Massive Attack’s Blue Lines depeche mode its release in 1992 heralded

its release in 1992 heralded the critical rehabilitation of a group which had

the gear-grinding crunch of the music signaled that the gay civil rights movement could no longer be suppressed

but this one reads like a novel

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Massive Attack’s Blue Lines depeche mode its release in 1992 heraldedIn 1991, a loose knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip hop and soul with the sounds of the British underground. With its marauding bass lines, angular guitars, and psychedelic effects, Blue Lines built on the Caribbean soundsystems and nascent rave scene of the 1980s while also looking ahead to the group's signature blend of epic cinematics and lush downtempo. In the process,