- trip hop, electronic, dub, alternative dance
- 49 min
- 10 tracks
- Circa Records
Protection is the second studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 26 September 1994 by Wild Bunch Records and Circa. DJ Mad Professor remixed the album in 1995 under the name No Protection.
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Character
Character-led, grave, contemporary and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Christgau's Consumer GuideA−
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Guardian4/4 ★
- Knoxville News Sentinel3.5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Select5/5
- Tom Hull – on the WebA−
- Vox8/10
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Tracks
- 1Protection7:51
- 2Karmacoma5:16
- 3Three3:49
- 4Weather Storm4:59
- 5Spying Glass5:20
- 6Better Things4:13
- 7Eurochild5:11
- 8Sly5:24
- 9Heat Miser3:39
- 10Light My Fire (live)3:15
10 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Massive Attack
- Label
- Circa Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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