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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | February 28th 15 |
Massive Attack is one of the most famous groups to ever come from the UK, and are considered to be the essential trip-hop outfit. Their excellent beginnings are seen here on Blue Lines, and album widely considered to be the first trip-hop record. Their work with sampling is the shining aspect of the album, as each and every song contains an array of expertly woven sounds, backing the vocals of Shara Nelson and Horace Andy beautifully. There is some rapping here by Tricky Kid, like on "Daydreaming", and it's actually not half bad. The highlights are many on this album, but the middle trio in "Be Thankful For What You've Got", "Five Man Army", and "Unfinished Sympathy" is absolutely astonishing. Big props to Neneh Cherry, who, as Daddy G said, "kicked our arses and got us into the studio." Who knew it would result in this?
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| 5.0 classic | Slymouse | July 23rd 13 |
My first, and still favourite trip-hop album ever. It just flows, sends you to a different
dimension without daily problems and difficulties. Chillout at it's best.
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| 3.0 good | pulseczar | February 23rd 08 |
I was probably expecting too much from this album. Unfinished Sympathy is one of the greatest songs of all time, and the rest of the album doesn't even touch it. While Unfinished Sympathy is an epic, rushing melancholic song, pairing an addictive rhythm with surging string arrangements, the rest of the album keeps a low-key, yet danceable feel. But the group's mix at the time of dub and hip hop just doesn't stand up to their later development of truly hypnotic, arcane music. Maybe I'm just comparing it too much to its lead single, and Massive Attack's later work, but the loose, hazy jams of Blue Lines get monotonous quickly.
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| 3.5 great | SalteyBacon | July 6th 13 |
An enjoyable record and is great throughout for a debut record
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| 0.0 | Ethics | November 15th 12 |
Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with a gangsta' lean. Wooh-ooh-ooooooh.
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| 4.5 superb | aok | February 18th 11 |
An ingeniously inventive album with some tracks ('safe from harm', 'daydreaming', 'unfinished symphony', 'blue lines') that are still unfathomably good. But whereas Mezzanine and Heligoland have a cover to cover flow, some tracks on here don't quite stand the test of time
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| 0.0 | Gyromania | January 25th 10 |
Massive Attack are a band that, depending on my mood I will either really enjoy or really dislike. That said, on a good day Blue Lines just sits at around a 3/5. For the most part this album is tepid, and while tracks like "Safe From Harm" and "Unfinished Sympathy" shine, they're surrounded by songs like "One Love" and "Blue Lines" which are not entirely bad, but certainly not enjoyable. The length of every song is roughly 5 minutes, which can be a relatively big problem when there are more than a few songs that are so consistently boring that they tie into the album and forbare the others from standing out.
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| 3.0 good | timbo8 | July 13th 08 |
When I first heard this a few weeks ago, I was expecting this to be alot better than it turned out to be. While I respect it for its importance in founding trip-hop, numerous songs themselves leave much to be desired. While the generally soothing groove and instrumentation are good, the singing, despite often being upbeat, is what really brought the rating down for me. Many of the songs, namely "Safe From Harm" (the female's voice), "One Love," "Lately," and "Hymn of the Big Wheel" (which is by far the worst song here), are hurt by overdone vocals that sound very corny and dated. In contrast, "Blue Lines" is far and away the best song here, radiating pure cool with almost whispered rhymes for an incredible ambiance. Other than these songs, the trip-hop grooves are good, but not very memorable to me. Overall, this album has much less musical focus than their other major album Mezzanine, although I find that to be overrated as well.
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| 4.0 excellent | Iai EMERITUS | November 14th 07 |
Even if there is one genuine duffer here ("Hymn of the Big Wheel"), most of this album is not only hugely important to the development of British hip-hop and dance in general, it's also hugely great. Two moments in particular remain near-unsurpassed - "Safe From Harm" is awesome, and "Unfinished Sympathy" is simply one of the 10, maybe 5, best songs of the 1990s. The rest is dubby, narcotic, laid-back, and hugely enjoyable. It's not the best Massive album, as some might have you believe, but it's indispensable to fans of the genre or the band.
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