Massive Attack - Blue Lines


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Label: Wild Bunch Records, Circa Records Ltd.
Catalog#: WBRCD 1, 0777 7 86228 2 6
Format: CD, Album
Country:Europe
Released:1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Trip Hop
Credits: Artwork By [Art And Design] - 3D-Del Naja And Michael Nash
Executive Producer - Booga Bear
Other [Blame] - Judy
Photography [Back Cover] - Jean Baptiste-Mondino
Photography [Single Faces] - Eddie Monsoon
Producer, Mixed By - Jonny Dollar , Massive Attack
Notes:Recorded at -
Coach House, Bristol: tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9.
Eastcote Studios, London: tracks 3 and 5.
Cherry Bear Studios: tracks 4 and 7.
Abbey Road, London: track 6.
Hot Nights, London: track 9.

Mixed At -
Matrix, London: tracks 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9.
Konk Studios, London: tracks 2 and 7.
Roundhouse, London: track 7.
Coach House, Bristol: track 8.

Publishers -
Island Music Ltd / Screen Gems / EMI Music Ltd: track 1.
Island Music Ltd / Copyright Control: tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Island Music Ltd / Carlin Music Corp / EMI Songs Ltd / Warner Chappell: track 4.
Island Music Ltd / Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music Ltd: track 8.
Island Music Ltd / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd / Copyright Control: track 9.

A Wild Bunch recording. ℗ 1991 Circa Records Ltd. except track 7 ℗ 1990 Circa Records Ltd. © 1991 Circa Records Ltd.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Circa Records Ltd.
Barcode: 0 77778 622826
0777 7 86228 2 6
UK: WBRCD 1
F: PM 527
D: 261 316
LC 3098 BIEM/STEMRA
Printed in Holland. Manufactured In Holland.

Comes in a standard jewel case with twenty-four page booklet. Track timings taken from computer.
Track 8 samples 'Mellow Mellow (Right On)' by Lowrell.
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Tracklisting:

1   Safe From Harm (5:18)
    Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Shara Nelson
  Written-By - A Vowles* , W Cobham* , G Marshall* , R Del Naja* , S Nelson*
2   One Love (4:48)
    Engineer [Mix] - Bryan Chuck New*
  Vocals - Horace Andy
  Written-By - A Vowles* , C J Williams* , G Marshall* , H Andy* , R Del Naja*
3   Blue Lines (4:21)
    Bass Guitar - Paul Johnson (11)
  Engineer - Kevin Petri*
  Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Massive Attack
  Written-By - A Thaws* , A Vowles* , G Marshall* , R Del Naja*
4   Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (4:09)
    Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Tony Bryan
  Written-By - W DeVaughn*
5   Five Man Army (6:04)
    Engineer - Kevin Petri*
  Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Horace Andy , Massive Attack
  Written-By - A Thaws* , A Vowles* , C Williams* , G Marshall* , R Del Naja*
6   Unfinished Sympathy (5:08)
    Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] - Wil Malone
  Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Engineer [Strings] - Hayden*
  Leader - Gavin Wright*
  Vocals - Shara Nelson
  Written-By - A Vowles* , G Marshall* , J Sharp* , R Del Naja* , S Nelson*
7   Daydreaming (4:14)
    Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Massive Attack , Shara Nelson
  Written-By - A Thaws* , A Vowles* , G Marshall* , R Del Naja* , W Badarou*
8   Lately (4:26)
    Engineer [Mix] - Bryan Chuck New*
  Vocals - Shara Nelson
  Written-By - A Vowles* , F E Simon* , G Marshall* , G Redmond* , J Simon* , L Brownlee* , R Del Naja* , S Nelson*
9   Hymn Of The Big Wheel (6:36)
    Arranged By [Additional] - Neneh Cherry
  Backing Vocals - Mikey General
  Engineer [Mix] - Jeremy Allom
  Vocals - Horace Andy
  Written-By - A Vowles* , G Marshall* , H Andy* , N Cherry* , R Del Naja*
User Reviews:
Discogs4000, May 22, 2007

I am 18 and I just discovered Massive Attack this year. I really liked Portishead and Tricky and thought Trip-Hop was a very interesting musical genre. But it was not until I heard Blue Lines I understood what Trip-hop was all about. Its amazing this is from 1991 because it sounds more modern then anything today! The rap anthems, Five man army and Blue lines are amazing in their arrangements and slow motion rapping. This is what trip hop is all about, its not suppose to be depressing, its suppose to be relaxing! And boy is Tricky in great form, just from listening to him here in these few songs and the few from Protection, I must say I feel he took his career in the wrong direction, he didnt have to be so dark and brooding...

Overall a timeless masterpeice. It may be forgotten one day, but its influence will never be.

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