In fact, the first two releases by the Blue Nile (Rooftops and Hats) are cemented in my personal list of the top 10 albums of all time.
However, those albums are held in high regard by their ardent fans - myself included. Over the course of their 30-year career, the band has released mere four albums. To conclude this may not be the definitive account of the mercurial group but it’s a lot better than nothing at all and recommended for any fan of the band or curious reader.moreĪs of fan of the enigmatic band The Blue Nile since the release of their first album (A Walk Across The Rooftops), I thoroughly enjoyed this book by Alan Brown. Or how two tracks from their final album High were recorded in a day, after it took five years to create the rest of album! Interestingly the book also mentions unleased tracks, some of which are now available on the remastered Blue Nile albums. There are many valuable stories and events retold within the book, for example insisting on only recording Easter Parade on a Sunday of each week. Their stubborn approach to perfecting their work hampered their career, with the music consequently taking years to complete. The book hints at the tensions that emerged within the band, with management and various record companies. The Blue Nile started off as a close-knit group but gradually as they grew older they drifted apart. The trio of musicians Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and Paul Joseph Moore alongside engineer Calum Malcolm made four long distanced albums then imploded quietly, softly and almost invisibly. The book hints at the tensions that emerged within th Nileism – The Strange Course of The Blue Nile by author Allan Brown attempts to chart the sporadic musical history of enigmatic Scottish group The Blue Nile. Nileism – The Strange Course of The Blue Nile by author Allan Brown attempts to chart the sporadic musical history of enigmatic Scottish group The Blue Nile. For the first time Allan Brown, a fan from the time of the band's first album in 1983 and friend of the band's composer Paul Buchanan, gets behind the veil to analyze the band's agonizingly slow progress through personal memoir, critical study, access to unreleased recordings and encounters with those who have been central to the strange and elusive mythology of The Blue Nile.more Reclusive and enigmatic, The Blue Nile are one of modern music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and status as they are about their painstaking methods. Yet scarcity has served only to intensify love for the band's intensely romantic songs. Four albums-containing a total of just 33 songs-have followed since. Reclusive and enigmatic, The Blue Nile are one of modern music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and status as they are about th 2011 sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Nile's first work together.
2011 sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Nile's first work together.
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