Singles Collection, The - Massive Attack

Product details

Title: Singles Collection, The

Performer: Massive Attack

Genre: Electronic

Sub Genre: Trip Hop / Big Beat

Release Date: 14/12/1998

Original Release Year: 1998

Label / Distributor: Wild Bunch/Virgin / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics

Pieces in Set: 11

Studio / Live: Studio

Stereo: Stereo

Format: Performer

EAN: 724389544329

Catalogue Number: MASBOX 1

Additional notes

Album Notes: Although long since graduated to the status of full-blown pop stars (and ones known for constructing album-length works of sound art, with all of that format's accompanying tendency towards self-indulgence), Massive Attack have not forgotten their humble origins as a DJ collective. Accordingly, they retain a DJ's fondness for the 12" single, and over the course of their career have released enough material on vinyl to constitute a second body of work, unknown to many of their fans. This singles collection bridges the gap between that sub-culture and the group's larger audience.
In doing so, it gives a better idea of the group's range than any other album. Not only does it contain tracks from all three Massive Attack albums plus several dub versions from the NO PROTECTION project, but, celebrating the alternate universes opened up through remixing, reveals previously unexplored avenues of the Massive Attack sound. The forward-moving bassline on the Underdog remix of "Protection," for instance, somehow highlights the melancholy of the vocal even more than the slower-paced album version, while the State Of Bengal remix of "Inertia Creeps" combats inertia with excursions into drum-and-bass.

Album Reviews: Muzik (2/99, p.80) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...reckoned to be the most important band of the Nineties....Something this 11 CD box set...proves beyond all doubt..."
Mojo (1/99, p.103) - "...the off-kilter approach to pop, the dance music you can't dance to, the rock music with the mordant undertow....Across the albums, the variety makes sense, each style shoring up its neighbour..."
Mixmag (1/99, p.107) - 4 out of 5 - "...the most groundbreaking dance act of the decade....Brilliant, influential, occasionally infuriating..."

Titles on disc 1

1.: Daydreaming (luv it/Brixton bass/luv it dub mixes)

2.: Any Love

3.: Unfinished Sympathy (original (CD only)/Nellee Hooper 7 (CD only)/Nelle Hooper 12/Perfecto/instrumental mixes)

4.: Safe From Harm (original (CD only)/7 (CD only)/12/Perfecto/just a groove dub/just a dub mixes)

5.: Hymn Of The Big Wheel (original (CD only)/Nellee Hooper mixes)

6.: Home Of The Whale

7.: Be Thankful For What You've Got (Perfecto mix)

8.: Any Love (Larry Heard mix)

9.: Sly (album (CD only)/7 (CD only)/7 stones/Underdog/Underdog double bass and accapella/eternal feedback dub mixes)

10.: Protection (album (CD only)/7 (CD only)/Underdog's angel dust/Radiation for the nation/The Eno/J.Swift mixes)

11.: Karmacoma (album (CD only)/Portishead experience/Napoli trip/UNKLE situation/bumper ball dub/ventom dub special (CD only) mixes)

12.: Blacksmith/daydreaming (CD)

13.: Risingson (CD)

14.: Superpredators

15.: Risingson (Underdog/Otherside/Underworld mixes)

16.: Teardrop (album (CD only)/Scream Team/Mad Professor Marunzi mixes)

17.: Euro Zero Zero

18.: Angel (album/radio (CD only)/Mad Professor mixes)

19.: Group Four (Mad Professor mix)

20.: Inertia Creeps (album/radio (CD only)/Manic Street Preachers/State of Bengal/Alpha mixes)

21.: Back She Comes (CD)

22.: Reflections

Titles on disc 2

1.: Unfinished Sympathy (original version)

2.: Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 7" mix)

3.: Unfinished Sympathy (Nellee Hooper 12" mix)

4.: Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto mix)

5.: Unfinished Sympathy (instrumental)

Titles on disc 3

1.: Safe From Harm (oiginal vrsion)

2.: Safe From Harm (7" version)

3.: Safe From Harm (12" version)

4.: Safe From Harm (Perfecto mix)

5.: Safe From Harm (just a groove dub)

6.: Safe From Harm (just a dub)

Titles on disc 4

1.: Hymn Of The Big Wheel (original version)

2.: Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee Hooper mix)

3.: Home Of The Whale

4.: Be Thankful For What You Got (Perfecto mix)

5.: Any Love (Larry Heard mix)

Titles on disc 5

1.: Sly (original version)

2.: Sly (7" edit)

3.: Sly (7" stones mix)

4.: Sly (Underdog mix)

5.: Sly (Underdog double bass & accapella)

6.: Sly (cosmic dub)

7.: Sly (eternal feedback dub)

Titles on disc 6

1.: Protection (album version)

2.: Protection (7" edit)

3.: Protection (Underdog's angel dust mix)

4.: Protection (radiation for the nation)

5.: Protection (the Eno mix)

6.: Protection (J. Swift mix)

Titles on disc 7

1.: Karmacoma (album version)

2.: Karmacoma (Portishead experiment)

3.: Karmacoma (Napoli trip)

4.: Karmacoma (U.N.K.L.E. situation)

5.: Karmacoma (bumper ball dub)

6.: Karmacoma - (Ventom Dub Special)

7.: Blacksmith/Daydreaming

Titles on disc 8

1.: Risingson (album version)

2.: Superpredators

3.: Risingson (Underdog mix)

4.: Risingson (Otherside)

5.: Risingson (Underworld mix)

Titles on disc 9

1.: Teardrop (LP version)

2.: Teardrop (Scream Team remix)

3.: Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni vocal mix)

4.: Teardrop (Mad Professor Mazaruni instrumental)

5.: Euro Zero Zero

Titles on disc 10

1.: Angel (album version)

2.: Angel (radio edit)

3.: Angel (remix)

4.: Angel (Mad Professor remix)

5.: Group Four (Mad Professor remix)

Titles on disc 11

1.: Inertia Creeps (album version)

2.: Inertia Creeps (radio edit)

3.: Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers version)

4.: Inertia Creeps (State Of Bengal mix)

5.: Inertia Creeps (Alpha mix)

6.: Back/Shecomes

7.: Reflection

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