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1991
At the time of its 1991 release, Blue Lines was a startlingly fresh album. Before Massive Attack, few dance collectives attempted to fuse hip-hop rhythms with hypnotic, trance-like pop melodies and soul instrumentation. All of the album has a dark, muted quality, making the tracks blend together seamlessly. While that might mean the songs are indistinguishable from each other, Massive Attack offer enough subtle variations in the rhythms and arrangements to keep the record a mesmerizing listen. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide
TRADUCTION: Quand il est sorti en 1991, l'album "Blue Lines" était d'une fraîcheur étincelante. Avant Massive Attack, quelques groupes dance tentèrent de fusionner des rythmes hip-hop avec des mélodies pop trance-hypnotique avec des instrumentations soul. Tout au long de l'album, on retrouve une qualité sombre, étouffée, faisant tous les titres se fondre en un seul. Alors que l'on pourrait craindre trop de similitude entre les chansons, Massive Attack offre assez de subtiles variations dans les rythmes et les arrangements pour laisser au disque une écoute mémorable. Hailed as an instant classic on release in 1991, not even the recent appropriation of Safe From Harm as highlights music on Match Of The Day can detract from the impact of this record. Existing in a world somewhere between aching soul, sensory soundtrack and simmering urban dance, Blue Lines is a deliciously dense slice of semi-alienated modern life served up as mesmeric music. Seamlessly interchanging vocalists and lyrical personalities over nine flawless tracks, with the echoing rhythms, turbulent strings and Shara Nelson's gorgeous, urgent vocal on Unfinished Sympathy, they also produced a contender for single of the decade. |
