massive attacks first and second album are excellent (apart from the raps on the first one) but pretty much everything else that came from trip hop, barring a few songs, i wanted to like it, but it always felt too emaciated or deficient or just too stylised for me. entroducing is another album that everyone was raving about but i just couldnt grow to love it, even though i do still know it well. not musical wallpaper, but not that far from it. never really *liked* portishead either, apart from tracks like glory box and machine gun from the last one.