...er, light. even so.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
Has there ever been an album more fitting (in every sense) of a Q 5-star review than Hats?
I am trying to avoid hyperbole but this album contains some of the incredibily fucking stunningly beautiful music I have ever heard.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
I was flicking through a recent copy of Uncut in an airport the other day. They had an article on these guys and graded their albums.
A Walk Across The Rooftops 10Hats 10Peace at Last 7High 8Mid Air 9
I actually think they got the ratings spot on.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 3 March 2013 07:44 (eleven years ago) link
it's blue nile weather
― love's secret borad (clouds), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
we're laughing, isn't it good to feel this way
― love's secret borad (clouds), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
That song just came up on shuffle earlier today, I have no problem putting it in my top ten songs of all time.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 20 April 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
WHY IS IT ROLLING DOWN UPON THE YOUNG AND THE FOOLISH
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 20 April 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
THE
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 20 April 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
aero OTM
― Tim F, Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
upon the young and foolish
― just sayin, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
:)
― just sayin, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
Your profile name is very appropriate right now.
― Tim F, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
why hasn't a country singer covered "Because of Toledo" yet?
― Heez, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
Has someone at least identified all the missing tracks from the "deluxe" reissues?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 29 April 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know if this is comprehensive, but here, from the Super Deluxe Edition website:
- the instrumental version of Heatwave- Saddle The Horses, the instrumental version of Automobile Noise, which came in a standard and an extended version- the extended single remix of Stay- Halfway To Paradise, from The Downtown Lights single- the Clearmountain mix of Headlights On The Parade- Headlights On The Parade with Rickie Lee Jones- Our Lives, from the Saturday Night single- the live version of Seven AM, from the Saturday Night single
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
peace at last was reissued! the bonus disc is really interesting!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 March 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
- Headlights On The Parade with Rickie Lee Jones
Surely, you meant EASTER parade — unless there's a seriously juicy b-side that I'm missing?
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 21 March 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure I'll ever be completely bonkers over The Blue Nile but they do have a real nice soft spot in my heart. Anyone here heard the first single I Love This Life/The Second Act? Or the track they did with trumpet player Chris Botti called "Midnight Without You"? I like these a lot.
― Bimble (bimble), Friday, August 20, 2004 3:35 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ten years later i heard this 'midnight without you' track. really great! a great mellow evening slow jam.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
I like The Blue Nile very much, but the only album I'm totally crazy about is 'Peace At Last', which puts me at odds with received wisdom on the 'canon', I guess. plus "Stay Close", the... closer from 'High'.
― Max Florian, Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:55 (ten years ago) link
Stay Close and the title track are the two centrepieces of that album for me
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 17 April 2014 12:27 (ten years ago) link
Man I always forget how good "Sentimental Man" is.
― Tim F, Thursday, 11 December 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
I've been pulling out Peace At Last for the first time in a decade and realising I've always underrated it. Possibly all the MOR I've gotten into in the meantime has made its aesthetic concerns more appealing to me.
― Tim F, Thursday, 11 December 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
I went through a nice little Peace At Last phase recently too. "Soon" is my jam.
― Heez, Thursday, 11 December 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
peace at last rules. parts of it are a little simultaneously unformed and overwrought but uh "family life" tears me apart
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 December 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
Easily the weakest Blue Nile album for me but still a solid album. The last three songs are all really wonderful. Just saw it's getting a vinyl reissue next week. Will probably pick it up as the original goes for crazy amounts.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
_Peace at Last_ weaker than _High_? The latter feels the least cohesive of the four releases, but for me, they're all worthy of esteem. At the time, I wanted _Hats II_ and the acoustic guitar was jarring, but now I'd say it's the one I've played the most.
Also, PaL has the best b-sides. "New York Man", "Wish Me Well", "O Lolita"... fantastic. And agreed on "Family Life". On the list of songs like "This Woman's Work" that I can't listen to at work, due to watering eyes.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
_Peace at Last_ weaker than _High_?
yeah i kinda think so, high is magnificent if a little disjointed
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
thread inspired me to listen to peace at last while walking to work this morning and it really nicely accompanies snowfall. "holy love" still truly bizarre
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 December 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
Always hated Holy Love. Seems like a demo that really shouldn't have made the album.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 12 December 2014 09:35 (nine years ago) link
"Tomorrow Morning" is a cousin of U2's "Promenade", wispy blurs of God and other lovers
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 12 December 2014 11:14 (nine years ago) link
speaking of high
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qveEW3P0sfg
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 December 2014 03:40 (nine years ago) link
torn up about how beautiful that song is
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 December 2014 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah "Stay Close" is definitely the main highlight of High, such a beautiful closer. Right up there as one of the best tracks of their career imo.
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Saturday, 13 December 2014 04:27 (nine years ago) link
To me it's all about Stay Close and the title track for me with that album. Sort of exactly where I would expect the Blue Nile to be at that point.
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 13 December 2014 04:31 (nine years ago) link
in love we're all the samewe're walking down an empty street
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 December 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
Hats. The best. Just had it on an hour ago. Can't believe they left "Oh, Lolita" and "Wish Me Well" off the reissue
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 28 December 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
Let's WALK IN THE COOL EVENING LIGHT
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:40 (nine years ago) link
You know what else? That constant synth hum in the background of "From A Late Night Train" Jesus fucking christ.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:42 (nine years ago) link
I don't think Q magazine will ever be more right about an album ever again.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link
tell everybody it's all right
― (曇り) (clouds), Sunday, 28 December 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbujOtX4zuk
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 December 2014 05:48 (nine years ago) link
the peace at last b-sides that aren't on the deluxe reissue happen to be totally crushing, who knew
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 December 2014 05:50 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I can never figure out which b-sides go with which album. I guess Oh Lolita and Wish Me Well are the Peace at Last singles. There are a couple of good bootlegs that compile all the various b-sides and unreleased stuff.
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 28 December 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
soon as i got home i looked everywhere for blue nile rarities bootlegs but they seem to have been scrubbed from the internet
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
Check your PMs.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
doug! thank you so much! unfortunately the email associated with my ilx login is dead dead dead. try brad.david.nelson @ gmail. thank you again !!!!!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
imo nothing more powerful than the last two minutes of "headlights on the parade"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
Dud.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
wow has there ever been a worse opinion
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
I like this band a lot but they also seem v hateable
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link