Title track to a entrancing, magnificent album that’s stayed a favourite since my teens. Paul Buchanan’s vocals are a unique treat as is The Blue Nile’s sound. Producing one album about every seven years they never stole the limelight, but each release was eagerly anticipated and acclaimed.
Highly recommend having a read of Nileism: The Strange Course of The Blue Nile by Allan Brown (Apple, Kindle, no affil.) if you’d like to know the backstory. While the book sometimes wanders and loses direction a little, it provides some fascinating insight in to Paul Buchanan and the band, including how the production of A Walk Across the Rooftops, their first album, was footed by Linn Records to help sell the large dynamic range of the Sondek LP12 turntable. Also, how the album photo was shot in some very dodgy conditions.