Blue Lines
by Massive Attack
- Type: Album
- Released: 1991-04-08
- Label: Circa, Virgin
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 45:05
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 42 ratings
Artists on this release: Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Widely credited with pioneering the trip-hop genre, 'Blue Lines' is a groundbreaking synthesis of American hip-hop, Jamaican dub, and British soul. The album is characterized by its smoky, nocturnal atmosphere, built upon deep, rolling basslines, slowed-down breakbeats, and a rotating cast of haunting vocalists and rappers. It remains a moody, cinematic masterpiece that forever altered the landscape of electronic and underground dance music.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, sampling, male vocalist, rhythmic, conscious, rap, downtempo, soulful, classic, sample-heavy
Tracklist
- Safe From Harm (05:18)
- One Love (04:48)
- Blue Lines (04:21)
- Be Thankful For What You've Got (04:09)
- Five Man Army (06:04)
- Unfinished Sympathy (05:08)
- Daydreaming (04:14)
- Lately (04:26)
- Hymn Of The Big Wheel (06:37)
Credits
- Robert Del Naja - artwork, design
- Grant Marshall - Member
- Andrew Vowles - Member
- Judy Blame - artwork
- Michael Nash - artwork, design
- Booga Bear - executive-producer
- The Cherry Bear Organisation - management
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino - photography by [back cover]
- Eddie Monsoon - photography by [single faces]
- Jonny Dollar - producer, mixed by
- Massive Attack - producer, mixed by