Collected
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Collected is a "best of" album
by British
trip-hop collective Massive Attack
, released on 27 March 2006. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Live With Me" on 13 March.
Strings arranged by Craig Pruess
(track 7), Wil Malone (track 8), Neil Davidge (track 10), Craig Armstrong (track 13), and Michael Jennings (track 14).
. The CD layer features rare material, while the DVD layer comprises all the band's music video
s to date. Some editions of this special version, such as the Japanese and Argentinian issues, include, instead of the DualDisc, a second, standard audio CD with the rarities' content of the CD layer of the DualDisc, along with a separate DVD containing the music videos. The Argentinian version DVD (catalogue number 50999 5082759 6, distributed by EMI Odeon) is only the Eleven Promos DVD from 2002 (which corresponds to the first 11 videos of the DVD layer on the DualDisc).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
trip-hop collective Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
, released on 27 March 2006. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Live With Me" on 13 March.
CD one
- "Safe from HarmSafe From Harm (single)"Safe from Harm" is the third single from Blue Lines, the 1991 debut from Massive Attack. The bass, guitar, and drums are sampled from the song "Stratus" by Billy Cobham, from his album Spectrum. Additional drums are sampled from "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic. Other samples come from Herbie...
" (featuring Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
) (CobhamBilly CobhamWilliam C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....
/Del NajaRobert Del NajaRobert Del Naja , also known as 3D, is an English artist and musician. Initially gaining notoriety as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective known as "The Wild Bunch", Del Naja went on to become a founding member of the band Massive Attack where he is active to this day.-Music:Del...
/MarshallDaddy GDaddy G, , is a British musician and a founding member of the band, Massive Attack.-Music:...
/Nelson/VowlesAndrew VowlesAndrew Lee Isaac Vowles , also known as Mushroom, is a founding member of British trip-hop collective Massive Attack.-Early years:Vowles grew up in Bath, attending Newbridge Junior School...
) – 5:19 - "Karmacoma" (featuring TrickyTrickyTricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
) (Del Naja/Locke/Marshall/Norfolk/ThawsTrickyTricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
/Vowles) – 5:14 - "Angel" (featuring Horace AndyHorace AndyHorace Andy is a roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", "Angel", "Five Man Army" and a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine"....
) (Del Naja/HindsHorace AndyHorace Andy is a roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", "Angel", "Five Man Army" and a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine"....
/Marshall/Vowles) – 6:14 - "TeardropTeardrop (song)"Teardrop" is a song by Massive Attack, which was first released on their 1998 album Mezzanine. It was released as a single on 27 April 1998. The song became another UK hit for the group, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart...
" (featuring Elizabeth FraserElizabeth FraserElizabeth Davidson Fraser is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins...
) (Del Naja/Fraser/Marshall/Vowles) – 5:28 - "Inertia Creeps" (Del Naja/Marshall/Vowles) – 5:54
- "Protection" (featuring Tracey ThornTracey ThornTracey Anne Thorn is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which is currently on extended hiatus.-Personal life:...
) (Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn/Vowles) – 7:45 - "Butterfly Caught" (DavidgeNeil DavidgeNeil Davidge, , is a record producer, songwriter, film score composer, musician and occasional backing vocalist. Once an associate of dance producers, DNA, he is best known as the long-term co-writer, producer and key sonic facilitator for the music production outfit Massive Attack...
/Del Naja) – 5:08 - "Unfinished SympathyUnfinished Sympathy"Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by English electronica group Massive Attack, from their debut album Blue Lines . The song was written collaboratively by the members of the group , with Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp and Shara Nelson, the latter providing lead vocals for the song...
" (featuring Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
) (Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/Sharp/Vowles) – 5:12 - "Risingson" (Del Naja/Marshall/ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
/SeegerPete SeegerPeter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
/Vowles) – 4:57 - "What Your Soul Sings" (featuring Sinéad O'ConnorSinéad O'ConnorSinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
) (Davidge/Del Naja/O'Connor) – 6:37 - "Future Proof" (Davidge/Del Naja) – 5:42
- "Five Man Army" (featuring Willie Wee, Tricky and Horace Andy) (Del Naja/Marshall/Thaws/Vowles/Williams) – 5:21
- "Sly" (featuring Nicolette) (Del Naja/GoldmanVivien GoldmanVivien Goldman is a British journalist, writer and musician. She was born in London, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. She studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick...
/HooperNellee HooperNellee Hooper is a British producer/remixer/composer best known for his work with Björk, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Sinéad O'Connor, Garbage, Andrea Corr, U2, Sneaker Pimps, Soul II Soul and Massive Attack...
/Marshall/Suwoton/Vowles) – 4:56 - "Live with MeLive with Me (song)"Live with Me" is a song by Massive Attack which was included in their 2006 compilation album, Collected, and was also released as a single...
