Massive Attack - Collected

Label:

Virgin

Catalog#:

0094635570724

Format:

CD, Compilation
Hybrid, DualDisc, NTSC

Country:

Europe

Released:

2006

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Leftfield, Downtempo, Trip Hop

Tracklist

CD1-01	Safe From Harm	5:19
	Vocals - Robert Del Naja , Shara Nelson
CD1-02	Karmacoma	5:14
	Vocals - Robert Del Naja , Tricky
CD1-03	Angel	6:14
	Vocals - Horace Andy , Robert Del Naja
CD1-04	Teardrop	5:28
	Vocals - Elizabeth Fraser
CD1-05	Inertia Creeps	5:54
	Vocals - Robert Del Naja
CD1-06	Protection	7:45
	Vocals - Tracey Thorn
CD1-07	Butterfly Caught	5:08
	Arranged By [Strings] - Craig Pruess Vocals - Robert Del Naja
CD1-08	Unfinished Sympathy	5:12
	Arranged By [Strings] - Wil Malone Vocals - Shara Nelson
CD1-09	Risingson	4:57
	Vocals - Grant Marshall , Robert Del Naja
CD1-10	What Your Soul Sings	6:37
	Arranged By [Strings] - Neil Davidge Vocals - Sinéad O'Connor
CD1-11	Future Proof	5:42
	Vocals - Robert Del Naja
CD1-12	Five Man Army	5:21
	Vocals - Horace Andy , Massive Attack
CD1-13	Sly	4:56
	Arranged By [Strings] - Craig Armstrong Vocals - Nicolette
CD1-14	Live With Me	4:51
	Arranged By [Strings] - Michael Jennings Vocals - Terry Callier
CD2-01	False Flags	5:40
	Drums - Damon Reece Keyboards, Guitar - Neil Davidge Vocals, Scratches - Robert Del Naja
CD2-02	Incantations	3:19
	Guitar - Angelo Bruschini Vocals - Horace Andy
CD2-03	Silent Spring	3:07
	Keyboards - Neil Davidge , Robert Del Naja Vocals - Elizabeth Fraser
CD2-04	Bullet Boy	4:04
	Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Neil Davidge Vocals, Other [Teardrops] - Robert Del Naja
CD2-05	Black Melt	5:12
	Guitar - Alex Swift , Angelo Bruschini , Neil Davidge Keyboards - Neil Davidge , Robert Del Naja Vocals - Elizabeth Fraser
CD2-06	Joy Luck Club	4:58
	Guitar - Neil Davidge Violin - Louise Jeffery Vocals - Debbie Clare
CD2-07	Small Time Shoot 'Em Up	6:44
	Backing Vocals - Damon Albarn Bass - Neil Davidge Drums - Damon Reece Guitar - Angelo Bruschini Keyboards - Alex Swift , Neil Davidge , Robert Del Naja Vocals - Robert Del Naja
CD2-08	I Against I	5:42
	Vocals - Mos Def
CD2-09	I Want You	6:21
	Vocals - Madonna
CD2-10	Danny The Dog	6:02
	Conductor [Strings], Strings [Scored By] - Craig Pruess Keyboards - John Baggott , Neil Davidge Leader [Orchestra Leader] - Gavyn Wright Other [Orchestra Fixer] - Isobel Griffiths Piano, Strings [Additional Scoring] - Louise Jeffery Recorded By [Strings] - Gary Thomas (4) Violin - Stuart Gordon Vocals - Lorna Marshall
DVD-01	Daydreaming (Video)	5:17
	Other [Directed By] - Baillie Walsh
DVD-02	Unfinished Sympathy (Video)	5:20
	Other [Directed By] - Baillie Walsh
DVD-03	Safe From Harm (Video)	4:57
	Other [Directed By] - Baillie Walsh
DVD-04	Be Thankful For What You've Got (Video)	6:28
	Other [Directed By] - Baillie Walsh
DVD-05	Sly (Video)	5:16
	Other [Directed By] - Stefan Sednaoui
DVD-06	Protection (Video)	5:53
	Other [Directed By] - Michel Gondry
DVD-07	Karmacoma (Video)	4:15
	Other [Directed By] - Jonathan Glazer
DVD-08	Risingson (Video)	5:00
	Other [Directed By] - Walter Stern
DVD-09	Teardrop (Video)	4:44
	Other [Directed By] - Walter Stern
DVD-10	Angel (Video)	5:23
	Other [Directed By] - Walter Stern
DVD-11	Inertia Creeps (Video)	5:29
	Other [Directed By] - Wiz
DVD-12	Special Cases (Video)	5:09
	Other [Directed By] - H5
DVD-13	Butterfly Caught (Video)	3:59
	Other [Directed By] - Daniel Levi
DVD-14	Live With Me (Video)	6:00
	Other [Directed By] - Jonathan Glazer
DVD-15	Live With Me (Alternative Version) (Video)	4:55
DVD-16	False Flags (Video)	5:38
	Other [Directed By] - Paul Gore

