Blue Lines
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Personnel
- All tracks produced and mixed by Massive Attack, Cameron McVey and Jonny Dollar.
- Robert "3D" Del NajaRobert Del NajaRobert Del Naja , also known as 3D, is an English artist and musician. Initially gaining notoriety as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective known as "The Wild Bunch", Del Naja went on to become a founding member of the band Massive Attack where he is active to this day.-Music:Del...
: vocals - keyboards - Grantley "Daddy G" MarshallDaddy GDaddy G, , is a British musician and a founding member of the band, Massive Attack.-Music:...
: vocals - Andrew "Mushroom" VowlesAndrew VowlesAndrew Lee Isaac Vowles , also known as Mushroom, is a founding member of British trip-hop collective Massive Attack.-Early years:Vowles grew up in Bath, attending Newbridge Junior School...
: keyboards
- Robert "3D" Del Naja
- "Safe from Harm"
- Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
: vocals - Recorded at Coach House, Bristol
- Mixed at Matrix, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- Shara Nelson
- "One Love"
- Horace AndyHorace AndyHorace Andy is a roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", "Angel", "Five Man Army" and a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine"....
: vocals - Recorded at Coach House, Bristol
- Mixed at Konk Studios, London
- Mix engineer: Bryan Chuck New
- Horace Andy
- "Blue Lines"
- Massive Attack and Adrian "Tricky" ThawsTrickyTricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
: vocals - Recorded at Eastcote Studios, London
- Engineer: Kevin Petri
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- Bass guitar: Paul Johnson
- Massive Attack and Adrian "Tricky" Thaws
- "Be Thankful for What You've Got"
- Tony Bryan: vocals
- Recorded at Cherry Bear Studios
- Mixed at Matrix, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- "Five Man Army"
- Massive Attack, Horace Andy, Adrian "Tricky" ThawsTrickyTricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
, and Claude "Willie Wee" Williams: vocals - Recorded at Eastcote Studios, London
- Engineer: Kevin Petri
- Mixed at Matrix, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- Massive Attack, Horace Andy, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws
- "Unfinished Sympathy"
- Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
: vocals - Recorded at Coach House, Bristol, and Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road StudiosAbbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, London - Strings engineer: Hayden
- Mixed at Matrix, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- Strings arranged and conducted by Wil Malone
- Leader: Gavin WrightGavin WrightGavin Wright is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University.Most of Wright's research has focused on the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.- Works :...
- Shara Nelson
- "Daydreaming"
- Massive Attack, Adrian "Tricky" ThawsTrickyTricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...
, and Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
: vocals - Recorded at Cherry Bear Studios
- Mixed at Konk Studios and Roundhouse, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
- Massive Attack, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws
- "Lately"
- Shara NelsonShara NelsonShara Nelson is a British singer and songwriter. She is notable for her work with the band Massive Attack in the early 1990s, and for her solo career in which she garnered five UK Top 40 hit singles...
: vocals - Recorded and mixed at Coach House, Bristol
- Mix engineer: Bryan Chuck New
- Shara Nelson
- "Hymn of the Big Wheel"
- Horace Andy: vocals
- Neneh CherryNeneh CherryNeneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
: backing vocals, additional arrangement - Michael "Mikey General" Taylor : backing vocals
- Recorded at Coach House, Bristol, and Hot Nights, London
- Mixed at Matrix, London
- Mix engineer: Jeremy Allom
Singles
- "Daydreaming" (15 October 1990)
- "Unfinished Sympathy" (11 February 1991)
- "Safe from Harm" (27 May 1991)
- "Hymn of the Big Wheel" / "Be Thankful for What You've Got" (a.k.a. Massive Attack E.P.) (10 February 1992)
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
13 |
| Year | Title | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Daydreaming" | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
81 |
| 1991 | "Unfinished Sympathy Unfinished Sympathy "Unfinished Sympathy" is a song by English electronica group Massive Attack, from their debut album Blue Lines . The song was written collaboratively by the members of the group , with Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp and Shara Nelson, the latter providing lead vocals for the song... " |
UK Singles Chart | 13 |
| 1991 | "Safe from Harm" | UK Singles Chart | 25 |
| 1991 | "Safe from Harm" | U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 28 |
| 1991 | "Safe from Harm" | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 35 |
| 1991 | "Safe from Harm" | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
32 |
| 1992 | Massive Attack E.P. | UK Singles Chart | 27 |
See also
- The Wild BunchThe Wild Bunch (sound system)The Wild Bunch was a sound system based in the St Paul's district of Bristol, England from 1983 to 1986. The group was renowned for playing sets that drew large crowds from the club scene and had performed shows as far away as London. They performed in soundclashes against other Bristol sound...
- Bristol Sound
- Culture of BristolCulture of BristolBristol is a city in South West England. As the largest city in the region it is a centre for the arts and sport. The region has a distinct West Country dialect.-Events:...
- List of bands from Bristol
- Geoff BarrowGeoff BarrowGeoffrey Paul Barrow is the producer, disc jockey, and instrumentalist for Portishead.Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after the small town near Bristol where Barrow grew up...
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