" (featuring Terry CallierTerry CallierTerrence O. Callier, known as Terry Callier is an American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Life and career:...
) (Callier/Davidge/Del Naja) – 4:51
Strings arranged by Craig Pruess
Craig Pruess
Craig Pruess is an American composer, musician, arranger and gold & platinum record producer who has been living in Britain since 1973...
(track 7), Wil Malone (track 8), Neil Davidge (track 10), Craig Armstrong (track 13), and Michael Jennings (track 14).
- Tracks 1, 8 and 12 are from Blue LinesBlue Lines-Personnel:* All tracks produced and mixed by Massive Attack, Cameron McVey and Jonny Dollar.** Robert "3D" Del Naja: vocals - keyboards** Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall: vocals** Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles: keyboards# "Safe from Harm"#* Shara Nelson: vocals...
- Tracks 2, 6 and 13 are from ProtectionProtection (album)-Sound:Protection was featured in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine's 'Coolest Albums of All Time List,' calling it "great music for when you're driving around a city at 4 am," due to the 'chill out' nature of the album...
- Tracks 3, 4, 5 and 9 are from MezzanineMezzanine (album)Mezzanine is the third studio album by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released on 20 April 1998. It was produced by Neil Davidge along with the group. The album was released on Virgin Records....
- Tracks 7, 10, 11 are from 100th Window100th Window-Personnel:* Robert "3D" Del Naja* Neil Davidge* Horace Andy – Vocals* Sinéad O'Connor – Vocals* Alex Swift – Additional programming and keyboards* Angelo Bruschini – Guitars* Jon Harris – Bass* Damon Reece – Drums...
- Track 14 is a single promoting this compilation
- Tracks 7, 12, 13 are edited versions exclusive to this compilation.
CD two
Some editions of the album come with a bonus Dual DiscDualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
. The CD layer features rare material, while the DVD layer comprises all the band's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s to date. Some editions of this special version, such as the Japanese and Argentinian issues, include, instead of the DualDisc, a second, standard audio CD with the rarities' content of the CD layer of the DualDisc, along with a separate DVD containing the music videos. The Argentinian version DVD (catalogue number 50999 5082759 6, distributed by EMI Odeon) is only the Eleven Promos DVD from 2002 (which corresponds to the first 11 videos of the DVD layer on the DualDisc).
CD layer
- "False Flags" (Davidge/Del Naja) – 5:40
- "Incantations" (featuring Horace Andy) (Davidge/Del Naja/Marshall) – 3:19
- "Silent Spring" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) (Davidge/Del Naja/Fraser) – 3:07
- "Bullet BoyBullet BoyBullet Boy is a 2005 film directed by Saul Dibb, written by Saul Dibb and Catherine Johnson, and stars Ashley Walters. The film's original music was composed and performed by Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, who released it as an album...
" (Davidge/Del Naja) – 4:04 - "Black Melt" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) (Del Naja/Fraser/Marshall/Vowles) – 5:12
- "Joy Luck Club" (featuring Debbie Clare) (Clare/Davidge/Del Naja) – 4:58
- "Small Time Shoot 'Em Up" (featuring 2D2D (Gorillaz)The fictional character Stuart Pot , better known by his stage name 2-D, also simply spelled as 2D, is a member of the British virtual band Gorillaz...
) (Davidge/Del Naja/Marshall) – 6:44 - "I Against I" (featuring Mos DefMos DefDante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
) (Davidge/Del Naja/Marshall/Smith) – 5:42 (This is not a cover of the Bad Brains song of the same nameI Against II Against I is the third official full-length studio album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 as SST Records number 65. The best-selling album in the band's catalog, I Against I is a critically acclaimed album of American hardcore punk mixed with funk, soul, reggae and heavy metal. It is also...
.) - "I Want You" (featuring MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
) (Ross/WareLeon WareLeon Ware is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer. Best known for crafting the hit album, I Want You, originally recorded for Ware, until friend and Motown icon Marvin Gaye was assigned to the album in 1976...
) – 6:21 - "Danny the Dog" (featuring Lorna MarshallLorna MarshallLorna Marshall , born Lorna Jean McLean, was an anthropologist who in the 1950s, 60s and 70s lived among and wrote about the previously unstudied !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert...
) (Davidge/Del Naja) – 6:02
- Robert Del Naja sings on tracks 1, 4, and 7, plays keyboards on tracks 3, 5, and 7, and scratches on track 1.
- Neil Davidge plays keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10, guitar on tracks 1, 4, and 6, bass on track 7, and provides backing vocals on track 4.
- Angelo BruschiniAngelo BruschiniAngelo Bruschini is an English rock guitarist who has been a member of The Numbers, Rimshots, The Blue Aeroplanes, and now Massive Attack. He produced Strangelove's eponymous album in 1997...
plays guitar on tracks 2, 5, and 7. - Alex Swift plays guitar on track 5 and keyboards on track 7.
