Blue Lines

Spin (9/99, p.131) - Ranked #24 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Q Magazine (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
Q Magazine (10/01, p.99) - Ranked #8 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"
Vibe (12/99, p.157) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Q Magazine (6/00, p.85) - Ranked #9 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...It unwittingly gave birth to a new slow-burning, heavily atmospheric strain of dance music that...would very swiftly be termed trip hop....music designed for the head first and the feet second."
New York Times (10/30/91) - "...mixes rap, funk, and soul into something nicely relaxed and fluid."
Spin (8/91) - Highly Recommended - "..simply beautiful...assaults the ear and the ass, lulling and grooving.."
Ranked #12 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991.
Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #23 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - ".."Blue Lines" was the album Soul II Soul never managed: a loose cross between ambient House, old Studio One-time reggae, swingbeat and the post-M.A.R.S. hippychick groove. Truly gorgeous.."
New Musical Express (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #97 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'