+Attack/?type=longplay . 17 July 2018 . dead .
  8. Web site: Discografie Massive Attack . dutchcharts.nl . Hung Medien . 29 November 2012 . nl.
  9. Web site: Discography Massive Attack . charts.nz . Hung Medien . 29 November 2012.
  10. Web site: Discographie Massive Attack. hitparade.ch. de.
  11. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=massive attack|chart=Billboard 200}} Massive Attack – Chart History: Billboard 200]. Billboard. 1 July 2013.
  12. Massive Attack – Blue Lines. The Mojo Collection. 2007. 561. Fourth. 978-1-84195-973-3.
  13. United Kingdom. Massive Attack. 27 November 2022.
  14. Web site: Notre Base de Données: Massive Attack . . 7 March 2014 . fr.
  15. Web site: Protection . . 29 November 2012.
  16. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Massive Attack) . swisscharts.com . Hung Medien . 2 June 2013 . de-ch.
  17. Web site: Mezzanine . . 29 November 2012.
  18. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums . . 29 November 2012.
  19. Belgium . 2004 . 29 November 2012.
  20. Web site: Gold–/Platin-Datenbank (Massive Attack) . . 12 June 2014 . de.
  21. Austria . Massive Attack . 12 June 2014.
  22. Web site: Gold/Platinum . . 8 April 2022.
  23. Web site: 100th Window . . 29 November 2012.
  24. Web site: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums . . 29 November 2012.
  25. Belgium . 2003 . 29 November 2012.
  26. Web site: Heligoland . . 29 November 2012.
  27. Web site: Singles 90/98 (11 CD's/63 Tracks) . . 29 November 2012.
  28. Web site: Collected – The Best of Massive Attack : Greatest Hits . . 29 November 2012.
  29. Belgium . 2006 . 29 November 2012.
  30. Web site: Selected by Massive Attack . . 4 April 2006 . . 29 November 2012.
  31. Web site: Massive Attack - Selected (File) at Discogs . . 17 March 2016.
  32. Web site: No Protection . . 29 November 2012.
  33. Web site: Blue Lines – The Remixes: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  34. Web site: Protection – The Remixes: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  35. Web site: Mezzanine – The Remixes: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  36. Web site: 100th Window – The Remixes: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  37. Web site: Danny The Dog . . 29 November 2012.
  38. Web site: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  39. Web site: Massive Attack – Hymn of the Big Wheel . . . 29 November 2012 .
  40. Web site: Bite Size Massive Attack [+video]

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  41. Web site: Splitting the Atom: Massive Attack . . 29 November 2012.
  42. Web site: Atlas Air EP [+Video]

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  43. Web site: Massive Attack unveil Ritual Spirit EP featuring Tricky, Roots Manuva . . 28 January 2016 . 28 January 2016.
  44. Peak chart positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
  45. Web site: Massive Attack – Awards . AllMusic . 29 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223102050/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/massive-attack-mn0000378288/awards . 23 February 2015 . dead.
  46. Web site: Chartverfolgung / Massive Attack / Single . musicline.de . . 29 November 2012 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717212619/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Massive+Attack/?type=single . 17 July 2018 . dead .
  47. https://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3Amassive%20attack&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A344&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&f[3]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=massive%20attack&detail=1 Chart Search – Massive Attack (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) ]. Billboard . 26 January 2017.
  48. Massive Attack . 1988 . Any Love . track listing . Massive Attack Records . MASS 001.
  49. Web site: Four Walls – Massive Attack . . . 29 November 2012.
  50. Web site: Chart Log UK – New Entries – 06.02.2016. Zobbel.de. Zywietz, Tobias. 17 February 2016.
  51. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 31, 2016). https://web.archive.org/web/20160904122256/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2016&we=31. dead. 4 September 2016. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. 6 August 2016.
  52. . 1989 . Manchild . track listing . Circa . YRTX 30.
  53. Web site: Manchild (1989) . . 11 August 2009.
  54. Web site: Lisa Stansfield – All Woman. Lisa Stansfield. 11 August 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090303134615/http://www.lisa-stansfield.com/site.html. 3 March 2009. Note: User must navigate flash website. Enter > Skip > Recordings > CD Singles > scroll to bottom of list > Next > scroll to bottom of list > Next.
