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Track Listings

1	Safe From Harm
2	One Love
3	Blue Lines
4	Be Thankful For What You've Got
5	Five Man Army
6	Unfinished Sympathy
7	Daydreaming
8	Lately
9	Hymn Of The Big Wheel

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MASSIVE ATTACK Blue Lines (2000s UK re-issue of the 1991 9-track vinyl LP including the stunning classic single Unfinished Sympathy. Presented in spot-lacquered picture sleeve with picture/lyric inner WBRLP1)

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.81 x 0.39 x 11.81 inches; 1.1 Pounds
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Virgin Records Us
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Virgin Records Us
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000500WO
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #716,034 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,838 in Trip-hop
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Patrick

Clean and flat

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024

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Yeah the music is great but I rate the production of the product. Well done here.

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2013

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Massive Attack is by and far my favorite band, and I enjoy all types of music, not just of the trip-hop genre. I only came across them 2 yrs ago by accident and have been addicted to them ever since. My favorite album is Mezzanine but I don't have a favorite track, I pretty much love every song they have ever produced. I've been listening to their Collected Album for the past year in my car and I'm still not sick of it. Their music is simply undescribable and incredibly original. Robert "3D" Del Naja's voice is sensational and can't be compared to anyone else. Check out their track "inertia creeps" if you're not familiar and you'll understand what I'm talking about. Also their collaborations with various vocalists are simply awesome and smart. Al though some songs may be considered "darker" than others, all of their music puts me in a great mood and helps me relax. Their most recent album Heligoland is definitely much different then their prior albums (but then again all MA albums are different; why I love them so much), and it took a little while getting used to. But after listening to it for a bit I became addicted to that album as well. The only album I don't have is Blue Lines, which I just purchased, al though I'm familiar with all the tracks on the album. Bottom-line is Massive Attack is amazing and in my opinion so highly under-rated here in the states. I recommmend any and all of their albums to anyone who enjoys refreshing, original music, and music that can't be categorized as falling into one particular genre, but rather an incredible blend of trip hop, alternative hip hop, experimental rock, down-tempo hip-hop, soul, reggae, even classical music.

Ok so if you're not already familiar with MA, you're missing out, so introduce yourself to their music immediately; I guarantee you will not be dissapointed!

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Edier

It comes with downloadable content

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021

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Excellent, and it comes with a download code, that we can use to download all the songs in WAV files. I liked that too much, cause I like to have my music on my PC too.
Just convert the WAV files into FLAC, MP3 or M4A.
I recommend M4A, it's lighter and has an excellent quality.

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Joe Orber

Fantastic sound, no other way to put it

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2021

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Fantastic pressing of this vinyl record, it sounds just like it did in the movie theater when I watched this movie, it still haunts on

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Angry Mofo

Soul music for the techno decade.

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2011

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Once upon a time, Blue Lines was praised for launching the " trip-hop " style. I think it's more meaningful to think of it as a slightly modernized soul album. It has one straightforward, faithful cover of a soul classic ("Be Thankful For What You've Got"). Other songs incorporate hip-hop and electronica, but retain the same basic tone: romantic, sensual, overtly emotional. Only "Five Man Army" exhibits the slow, dank clatter of "trip-hop" (see also "Inertia Creeps" on Mezzanine ), but it's really yet another classicist song, drawing heavily from dub reggae. If you're looking for startling, original musical ideas, they are not here -- you might try Tricky's Maxinquaye instead.

Perhaps the one innovation that should be credited to this album is the concept of a band as a rotating, anonymized collective. That's much more common these days, thanks to Gorillaz , which is why Heligoland made less of a splash than I think it should have. But the first side of Blue Lines still seems diverse and creative, with a new lead vocalist on each of the first five songs. "Safe From Harm" gains such epochal, menacing drive from its monstrous bassline (probably the best in all of electronica, and imitated for years afterward by such artists as Primal Scream and Bjork ), and the histrionic dramatism of Shara Nelson's vocal, that it's somehow possible to ignore the very awkward lyrics ("you can free the world, you can free my mind" does not connote peril).

