Although Maxinquaye had turned Tricky into a star and critical darling overnight, he showed no signs of ego or being souped-up. Later, when I got to know him better, I realized he was all about the work: of being in the studio, tinkering with electronics, and collaborating with people that he respected, famous or not. He’d recently launched his label Durbin Poison and was working with various artists, including legendary singer/ performer Grace Jones, former mentor DJ Milo, his cousin Mark’s band The Baby Namboos, underground rap producer Rock and newcomer singer-songwriter Ife Mora, a Detroit native who was fronting a band called The Autumn People. https://aarongilbreath.su...-rock-star

for a little while his albums became a bit too difficult for me, but the first 3 MAX/GOD/PRE
are brilliant and then later on, since about 2013 i've got back into his later albums which
have quite solid stuff on them.

I agree with LpC, but I'd also add Angels with Dirty Faces. I love the production on that and PMT before it. He was a very intense sounding artist around that time.
I'd have loved to have seen him live back then even though he sometimes played in almost total darkness.

The subsequent albums didn't quite cut it imo, the last one I heard was Vulnerable from the early 2000's iirc.
I got a copy of his autobiography. He's had quite a colourful life. It's an interesting enough read.

Never been that much into Massive Attack. I like them dark, so Mezzanine and 100th Window would be my albums of choice. Heligoland was a bore.