  55. Web site: One on One (Massive Attack vs. Jesus Loves You) / After the Love / Generations REMIXES EP. Amazon. 11 August 2009.
  56. Web site: Kwanzaa Posse – African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop Mix). Yahoo! Music. 25 August 2009.
  57. Web site: Peter Gabriel – Steam. Discogs. 16 February 2024.
  58. liner notes . Massive Attack . 2006 . Collected . . CDVX 3017.
  59. Web site: Sly Massive Attack Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310073945/http://www.mtv.com/videos/massive-attack/55398/sly.jhtml . dead . 10 March 2010 . . . 29 November 2012.
  60. Web site: Protection Massive Attack Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515134727/http://www.mtv.com/videos/massive-attack/34078/protection.jhtml . dead . 15 May 2009 . . . 29 November 2012.
  61. Web site: Teardrop Massive Attack Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20090115080623/http://www.mtv.com/videos/massive-attack/59348/teardrop.jhtml . dead . 15 January 2009 . . . 29 November 2012.
  62. Web site: Special Cases Massive Attack Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20091029063403/http://www.mtv.com/videos/massive-attack/310472/special-cases.jhtml . dead . 29 October 2009 . . . 29 November 2012.
  63. Web site: Butterfly Caught Massive Attack Music Video . . . 29 November 2012.
  64. Web site: United Snakes . Massive Attack . 30 October 2009 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121116154655/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2009/10/30/united-snakes/ . 16 November 2012 .
  65. Web site: Splitting the Atom . Massive Attack . 17 September 2009 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121126095921/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2009/09/17/splitting-the-atom/ . 26 November 2012 .
  66. Web site: Paradise Circus . Massive Attack . 15 December 2009 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121220022549/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2009/12/15/paradise-circus/ . 20 December 2012 .
  67. Web site: Splitting the Atom film by Edouard Salier . Massive Attack . 4 February 2010 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121116154700/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/02/04/splitting-the-atom-film-by-edouard-salier/ . 16 November 2012 .
  68. Web site: Flat of the Blade film by Ewen Spencer . Massive Attack . 5 February 2010 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105211330/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/02/05/flat-of-the-blade-film-by-ewen-spencer/ . 5 November 2012 .
  69. Web site: Saturday Come Slow Film . Massive Attack . 16 March 2010 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109184521/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/03/16/saturday-come-slow-film/ . 9 November 2012 .
  70. Web site: Video: Massive Attack: 'Psyche' . . 24 May 2010 . 29 November 2012 . Dombal, Ryan.
  71. Web site: Psyche film by John Downer . Massive Attack . 26 May 2010 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109172758/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/05/26/psyche-film-by-john-downer/ . 9 November 2012 .
  72. Web site: New music video: Massive Attack – Atlas Air . . 18 October 2010 . 29 November 2012.
  73. Web site: Pray for Rain – film by Jake Scott . . 19 November 2010 . 29 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121126212013/http://massiveattack.com/blog/2010/11/19/pray-for-rain-film-by-jake-scott/ . 26 November 2012 .
  74. Web site: Massive Attack Release Ritual Spirit EP, Share Video for "Take It There" . Pitchfork Media . 28 January 2016 . 31 January 2016.
  75. Massive Attack and Young Fathers share 'Voodoo in My Blood' video . . 23 February 2016 . 23 February 2016.
  76. Massive Attack, Kate Moss Team for Illuminating 'Ritual Spirit' Video . . 17 March 2016 . 18 March 2016 . 18 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160318222900/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/massive-attack-kate-moss-team-for-illuminating-ritual-spirit-video-20160317 . dead .
  77. Web site: Massive Attack Release "Come Near Me" New Video, Plus Hope Sandoval Collaboration . . 29 July 2016.
  78. Web site: Cate Blanchett stars in Massive Attack's new music video. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cate-blanchett-stars-in-massive-attacks-new-music-video-for-the-spoils-a7181016.html . 12 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 9 August 2016.
  79. Web site: Massive Attack Release New Audiovisual EP, 'Eutopia' . . 10 July 2020 . 11 September 2020.