The Blue God

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The Blue God
The Blue God cover
Studio album by Martina Topley-Bird
Released 12 May 2008
Genre Trip hop / Electronic / Rock / Soul
Label Independiente Records
Producer Martina Topley-Bird
Danger Mouse
Professional reviews
Martina Topley-Bird chronology
Quixotic
(2003)		 The Blue God
(2008)

The Blue God is the second studio album from singer/songwriter Martina Topley-Bird, her first album in five years. Released on May 12, 2008[1], , the album had been complete since at least September 2007. [2] Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her official website[3] and her MySpace page.[4] The Blue God was produced by Danger Mouse, one half of the band Gnarls Barkley.[5]

The album was preceded by its first single, "Carnies", on March 3, 2008.[6] "Poison", the second single, was released May 5, 2008. The single's B-side is a collaboration with Gorillaz titled "Soldier Boy"[4].

The album reached number 88 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release[7].

[edit] Track listing[8]

  1. "Phoenix"
  2. "Carnies"
  3. "April Grove"
  4. "Something to Say"
  5. "Baby Blue"
  6. "Shangri La"
  7. "Snowman"
  8. "Da Da Da Da"
  9. "Valentine"
  10. "Poison"
  11. "Razor Tongue"
  12. "Yesterday"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Independiente label home page
  2. ^ New song... - Martina Topley Bird
  3. ^ http://www.martinatopleybird.com
  4. ^ a b MySpace.com - Martina Topley-Bird
  5. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Gnarls CD Nearly Done; Danger Mouse Branches Out", Billboard magazine, 2008-01-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-28. 
  6. ^ NEW SINGLE ANNOUNCEMENT! - Martina Topley Bird
  7. ^ The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
  8. ^ Track listing from Independiente
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