Blue Lines

Blue Lines is the title of the debut album by British group Massive Attack released on 08 April 1991 on Wild Bunch / Virgin Records. The album was an immediate commercial success establishing the group and their style of making electronic music in pop culture.

It went straight into the charts at no.13 the week after its release, initially spending just four weeks in the Top 40, although in the period up to 1999 it had spent a total of twenty-seven weeks in the charts.

Blue Lines spawned three singles, the most successful of which was Unfinished Sympathy, released under the name Massive.

A remastered version of the album, known as Blue Lines (2012 Mix/Master), was released on 19 November 2012 in various formats including a super-deluxe 2xLP, CD & DVD edition. The same basic original nine tracks featured on all formats, with the DVD featuring a 96K/24 bit remaster.

Personnel

 * Massive Attack: Robert "3D" Del Naja, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.

Singles
UK releases only

Blue Lines - The Remixes
A remix album was released in 2006. (digital only?)