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)		 The Blue God
(2008)		 Some Place Simple
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
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]

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

  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"

References