- Damon Reece plays drums on tracks 1 and 7.
- Louise Jeffery plays violin on track 6.
- On track 10 collaborated in addition: Craig PruessCraig PruessCraig Pruess is an American composer, musician, arranger and gold & platinum record producer who has been living in Britain since 1973...
(conductor [strings], strings [scored by]), John Baggot (keyboards), Gavyn Wright (orchestra leader), Isobel Griffiths (orchestra [fixer]), Louise Jeffery (piano, strings [additional scoring]), and Stuart Gordon (violin). - Track 1 features a sample from RadioheadRadioheadRadiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
's "The Bends" towards the end.
DVD layer
- "Daydreaming" (featuring Shara Nelson) (BadarouWally BadarouWally Badarou is a musician from Benin.-Biography:A synthesiser specialist, Badarou was the longtime associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock...
/Del Naja/Marshall/Thaws/Vowles)- Directed by Baillie WalshBaillie WalshBaillie Walsh is a music video and film director. He is best known for writing and directing the film Flashbacks of a Fool starring Daniel Craig, Eve, Harry Eden, and Felicity Jones.-External links:...
- Directed by Baillie Walsh
- "Unfinished Sympathy" (featuring Shara Nelson) (Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/ Sharp/Vowles)
- Directed by Baillie Walsh
- "Safe From Harm" (featuring Shara Nelson) (Cobham/Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/Vowles)
- Directed by Baillie Walsh
- "Be Thankful for What You've GotBe Thankful for What You Got (song)"Be Thankful for What You Got" is a soul song written and first performed by William DeVaughn.-History:DeVaughn wrote "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy" eventually re-written to become "Be Thankful for What You Got" in 1972, and spent $900 toward its development to Omega Sound [A Philadelphia Production...
" (featuring Tony Bryan) (DeVaughnWilliam DeVaughnWilliam DeVaughn is an American R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for the hit song "Be Thankful for What You Got".-Biography:...
)- Directed by Baillie Walsh
- "Sly" (featuring Nicolette) (Del Naja/Goldman/Hooper/Marshall/Suwoton/Vowles)
- Directed by Stéphane SednaouiStéphane SednaouiStéphane Sednaoui is a French-American photographer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, art projects, photographic essays, portrait photography, fashion photography and photojournalism....
- Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui
- "Protection" (featuring Tracey Thorn) (Del Naja/Marshall/Thorn/Vowles)
- Directed by Michel GondryMichel GondryMichel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...
- Directed by Michel Gondry
- "Karmacoma" (featuring Tricky) (Del Naja/Locke[1]/Marshall/Norfolk[2]/Thaws)/Vowles)
- Directed by Jonathan GlazerJonathan GlazerJonathan Glazer is an English director of films, commercials and music videos.-Biography:After studying theatre design at Nottingham Trent University, Glazer started out directing theatre and making film and television trailers, including award-winning work for the BBC...
- Directed by Jonathan Glazer
- "Risingson" (Del Naja/Marshall/Reed/Seeger/Vowles)
- Directed by Walter SternWalter Stern (director)-Music videos:Stern began his career directing music videos at Control, a small production company based in London.In 1993, he moved to Stigma where he first directed a promo for the band The Prodigy...
- Directed by Walter Stern
- "Teardrop" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) (Del Naja/Fraser/Marshall/Vowles)
- Directed by Walter Stern
- "Angel" (featuring Horace Andy) (Del Naja/Hinds/Marshall/Vowles)
- Directed by Walter Stern
- "Inertia Creeps" (Del Naja/Marshall/Vowles)
- Directed by WizW.I.Z.W.I.Z. is a music video director from the United Kingdom.-Background:W.I.Z. has directed a number of high-concept videos for major music artists from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Massive Attack, Kasabian, Oasis and Marilyn Manson...
- Directed by Wiz
- "Special CasesSpecial Cases"Special Cases" is a song on English trip hop collective Massive Attack's fourth full-length album, 100th Window. It was released as the first single from this album on 24 February 2003, reaching #15 in the UK Singles Chart...
" (featuring Sinéad O'Connor) (Davidge/Del Naja/O'Connor)- Directed by H5
- "Butterfly Caught" (Davidge/Del Naja)
- Directed by Daniel LeviDaniel LéviDaniel Lévi , is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.-Biography:Daniel Lévi was born in Constantine, French Algeria. He spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and...
- Directed by Daniel Levi
- "Live With Me" (featuring Terry Callier) (Callier/Davidge/Del Naja)
- Directed by Jonathan Glazer
- "Live With Me (alternative version)" (featuring Terry Callier) (Callier/Davidge/Del Naja)
- Directed by Jonathan Glazer
- "False Flags"(Davidge/Del Naja)
- Directed by Paul Gore