Massive Attack discography

Massive Attack discography
Massive Attack performing at Hyde Park in July 2009
Studio albums	5
Compilation albums	3
Music videos	27
EPs	5
Singles	18
Soundtrack albums	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, five 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, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Adrian "Tricky" Thaws 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 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 released 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. The compilation 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]	FRA [6]	GER [7]	NLD [8]	NZ [9]	SWI [10]	US [11]
Blue Lines	Released: 1 June 1991 (UK)[12] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, LP	13	69	5	81	31	31	39	26	26	—	BPI: 2× Platinum[13] SNEP: 2× Gold[14]
Protection	Released: 26 September 1994 (UK)[15] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, LP	4	15	21	47	24	63	76	9	29	—	BPI: 2× Platinum[13] IFPI SWI: Gold[16] SNEP: Gold[14]
Mezzanine	Released: 20 April 1998 (UK)[17] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, cassette, LP, digital download	1	1	3	4	3	6	17	1	6	60	BPI: 2× Platinum[13] ARIA: Platinum[18] BEA: Platinum[19] BVMI: Gold[20] IFPI AUT: Gold[21] IFPI SWI: Platinum[16] SNEP: 2× Gold[14]
100th Window	Released: 10 February 2003 (UK)[22] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	4	4	1	1	3	9	5	1	69	BPI: Gold[13] ARIA: Gold[23] BEA: Gold[24] IFPI AUT: Gold[21] IFPI SWI: Gold[16]
Heligoland	Released: 8 February 2010 (UK)[25] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, digital download	6	8	5	1	2	4	5	7	2	46	BPI: Gold[13] SNEP: Gold[14]
"—" 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: LP, CD, DualDisc	2	19	13	1	24	19	3	4	198	BPI: 2× Platinum[13] BEA: Gold[28] IFPI SWI: Gold[16] SNEP: Gold[14]
Selected	Released: 4 April 2006 (UK)[29] Label: Virgin Formats: digital download[30]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" 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: 20 February 1995 (UK)[31] Label: Gyroscope Formats: CD, LP	10	29
Blue Lines – The Remixes	Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[32] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
Protection – The Remixes	Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[33] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
Mezzanine – The Remixes	Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[34] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
100th Window – The Remixes	Released: 30 January 2006 (UK)[35] 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)[36] Label: Gyroscope Formats: CD	70	65	60	92

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK [37]	AUS [3]	SWI [10]
Massive Attack EP	Released: 10 February 1992 (UK)[38] Label: Circa, Wild Bunch Formats: CD	27	49	35
Bite Size Massive Attack	Released: 25 December 2006 (UK)[39] Label: Virgin Formats: Digital download	—	—	—
Splitting the Atom	Released: 4 October 2009 (UK)[40] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 12", digital download	64	—	68
Atlas Air	Released: 21 November 2010 (UK)[41] Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 12", digital download	—	—	—
Ritual Spirit	Released: 28 January 2016 (UK)[42] 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 [43]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	BEL [5]	GER [44]	NLD [8]	NZ [9]	SWI [10]	US Dance [45]
"Any Love"[46]	1988	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Daydreaming"	1990	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Blue Lines
"Unfinished Sympathy"	1991	13	95	—	15	17	2	48	9	—	BPI: Silver[13]
"Safe from Harm"		25	132	23	—	33	28	—	15	35
"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	—	BPI: Gold[13]
"Angel"		30	129	—	—	—	—	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"[48] (with Burial)	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"The Spoils"	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK [49]	FRA [6]
"Ritual Spirit" (with Azekel)	2016	—	30	Ritual Spirit
"Dead Editors" (with Roots Manuva)		—	—
"The Spoils" (featuring Hope Sandoval)		—	53 [50]	The Spoils
"Come Near Me" (with Ghostpoet)		—	110 [50]

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"[51]	1995	Tracey Thorn	Batman Forever (soundtrack)
"Karmacoma" (live)[52]	1996	none	Later... with Jools Holland – Volume Two: Slow Beats
"Superpredators" [53]	1997	none	The Jackal (soundtrack)
"Wire" [54]	1997	Sarah Jay	Welcome To Sarajevo (soundtrack)
"Nature Boy"[55]	2001	David Bowie	Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (soundtrack)
"I Against I"[56]	2002	Mos Def	Blade II (soundtrack)

Remixes

Massive Attack / 3D have remixed the following artists:

• Neneh Cherry
• Lisa Stansfield
• Jesus Loves You
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Kwanzaa Posse
• Les Negresses Vertes
• Peter Gabriel
• Nas
• U2
• Indo Aminata
• Garbage
• Manic Street Preachers
• Unkle
• Primal Scream
• A Perfect Circle
• The Dandy Warhols
• Lupine Howl
• Run the Jewels

Daddy G has remixed the following "solo":

• Ini Kamose and Damian Marley
• 4 Hero

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[57][58]	"Manchild (Massive Attack Remix)" "Manchild (Massive Attack Bonus Beats)"
1990	Lisa Stansfield	"Live Together" single	"Live Together (Big Beats Mix)"[59]
	Jesus Loves You	"One on One" single	"One on One (Fon Forece / Edit)"[60]
1992	Kwanzaa Posse	"African Vibrations" single	"African Vibration (Massive Attack Hilltop 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[66][62]
"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]

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.^[47]

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External links

• Official website
• Massive Attack at AllMusic
• Massive Attack discography at Discogs
• Massive Attack discography at MusicBrainz