Blue Lines
by Massive Attack$14.44 Free Shipping
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- Released
- 91-08-06
- Music Genre
- Downbeat
- Media Format
- Audio CD
Description
Additional personnel includes: Tricky, Horace Andy, Shara Nelson (vocals); Paul Johnson (bass).
One of the 90s' early classics and a landmark album in dance music, Bristol's Massive Attack invented the 'trip-hop' genre, an ambient form of hip-hop. Born from the ashes of pioneering sound system unit the Wild Bunch, the core trio of Daddy-G, Mushroom and 3-D were joined on Blue Lines by soul diva Shara Nelson, reggae singer Horace Andy and a young Tricky. Together they fashioned a strikingly modern urban soundtrack that added an emotional intensity to the sparseness and studied cool of hip-hop, with Nelson's impassioned vocals on 'Unfinished Sympathy' helping to create one of the songs that defined the 90s.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Massive Attack
- Year of release
- 1991
- Label / Studio
- VIR
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #20068
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Run Time (minutes)
- 42
- Original year of release
- 1991
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #13985
- Cast & Crew
- Massive Attack (Music Performer)
- Jonny Dollar (Producer)
Press Reviews
Ranked #23 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "..."Blue Lines" was the album Soul II Soul never managed: a loose cross between ambient House, old Studio One-time reggae, swingbeat and the post-M.A.R.S. hippychick groove. Truly gorgeous... Melody Maker (12/91)
Ranked #97 in NME's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time. NME (10/2/93, p.29)
...mixes rap, funk, and soul into something nicely relaxed and fluid. New York Times (10/30/91)
Ranked #8 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime Q (10/01, p.99)
Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Q (12/99, p.70)
Ranked #9 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...It unwittingly gave birth to a new slow-burning, heavily atmospheric strain of dance music that...would very swiftly be termed trip hop....music designed for the head first and the feet second. Q (6/00, p.85)
Highly Recommended - "...simply beautiful...assaults the ear and the ass, lulling and grooving... Spin (8/91)
Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s. Spin (9/99, p.131)
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Vibe (12/99, p.157)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Safe from Harm
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One Love
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Blue Lines
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Be Thankful for What You're Got
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Five Man Army
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Unfinished Sympathy
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Daydreaming
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Lately
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Hymn of the Big Wheel
Customer Reviews
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Pros
- Can Listen Over And Over
- Engaging
- Hit Songs
- Original
Cons
Best Uses
- At Home
- In The Car
Comments about VIR Massive Attack - Blue Lines:
A must-have for us loving the music of that decade
Pros
- Hit Songs
- Original
Cons
Best Uses
- At Home
- Gift
Comments about VIR Massive Attack - Blue Lines:
Massive Attack's debut album is undeniable a classic in the 90's, and it defined Trip-Hop! Any hip-hop, electronic, indie fan should at least check this out.
Pros
- Hit Songs
- Original
Cons
Best Uses
- Gift
- Parties
Comments about VIR Massive Attack - Blue Lines:
This is one of the best album of Massive Attack. Quite different from Mezzanine (the masterpiece of the band), this album is still contaminated with hip hop. If you like Massive Attack you have to buy this album.
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