Home / Music / Blue Lines invented trip hopMusic linernotes album music massive-attackBlue Lines invented trip hopMassive Attack’s Blue Lines is widely considered the first trip hop album. It blended hip-hop breakbeats and sampling with dub, soul, reggae, and electronic music into something that didn’t have a name yet. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesMezzanine is Massive Attack's dark pivot — post-punk, distortion, and brooding atmosphericsMassive Attack's Mezzanine hit No. 1 in the UK and never left the canon.Massive Attack's Blue Lines arrived in 1991 on Wild Bunch and VirginMassive Attack's Mezzanine was delayed because Del Naja kept rebuilding the tracksMassive Attack recorded Blue Lines in Bristol and LondonExplore'Lean on Me' and 'Use Me' made Still Bill a 1972 soul powerhouse'Careless Whisper,' 'Club Tropicana,' and 'Wake Me Up' all came from the album Careless'Help Me' became Joni Mitchell's only top-ten single from Court and SparkGhost in the Machine delivered three enduring Police singles'California Dreamin'' and 'Monday, Monday' made the Mamas & the Papas' debut an all-timerPrevious Bobby Womack wrote 'Breezin'' and convinced George Benson to record itNext Becoming X had staggered UK and US releases in the mid-90s