Massive Attack discography

Massive Attack discography
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Massive Attack performing at Hyde Park in July 2009
Releases
↙Studio albums 5
↙Compilation albums 3
↙EPs 4
↙Singles 18
↙Music videos 27
↙Soundtracks 1
↙Remix albums 5

The discography of British trip hop group Massive Attack consists of five studio albums, three compilation albums, five remix albums, one soundtrack album, four extended plays, eighteen singles and twenty-seven music videos. The group were founded in 1988 by musicians Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles in Bristol, England. Prior to the formation of Massive Attack, all three 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 #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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 BEL
[5]		 FRA
[6]		 GER
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NZ
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 US
[11]
Blue Lines 13 69 5 81 31 31 39 — 26 —
Protection
  • Released: 26 September 1994 (UK)[15]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 4 15 21 47 24 63 76 9 29 —
Mezzanine 1 1 3 4 3 6 17 1 6 60
100th Window 1 4 4 1 1 3 9 5 1 69
Heligoland
  • Released: 8 February 2010 (UK)[25]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 6 8 5 1 2 4 5 7 2 46
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 BEL
[5]		 GER
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NZ
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 US
[11]
Singles 90/98
  • Released: 7 December 1998 (UK)[26]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD box set
 118 — — — — — — — —
Collected
  • Released: 27 March 2006 (UK)[27]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, DualDisc
 2 19 13 1 24 19 3 4 198
Selected
  • Released: 4 April 2006 (UK)[29]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]		 NZ
[9]
No Protection
(with Mad Professor)
  • Released: 17 February 1995 (UK)[30]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD, LP
 10 29
Blue Lines – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[31]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — —
Protection – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[32]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — —
Mezzanine – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[33]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — —
100th Window – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[34]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2]		 BEL
(FL)
[5]		 FRA
[6]		 SWI
[10]
Danny the Dog
  • Released: 11 October 2004 (UK)[35]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD
 70 65 60 92

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[36]		 AUS
[3]		 SWI
[10]
Massive Attack EP
  • Released: 10 February 1992 (UK)[37]
  • Label: Circa, Wild Bunch
  • Formats: CD
 27 49 35
Bite Size Massive Attack
  • Released: 25 December 2006 (UK)[38]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
 — — —
Splitting the Atom
  • Released: 4 October 2009 (UK)[39]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 12", digital download
 64 — 68
Atlas Air
  • Released: 21 November 2010 (UK)[40]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 12", digital download
 — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[41]		 AUS
[42]		 AUT
[4]		 BEL
[5]		 GER
[43]		 NLD
[8]		 NZ
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 US
Dance
[44]
"Any Love"[45] 1988 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Daydreaming" 1990 81 — — — — — — — — Blue Lines
"Unfinished Sympathy" 1991 13 95 — 15 17 2 — 9 —
"Safe from Harm" 25 — 23 — 33 28 — 15 35
"Sly" 1994 24 98 — — — — — — — Protection
"Protection" 1995 14 91 — — — — 27 — —
"Karmacoma" 28 — — — — — 19 — —
"Risingson" 1997 11 — — 43 — — 30 — — Mezzanine
"Teardrop" 1998 10 16 — 67 52 64 19 75 —
"Angel" 30 — — — — — 33 — —
"Inertia Creeps" — — — — — — 16 — —
"Special Cases" 2003 15 — — — — — — — — 100th Window
"Butterfly Caught" —[upper-alpha 1] — — — — — — — —
"Live with Me" 2006 17 — 58 52 74 — — 64 — Collected
"False Flags" 158 — — — — — — — —
"Psyche" 2009 — — — 67 — — — — — Heligoland
"Paradise Circus" 2010 117 — — 33 — — — 41 —
"Four Walls"[47]
(with Burial)		 2011 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"[48] 1995 Tracey Thorn Batman Forever (soundtrack)
"Karmacoma" (live)[49] 1996 none Later... with Jools Holland – Volume Two: Slow Beats
"Superpredators" [50] 1997 none The Jackal (soundtrack)
"Wire" [51] 1997 Sarah Jay Welcome To Sarajevo (soundtrack)
"Nature Boy"[52] 2001 David Bowie Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (soundtrack)
"I Against I"[53] 2002 Mos Def Blade II (soundtrack)

Remix work

Massive Attack / 3D have remixed the following artists:

Daddy G has remixed the following "solo":

 List of produced remixes by Massive Attack for other artists, showing year released and release name
Year Artist Release Song(s)
1989 Neneh Cherry "Manchild" 12"-single[54][55] "Manchild (Massive Attack Remix)"

"Manchild (Massive Attack Bonus Beats)"

1990 Lisa Stansfield "Live Together" single "Live Together (Big Beats Mix)"[56]
Jesus Loves You "One on One" single "One on One (Fon Forece / Edit)"[57]
1992 Kwanzaa Posse "African Vibrations" single "African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop Mix)"[58]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Daydreaming" 1990 Baillie Walsh[59]
"Unfinished Sympathy" 1991
"Safe from Harm"
"Be Thankful for What You've Got"
"Sly" 1994 Stéphane Sednaoui[60]
"Protection" 1995 Michel Gondry[61]
"Karmacoma" Jonathan Glazer[59]
"Risingson" 1997 Walter Stern[59][62]
"Teardrop" 1998
"Angel"
"Inertia Creeps" 1999 W.I.Z.[59]
"Special Cases" (version 1) 2003 H5[63][59]
"Special Cases" (version 2)
"Butterfly Caught" Daniel Levi[64]
"Live with Me" (version 1) 2006 Jonathan Glazer[59]
"Live with Me" (version 2)
"False Flags" Paul Gore[59]
"United Snakes" 2009 UnitedVisualArtists[65]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 1) Baillie Walsh[66]
"Paradise Circus" Toby Dye[67]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 2) 2010 Edouard Salier[68]
"Flat of the Blade" Ewen Spencer[69]
"Saturday Come Slow" Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin[70]
"Psyche" (version 1) Dougal Wilson[71]
"Psyche" (version 2) John Downer[72]
"Atlas Air" Edouard Salier[73]
"Pray for Rain" Jake Scott[74]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Butterfly Caught" was deemed ineligible to enter the UK Singles Chart by the Official Charts Company, as it exceeded the maximum track length for a release to be considered a single; it did, however, peak at number 1 on the UK Budget Albums Chart.[46]

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