Massive Attack 
The best album credited to Massive Attack is Mezzanine which is ranked number 135 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 9,598.
Massive Attack is ranked number 122 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 17,720.
Massive Attack official website: http://www.massiveattack.co.uk
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Massive Attack best albums
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Massive Attack best tracks
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| ! | 10/24/2025 22:14 | habibi333 | 34 | 87/100 |
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| ! | 06/18/2025 19:10 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 17.1.
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Did you know that school friend of the band, and fellow Bristolian, graffiti artist Banksy once did a mural on a classroom wall of one of their, unloved, teachers having a massive heart attack. This is how the band got their name. They soon shortened it. (Edited)
Great band who span several genres. Blue Lines, Protectio and Mezzanine are all classic albums. Heligoland was a welcome return to form as well. Very influential.
Norman Bates 08/13/2010 00:19 | #14274
Brilliant up until "Mezzanine", boring after that. (Edited)
zags7000 08/20/2015 07:04 | #148070
Norman said it best in the earlier comments. Basically first three albums are great but after Mezzanine there really isn't much. Still, those first three are something special.
Massive Attack are one of those acts where I love all of their albums, really come to appreciate their beauty and meaning in the past few years. Very underrated act, their music is more famous than the name; but if it was the over way it wouldn't be good. I love how they changed genre through the albums, like urban trip hop, to electro. They make very cinematic music and have always kept it real. Get listening to all their albums now!
