Massive Attack discography

Massive Attack discography
Massive Attack live at Mediolanum Forum in Assago on 6 February 2019, during their Mezzanine XXI tour
Studio albums5
EPs6
Soundtrack albums1
Compilation albums3
Singles18
Music videos27
Remix albums5

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

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][A]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
Blue Lines 13 69 5 81 31 31 39 26 26
Protection
  • Released: 26 September 1994 (UK)[16]
  • Label: Circa/Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
4 15 21 47 24 63 76 9 29 [B]
Mezzanine 1 1 3 4 3 6 17 1 6 60
100th Window
  • Released: 10 February 2003 (UK)[25]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1 4 4 1 1 3 9 5 1 69
Heligoland
  • Released: 8 February 2010 (UK)[28]
  • 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.

Compilations

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
[8]
NLD
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
Singles 90/98
  • Released: 7 December 1998 (UK)[29]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"/CD box sets
118
Collected
  • Released: 27 March 2006 (UK)[30]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, CD, DualDisc
2 19 13 1 24 19 3 4 198
Selected
  • Released: 4 April 2006 (UK)[32]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: digital download[33]
"—" 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
[10]
No Protection
(with Mad Professor)
  • Released: 20 February 1995 (UK)[34]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
10 29
Blue Lines – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[35]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Protection – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[36]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Mezzanine – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[37]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
100th Window – The Remixes
  • Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[38]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 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
[7]
SWI
[11]
Danny the Dog
  • Released: 11 October 2004 (UK)[39]
  • Label: Gyroscope
  • Formats: CD
70 65 60 92

EPs

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[40]
AUS
[3]
SWI
[11]
Massive Attack EP
  • Released: 10 February 1992 (UK)[41]
  • Label: Circa, Wild Bunch
  • Formats: CD, 7", 12", cassette
27 49 35
Bite Size Massive Attack
  • Released: 25 December 2006 (UK)[42]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: Digital download
Splitting the Atom
  • Released: 4 October 2009 (UK)[43]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12", digital download
64 68
Atlas Air
  • Released: 21 November 2010 (UK)[44]
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12", digital download
Ritual Spirit
  • Released: 28 January 2016 (UK)[45]
  • 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

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[46]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
BEL
[5]
CAN
[47]
GER
[48]
NLD
[9]
NZ
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
Bub.

[49]
"Any Love"[50] 1988 168 Non-album single
"Daydreaming" 1990 81 Blue Lines
"Unfinished Sympathy" 1991 13 95 15 17 2 48 9
"Safe from Harm" 25 132 23 33 28 15
"Sly" 1994 24 98 Protection
"Protection" 1995 14 91 27
"Karmacoma" 28 114 19
"Risingson" 1997 11 43 30 Mezzanine
"Teardrop" 1998 10 16 67 52 64 19 75 10
"Angel" 30 129 33
"Inertia Creeps" 16
"Special Cases" 2003 15 25 100th Window
"Butterfly Caught" [C]
"Live with Me" 2006 17 58 52 74 64 Collected
"False Flags" / "United Snakes" 158
"Psyche" 2009 67 Heligoland
"Paradise Circus" 2010 117 33 41
"Four Walls"[52]
(with Burial)
2011 Non-album singles
"The Spoils" 2016
"Dear Friend"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[53]
FRA
[7]
"Ritual Spirit"
(with Azekel)
2016 30 Ritual Spirit
"Dead Editors"
(with Roots Manuva)
[D]
"The Spoils"
(featuring Hope Sandoval)
53
[55]
The Spoils
"Come Near Me"
(with Ghostpoet)
110
[55]

Other song(s)

Remixes

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[56][57] "Manchild (Massive Attack Remix)"

"Manchild (Massive Attack Bonus Beats)"

1990 Lisa Stansfield "Live Together" single "Live Together (Big Beats Mix)"[58]
Jesus Loves You "One on One" single "One on One (Fon Forece / Edit)"[59]
1992 Kwanzaa Posse "African Vibrations" single "African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop Mix)"[60]
1993 Peter Gabriel "Steam" single "Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB Mix)"[61]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Daydreaming" 1990 Baillie Walsh[62]
"Unfinished Sympathy" 1991
"Safe from Harm"
"Be Thankful for What You've Got"
"Sly" 1994 Stéphane Sednaoui[63]
"Protection" 1995 Michel Gondry[64]
"Karmacoma" Jonathan Glazer[62]
"Risingson" 1997 Walter Stern[62][65]
"Teardrop" 1998
"Angel"
"Inertia Creeps" 1999 W.I.Z.[62]
"Special Cases" (version 1) 2003 H5[62][66]
"Special Cases" (version 2)
"Butterfly Caught" Daniel Levi[67]
"Live with Me" (version 1) 2006 Jonathan Glazer[62]
"Live with Me" (version 2)
"False Flags" Paul Gore[62]
"United Snakes" 2009 UnitedVisualArtists[68]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 1) Baillie Walsh[69]
"Paradise Circus" Toby Dye[70]
"Splitting the Atom" (version 2) 2010 Edouard Salier[71]
"Flat of the Blade" Ewen Spencer[72]
"Saturday Come Slow" Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin[73]
"Psyche" (version 1) Dougal Wilson[74]
"Psyche" (version 2) John Downer[75]
"Atlas Air" Edouard Salier[76]
"Pray for Rain" Jake Scott[77]
"Take It There" 2016 Hiro Murai[78]
"Voodoo in My Blood" Ringan Ledwidge[79]
"Ritual Spirit" Medium, Robert Del Naja[80]
"Come Near Me" Ed Morris[81]
"The Spoils" John Hillcoat[82]
"#CLIMATEEMERGENCY" 2020 Mark Donne, Robert Del Naja[83]
"#TAXHAVENS"
"#UNIVERSALBASICINCOME"

Notes

  1. ^ Ultratop maintains two concurrent charts for the two largest regions of Belgium, the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia.[6] This note indicates chart positions for Flanders.
  2. ^ Protection did not enter the US Billboard 200 but peaked at number 19 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[17]
  3. ^ "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.[51]
  4. ^ "Dead Editors" did not enter the UK Singles Chart but peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[54]

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