Big Album Bake Off #3: Dummy Vs Protection

[windhoek]

Two downtempo classics from '94 now: Dummy by Portishead Vs Protection by Massive Attack. I don't think I could live without either one of them so choose wisely when you cast your vote just in case one of them disappears through a rip in the fabric of the space-time continuum.

Next up, two of the biggest rock albums from the '80s: Appetite For Destruction Vs Slippery When Wet.

 

[Big Tabs]

I like both of them, but Protection gets more plays here.

 

[myles]

That's a toughie.....I'll be back...

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Hmm.. Tricky...

 

[myles]

Hmm.. Tricky...

Maxinquaye?

 

[Arkless Electronics]

 

[myles]

I've decided - Dummy by a gnat's whisker.

 

[windhoek]

Hmm.. Tricky...

I see what you did there

 

[myles]

I see what you did there

There isn't mush room for argument!

 

[Weekender]

Dummy.

 

[Woodface]

Dummy, I listened to Protection last week & thought side 2 is quite weak.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Plenty voting for the wrong one...

 

[Tony L]

I like both, but if one were to throw in the wonderful Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor - No Protection dub remix album it’s a slam dunk.

PS That album and giant Tannoys could easily be classed as a weapon.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

I like both, but if one were to throw in the wonderful Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor - No Protection dub remix album it’s a slam dunk.

PS That album and giant Tannoys could easily be classed as a weapon.

Oohh must find that!

 

[myles]

I like both, but if one were to throw in the wonderful Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor - No Protection dub remix album it’s a slam dunk.

PS That album and giant Tannoys could easily be classed as a weapon.

That is a GREAT album...anyone that says they don't like dub need to have a listen to it.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

That is a GREAT album...anyone that says they don't like dub need to have a listen to it.

I & I love dub

 

[alanbeeb]

Dummy is one of my personal all time greats, in 1997 it and OK Computer rescued me from being an exclusively classical snob and showed me that there is much great music to be found in contemporary pop/rock.

Of course I am still a classical snob, just not exclusively so!

 

[Andrew C!]

Ah I have both of these. Protection is more accessible. Dummy is more edgy imo.

Massive Massive Attack fan here...

 

[Sean K]

Slightly off topic but I think I'm in the right company.
I'm in Penang, malaysia at the moment and there's a cockeral going off every morning next to the apartment. Every time I hear it, I expect to hear John Waite saying "Over the last few years, to the traditional sounds of the English summer, ...

 

[Seanm]

This was much discussed amongst nerdy types at the time. I went for protection then - bit less one-trick. Dunno now.

Maxinquaye in a different league to both IMHO.