The Blue God

The Blue God
Studio album by Martina Topley-Bird
Released 12 May 2008
Genre Trip-hop, electronic, rock, soul
Label Independiente
Producer Martina Topley-Bird
Danger Mouse
Martina Topley-Bird chronology
Quixotic
(2003)Quixotic2003		 The Blue God
(2008)		 Some Place Simple
(2010)Some Place Simple2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Sun[1]
BBC.co.uk(positive)[2]
Manchester Evening News[3]
musicOMH[4]
Pitchfork Media(4.6/10)[5]
The Times[6]
Twisted Ear[7]
Prefix Magazine link
Hot Press link

The Blue God is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird, her first in five years. Released on 12 May 2008,[8] the album had been complete since at least September 2007.[9] Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her official website[10] and her MySpace page.[11] The Blue God was produced by Danger Mouse. The album was preceded by its first single, "Carnies," on 3 March 2008.[12] "Poison," the second single, was released on 5 May 2008. The single's B-side is a collaboration with Gorillaz & Roots Manuva which interpolates certain elements of the Gorillaz' demo "Snakes & Ladders" the B-Side is called: "Soldier Boy".[11] The third single from the album, "Baby Blue," was released as a digital download on 7 September 2008.[13][14]

The album reached number 88 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release.[15]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Phoenix"Topley-Bird3:48
2."Carnies"Topley-Bird3:09
3."April Grove"James G. Barbour3:32
4."Something to Say"Topley-Bird,3:26
5."Baby Blue"Topley-Bird,2:27
6."Shangri La"Topley-Bird,3:47
7."Snowman"Topley-Bird,2:35
8."Da Da Da Da"Topley-Bird,2:24
9."Valentine"Topley-Bird3:36
10."Poison"Topley-Bird,2:58
11."Razor Tongue"Topley-Bird,3:54
12."Yesterday"Topley-Bird3:41

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 88
French Albums Chart 149

References

  1. ↑ "The Sun". thesun.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "BBC - Music - Review of Martina Topley-Bird - The Blue God". bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Administrator. "Martina Topley Bird - The Blue God (Independiente)".
  4. ↑ http://www.musicomh.com/albums/martina-topley-bird_0508.htm
  5. ↑ Colville, Liz. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Login". timesonline.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "カラコンは女の子の味方". twistedear.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18.
  8. ↑ "Independiente". independiente.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "martinatopleybird.com". martinatopleybird.com.
  10. ↑ "Martina Topley Bird". Martina Topley Bird. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  11. 1 2 MySpace.com - Martina Topley-Bird
  12. ↑ "martinatopleybird.com". martinatopleybird.com.
  13. ↑ Martina Topley Bird - Baby Blue Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ "Baby Blue Single OUT NOW!". independiente.co.uk.
  15. ↑ The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine.


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