Massive Attack by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 50 Massive Attack songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Massive Attack by the numbers: muscular in the middle — neither sleepy nor relentless, with room at both ends.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 39/100
- Average dynamic range: 5.8/10
- Average tempo: 89 BPM across 50 timed songs
- A real spread from their calmest to their most intense — a 55-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Massive Attack songs
- Exchange — intensity 10/100, 80 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Antistar — intensity 11/100, 70 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Future Proof — intensity 12/100, 80 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
The most intense
- Dead Editors — intensity 65/100, 85 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- What Your Soul Sings — intensity 65/100, 95 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- Mezzanine — intensity 65/100, 85 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Dead Editors — dynamic range 8/10
- Pray for Rain — dynamic range 8/10
- What Your Soul Sings — dynamic range 8/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Teardrop (70 BPM), fastest is Three (218 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Massive Attack artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 50 Massive Attack songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.