The Blue Nile
| Track | Album |
|---|---|
| Body And Soul | Peace At Last |
| The Downtown Lights | Hats |
| Happiness | Peace At Last |
| Headlights On The Parade | Hats |
| High | High |
| Saturday Night | Hats |
| Stay | A Walk Across The Rooftops |
| Stay Close | High |
| Tinseltown In The Rain | A Walk Across The Rooftops |
| A Walk Across The Rooftops | A Walk Across The Rooftops |
Blue Nile playlist
Contributor: Paul Glinn
Despite making only four albums, it’s been incredibly difficult to whittle down to just ten tracks to share, such is the quality of The Blue Nile’s work. A Walk Across The Rooftops was released to huge critical acclaim in 1984 and over the course of the next twenty years, slow but meticulous work methods produced just three further gems. Glasgow University friends Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and Paul Moore formed the band in 1981 and such is the myth that surrounds the band, that it’s difficult to work out whether they will ever make another record, but it seems unlikely. Paul Buchanan released a solo album, Mid Air, last year and is thought to be currently making the follow up.
Wikipedia classifies the music under the ‘Adult Alternative’ and ‘Sophist-pop’ genres, but I would suggest ‘Sublime’ as a suitable adjective. I had the pleasure of seeing TBN perform at Somerset House a few years ago, in what could well be one of their last ever shows and it was one of the best (and most emotional) concerts I’ve ever seen.
The Blue Nile biography (Apple Music)
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The Blue Nile worked with Robbie Robertson, and appear on the exquisite “Breakin’ The Rules” which is in the Toppermost Robbie Robertson selection.
Peter, Breakin The Rules is an absolute gem of a track….
“Mid Air” is well worth anyone’s time and effort. Sparse vignettes, without that Linn Drum sound, which you may consider to be a blessing!
I just completed my collection of the Blue Nile with the remastered Peace at Last. It’s a really good selection of tracks and I now know and really enjoy their music. I think Mid Air is a really good piece of work too. It was the brilliant ‘Breakin’ The Rules’, which took me into The Blue Nile. I think ‘Lets’s Go Out Tonight’ is a miss, but a good selection of very good tracks. Many thanks, Paul.