The Blue Nile: C or D?

Simply the most amazing music ever made.
― Cozen (Cozen), Monday, March 24, 2003 7:16 PM (8 years ago)

http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/storage/album-covers/Paul%20Buchanan%20Mid%20Air%20Cover.jpg

So how's this Paul Buchanan album?

It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats. My tl:dr thoughts here: http://paulbuchanan.com/reviews/

Incidentally came across this the other week - pre-Blue Nile sounding v Steely Dan:
http://vimeo.com/24108742

Was listening to a couple of tracks on youtube right before you posted that first link and damn, you have nailed the mood of it exactly.

Tom Waits is a very apt mention btw, obviously the quality of the voices is v different, but he was the first name that came to mind listening to it just now. That whole hushed feel, music to contemplate the sad dust on your shelves to.

What was up with Blue Nile announcing tour dates a few years back and then abruptly canceling?

Looking forward to hearing this. Can't believe its already been so long since High. I should listen to that album again, I loved it at the time but haven't played it in years. Peace at Last is such a frustrating album Happiness is a good opener but I don't really remember anything until the last three tracks which are all so good.

"My True Country" just popped up on WFMU. My ears pricked up in the first 2 seconds. Just beautiful.

Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.

It's wonderful - the best thing he's done since Hats

! This is the first I've heard of a new record!

Apparently his album is number 3 in the midweek chart, quite surprising.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:50 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh man, if it caught on, a little late career crossover success for paul buchanan would make me really happy (as long as the quality stays at his absurdly high level)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGSFQo63r0

Now on spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DeXW3rwdng0YhusBGxJwC

My favourite Blue Nile moment is "Regret", so an album of Paul Buchanan b/w piano is irresistible.

His album is actually number 8 in today's midweeks. I guess that means everybody in Scotland bought it.

does anyone have any, uh, tips for how to get the Birthday Cards & Silent Music compilation?

i will never understand the appeal of this music. he seems to sing always the same, never starting and never ending, mediocre ballad. somehow the harmlessness and tediousness of it still makes me aggressive, very bizarre.

Euler, sent you a PM.

Spotify cruelly listing this as "not available in your country".

That comp doesn't have the great ones "I Love This Life" and "Saint Catherine's Day"

thanks a million, doug watson!

Doug watson, may I have a PM pls? 0_0

The record cover makes me think of when I was a kid, and me and a friend would go to the top of a 6-story parking garage, tie together a bunch of old clothes, scream at the top of our lungs and throw them over the edge. Looked just like a jumper.

Finally listened to Mid Air, completely agree it's the best thing he's done since Hats. Really stunning album all the way through.

http://thequietus.com/articles/09375-paul-buchanan-blue-nile-interview

:)

album is stunning

I'll add my voice to the chorus of "best thing since Hats". Anyone get the deluxe version?

Would someone compile "High" and "Peace At Last" for me, please. I was disappointed by both but I'd like to give the best bits another go.

reissues!

http://thebluenile.org/

ooh, is this the 1st CD issue of I Love This Life etc?

incidently i got an email the other day from my brother part of which was this - "Two weeks ago it looked like Mr Blue Nile Paul Buchanan was waving at me while I was waiting at some traffic lights. After much confusion on my part, turned out it was for an actual cab rigghhttt behind me. Strange moment." haha!

"I Love Thos Life" and its b-side were on the "I Would Never" CD single in 2004, which i think was a first appearance on CD but will ni longer be in print.

Inevitably the re-issues will be bought. Have always found my CD of '...Rooftops' incredibly quiet.

Unfortunately, as seems to be the case these days (*stink eye at Peter Gabriel*), they've left out some b-sides:

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-blue-nile-deluxe-reissues/#comment-13765

Mostly remixes and instrumentals, but it looks like there's plenty of room on the bonus discs for all of it.

I'm guessing some intrepid blogger will post a comp of the missing stuff.

is this website new? looks awfully fancy. you don't think it means a new album and tour on the way, do you? (hoping against hope!)

fave b-side right now is oh lolita

the use of "let's go out tonight" in six feet under is really brilliant. the exact sort of band i'd expect in that show.

I played this at record club last week...

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-blue-nile-hats-round-45-toms-selection/

i still can't stand them. and i have tried. and tried. and tried. the music is quite ok actually but the singer simply sucks. i am not sure if i should envy all you people who love their music or if i should pity you. maybe i should just accept the fact that tastes are different...

Liking or disliking a voice is such a personal thing and very hard to see past - my Achilles Heel as far as voices go is Daniel Rossen from Grizzly Bear. Pretty innocuous but sets my teeth on edge.

Do you feel similarly about Peter Gabriel's voice as Paul Buchanan's is not that dissimilar?

i have always loved peter gabriel's voice. trespass was one of my first albums. i don't think their voices are similar at all. buchanan's voice to me sounds sleepy and bored. whereas gabriel just sounds perfect, his voice is vivacious and astute.

I played this at record club last week...
http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-blue-nile-hats-round-45-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Monday, February 4, 2013 4:14 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did you write that, yugi? really excellent...blue nile and edward hopper have become so intertwined in my mind that i can't see or hear one without thinking of the other-i work in a museum that has several great hoppers and my dream concert would be blue nile playing in a room full of hoppers

Cheers. You're spot on with the Hopper reference, although I always pictured a Scottish city - US cities are just not wet enough!

are they from glasgow or edinburgh? i love blue nile enough to add scotland to list of places to visit (although i'm sure it's a great place anyway!)

glasgow. trying to get my head around PB sounding like he is "sleepy and bored". and failing.

yeah, they obv haven't heard Over the Hillside!

I get world-weary from Paul Buchannan's singing but not sleepy and bored...

I'm surprised there hasn't been any reviews of the remasters in American outlets. At least that I know of.

OK, I finally have Mid Air! First listen in progress now; I'm five tracks in. This is pretty radical stuff! We are almost in Mark Hollis / Richard Youngs territory here!

Cozen's posts halfway up the thread are some of the greatest I've ever read on here.

EASILY some of the most amazing music ever made.

"Let's WALK In The COOL EVENING NIGHT..."

...er, light. even so.