Protection_(Massive_Attack_album)

Protection
Protection
Studio album by Massive Attack
Released	26 September 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Wild Bunch (London); Massive Attack (Bristol); Antenna (Bristol);
Genre	Trip hop
Length	48:57
Label	Wild Bunch; Circa;
Producer	Nellee Hooper; Massive Attack;
Massive Attack chronology
Singles from Protection
	"Sly"; Released: 17 October 1994; "Protection"; Released: 9 January 1995; "Karmacoma"; Released: 20 March 1995;

<i>Protection</i> (Massive Attack album)

Protection (Massive Attack album)

1994 studio album by Massive Attack

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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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
Knoxville News Sentinel	^[5]
NME	8/10^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]
Select	5/5^[9]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−^[10]
Vox	8/10^[11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Protection"	Andrew Vowles Robert Del Naja Grantley Marshall Tracey Thorn	7:51
2.	"Karmacoma"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Tricky Tim Norfolk Bob Locke	5:16
3.	"Three"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Nellee Hooper Nicolette Suwoton	3:49
4.	"Weather Storm"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Hooper Craig Armstrong Curtis Harmon Cedric Napoleon James Lloyd Cameron Murray	4:59
5.	"Spying Glass"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Hooper Horace Andy	5:20
6.	"Better Things"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Thorn Ben Watt James Brown	4:13
7.	"Eurochild"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Tricky Norfolk Locke	5:11
8.	"Sly"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Hooper Suwoton Vivien Goldman	5:24
9.	"Heat Miser"	Vowles Del Naja Marshall Hooper Marius de Vries	3:39
10.	"Light My Fire" (live)	The Doors	3:15
Total length:			48:57

Chart (1994–2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[15]	15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[16]	21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[17]	47
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[18]	46
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[19]	49
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20]	76
European Albums (Music & Media)^[21]	21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[22]	33
French Albums (SNEP)^[23]	24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[24]	63
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[25]	9
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[26]	37
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[27]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[28]	14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29]	29
UK Albums (OCC)^[30]	4
UK Dance Albums (OCC)^[31]	1
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[32]	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[33]	19

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[36]	Gold	100,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)^[37]	Gold	50,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[38]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[39]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[40]	2× Platinum	653,864^[41]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[42]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Protection_(Massive_Attack_album)

Protection (Massive Attack album)

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