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.

Tracklisting[]

original UK CD

Safe From Harm
One Love
Blue Lines
Be Thankful For What You've Got
Five Man Army
Unfinished Sympathy
Daydreaming
Lately
Hymn of the Big Wheel

Guests (selected): Shara Nelson – vocals (tracks 1, 6–8), Horace Andy – vocals (tracks 2, 5, 9), Tony Bryan – vocals (track 4), Wil Malone – string arrangement, conducting (track 6).

Singles[]

UK releases only

Daydreaming UK rel. date 15 October 1990, UK chart peak 81 Daydreaming / Daydreaming (instrumental) / Any Love / various mixes
Unfinished Sympathy UK rel. date 11 February 1991, UK chart peak 13 Unfinished Sympathy (Nelle Hooper 7" Mix) / Unfinished Sympathy / Unfinished Sympathy (instrumental) / various mixes. see also Top of the Pops 28 February 1991.
Safe From Harm UK rel. 27 May 1991, UK chart peak 25 Safe From Harm - 7" Version / Original / 12" Version / instrumental / various mixes see also Top of the Pops 13 June 1991
Massive Attack EP UK rel. date 1992 Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee Hooper Mix) / Home Of The Whale / Be Thankful (Paul Oakenfold Mix) / Any Love (Larry Heard Mix)