Search - The Blue Nile :: High

The music evokes so many emotions and opinions as evident on

J. Pearce | Pacific Northwest | 04/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I too like many of the folks here, am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Blue Nile fan. I began listening in the late 80's when I heard Headlights on the Parade on the public radio station in Nashville, TN. It has been the only band/record that has ever spoken to me so intensely and reflectively at that time in my life. I figured over the years (of growth, relationships-good and bad, love, loss, melancholy, joy, elation, evolution) that my seemingly lonely position of being the only person to LOVE this band- would fade. It has not. I looked long and hard for the next album after Peace At Last (an ok set); and found it with HIGH. I intensely (and with beating heart) skimmed the snippets of the tunes before purchasing hoping another track would speak to me as many did in the 80's- 10+ years later, BN has not lost their ability to reach in and connect with the innermost corners of psyche and subconcious. The minute I heard 'Stay Close' I felt like something long gone for over 10 years had come back to life. I listened over and over and over. I felt no one else on earth could understand my connection to this band. Clearly there ARE OTHERS. Its cultish. I hope to see a performance in some seedy London back club one of these days and who knows... one might just might find the renaissance man himself- Sting- sitting in the back sipping a smart cocktail... (or a green tea) ala Christian McBride :)"

High on "HIGH"

A. C. Ferreira | 11/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you are as big a fan of the Blue Nile as I am, you are going to love this CD! The haunting melodies and impassioned voice of Paul Buchanan, evoke a deeper understanding of your own emotions and connect you with its universal theme. "Stay Close" will break your heart and put it back together for you, closer than you were before! "Because of Toledo," also asks you to be there, with him as he tries to come to grips with his additions - drugs & her! A Blue Nile album is to be listened to in its entirety, not picked over; the whole is better than its parts."