The Blue Nile, "High," should they have just stayed away?

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I've been disappointed by everything after Hats. Et tu?

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 04:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Give it time.

(that's a funny, btw)

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 October 2004 06:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I have made a conscious decision to not hear this record. It being as bad as I fear it to be would distress me too much.

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 11 October 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Hear it...I really like it.. It's waaaaaaaaay better than "Peace At Last"..

It actually sounds like they tried to make a follow up to "Hats"

Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Monday, 11 October 2004 09:24 (nineteen years ago) link

FOPP has "Rooftops" for a fiver. Worth it? (Don't all rush)

mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 October 2004 09:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Course it is.

RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 11 October 2004 09:34 (nineteen years ago) link

i've listened only once so far. i vote "better than peace at last" too. at least one track seemed hats-b-side-worthy, even.

chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Monday, 11 October 2004 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link

much better than I was expecting. it's still a bit coffeehouse yuppie muzak, but it's good.

kyle (akmonday), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Coffeehouse yuppie muzak, yes. Hats was more than that, though.

mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link

how many threads do we now have for this album?

jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link

i'll start another one!

kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link

FOPP has "Rooftops" for a fiver. Worth it? (Don't all rush)
-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), October 11th, 2004. (link)


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Course it is.
-- RickyT (boyofbadger...) (webmail), October 11th, 2004. (link)

Right, I have it now.

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 09:02 (nineteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

"broken loves" is one of their best songs imho

as a whole this album is pretty underrated I think

groovemaaan, Sunday, 18 June 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link

yes and yes

k3vin k., Sunday, 18 June 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link

two years pass...

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-blue-nile-announce-high-reissue/?verso=true

reissue of high out in june, including 4 unreleased tracks!

also !!!!!!

Yes. He’s still working on it. No release date given but will be worth it. Leave him at it.

— Ken Sweeney (@KenSweeney) April 16, 2020

k3vin k., Thursday, 16 April 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link

Ordered my copy when announced. Thanks for posting the (Father) Ken Sweeney tweet. I wonder how often he himself gets asked to release a new Brian album?

The release rumor mill can be a tease. The Prefab Sprout album being likely lost, the Paul Buchanan album being in the final stages for a fall release three years ago...

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 16 April 2020 13:17 (four years ago) link

i like reading this thread title as a short story like, i'm listening to the blue nile and i'm "high" and some friends come over and ruin the vibe and i ask myself if they should have just stayed away and i ruminate on that for a while.

i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 16 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link

Great news. Thanks for the bump Kevin!


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