{"product_id":"massive-attack-protection-2016-reissue","title":"Massive Attack - Protection","description":"\u003cp\u003eMassive Attack's sophomore effort could never be as stunning as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/massive-attack-blue-lines-2016-reissue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Lines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and a slight drop in production and songwriting quality made the comparisons easy. Still, from the first two songs Protection sounds worthy of their debut. The opening title track is pure excellence, with melancholy keyboards, throbbing acid lines, and fragmented beats perfectly complementing the transcendent vocals of Tracey Thorn (an inspired choice to replace the departed Shara Nelson as their muse). Tricky, another soon-to-be-solo performer, makes his breakout on this record, with blunted performances on \"Karmacoma,\" another highlight, as well as \"Eurochild.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProtection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pulls all the most accessible elements of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the atmosphere, the rhythms, the vocals, and streamlines them into a sleek ride under urban lights. It spawned 3 top 30 singles and the album debuted at number 4 on the charts, making good on the promise and potential of their game changing debut the second time around. While not as essential as their debut, I cannot comprehend what kind of music connoisseur wouldn’t love having this in their collection. It is as accessible and immediate as trip-hop gets. In order for it to achieve that accessibility a bit of the edge and tension of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e had to be sacrificed, luckily, those elements would make a comeback in a huge way on what came next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title track from Massive Attack's second album, which arrived four years after their debut, \u003cem\u003eProtection\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful, mid-tempo song which places the band firmly in the middle of the trip-hop genre they created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the abrupt departure of Shara Nelson in the aftermath of Blue Lines, the band needed to regroup to discover their future path. Mushroom, 3D, and Daddy G knew they could never replace her, nor did they want to. Instead, they chose to bring a new diversity to their sound with the addition of rotating guest vocalists; the first was Everything but the Girl's Tracy Thorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was Thorn who penned the song that gave the band their album title and first single, and her sweetly organic, jazz-inflected voice was perfectly suited to the quiet, pared-down music the band placed behind it. A haunting love song, \u003cem\u003eProtection\u003c\/em\u003e is a subtle counterpart to the earlier \u003cem\u003eSafe From Harm\u003c\/em\u003e and is proof that the band was still on the right track. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/song\/protection-mt0006794435#userReviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5CnZjFfPDmxOX7KnWLLqpC?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Virgin\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2016 \/ Original: 1994\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Downtempo, Dub, Trip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Electronic \/\/ Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456531701918,"sku":"602557009620","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/Massive-Attack-Protection-LP-Vinyl-2016-1.jpg?v=1734518216","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/massive-attack-protection-2016-reissue","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}