Credits

Arranged By - Massive Attack (tracks: CD1-03 to CD1-05, CD1-09) , Neil Davidge (tracks: CD1-03 to CD1-05, CD1-07, CD1-09 to CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-10) , Robert Del Naja (tracks: CD1-07, CD1-10, CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-10)
Artwork By [Design And Art Direction] - Robert Del Naja , Tom Hingston
Engineer [Assistant] - Euan Dickinson (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10)
Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom (tracks: CD1-01, CD1-08, CD1-12) , Mark "Spike" Stent* (tracks: CD1-02, CD1-06, CD1-13)
Mastered By - Tim Young (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10)
Mastered By [Remastering] - Mike Marsh (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-14) , Mike Marsh (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-14)
Mixed By - Head (tracks: CD1-14, CD2-05, CD2-07) , Johnny Dollar* (tracks: CD1-01, CD1-08, CD1-12) , Lee Shephard (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-04, CD2-06, CD2-08 to CD2-10) , Mark "Spike" Stent* (tracks: CD1-03 to CD1-05, CD1-07, CD1-09 to CD1-11) , Massive Attack (tracks: CD1-01, CD1-02, CD1-06, CD1-08, CD1-12, CD1-13) , Nellee Hooper (tracks: CD1-02, CD1-06, CD1-13)
Other [Dvd Produced By] - Abbey Road Interactive
Other [Represented By] - Marc Picken
Photography [Book] - David Hughes
Photography [Front Cover] - Nick Knight
Producer - Johnny Dollar* (tracks: CD1-01, CD1-08, CD1-12) , Massive Attack (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-06, CD1-08, CD1-09, CD1-12, CD1-13, CD2-09) , Neil Davidge (tracks: CD1-03 to CD1-05, CD1-07, CD1-09 to CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-08, CD2-10) , Nellee Hooper (tracks: CD1-02, CD1-06, CD1-13, CD2-09) , Robert Del Naja (tracks: CD1-07, CD1-10, CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-08, CD2-10)
Programmed By - Alex Swift (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10) , Dan Austin (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10) , Neil Davidge (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10) , Robert Del Naja (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10)
Recorded By - Lee Shephard (tracks: CD2-01 to CD2-10)
Written By - Adrian Thaws (tracks: CD1-02, CD1-12) , Andrew Vowles (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-06, CD1-08, CD1-09, CD1-12, CD1-13, CD2-05) , Billy Cobham (tracks: CD1-01) , Claude Williams (3) (tracks: CD1-12) , Debbie Clare (tracks: CD2-06) , Diana Ross (tracks: CD2-09) , Elizabeth Fraser (tracks: CD1-04, CD2-03, CD2-05) , Grant Marshall (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-06, CD1-08, CD1-09, CD1-12, CD1-13, CD2-02, CD2-05, CD2-07, CD2-08) , Horace Hinds (tracks: CD1-03) , Jonathan Sharp (2) (tracks: CD1-08) , Leon Ware (tracks: CD2-09) , Lou Reed (tracks: CD1-09) , Mos Def (tracks: CD2-08) , Neil Davidge (tracks: CD1-07, CD1-10, CD1-11, CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-04, CD2-06 to CD2-08, CD2-10) , Nellee Hooper (tracks: CD1-13) , Nicolette Suwoton (tracks: CD1-13) , Pete Seeger (tracks: CD1-09) , Robert Del Naja (tracks: CD1-01 to CD1-14, CD2-01 to CD2-08, CD2-10) , Robert Locke (tracks: CD1-02) , Shara Nelson (tracks: CD1-01, CD1-08) , Sinéad O'Connor (tracks: CD1-10) , Terry Callier (tracks: CD1-14) , Tim Norfolk (tracks: CD1-02) , Tracey Thorn (tracks: CD1-06) , Vivien Goldman (tracks: CD1-13)

Notes

"The Best Of Massive Attack", includes special DualDisc of new songs & rare material + all the videos.

