Massive Attack: Blue Lines [WILD BUNCH / VIRGIN]

Why you'll love it

Blue Lines is one of the most influential British albums ever made, the record that invented trip hop. "Unfinished Sympathy" is regularly voted one of the greatest songs of all time.

This edition

• Blue Lines on vinyl
• Wild Bunch / Virgin pressing

About the album

Bristol's Wild Bunch sound-system crew, 3D, Daddy G and Mushroom, with a young Tricky, singers Shara Nelson and Horace Andy and co-producer Jonny Dollar, blended hip hop beats, dub bass, soul samples and lush strings into something completely new.

"Unfinished Sympathy," with its sweeping strings and Shara Nelson's stunning vocal, is one of the greatest singles ever, "Safe from Harm" and "Daydreaming" are hypnotic, and their cover of William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful for What You Got" is pure cool. Essential.

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Tracklist

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On Wild Bunch / Virgin, a reissue of the 1991 album.