The Blue Nile - High

Scottish band the Blue Nile, named after Alan Moorehead's classic 1962 novel, began their journey at Glasgow University at the turn of the 70s/80s where Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and PJ Moore were studying. The group released a debut album a Walk Across the Rooftops in 1984 that became a major cult hit album through word of mouth. Their folk-ambient sound, with it's tasteful combination of electronics and romantics, sounded like nothing else at the time and built a loyal fan base that still exists today. In 1989 their album Hats went Top 20 in the UK and spawned 2 hit singles - "Saturday Night" and "Downtown Lights." After a lengthy gap the band signed to Warner and in 1996 released Peace at Last. Celebrity Blue Nile fans include Annie Lennox and Peter Gabriel and the band's songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Isaac Hayes and Tom Jones, Melanie C and the Harlem Gospel Singers. Now signed to Sanctuary and managed by Ed Bicknell (Dire Straits) the Blue Nile are releasing their fourth album High. Rumours of a long-awaited new Blue Nile album have been circulating in the music press and amongst certain radio DJs for some months now; there is tremendous anticipation amongst fanatics for this new collection of songs. As the strongest Blue Nile album to date, it is sure to satisfy hardcore fans as well as enveloping a new set of devotees. "The Blue Nile makes incredibly simple-sounding, emotional records about the stuff that fascinates them. And they're very good at it." NME "Inexpressibly lovely music that owes practically nothing to the vagaries of fashion." - Q.

1) The Days of Our Lives
2) I Would Never
3) Broken Loves
4) Because of Toledo
5) He Saw the World
6) High
7) Soul Boy
8) Everybody Else
9) Stay Close