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..."
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:04 (eleven years ago) link
...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