Tracks
Side A
- 11991Dutch Top 40: peak position 28 in week 27 of 1991, 3 weeks in the chartSafe From HarmMassive Attack, Shara Nelson5:19B major
- 21991One Love4:48E major
- 31991Blue Lines4:22F major
- 41991Be Thankful For What You've GotMassive Attack, Tony Bryan4:09E minor
- 51991Five Man Army6:04D♯ minor
Side B
- 11991Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 14 of 1991, 10 weeks in the chartUnfinished SympathyMassive Attack, Shara Nelson5:08C major
- 21990DaydreamingMassive Attack, Shara Nelson, Tricky4:15A major
- 31991LatelyMassive Attack, Shara Nelson4:26F major
- 41991Hymn Of The Big Wheel6:22D♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Blue Lines
Blue Lines sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 130 bpm.
Quietest track: Be Thankful For What You've Got · most energetic: Unfinished Sympathy
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of Massive Attack around the time of Blue Lines, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Massive Attack
Robert Del Naja
Adrian Thaws
Grant Marshall
Andrew Vowles
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Frequently asked questions
When was Blue Lines by Massive Attack released?
Blue Lines came out in 1991.
How many tracks are on Blue Lines?
Blue Lines has nine tracks, 45 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Blue Lines made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Safe From Harm and Unfinished Sympathy. The highest was Unfinished Sympathy, at number 1 in week 14 of 1991.
Which category is Blue Lines in?
Blue Lines is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Massive Attack.
Which other albums by Massive Attack are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Massive Attack: Mezzanine (1998).
Who was in Massive Attack when Blue Lines came out?
In 1990 and 1991, Massive Attack consisted of Robert Del Naja, Adrian Thaws, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles and Horace Andy. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Blue Lines mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Blue Lines?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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