Blue Lines

Blue Lines is the debut album by British electronica group Massive Attack, released on August 6, 1991 (see 1991 in music) by Virgin Records. Generally considered the first trip hop album, though the term wasn't coined until several years later, Blue Lines was a massive success in the United Kingdom, though sales were limited elsewhere. A fusion of electronic music, hip hop and dub music, the album established Massive Attack as one of the innovative British bands of the 1990s.

Table of contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 4 External links

Track listing

1. Safe from Harm (Cobham/Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/Vowles) - 5:16
2. One Love (Cobham/Del Naja/Marshall/Vowles/Williams) - 4:48
3. Blue Lines (Bennett/Brown/Carlton/Del Naja/Geurin/Marshall/Sample/Scott/Thaws/Vowles)(sample from James Brown) - 4:21
4. Be Thankful for What You Got (DeVaughn) - 4:09
5. Five Man Army (Del Naja/Marshall/Thaws/Vowles/Williams) - 6:04
6. Unfinished Sympathy (Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/Sharp/Vowles) - 5:08
7. Daydreaming (Badarou/Del Naja/Marshall/Thaws/Vowles) - 4:14
8. Lately (Brownlee/Del Naja/Marshall/Nelson/Redmond/Simon/Simon/Vowles) - 4:26
9. Hymn of the Big Wheel (Andy/Cherry/Del Naja/Marshall/Vowles) - 6:36

Personnel

• Massive Attack - Vocals, Producer
• Horace Andy - Vocals
• Jeremy Allom - Mixing Engineer
• Tony Bryan - Vocals
• Neneh Cherry - Arranger
• Paul Johnson - Guitar (Bass)
• Shara Nelson - Vocals
• Kevin Petrie - Engineer
• Tricky - Vocals
• Gavyn Wright - Leader
• Robert "3D" del Naja - Vocals
• Grant "Daddy G" Marshall - Vocals
• Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles - Keyboards
• Mikey General - Vocals (bckgr)
• Will Malone - Conductor
• Johnny Dollar - Keyboards, Producer

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles

1991	Safe From Harm	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 28
1991	Safe From Harm	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	        No. 35
1991	Safe From Harm	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 32

External links

• lyrics