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.
Track listing
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.
Disc two 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. 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).
Tracks 1, 3 and 6 are previously unreleased Track 2 is a remix of "Everywhen" from 100th Window Track 4 from Bullet Boy Track 5 is a new version of "Black Milk" from Mezzanine without Manfred Mann's "Tribute" sample Track 7 is a version of "Small Time Shot Away" from 100th Window Track 8 from Blade II Track 9 from Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye Track 10 from Unleashed
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.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2006)PeakpositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)"Ultratop.be – Massive Attack – Collected" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.1Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)1
Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionAustralian Dance Albums (ARIA)"ARIA End Of Year Dance Albums 2006" . ARIA Charts. Retrieved 15 April 2017.20Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)"Jaaroverzichten 2006" (in Dutch). Ultratop Flanders. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.22Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)"Jaaroverzichten 2006: Alternatieve" (in Dutch). Ultratop Flanders. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.13Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)"Jaaroverzichten 2006" (in French). Ultratop Wallonia. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.68Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006" (in German). Swiss Charts Portal. Retrieved 15 April 2017.95UK Albums (OCC)"End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2017.33US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)23
Certifications
References
External links Collected microsite