Massive attack, blue lines virgin, 1991 one of the most influential records of the nineties, lines was perhaps the first posthiphop classic. This album, while not quite as haunting, dark and brooding as their subsequent releases, shows the start of a winning groove. Their debut album blue lines was released in 1991, with the single unfinished sympathy reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by nme. At the dawn of the 90s the trip hop wave flooded great britain with electro influenced by jamaican music and rap beats.
Blue lines is the debut album by bristol trio, massive attack. The duo are considered to be progenitors of the trip hop genre. The first masterpiece of what was only termed triphop much later, blue lines filtered american hiphop through the lens of british club culture, a stylish, nocturnal sense of scene that encompassed music from rare groove to dub to dance. Bristols rich musical history led to a creative surge in the 1980s and 90s, of which blue lines remains the peak. Blue lines 2012 mixmaster by massive attack published on 20160727t12. Blue lines is generally considered the first trip hop album, although the term was not widely used before 1994. Massive attacks debut album, blue lines came out in april 1991, so youll have to forgive me as im nearly 6 months behind on writing this post to mark its 25th anniversary. Blue lines remains the most truly unified result of this method, and in that respect it is the definitive massive attack release. A critically acclaimed masterpiece that takes american hip hop and filters it through british club culture. It collects most of the bands singles up until this point. It became one of the brightest and memorizable british albums of 90s.
Everything is arranged in rough chronological order of original release date. A prolific video director in her own right, sigismondi dissects clips by massive attack, king krule, and more. As denis says, it really was a groundbreaking effort for its time. Fusing elements of hiphop, reggae, soul, and electronica, the album features classic tracks lately, daydreaming, and unfinished sympathy, with contributions from shara nelson and horace andy. Nearly every song offers a sound currently in use in musics tastemaking leading edge. Massive attack have quite a reputation as one of the greatest trip hop groups of all time, probably because they are often credited with spawning the genre itself. Then love the one youre with spliff in the ashtray, red stripe, i pull the lid her touch tickles, especially when shes gentle but i dont. Massive attack are an english musical group from bristol consisting of robert 3d del naja and grant daddy g marshall, formed in 1988. Massive attack 1991 blue lines full album harry nesin. Massive attacks debut album, blue lines, is generally considered the first trip hop album, although the term was not widely used before 1994. An interesting and vivid take on the wildly plural direction took by many of their contemporaries in the electronic world, mixing styles that range from hiphop to soul, jazz, rock and much more, while spitting out this chilling, soulful and relaxing set of songs that already. Cant be with the one you love, then love the one youre with spliff in the ashtray, red stripe, i pull the lid her touch tickles, especially when shes gentle but i didnt hear her words cause i slide the instrumental.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device. Massive attacks debut album offered a precise take on everything the band would go for during their career. In 1991 the first massive attack studio album blue lines was released. With dreamy rhythms and oppressive atmospheres, massive attack, portishead, tricky, morcheeba and various others invented a futuristic kind of dark soul music which was sometimes very cinematographic. Its a slow burner of an album that encompasses elements of house, dub, and hip hop to form what years later the uk press coined trip hop.
Discover all of this albums music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Lyrics for blue lines by massive attack tricky cant be with the one you love then love the one youre with spliff in the ashtray, red stripe i pull the lid her touch tickles, especially when shes gentle keep the girl in the distance, moves are very hazy no sunshine in my life the way i deal is shady 3d skip hip data to get the antimatter. Massive attack limetorrents download verified torrents. Unfinished sympathy alone didnt make blue lines the classic its standing in so many bestalbumsever charts confirms, but it ensured that the public en. A cleareyed cut amidst massive attacks spliffstrewn debut blue lines, the stringdrenched dread of unfinished sympathy is a love letter to cinematic sound. Listening to massive attacks debut album, blue lines, 21 years after its initial release is like reading an old william gibson novel that describes the thennear future, which is now the present.
Listening to massive attacks debut album, blue lines, 21 years after its initial release is like reading an old william gibson novel that describes the thennear future, which is now the present, with unsettling precision. Blue lines was a success in the united kingdom, though sales were limited elsewhere. Blue lines was generally considered the first triphop album, though the term wasnt coined until several years later. The discography section catalogs all of massive attacks releases from their albums and singles to items falling slightly outside those first two categories. The album balances dark, divaled club jams along the lines of soul ii soul with some of the best british rap vocals and production.
Massive attack blue lines lyrics and tracklist genius. In 1988 massive attack released their first single any love. Blue lines are the reason why the temple had to shatter to the sound of silence surrounded by the mass her face is on the paper not the strangers that i pass the ones that looking back to see if they are looking back at me daddy g are you predator or do you fear me 3d yeah while im doing this i know the place i really wanna go. Massive attack eleven promos clip collection directed by. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. I think blue lines is the greatest of massive attacks albums, perhaps because i enjoy the hiphop vibe on blue lines over the darker, more atmospheric noises the group would use later on. Brave new world and score bullet boy en instrumental bullet boy bullet boy en instrumental butterfly caught. On mezzanine, massive attack tried to escape triphop. Listening to massive attack s debut album, blue lines, 21 years after its initial release is like reading an old william gibson novel that describes the thennear future, which is now the present. With the release of their debut lp blue lines in 1991, massive attack put themselves and the whole bristol scene on the map. A fusion of electronic music, hip hop, dub, 70s soul and reggae, it established massive attack as one of the most innovative british bands of the 1990s and the founder of trip hops bristol sound. The critical and commercial triumphs of portishead, tricky and roni size have established bristol as a centre of slowburning creativity, but it was the staggering impact massive attack made with their debut album which first put the west country town on the musical map and made reluctant superstars of mushroom, 3d and daddy g.
A fusion of electronic music, hip hop, dub music, 70s soul music and reggae, the album established massive attack as one of the innovative british bands of the 1990s and the. Blue lines isnt all darkness, either be thankful for what youve got is quite close to the smooth soul tune conjured by its title, and unfinished sympathy the groups first classic production is a tremendously moving fusion of uptempo hiphop and dancefloor jam with slowmoving, syrupy strings. Torrent file content massive attack discography flac 1991 blue lines 01 safe from harm. Collected is a compilation album by british trip hop collective massive attack, released on 27 march 2006. Stream blue lines 2012 mixmaster, a playlist by massive attack from desktop or your mobile device. Massive attacks first cd blue lines shows the promise of great things to follow, and follow it does with their subsequent releases protection, mezzanine and the new 100th window. Download massive attack mp3 songs and albums music. I have a lot of time for protection as well cant go too wrong with tracy thorn and nicolette on vocals. The last time they released an album, massive attack seemed to be in the process of vanishing, both in the physical sense the sprawling collective that made their 1991 debut album blue lines. Massive attack roped together music not by time or place, but by a nerve no one had thought to tease out. The album was preceded by the release of the single live with me on march.
It may have harnessed millennial dread, but mezzanine didnt shy from awe at its own. Massive attack are an english musical group formed in 1988 in bristol, consisting of robert 3d del naja, grant daddy g marshall, and formerly andy mushroom vowles mush. Their debut album, blue lines, released in 1991, is a stimulating starting point for the trip hop movement. A bristol collective whose combination of dark rhythms, reverbladen guitars, and atmospheric samples helped pioneer the laidback sound of triphop. You have so many great tracks on this album, you got daydreaming, be thankful for what youve got, safe from harm and ofcourse unfinished sympathy. Absolutely one of the top influential records of the 90s and spoken of with a smile and a general ahh yes. Their debut album blue lines was released in 1991, with the single unfinished sympathy reaching the charts and later being voted the 10th.