Blue Lines (1991) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Blue Lines a score of 3.8375 out of 4

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All Music Guide

The first masterpiece of what was only termed trip-hop much later,Blue Linesfiltered American hip-hop through the lens of British club culture, a stylish, nocturnal sense of scene that encompassed music from rare groove to dub to dance. Read more about Blue Lines on All Music Guide

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Slant Magazine

While C+C Music Factory was doing their thing in New York, Bristol's Massive Attack was inventing a sound that, though labeled "Trip-Hop" years later, was pure, unadulterated soul, a culmination of American black music filtered through European
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Music Album Reviews: Blue Lines

Blue Lines

by Massive Attack

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All Time

of 457,240

131

1990's

of 166,467

41

1991

of 9,987

6
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,285
    
    29
  - Alternative Styles
    
    of 8,689
    
    10
  - Alternative Dance
    
    of 927
    
    1
- Dance & DJ
  - Dance & DJ
    
    of 40,792
    
    10
  - Dance Pop
    
    of 20,999
    
    5
  - Electronica
    
    of 8,073
    
    5
  - House
    
    of 5,461
    
    1
  - Trip-Hop
    
    of 1,673
    
    3
- International
  - International
    
    of 74,357
    
    25
  - Europe
    
    of 14,363
    
    20
  - British Isles
    
    of 5,393
    
    19
  - Britain
    
    of 4,730
    
    19
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 264,669
    
    125
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,981
    
    74
- R&B & Soul
  - R&B & Soul
    
    of 34,160
    
    22
  - Soul
    
    of 24,262
    
    18
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 108,263
    
    75