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In Focus: The Blue Nile

Glasgow, 02.08.24

Focus on The Blue Nile

Like the gold that sits untainted under the silt of a riverbed, good pop music never really loses it's sheen, and it cares little for passing fads: Glasgow's The Blue Nile were creators of such music. All the good stuff that pop songwriting thrives on - ennui, longing, fleeting joy - were present in frontman Paul Buchanan's lyrics, which told sophisticated urban tales of love and loss.

Selected and mixed by Sofay.

Tracklist

  • 0:00:08
    The Blue Nile feat. Calum Malcolm, Nigel Thomas, Paul Joseph Moore 
    A Walk Across The Rooftops
  • 0:04:50
    The Blue Nile 
    I Love This Life
  • 0:08:43
    The Blue Nile 
    The Downtown Lights
  • The Blue Nile 
    Saddle The Horses
  • The Blue Nile 
    She Saw The World
  • The Blue Nile 
    I Would Never
  • The Blue Nile 
    Seven A.M.
  • The Blue Nile 
    Let’s Go Out Tonight (The Bottom Line, New York. 23rd July 1990)
  • The Blue Nile feat. Calum Malcolm, Nigel Thomas, Paul Joseph Moore 
    Stay
  • Paul Buchanan
    Heatwave (Acoustic)
  • The Blue Nile
    St Catherine’s Day (Previously Unreleased)
  • The Blue Nile 
    Tinseltown In The Rain