Recording

Teardrop
Massive Attack

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1998

Label

Virgin

On

Trip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 09

   Ranked No. 9 in Trip-Hop

   A harpsichord, a heartbeat and Elizabeth Fraser singing about grief. The group's third and most fragile masterpiece, and the one that proved the formula was a language rather than a trick.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

   A harpsichord, a heartbeat and Elizabeth Fraser singing about grief. Proof the Bristol formula was a language rather than a trick.