{"id":845,"date":"2015-07-30T20:42:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T20:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=845"},"modified":"2015-07-30T20:42:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T20:42:30","slug":"845","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=845","title":{"rendered":"RS #397 \u2013 Massive Attack, Blue Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Massive Attack,\u00a0Blue Lines<\/em><\/h3>\n
Release Date:<\/span>\u00a01991
\nPreviously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/div>\n


\nImpressions:<\/span>\u00a0For what it’s worth, the first “Trip-Hop” album, I guess. \u00a0The album’s influential chilled\u00a0cocktail\u00a0of dub, hip-hop, soul has some\u00a0dated sounds, but still holds up pretty well. In general, British dudes\u00a0rapping\u00a0sounds kinda funny to my American ears, but these guys get by ok. They never ruin\u00a0a song, kind of like a quarterback who’s a “game manager.” After dragging through “One Love” the album snaps into place with\u00a0“Blue Lines;” a tight, moody cut that even survives the whispery\u00a0British-accent rapping style\u00a0which flows perfectly into their immaculate cover of soul\u00a0standard “Be Thankful For What You Got.” Good headphone stuff that can be broken up into nice little Lego blocks\u00a0for an tasteful after-hours down-<\/p>\n

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I see Helvetica Black Oblique, but no blue lines…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

tempo mix.<\/p>\n

Starred Songs:<\/span>\u00a0“Safe From Harm,” “Blue Lines”
\n<\/span>Sneaky Tracks:<\/span>\u00a0“Be Thankful For What You Got”<\/p>\n

Should this be on the list:<\/span>\u00a0Yes, although I could see it dropping off at some point, unless this sound comes back around again
\nWill You Listen To This Album Again:<\/span>\u00a0Sure
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Summary:\u00a0<\/span> Dub, hip hop, funk all in a British blender.<\/div>\n
Rating:<\/span>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u26053\/4<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#397 Massive Attack,\u00a0Blue Lines Release Date:\u00a01991 Previously Owned:\u00a0No Impressions:\u00a0For what it’s worth, the first “Trip-Hop” album, I guess. \u00a0The album’s influential chilled\u00a0cocktail\u00a0of dub, hip-hop, soul has some\u00a0dated sounds, but still holds up pretty well. In general, British dudes\u00a0rapping\u00a0sounds kinda funny to my American ears, but these guys get by ok. They never ruin\u00a0a song, kind … Continue reading RS #397 \u2013 Massive Attack, Blue Lines<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[222,109,10,9],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rolling-stone-top-500-albums","tag-222","tag-3-75-stars","tag-first-time-listen","tag-unowned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}