Blue Lines is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack,released on 8 April 1991 by Wild Bunch and Virgin Records. The recording was led by members Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall,Robert "3D" Del Naja,Adrian "Tricky" Thaws,and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles,with co-production by Jonny Dollar. It also features contributions by singers Shara Nelson and Horace Andy. Generally regarded as the first "trip hop" album,Blue Lines blended elements of hip hop with dub,soul,reggae,and electronic music.
"The Power of Love" is a song originally recorded and released by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was written by Holly Johnson,Peter Gill,Mark O'Toole and Brian Nash,four of five members of the band. It was released by the group as their third single.
"All Together Now" is a song by British band The Farm from their 1991 album Spartacus.
"Just Can't Get Enough" is a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was their third single,released on 7 September 1981,a month before the release of their debut studio album,Speak &Spell. It was recorded during the summer of that year at Blackwing Studios,and was the band's first single to be released in the United States,on 18 February 1982. A riff-driven synth-pop song,"Just Can't Get Enough" was the final single to be written by founding member Vince Clarke,who left the band in November 1981.
"Unfinished Sympathy" is a 1991 song by English trip hop group Massive Attack,released under the temporary group name Massive. It was written by the three band members Robert "3D" Del Naja,Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall,the song's vocalist Shara Nelson and the group's co-producer Jonathan "Jonny Dollar" Sharp. The song was released on 11 February 1991 as the second single from the band's debut album,Blue Lines,on the band's Wild Bunch label distributed through Circa Records. The name "Massive" was used to avoid a radio ban,as the track's release coincided with the Gulf War. Produced by Massive Attack and Dollar,the song incorporates various musical elements into its arrangement,including vocal and percussion samples,drum programming,and string orchestration by arranger Wil Malone.
Shara Nelson is an English singer and songwriter. She worked with Massive Attack in the early 1990s,and as a solo artist had five UK top 40 hit singles. Her 1993 debut album,What Silence Knows,was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.
"Safe from Harm" is the third single and opening track from Blue Lines,the 1991 debut from Massive Attack,with vocals by Shara Nelson and Robert Del Naja. The bass,guitar,and drums are sampled from the song "Stratus" by Billy Cobham,from his album Spectrum. Additional drums are sampled from "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic. Other samples come from Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon",and some of the background vocals are based on Johnny "Guitar" Watson's 1961 song Looking Back.
Samantha Cole is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
"Boogie 2nite" is a song by American singer Tweet from her debut studio album,Southern Hummingbird (2002). Tweet co-wrote the song with its producers,Nisan Stewart and John "Jubu" Smith. It was released on October 28,2002,as the album's third and final single. The single's B-side,"Smoking Cigarettes",was also released as a promotional CD single. A music video for "Boogie 2nite" and "Smoking Cigarettes" was directed by Little X and filmed in Toronto over the weekend of September 28–29,2002,but it was ultimately cancelled. "Boogie 2nite" was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 action thriller film The Transporter.
The discography of British trip hop band Massive Attack consists of five studio albums,three compilation albums,five remix albums,one soundtrack album,five extended plays,eighteen singles and twenty-seven music videos. The group was founded in 1988 by musicians Robert "3D" Del Naja,Adrian "Tricky" Thaws,Grantley "Daddy G" Marshall,and Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles in Bristol,England. Prior to the formation of Massive Attack,all four were members of British sound system The Wild Bunch.
Singles 90/98 is a limited edition 11 disc compilation album by Massive Attack released in 1998. It features all their vinyl and CD singles collected until 1998 with B-sides and a host of remixes totalling 63 tracks.
"Daydream" is a popular song written by John Sebastian,first released in 1966. It was originally recorded that year by Sebastian's group the Lovin' Spoonful and appeared on their album of the same title. Sebastian played the harmonica,as well as doing his own whistling in the instrumental section plus the coda before the song's fade.
"Down That Road" is the debut single from British singer-songwriter Shara Nelson's first solo album,What Silence Knows,released in 1993 on Cooltempo Records. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart,and was also a number one hit on the European Dance Radio Chart and a Top 20 hit on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"One Goodbye in Ten" is a 1993 song by British singer-songwriter Shara Nelson,released as the second single from her first solo album,What Silence Knows.
"Indie Out" is the third single from British singer and songwriter Shara Nelson's first solo album What Silence Knows. It was released in 1993 on Cooltempo Records. There was also a two CD set of a remix single released in 1994 as "Inside Out/Down That Road [Remix]". A music video was also produced to promote the single.
"Uptight" is a 1994 song by English singer and songwriter Shara Nelson,released as the fourth single from her first solo album,What Silence Knows.
"Nobody" is a song by British singer-songwriter Shara Nelson,released in 1994 as the fifth single from her first solo album,What Silence Knows,on Cooltempo Records.
"Rough with the Smooth" is a 1995 song by British singer Shara Nelson,released as the first single from her second solo album,Friendly Fire. It peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I Fell " is a song by British singer Shara Nelson,released as a second single from her second solo album,Friendly Fire in 1996 on Cooltempo Records as a two CD set.
The British singer and songwriter Shara Nelson made three studio albums and 19 singles between 1983 and 2008,in addition to compilations,videos,EPs and other works.
