Blue Lines
Artist: Massive Attack
Community Score: 7.18

The first masterpiece of what was only termed trip-hop much later, Blue Lines filtered American hip-hop through the lens of British club culture, a stylish, nocturnal sense of scene that encompassed music from rare groove to dub to dance. The album balances dark, diva-led club jams along the lines of Soul II Soul with some of the best British... Read More

Surrender
Artist: The Chemical Brothers
Community Score: 7.98

By the time of the Chemical Brothers' third album, Surrender, the big beat phenomenon they had done much to engender was more apt to be heard on a soft drink commercial than the world's hipper dancefloors. And with the growing omnipresence of big beat's simplistic party vibes threatening to cave in the entire scene, Tom and Ed came to grips with... Read More

Ring of Saturn - LP
Artist: Goldie
Abductions and Reconstructions
Artist: Thievery Corporation
Community Score: 6.50

Abductions and Reconstructions, the 15-track collection of Thievery Corporation remixes done for other artists, includes luscious trip-hop versions of a more diverse cast of artists than most remix LPs -- including Rockers HiFi, Slide Five, David Byrne, Baaba Maal, Black Uhuru, Stereolab, Pizzicato 5, Gus Gus, and Hooverphonic. The Thievery... Read More

The Dirtchamber Sessions, Vol. 1
Artist: The Prodigy
Community Score: 7.86

As though he wasn't the feature player on each of the three Prodigy albums preceding it, The Dirtchamber Sessions presents Liam Howlett in a solo setting. But here, instead of showing off his production wizardry, his long history as a DJ and mixing abilities are on display. They're proved more than up to the task, as Howlett plays mix and match... Read More

Volumen
Artist: Björk
Community Score: 8.00

Björk's video retrospective Volumen gathers 14 of her groundbreaking clips, ranging from "Play Dead," from the film Young Americans, to videos for her 1997 album Homogenic. From Sophie Muller and Stephane Sednaoui's dreamlike, quirky videos for "Venus As a Boy," "Big Time Sensuality," and "Possibly Maybe" to striking artistic and technical... Read More

Mezzanine - UK BONUS CD
Artist: Massive Attack

Between the 1994 release of Protection and its follow-up, 1998's Mezzanine, trip-hop had worked its way into the mainstream. Massive Attack, however, remained something of a cult institution -- they had some chart success, yet they stayed the province of hip clubgoers and musicians, many of whom appropriated the band's innovations on hit records... Read More

Risingson
Artist: Massive Attack
Community Score: 10.00
Exit Planet Dust
Artist: The Chemical Brothers
Community Score: 7.85

The former Dust Brothers make oblique reference to litigation averted on their debut full-length. The Chemical Brothers' sound is big on bombast, replete with screeching guitar samples and lots of sirens and screaming divas. A breakthrough album of sorts, Exit Planet Dust was, upon its release, one of the few European post-techno albums to make... Read More

All Is Full of Love
Artist: Björk

Bjork's DVD single All Is Full of Love is another brilliant fusion of emotion and technology, featuring Chris Cunningham's starkly beautiful video as well as two remixes of the song. Cunningham's innovative clip is as precise, delicate, and startling as the android-ized Bjorks that populate it, and the Funkstorung and Strings mixes of "All Is... Read More