Blue Lines: 2012 Mix/Master
- Massive Attack
- Band Name: Massive Attack
- Record Label: Virgin
- Release Date: Nov 19, 2012
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Dec 6, 2012100Now, 21 years on, beautifully remastered, Blue Lines still sounds unique.
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Nov 29, 2012100Blue Lines still goes above and beyond. [Dec 2012, p.102]
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Nov 29, 2012100Blue Lines doesn't need [extras]. It was a classic in the truest sense, and unimprovable template that sound like it was recorded yesterday--or tomorrow. [Dec 2012, p.118]
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Nov 29, 2012100Twenty-plus years later, it still sounds ahead of its time and remains an influential, genre-spanning work.
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Nov 29, 2012100Flaunting both their range and their tremendously evocative productions, Massive Attack recorded one of the best dance albums of all time.
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Dec 21, 201295Today though, with the skyline dominated by the likes of Kanye West and Plan B on their respective sides of the Atlantic, to hear this genuinely groundbreaking group in such magnificent high definition is probably the closest we're going to get to going back to any of today's megastar's roots.
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Jan 4, 201390A ground-breaking debut, an original game-changer, a true, flawless, 24-carat triumph. [No. 94, p.60]
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Dec 11, 201290No bonus tracks, no live filler--no reason to mess around when the perfection was in the pacing.
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Nov 30, 201290Frankly [add-ons would] just be a distraction from the underlying theme that becomes clear once you get absorbed into the music, which is that Blue Lines is still Blue Lines, and most of the world is still trying to catch up to it.
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Nov 29, 201290The new varnish appears to add little to an already sumptuous-sounding set.
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Nov 29, 201290Resounding with enchanting vocals, a distinctly dusk-singed ambience and a keen precision thanks to its percussion, Blue Lines transcends the spills onto the dance floor and tinny thumps from laptop speakers, possessing a cosmic ability to remain a masterpiece 21 years after its release.