But then, Blue Lines has to be more than the sum of its parts, since none of the individual parts explains what makes the album special. The music sounds simple -- a few synth-chords here, an echo there, or a piano loop thrown in. The second side repeats the blueprint of the first, almost sounding like take two of the same thing, "Unfinished Sympathy" as a reprise/counterpart to "Safe From Harm," "Daydreaming" repeating the rap dialogue of "Blue Lines." This became a standard technique for Massive Attack: both Protection and Mezzanine have the same structure, with all the surprise and stylistic novelty presented immediately in the first few songs. Lastly, among the vocalists, Robert Del Naja is a noticeably better rapper than the other two guys. Tricky's heavily accented delivery is a little sluggish, Del Naja runs circles around him. In Tricky's defense, though, his moody self-absorption is effective here as a dark contrast to the other vocalists.

The secret ingredient is the ethereal, gentle production: the soft synth background in "Safe From Harm" (a powerful contrast to the bassline) and the title track, the slight tonal shift around 1:45 of "Blue Lines," right on Del Naja's cute "on my toes / comatose" rhyme, subtly lifting the song from the murk. The title track is a real gem, even more than "Safe From Harm." The fast rap cadences and the gravelly voices of Tricky and Del Naja suggest some lingering darkness, but their voices are hushed low in the mix, and don't break the fragile mood set by the synths. It's the dreamiest rap song ever written. Elsewhere, Jamaican crooner Horace Andy gets a late-career revival by dressing up old standards ("One Love" and the quotes from his old songs on "Five Man Army") with newer, darker production. On "One Love," he miraculously rescues another clunky lyric by delivering it with as much straightforward, unironic conviction as possible, so that it sounds like a proud declaration of principle.

All the success of Blue Lines comes from its direct emotional appeal combined with its humble tone. The title track would never have worked as a blustering rap battle with boasting and threats. "Safe From Harm" threatens retaliation, but in context, that sounds more like a desperate bluff. Del Naja asserts his street smarts, but that just involves being "on my toes" rather than expressing aggression. The characters depicted in the songs are very ordinary. This somehow makes all the sentimental, heart-on-sleeve appeals to love and devotion sound stronger. This is a very uplifting album. Without patronizing the listener, it makes being a good person seem desirable and natural.

From a musical standpoint, I prefer Protection, which takes the same basic ideas (multiple contrasting vocalists, romantic atmosphere) and develops them with much better and more modern production. Parts of Blue Lines do sound dated (or maybe they were just never that great to begin with), mostly in the second half. But the first half, up to at least "Five Man Army," remains moving and engaging, like all the best soul albums.

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Clemson99

Trip-Hop at its finest.

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020

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The Bristol album that started a new form of music. This is by far my favorite Masssive Attack album. Portishead, Tricky along these guys took hip-hop and added digital flavor to make a new sound that defined the 90s (In my Opinion). A must have for any record collection.

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Christina

Arrived quickly and perfect!

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2021

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I absolutely love this album. I was excited to see I could order it! Would recommend 100%

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Neon Seizure

You may need a pilot's license ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2020

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You may need a pilot's license ... to operate tracks like Unfinished Sympathy and Safe From Harm. They just take off and soar. I bought this years ago and now that I'm sheltering at home have rediscovered it.

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As expected

Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2023

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Product as expected

Dei lugosi

Un clásico!!! Excelente

Reviewed in Mexico on November 14, 2023

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Thomas Rolla

Kongenialer Soundmix

Reviewed in Germany on April 21, 2024

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Endlich habe ich sie wieder. Hat mir immer gefehlt, seit sie verschwunden war. Alle Stücke mehr als hörenswert. Musikalische Magie. Was ganz anderes und neues wie seinerzeit Talking Heads. Augen zu und einfach genießen.

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dr

Classico

Reviewed in Italy on April 17, 2024

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LP a un prezzo molto invitante che ci sta in una collezione che si rispetti.

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H G

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2024