- trip hop
- downtempo
- United Kingdom
- formed 1987, Bristol
- 2 albums
- 2 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 1991–1998
Massive Attack is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1987 in Bristol. Over the years, Robert Del Naja, Adrian Thaws, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles, Horace Andy and Neil Davidge played in the group. The collection holds two albums by the group, released between 1991 and 1998: Blue Lines (1991) and Mezzanine (1998). Two records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Unfinished Sympathy: number 1 in week 14 of 1991.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Massive Attack
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Massive Attack
Massive Attack sounds more acoustic and darker than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 129 bpm.
Across 20 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Massive Attack
The six members of Massive Attack, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Massive Attack
Robert Del Naja
Adrian Thaws
Grant Marshall
Andrew Vowles
Horace Andy
Neil Davidge19901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Concert videos of Massive Attack
All concert videosFour clips from one concert, newest concert first and per concert in the order of the night, filmed on a phone from the audience. Click a clip to play it here.
Massive Attack in the Dutch Top 40
In the Dutch Top 40, Massive Attack had two records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak.
week 14, 199113weeks in the chart
with 2 records1991first entry
week 12, 19911991latest entry
week 28, 19911year with an entry
- 1Unfinished SympathyMassive Attack199110 weeks
- 28Safe From HarmMassive Attack19913 weeks
Massive Attack in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Together with Massive Attack
On tracks of albums in the collection, Massive Attack appears with Horace Andy, Shara Nelson and Elizabeth Fraser and three others.
- Horace Andy6 tracks
Shara Nelson4 tracks
Elizabeth Fraser3 tracks
Tricky3 tracksSarah Jay Hawley1 track
- Tony Bryan1 track
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Massive Attack are in the collection?
There are two, released between 1991 and 1998: Blue Lines (1991) and Mezzanine (1998).
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Massive Attack have?
Massive Attack had two records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Unfinished Sympathy, which reached number 1 in week 14 of 1991.
Who played in Massive Attack?
Over the years that was Robert Del Naja, Adrian Thaws, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles, Horace Andy and Neil Davidge. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Are there concert videos of Massive Attack?
Yes: four clips from one concert, filmed from the audience, newest concert first. They play on this page.
How do you play the music of Massive Attack?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify. A concert video plays when you click the clip.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.