Blue Lines

~ Release by Massive Attack (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Annotation

Discs released with this cat# in 1991 were glass mastered by Nimbus, Virginia - "MASTERED BY NIMBUS" and "(V)" in the matrix - and pressed by Capitol Jax (Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville). Discs of reissues were pressed by successor EMI Jax - stamper code naming EMI JAX and mould SID ifpi 16xx - and by other plants.
These releases have the same artwork and will generate the same disc ID.

Matrix

Matrix Code: V2-86228 (V) : 2-1-1 CAPITOL JAX 1C :MASTERED: ·BY NIMBUS·
Disc ID: (to be identified)

Remark: There are other reissues with this cat#, glass mastered by EMI Jax and Sony DADC. These will generate different disc IDs!

Annotation last modified on 2023-10-07 08:12 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Safe From Harm
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
additional vocals:
Robert Del Naja
vocals:
Shara Nelson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Circa Records Ltd. (not an imprint; for ©/℗ rights use only) (in 1991)
samples:
Stratus by Billy Cobham
music videos:
Safe From Harm by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Safe From Harm
writer:
Billy Cobham, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson and Andrew Vowles
3.855:19
2One Love
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter), Massive Attack and Bryan “Chuck” New
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer)
recording of:
One Love
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles and David “Hawk” Wolinski
3.34:49
3Blue Lines
engineer:
Kevin Petrie (sound engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
bass:
Paul Johnson (US bassist)
vocals:
Massive Attack
recording of:
Blue Lines
writer:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician), Larry Carlton, Robert Del Naja, John Guerin, Grant Marshall, Joe Sample, Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch), Adrian Thaws and Andrew Vowles
version of:
Sneakin' in the Back
34:22
4Be Thankful for What You’ve Got
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Tony Bryan
music videos:
Be Thankful for What You’ve Got by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
cover recording of:
Be Thankful for What You Got
lyricist and composer:
William DeVaughn
publisher:
Delicious Apple Music Corp., EMI Jemaxal Music Inc., H&R Lastrada Music, Melomega Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC
3.454:10
5Five Man Army
engineer:
Kevin Petrie (sound engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer) and Massive Attack
recording of:
Five Man Army
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Adrian Thaws, Andrew Vowles and Claude Williams (English rapper Willy Wee)
3.46:04
6Unfinished Sympathy
additional engineer:
Haydn Bendall (producer and engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Shara Nelson
additional conductor:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
conductor:
Wil Malone
strings arranger:
Wil Malone
samples:
Planetary Citizen by Mahavishnu Orchestra
music videos:
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Unfinished Sympathy
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson, Jonathan Sharp (UK producer aka Jonny Dollar) and Andrew Vowles
3.55:08
7Daydreaming
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Massive Attack and Shara Nelson
music videos:
Daydreaming by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Daydreaming
writer:
Wally Badarou, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Adrian Thaws and Andrew Vowles
3.654:15
8Lately
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter), Massive Attack and Bryan “Chuck” New
vocals:
Shara Nelson
samples:
Mellow Mellow Right On by Lowrell
recording of:
Lately
writer:
Larry Brownlee, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson, Gus Redmond, Fred Simon (70s US funk/soul vocalist for The Lost Generation), Jeffrey Simon and Andrew Vowles
34:26
9Hymn of the Big Wheel
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
background vocals:
Mikey General (reggae singer/deejay)
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer) and Neneh Cherry
additional arranger:
Neneh Cherry
recording of:
Hymn of the Big Wheel
writer:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer), Neneh Cherry, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
46:37

Credits

Release

printed in:United States
design/illustration:Robert Del Naja
Michael Nash (design/illustrations)
photography:Jean-Baptiste Mondino (photographer)
Eddie Monsoon (photographer)
additional mixer and additional producer:Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter)
mixer and producer:Massive Attack
executive producer:Booga Bear
manufactured by:Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/104114 [info]
https://www.discogs.com/release/28268695 [info]
https://www.discogs.com/release/28280422 [info]
ASIN:US: B000000WHX [info]