Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
PopMatters placed it at number 5 on the "Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008" list.[10] AllMusic listed it as one of their favourite electronic albums of 2008.[11] Gilles Peterson named it the 16th best album of 2008.[12]
Track listing
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1. | "Mollie" | 5:20 |
2. | "Time to Blow" | 3:07 |
3. | "Little Acorns" | 3:29 |
4. | "Daisies, Cats and Spacemen" | 4:26 |
5. | "Mettle" | 4:24 |
6. | "Teases Me" | 3:31 |
7. | "Carplos" | 4:21 |
8. | "The Exotics" | 3:46 |
9. | "Deflect" | 4:23 |
10. | "Norwegian Wood" | 3:34 |
11. | "Lush Dolphins" | 4:03 |
12. | "Ur Train" | 2:37 |
13. | "Young Ones" | 3:23 |
14. | "Why Should I?" | 4:27 |
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15. | "You Can Dance... If You Want 2" | 3:51 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Leila – production
- Terry Hall – vocals (2, 14)
- Khemahl Richardson – vocals (3)
- Thaon Richardson – vocals (3)
- Roya Arab – vocals (4)
- Andy Cox – guitar (5)
- Justin Percival – guitar (5)
- Luca Santucci – vocals (6, 10, 12)
- Seaming To – vocals (8)
- Martina Topley-Bird – vocals (9, 14)
- Lance Shepherd – guitar (9)
- Zan Lyons – cello (13)
- Sabina Doobay – clarinet (13)
- Kweku Aacht – clarinet (13)
References
- 1 2 "Blood, Looms, And Blooms by Leila". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Blood, Looms and Blooms - Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Abravanel, David (16 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Whyte, Tony Robert (22 July 2008). "Leila - Blood Looms and Blooms". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (3 July 2008). "Leila, Blood, Looms and Blooms". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Clarke, Mia (1 October 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Padilla, Sean (3 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Meredith, Ben (2 July 2008). "Leila :: Blood Looms and Blooms". URB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 13 July 2008 - 19 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "The Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008". PopMatters. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ "AllMusic's Favorite Electronic Albums of 2008". AllMusic. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". BBC. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.