Comes in a hardback cover with a 24-page booklet.
Tracks CD1-07, CD1-11, CD1-12 are different remixed or edited versions that are exclusive to this release.

Unfinished Sympathy contains elements from Planetary Citizen written by Ralphe A. Armstrong.
Risingson contains a sample of 'I Found A Reason' (Reed/Seeger) as performed by The Velvet Underground.

Disc 1: Audio CD
Disc 2: DualDisc Audio CD & DVD-Video

DVD-Video
NTSC 4:3

Made in the EU, and distributed in various countries that use NTSC (eg. Canada, Taiwan).

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Rated 5/5

Review by FeeL.X Oct 21, 2009

With my present musical knowledge and tastes, which are certainly greater than the ones of yesterday but lower than the ones of tomorrow, I can honestly say this is the best 'Best Of' compilation I own and have heard so far. Let me tell you why:

First (on a more philosophical side), I must say that my favourite band is The Prodigy, and with (or without?) some coincidence or irony, I've realized it happens the only other album review I've done on Discogs (and which I now find dated) is for Prodigy's Best Of compilation. There is a close second to this musical preference, it is Massive Attack, but I don't know the latter's discography with the same depth and I haven't known them for as much time (so I can't compare them on the lasting appeal).
There are two main reasons why I listen to music, and I guess they might be common to many other people's reasons: it's either for the energy or for the chilling power music can have. As I associate The Prodigy to what's best out of the 'energic pole', I think you can already guess, I do the same for Massive Attack with the 'chilling pole'. Where it differs is, while I have my preference for Prodigy (I have seen them playing live but not MA), I think I find Massive's music is the best, and this is because I (instinctively, probably) give more *value* to the "I'm feeling like a lost fish in the sea"-attitude I find in their music (like in a lot of other good melodic music) than to the good old "fuck yeah! I feel alive"-attitude I find in Prodigy's music (and their goal was never to make deep music anyway).

Second (on a more technical side), this compilation has all it has to have. Without a doubt it's a Best Of compilation, and while the main CD features mainly songs from singles, it is a very good retrospective of what MA did best on each of their albums (including, for example, the likes of What Your Soul Sings and Future Proof, which aren't singles but which I think deserve damn-well their presence on the compilation). Another advandtage is the fact that I think the mix of older and more recent tracks is consistent, where with The Prodigy I think the old tracks didn't fit too well for a mix with the more recent ones.
Also, maybe every Best Of's goal should be to contain only good songs and no boring ones, and while I don't think Best Of's always achieve this, I think this one does. And finally, coming with the first CD there is a bonus CD of good previously-unreleased tracks (which I haven't spent much time on), the DVD of promo videos (which, like the CD side, I didn't spin too often yet), and a nice picture booklet. All of this is contained in one, fine, little package.

So that was why. As a conclusion, here's a little overture on these two things:
- There are so many many personal favourites on this compilation that it would be useless to name them: you just need to have a look at the tracklisting, most of it is made of my personal favourites. Something I will say, though, is that the compilation would be worth buying if the presence of Live With Me was its only appeal.
- One point on which this release isn't the best, is that the accompanying DVD of this release will never be as good as The Prodigy's Their Law DVD, which is UNBEATABLE. But this is just a detail, isn't it? ;-p

Rated 5/5

Review by Archibaldo Jan 22, 2009

Best version of the Massive Attack's collected, in a deluxe digipack with a beautiful booklet that contains a litle of each massive's albuns art made by names like Nick Knight, also contain a full collection of videos more complete that Massive's eleven promos, in this are more 5 videos (special cases, butterfly caught, live with me, live with me - alternative version and false flags). The cd of b-sides is fantastic cos contain rare materials previously unreleased like the songs silent spring, black melt and the beautiful joy luck club. For all this things this colection are totally necessary for massive's fans! Enjoy!

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