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I am not too sure if it is time for me to do this, because this post is going to be special. Something important that cannot be fully grasped until felt and heard –this is how I feel about the music of The Blue Nile, with the use of simple words but honest and point on conviction to leave an imprint in you, dear readers.

I have been a fan of The Blue Nile for the longest time now – and I remember hearing about them particularly from one of my closest friends at work. He struck me as someone who spoke very little of everything because he just preferred to keep things to himself, that perhaps he thinks no one would understand him. In a way, this is quite like how TBN are to most of its fans.

In my room as we speak, I had to stop to think hard on how to elaborate things; how gold is gold to you? I refuse to give a background on how the group started, as I might shoot a little far off on the contrast, the level on how the pedestal is too high for words. They have released a total of four albums in all 20 years of being together, and yet the ever-growing respect and patience of those who truly understand their music are only being tripled as the years pass. The likes of Annie Lennox, Phil Collins, Sting and Rickie Lee Jones are only a few of the fans of this band unheard of to many. Apart from that is a long list of collaborations that go far as Craig Armstrong and David Sylvian – with XTC mentioning that their track “Ballet for a Rainy Day” was written with the TBN release, “A Walk Across the Rooftops” in mind.

More than a handful have covered their songs and have cited them as one of their strongest influences, that at one point is starting to get to me in a bad way. I want to share them only to a few people like how a mother is protective of her child that broods an unwavering appreciation. Now, if you can put that thought together, you would understand why there is no going back. I guess the music can get too personal there is no way you cannot take it seriously.

After all that being said, I feel a high risk of commitment to succeed in making my readers understand through my descriptions at best, but I am afraid failure will have captured me if I relied on writing alone by the end of this article. So, I will not comment on the songs one by one, but I will one — if not a few. Listen to them and tell me why must we try hard to define beautiful music when it already is beautiful. This discussion does not end here, whether you get my point or not, I will return with my Top 10 TBN songs. “O’ you wait and see.”

Let’s Go Out Tonight Is not the typical song for starters but, this was all I could find that fits in here. You can also go here for a few more songs.