Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. Protection is the second album by Bristol-based trip hop collective Massive Attack. Released in 1994 it was last to feature Tricky as a member of the group. Protection was featured in the Top Ten of Rolling Stone magazine s Coolest Albums of All Time List calling it great music for when you re driving around a city at 4 am due to the chill out nature of the album. Like most of Massive Attack s albums the music often defies categorization ranging from R&B to hip hop/rap to reggae-tinged synthpop to classical-influenced electronica instrumentals. The album follows Blue Lines structurally to the point that the font used on the cover of the album is the same.