Protection

~ Recording by Massive Attack

Annotation

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Produced and mixed by Nellee Hooper and Massive Attack
Mix engineer: Mark "Spike" Stent

Annotation last modified on 2022-02-20 00:13 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Protection7:51Massive AttackProtection (made & printed in Holland)Massive AttackAlbum
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 2 7, wbrcd2
1.1Protection7:51Massive AttackProtection (made & printed in Italy)Massive AttackAlbum
  • XE1994-09-26
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 2 7, WBRCD2
1.1Protection7:51Massive AttackProtection (made in Italy, printed in Holland)Massive AttackAlbum
  • GB1994-09-26
  • XE1994-09
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 2 7, wbrcd2
1.1Protection7:51Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
  • AU1994-10-10
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 2 7, wbrcd2
1.1Protection7:54Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
Wild Bunch RecordsWBRLP2
1.1Protection7:54Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 4 1, wbrmc2
1.1Protection7:53Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackSingle
  • GB1995-01-09
1.1Protection7:53Massive AttackProtection (CD2)Massive AttackSingle
  • GB1995-01-16
Wild Bunch RecordsWBRDX 6
1.1Protection7:54Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
  • US1995-01-24
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Wild Bunch Records7243 8 39883 2 7
1.5Protection (album version)7:51Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackSingle
Wild Bunch RecordsWBRT 6
2.5Protection7:52Massive AttackFirst Generation: Virgin XXV YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-30
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 46589 2 2
6.1Protection (album version)7:53Massive AttackSingles 90/98Massive AttackAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-12-07
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK)MASBOX 1
1.3Protection7:52Massive AttackDreamworld: Essential Late Night ListeningVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-04-25
Priority Records (US hip hop)P2 51134
1.1Protection7:52Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
  • JP2002-03-29
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VJCP-68410
1.7Protection7:48Massive Attack feat. Tracey ThornLike the Deserts Miss the RainEverything but the GirlAlbum + Compilation
Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK)), Warner Strategic MarketingR2 73838
1.7Protection7:48Massive Attack with Tracey ThornLike the Deserts Miss the RainEverything but the GirlAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK)), Sire RecordsR2 73838
1.7Protection7:48Massive Attack with Tracey ThornLike the Deserts Miss the RainEverything but the GirlAlbum + Compilation
Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK))5426162
1.7Protection7:48Massive Attack with Tracey ThornLike the Deserts Miss the RainEverything but the GirlAlbum + Compilation
Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK)), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 42616 26
6.1Protection7:53Massive AttackSingles CollectionMassive AttackAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2003-03-03
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK)
1.1Protection7:54Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
Wild Bunch Recordswbrlp2
2.18Protection4:54Massive AttackPure FM: Lazy Factory Room 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2017-03-24
Universal Music Belgium5376791
1.3Protection7:53Massive Attack feat. Tracey ThorneBeautiful Boy: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2018-10-12
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
2.1Protection7:47Massive AttackHackers (25th Anniversary Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2020-09-25
Varèse SarabandeVSD00222
2.1Protection7:45Massive AttackHackers (25th Anniversary Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2020-09-25
Varèse Sarabande00888072165533
1.1Protection7:51Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbumCirca Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK)
Promotion
1.1Protection7:54Massive AttackProtectionMassive AttackAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)4PRO-12701
1.5Protection7:52Massive AttackSamplerMassive AttackEP
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)DPRO-12705
1.2Protection7:54Massive AttackPiecesMassive AttackAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)70 8761785722
Bootleg
1.7Protection7:54Massive AttackMillennium HitsMassive AttackAlbum + Compilation
Umbrella Records0239425389659 1
1.1Protection7:53Massive AttackElectronic Collection: Best TripsMassive AttackAlbum + Compilation
S-Records (Russian bootlegs)SRCD-654
1.8Protection7:55Massive Attack feat. Tracey ThornSingles 90/98Massive AttackAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
producer:Nellee Hooper
Massive Attack
mixer:Nellee Hooper
Massive Attack
Mark “Spike” Stent (producer, engineer)
guest lead vocals:Tracey Thorn
performer:Massive Attack
has remixes:Protection (The Eno mix)
sampled by:The Thinner the Air (Massive Attack mix) by Cocteau Twins
samples:The Payback by James Brown
music videos:Protection (music video)
Protection by Massive Attack directed by Michel Gondry
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3kKVqFF4pv4EXeQe428zl2 [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epgo8ixX6Wo [info]
recording of:Protection

Protection

writer:Robert Del Naja
Grant Marshall
Tracey Thorn
Andrew Vowles