Blue Lines

'Blue Lines' was the debut album by the Bristol-formed dance collective, Massive Attack. The album is a prime example of what was later dubbed by the UK music press as "trip hop". The top 30 singles, 'Unfinished Sympathy' and 'Safe From Harm' are included.

Spin (9/99, p.131)
- Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

Q (12/99, p.70)
- Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (10/01, p.99)
- Ranked #8 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"

Vibe (12/99, p.157)
- Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

Q (6/00, p.85)
- Ranked #9 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...It unwittingly gave birth to a new slow-burning, heavily atmospheric strain of dance music that...would very swiftly be termed trip hop....music designed for the head first and the feet second."

New York Times (10/30/91)
- "...mixes rap, funk, and soul into something nicely relaxed and fluid."

Spin (8/91)
- Highly Recommended - "...simply beautiful...assaults the ear and the ass, lulling and grooving..."

Melody Maker (12/91)
- Ranked #23 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "..."Blue Lines" was the album Soul II Soul never managed: a loose cross between ambient House, old Studio One-time reggae, swingbeat and the post-M.A.R.S. hippychick groove. Truly gorgeous..."

NME (10/2/93, p.29)
- Ranked #97 in NME's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time."