Debut studio album by the English electronic music group, originally released in April 1991. The album features breakbeats, sampling, and rapping on a number of tracks, but the design of the album differed from traditional hip hop. Massive Attack approached the American-born hip hop movement from an underground British perspective and also incorporated live instruments into the mixes. It features the vocals of Shara Nelson and Horace Andy, along with the rapping of Tricky Kid. Singles include 'Daydreaming', 'Unfinished Sympathy', 'Safe from Harm' and 'Hymn of the Big Wheel/Be Thankful for What You've Got'.
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelVirgin Emi
UPC0602557009606
eBay Product ID (ePID)13050174587
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era1990s
FormatRecord
Release Year2016
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreAlternative, Electronic
StyleTrip-Hop, Club/Dance, Electronica, Ethereal
TypeAlbum
ArtistMassive Attack
Release TitleBlue Lines [LP]
Additional Product Features
DistributionUniversal Music
Guest ArtistHorace Andy, Shara Nelson, Tricky
Number of Tracks9
Country/Region of ManufactureEngland
ReviewsIncluded 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..."