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As expected but perhaps not hoped for, Virgin dishes fans this best of, Collected, as Massive Attack are buying time to complete Weather Underground, their next album to be released -- hopefully -- within the calendar year 2006. All collections of this type give punters the chance to look back at what was once futuristic and is now commonplace and how well an act's music has aged. The remainder of the Wild Bunch -- Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant Grant "Daddy G" Marshall, and Robert "3D" del Naja -- who formed Massive Attack as evidenced by these 13 tracks, all have their place. The cuts are nearly equally divided between the albums Blue Lines, Protection, Mezzanine and 100th Window. None of the soundtrack works appears here, and neither do any 12" mixes. Hits like "Safer from Harm" and "Karmacoma" don't age so well, but others, such as "Inertia Creeps," the sublime "Teardrops," the sinister "Butterfly Caught," the spooky, mercurial love song "What Your Soul Sings," (with Sinéad O'Connor on vocals), and even "Unfinished Sympathy," (with Shara Nelson singing her ass off), do. There is a an unreleased track, a new blues called "Live with Me" that begins with a string intro, a deadly slow rhythm track offered as mid-tempo creep, and the deep soul voice of Terry Callier hovering inside the darkness.
Condition:Brand new factory sealed.
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Safe from Harm 5:19
2 Karmacoma 5:14
3 Angel 6:14
4 Teardrop 5:28
5 Inertia Creeps 5:54
6 Protection 7:45
7 Butterfly Caught 5:08
8 Unfinished Sympathy 5:12
9 Risingson 4:57
10 What Your Soul Sings 6:37
11 Future Proof 5:42
12 Five Man Army 5:21
13 Sly 4:56
14 Live with Me 4:51
Disc 2
1 False Flags 5:40
2 Incantations 3:19
3 Silent Spring 3:07
4 Bullet Boy 4:04
5 Black Melt 5:12
6 Joy Luck Club 4:58
7 Small Time Shoot 'Em Up 6:44
8 I Against I 5:42
9 I Want You 6:21
10 Danny the Dog 6:02
Disc 3
1 Daydreaming DVD / Version
2 Unfinished Sympathy DVD / Version
3 Safe from Harm DVD / Version
4 Be Thankful for What You've Got DVD / Version
5 Sly DVD / Version
6 Protection DVD / Version
7 Karmacoma DVD / Version
8 Risingson DVD / Version
9 Teardrop DVD / Version
10 Angel DVD / Version
11 Intertia Creeps DVD / Version
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