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Over the Hillside | The Blue Nile | 5:05 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Downtown Lights | The Blue Nile | 6:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Let's Go Out Tonight | The Blue Nile | 5:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Headlights On the Parade | The Blue Nile | 6:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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From a Late Night Train | The Blue Nile | 4:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Seven A.M. | The Blue Nile | 5:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Saturday Night | The Blue Nile | 6:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Songs |
Album Review
Five long years in the making, the Blue Nile's stellar Hats was well worth the wait; sweeping and majestic, it's a triumph of personal vision over the cold, remote calculations of technology. While created almost solely without benefit of live instruments, it is nevertheless an immensely warm and human album; Paul Buchanan's plaintive vocals and poignant songs are uncommonly moving, and his deployment of lush synth washes and electronic percussion is never gratuitous, each song instead crafted with painterly precision. Impressionistic and shimmering, tracks like "The Downtown Lights" and "From a Late Night Train" are perfectly evocative of their titles: Rich in romantic atmosphere and detail, they conjure a nocturnal fantasy world lit by neon and shrouded in fog, leaving Hats an intensely cinematic experience as well as a masterpiece of musical obsession.
Customer Reviews
A gift
The Blue Nile do soulful electro pop better than anybody else. This, their sophomore effort, finds the band at an emotional crossroads. Singer/writer Paul Buchanan has often commented that is was a particularly precarious and volatile period for the band members. The album, a 7 song cycle dedicated to the ebbs and flows of love is set almost entirely in the evening. It evokes images of late night train rides, glittering downtown lights and the long, painful journey home after you've parted with the one you love. The plaintive nature of Buchanan's voice is hypnotic and soulful. The arrangements are timeless despite the occasional 80's flourish. The production is flawless. This is a classic.
Key tracks: Let's go out tonight, headlights on the parade, downtown lights
Amazing
Listen, actually sit down and listen to the whole album. It's been one of my favorites ever since it was first released.
Words Do Not Do Justice
Miraculous, ethereal, how can you listen to this band and not be changed? Paul Buchanan's voice is sad and magnificent.
I stayed up all night, in a hotel room in Washington, DC, watching the shadows made by a flag on the building next door, while listening to this album, over and over. That was an extraordinary experience.
This is an extraordinary band.
Biography
Formed: 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The Blue Nile
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Happiness | Peace at Last | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tomorrow Morning | Peace at Last | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sentimental Man | Peace at Last | 5:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tinseltown in the Rain | A Walk Across the Rooftops | 5:57 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Body and Soul | Peace at Last | 5:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Would Never | High | 4:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Downtown Lights | Hats | 6:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Family Life | Peace at Last | 5:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Stay Close | High | 7:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Love Came Down | Peace at Last | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $6.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Vocal, Vocal Pop, Alternative, College Rock
- Released: Oct 1989
- ℗ 1989 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd
