Massive Attack - Blue Lines
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Free Music Review: Essential Listening
Hit: 5 Stars
When the liquid bass line and seductive female vocals on Safe From Harm flooded into my stereo, I was immediately hooked. The first offering from Massive Attack is a genre defining and genre smashing classic. This music became known as trip hop, and this is the first classic trip hop album.
The musical styles reach from r&b and soul (Safe From Harm, Lately), to hip hop (Blue Lines, Daydreaming), to dub (Five Man Army) and dance (Unfinished Symphony).
This is the most soulful of the Massive Attack albums, mainly due to Shaara Nelsons vocal talents. This also has a more organic sound than Protection or Mezzanine.
Though I prefer Mezzanine for it's relentless and claustrophobic sound, Blue Lines is a classic album. A must have for any serious music fan. Keep an open mind and you won't be disapointed.
Free Music Review: You don't need techno to dance on...
Hit: 5 Stars
...if you got this album. 'Safe From Harm', 'Be Thankful For What You've Got', but especially 'Unfinished Sympathy' makes you feel like dancing. When I heard 'Unfinished Sympathy' for the first time is immediately started dancing (and I almost never dance, so that means alot). Although my favourite is 'Safe From Harm' because it has these very good lyrics and you almost start crying when you hear it. This is actually a mix of different genres, 'Blue Lines' is jazzy, 'Hymn Of The Big Wheel' is more like poppy, 'Five Man Army' (featuring Tricky) is more dub, hip hop. The rest of the track I haven't named yet I consider as chill out-tracks, because I can't really put a label on it. Just buy it and see for yourself, this is a must-have for all decent music-lovers. You won't regret it..Free Music Review: One of the Best and Most Influential Albums of the 90's
Hit: 5 Stars
Some might prefer the darker sound of Mezzanine and Protection's variations on a theme, but this is by far Massive Attack's best album. They sound like pale imitators of themselves on Protection and while almost anybody could have done Mezzanine, only Massive Attack could do Blue Lines. It has the best Massive Attack line-up: Shara Nelson, 3d, Tricky, Mushroom, Daddy G, and Horace Andy, under the leadership of Nellee Hooper, and every song is a masterpiece. My favorite tracks are the beguiling rap suites "Blue Lines", "Five Man Army", and "Daydreaming" and the beautiful final song "Hymn of the Big Wheel". It is the first time I had ever heard British rap, which is much more understated and positive than what we have in the U.S.Free Music Review: Blue lines IS the most influential album of the 90s.The best
Hit: 5 Stars
i can not see how anyone can say that mezzanine is better than blue lines. all those people giving blue lines 2 stars should be taken out side and shot. maybe thats a little harsh. anyway this album is one of the defining albums of the decade, without it ,music as we know it would be differnet and awful. The whole of blue lines is fantastic, except like someone else here said track number 2, one love, which drags on a bit. safe from harm, daydreaming and unfinished sympathy are just the most amzing songs ever. the rest f the songs are also amazing. both tricky, shara nelson, horace andy and 3D are all amazing.
This album should be with everyone. it is fantastic. go and bye it now. you should nt be disapointed if youve got taste
Free Music Review: Consider the context...
Hit: 5 Stars
An Italian, and a couple of Afro-Caribeans, living in Bristol, where a whole new scene is emerging, with the likes of Tricky, Portishead and Roni Size producing new beats. You produce your first album and name your band Massive Attack, only for George Bush senior to invade Kuwait. Hence the band became known (for a short while) as Massive (and I did have a copy simply named Massive till it was stolen - if you have one you have a rarity).
Like their other albums they use a female guest vocalist - this time soul singer Shola Ahma,who later went solo (maybe they'd have kept her?) What you have is slickly produced music that captures the early 90's. Their later albums are more sophisticated, btu this is where it all began.