Collected (Massive Attack album)

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Released27 March 2006
Length130:00 (CD audio)
86:17 (DVD video)
Collected
Greatest hits album by
Released27 March 2006
Genre
Length130:00 (CD audio)
86:17 (DVD video)
LabelVirgin
Producer
Massive Attack chronology
Danny the Dog
(2004)
Collected
(2006)
Splitting the Atom
(2009)
Singles from Collected
  1. "Live with Me"
    Released: 13 March 2006
  2. "False Flags / United Snakes"
    Released: June 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
BBC Musicfavourable[2]
Pitchfork8.3/10[3]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[4]

Collected is a compilation 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. It collects most of the band's singles up until this point.

Disc two

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)FeaturingLength
1."Safe from Harm"Shara Nelson5:19
2."Karmacoma"
Tricky5:14
3."Angel"
  • Del Naja
  • Hinds
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Horace Andy6:14
4."Teardrop"
  • Del Naja
  • Fraser
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Elizabeth Fraser5:28
5."Inertia Creeps"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
 5:54
6."Protection"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Thorn
  • Vowles
Tracey Thorn7:45
7."Butterfly Caught"
 5:08
8."Unfinished Sympathy"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Nelson
  • Sharp
  • Vowles
Shara Nelson5:12
9."Risingson"
 4:57
10."What Your Soul Sings"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor6:37
11."Future Proof"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
 5:42
12."Five Man Army"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Thaws
  • Vowles
  • Williams[7]
Willie Wee, Tricky and Horace Andy5:21
13."Sly"
Nicolette4:56
14."Live with Me"
  • Callier
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Terry Callier4:51
Total length:78:45

Strings arranged by Craig Pruess (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 Lines
  • Tracks 2, 6 and 13 are from Protection
  • Tracks 3, 4, 5 and 9 are from Mezzanine
  • Tracks 7, 10, 11 are from 100th Window
  • Track 14 is a single promoting this compilation
  • Tracks 7, 12, 13 are edited versions exclusive to this compilation
  • Track 11 is slightly longer than the album version.

Some editions of the album come with a bonus Dual Disc. The CD layer features rare material, while the DVD layer comprises all the band's music videos 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.[8] The Argentinian version DVD (catalogue number 50999 5082759 6, distributed by EMI Odeon) contains the Eleven Promos DVD from 2002 (which corresponds to the first 11 videos of the DVD layer on the DualDisc distributed with other versions).

Disc 2, CD layer
No.TitleWriter(s)FeaturingLength
1."False Flags"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
 5:40
2."Incantations"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
Horace Andy3:19
3."Silent Spring"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • Fraser
Elizabeth Fraser3:07
4."Bullet Boy"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
 4:04
5."Black Melt"
  • Del Naja
  • Fraser
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Elizabeth Fraser5:12
6."Joy Luck Club"
  • Clare
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Debbie Clare4:58
7."Small Time Shoot 'Em Up"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
2D6:44
8."I Against I"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Smith
Mos Def5:42
9."I Want You"Madonna6:21
10."Danny the Dog"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Lorna Marshall6:02
Total length:51:15

Credits:

  • 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 Bruschini 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 Pruess (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 Radiohead's "The Bends" towards the end.
Disc 2, DVD layer
No.TitleWriter(s)DirectorLength
1."Daydreaming" (featuring Shara Nelson)
Baillie Walsh 
2."Unfinished Sympathy" (featuring Shara Nelson)
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Nelson
  • Sharp
  • Vowles
Baillie Walsh 
3."Safe From Harm" (featuring Shara Nelson)
  • Cobham
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Nelson
  • Vowles
Baillie Walsh 
4."Be Thankful for What You've Got" (featuring Tony Bryan)DeVaughn[9]Baillie Walsh 
5."Sly" (featuring Nicolette)
  • Del Naja
  • Goldman
  • Hooper
  • Marshall
  • Suwoton
  • Vowles
Stéphane Sednaoui 
6."Protection" (featuring Tracey Thorn)
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Thorn
  • Vowles
Michel Gondry 
7."Karmacoma" (featuring Tricky)
  • Del Naja
  • Locke
  • Marshall
  • Norfolk
  • Thaws
  • Vowles
Jonathan Glazer 
8."Risingson"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Reed
  • Seeger
  • Vowles
Walter Stern 
9."Teardrop" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser)
  • Del Naja
  • Fraser
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Walter Stern 
10."Angel" (featuring Horace Andy)
  • Del Naja
  • Hinds
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Walter Stern 
11."Inertia Creeps"
  • Del Naja
  • Marshall
  • Vowles
Wiz 
12."Special Cases" (featuring Sinéad O'Connor)
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
  • O'Connor
H5 
13."Butterfly Caught"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Daniel Levi[10][11] 
14."Live With Me" (featuring Terry Callier)
  • Callier
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Jonathan Glazer 
15."Live With Me (alternative version)" (featuring Terry Callier)
  • Callier
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Jonathan Glazer 
16."False Flags"
  • Davidge
  • Del Naja
Paul Gore 
Total length:86:17

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