Protection (Face to Face album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Protection

| type = Album

| artist = Face to Face

| cover = Protection (Face to Face album).jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = March 4, 2016

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock

| length = 34:09

| label = Fat Wreck Chords

| producer = Bill Stevenson & Jason Livermore

| prev_title = Three Chords and a Half Truth

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title = Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions

| next_year = 2018

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=protection-mw0002912000}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Protection is the tenth studio album by American punk rock band Face to Face, released on March 4, 2016, through Fat Wreck Chords. It was issued with the catalog number FAT954 on multiple formats including compact disc, vinyl and digital download.{{cite web |title=Face To Face 'Protection' |publisher=Fat Wreck Chords |date=2016-03-04 |url=https://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/954 |accessdate=2016-03-05}} This was the first release for the band on Fat Wreck Chords in over 20 years,{{cite web |title = Face to Face Unveil 'Protection' LP for Fat Wreck |publisher = exclaim.ca |date = 2015-12-04 |url = http://exclaim.ca/music/article/face_to_face_detail_protection |accessdate = 2016-03-05 }} and the first one with guitarist Dennis Hill as the replacement of Chad Yaro.

The album was recorded at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado and produced by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore.