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 (twenty-one years ago)

Give it time.

(that's a funny, btw)

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 October 2004 06:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 11 October 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Course it is.

― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 11 October 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Monday, 11 October 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

how many threads do we now have for this album?

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll start another one!

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (eight years ago)

yes and yes

― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 June 2017 16:31 (eight years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

Great news. Thanks for the bump Kevin!

― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 17 April 2020 09:18 (five years ago)

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