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A TAV Essential Listening Album.

Regarded as one trip hop’s most crucial albums, this debut by English collective Massive Attack was the blueprint for the genre’s then-emerging style. Although underpinned by hip-hop elements, Blue Lines distinguished itself by recontextualising them through the lens of UK’s underground club culture - imbuing elements of electronic music, breakbeat, dub and reggae. The result was a revolutionary LP that has come to define the Bristol sound. Stylish, sleek and smooth - Massive Attack balanced diva-led jams and British rap upon a tightrope of groovy, downtempo dance music. What  Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall, Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles accomplished here remains as sophisticated today as it was over three decades ago.

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