John Morrison joins host Raina Douris

Thirty years ago, Massive Attack released their debut album Blue Lines and it changed music forever. For the first installment in a new series called The Culture Corner, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison takes us back to the UK in the early ‘90s when the record was released. He’ll dig into the history behind Blue Lines, why it made such an impact at the time, and why it’s still so important now. And of course, we’ll listen to tracks from the album, like “Unfinished Sympathy” and “Safe From Harm.”

*Matthew Sweet “Evangeline” Girlfriend
Massive Attack “Blue Lines” Blue Lines
Massive Attack “One Love” Blue Lines
Billy Cobham “Stratus” Spectrum
Massive Attack “Safe From Harm” Blue Lines
Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” Blue Lines
Primal Scream “Movin’ On Up” Screamadelica
Saint Etienne “Nothing Can Stop Us” Fox Base Alpha
Bonnie Raitt “Not The Only One” Luck of the Draw
Richard Thompson “I Misunderstood” Rumour And Sigh
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Learning to Fly” Into the Great Wide Open

Hour Two
*Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” Sadnecessary
Chet Faker “Low” Low (single)
Macy Gray “Why Didn’t You Call Me” On How Life Is
Jensen McRae “Starting To Get To You” Starting To Get To You (single)
Tori Amos “Past the Mission” Under the Pink
Citizen Cope “Son’s Gonna Rise” The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
Maddie Medley “Coming of Age” Coming of Age, Pt. 1
The Clash “The Guns of Brixton” London Calling
Phoebe Bridgers “Kyoto” Punisher
Dawes “From A Window Seat” Stories Don’t End
Deep Sea Diver “Impossible Weight (feat. Sharon Van Etten)” Impossible Weight
Tinashe “I’m Every Woman” Black History Always – ” Music for the Movement Vol. 2
Goat Girl “Sad Cowboy” On All Fours
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!

*Optional Song