Massive Attack Blue Lines
Spin: Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
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CD Details
- Released: April 8, 1991
- Originally Released: 1991
- Label: Virgin Records Us
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.104
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]rip-hop began here, on an album where the producers, even more than stellar guest vocalists like Shara Nelson and Horace Andy, were the stars."Spin - 9/99, p.131
Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."Spin - 8/91
Highly Recommended - "...simply beautiful...assaults the ear and the ass, lulling and grooving..."Q - 12/99, p.70
Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Q - 10/01, p.99
Ranked #8 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"Q - 6/00, p.85
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."Vibe - 12/99, p.157
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyMelody Maker - 12/91
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..."New York Times (Publisher) - 10/30/91
"...mixes rap, funk, and soul into something nicely relaxed and fluid."NME (Magazine) - 10/2/93, p.29
Ranked #97 in NME's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time."Tracks:
- 1.Safe from Harm
- 2.One Love
- 3.Blue Lines
- 4.Be Thankful for What You've Got
- 5.Five Man Army
- 6.Unfinished Sympathy
- 7.Daydreaming
- 8.Lately
- 9.Hymn of the Big Wheel
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 115,126
- UPC: 077778622826
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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