'Protection' is the second studio album by English trip-hop collective Massive Attack, released on 26th September 1994 by Wild Bunch Records and Circa.
Like most of Massive Attack's albums, the music often defies categorisation, ranging from R&B (title track and 'Sly') to hip-hop/rap ('Karmacoma' and 'Eurochild') to reggae-tinged synth-pop ('Spying Glass') to classical-influenced electronica instrumentals ('Weather Storm' and 'Heat Miser'). The album follows 'Blue Lines' structurally, to the point that the font used on the cover of the album is the same, Helvetica Heavy Italic. The album cover also nods to 'Blue Lines', revealing a futuristic, impenetrable wall behind a mostly-burned version of this previous album's artwork—implying that the depicted flammable gas had been ignited.
Tracklisting
1. Protection
2. Karmacoma
3. Three
4. Weather Storm
5. Spying Glass
6. Better Things
7. Euro Child
8. Sly
9. Heat Miser
10. Light My Fire (Live)
