Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s.", Ranked #97 in Nme's List of the "Greatest Albums of All Time.", 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.", Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", "...Mixes Rap, Funk, and Soul Into Something Nicely Relaxed and Fluid.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Trip-hop began here, on an album where the producers, even more than stellar guest vocalists like Shara Nelson and Horace Andy, were the stars.", 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...", Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century, Ranked #8 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", Highly Recommended-"...Simply Beautiful...Assaults the Ear and the Ass, Lulling and Grooving..."
