World Cafe Playlist for 04/20/2021

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