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Blue for the Most

~ Abraham (Artist)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (18 Mar 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: V2
  • ASIN: B00005Y49J
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,561 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Magpie 3:30£0.69
Listen  2. Stay Here 3:39£0.69
Listen  3. What Gives With You 3:04£0.69
Listen  4. City For Us 4:25£0.69
Listen  5. Start The Song Backwards 2:19£0.69
Listen  6. Blue For The Most 3:38£0.69
Listen  7. For All The Times 4:26£0.69
Listen  8. Heather 4:49£0.69
Listen  9. Freedom's When 3:37£0.69
Listen10. On A Plane 3:09£0.69
Listen11. Ever So Slowly 2:54£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Bleakly beautiful, filled with longing and haunting melodies, Blue For The Most is a mesmerising album. With a voice of fragile innocence and backing tracks imbued with cinematic atmospheres and supremely languid beats, the debut full-length studio album from Sussex's Abraham, aka sultry singer Rachel Cuming, sounds like Dido produced by Zero 7 and Goldfrapp. The tenderly seductive "Magpie", "What Gives With You" and "City For Us", country tinged laments rolling to deep, down-tempo funk grooves, sweeping strings and watery electronica, are all as effortlessly brooding as they are gorgeous. Meanwhile the dark orchestration and claustrophobic computer noise that drives dark odes "Start the Song Backwards" and "Heather" are up there with the most chilling film scores. Yet there's an ever-present sensuality and optimism that makes everything here completely enchanting. As the smouldering title track illustrates, Abraham's hazy charms are too hopeful to be trip hop, and--with the tingling romance of lullaby "Ever So Slowly" proving the point--too ingenious to be dubbed just another chillout album. --Dan Gennoe

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This will remain on my deck for a long time, 5 Feb 2006
By R Banner (Rubery, West Mids United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I have just 'discovered' Abraham, and what a find! The smoky singing style reminds me a bit of Sam Brown ('Stop' and currently with Jools Holland) and, with the amazing haunting melodies and unusual lyrics, has been on, and remains on, my CD deck and shows no sign of moving.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Often Beautiful - Quirky and Cool, 22 Jan 2003
By A Customer
This music sits somewhere between Mandalay, Sarah McLachlan and Beth Orton. Quirky arrangements, thoughtful production create a very unique sound.

Comparisons with Goldfrapp would be misleading, as this album does not have the cohesive, cinematic quality of Felt Mountain. However, the pattern of melodic female vocals over "interesting" instrumentation does exist here, and has echoes of material by Goldfrapp, Mandalay, Mono (whose only album Formica Blues must be the epitome of this style and reaches levels that few others achieve), Violet Indiana, Blue States at al.

Great listening overall, should definitely be experienced late at night.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars All of the buildings are lit up like fireworks..., 18 Dec 2002
By A. Knibb "alexknibb" (Bristol, UK.) - See all my reviews
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Phew, what a corker.

It's not often you get real 'growers' these days, but this is one and no mistake. I've had it in my car now for about three months straight, and I'm not getting bored of it yet.

There are three main stand out features of this album. Firstly, and perhaps obviously, the songwriting. Each of the songs are wonderfully subtle and are lyrically equivalent to something you'd expect from Moloko if they ever calmed down. Secondly, the production is second to none. The beats and clipped samples are appropriately used and seem to fit around Rachel's voice like the packaging around my last amazon.co.uk purchase. Finally, the diva's voice herself. It's sultry, smooth and wonderfully playful in places.

This CD is closest, AURALLY, to Dido, but to compare the two would be absurd and an insult to these guys. This is a million miles further down the road and, unlike Dido's offering, will stand repeated listening well.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid!
One of the worst albums I ever bought - albeit for £2.00. An utterly insipid, bland, flatly-produced mismashed hogwash of aural nothingness. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2005 by A. P. Wren

1.0 out of 5 stars A BIG Disappointment
Having read the other reviews, i was expecting great things. It just goes to show that you cannot always trust the majority. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2005 by colmcox

5.0 out of 5 stars analsalid
What a refreshing album. So nice to hear something slightly jazzy/ambient, the singers voice grabs you from the first track, and all the way through gives you a sense of... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2005 by Seth Newson

5.0 out of 5 stars This is great
This is great melodic, chilled out music. Silking smooth vocals, and intelligent lyrics. If you like that kind of stuff, then buy!
Published on 10 Sep 2005 by Jazzman

1.0 out of 5 stars Like Dido? HATE this!
This was an experimental purchase after I saw that Abraham's style had been compared to that of Dido. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2005 by Joanne Nickerson

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, gentle, touching album
This album is excellent. I don't know how to describe - it's kind of haunting, evocative and melodic. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars BLAND BLAND BLAND
This album really disappointed me. After reading other reviews I was really looking forward to listening to it. Read more
Published on 10 May 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, interesting, layered, and effortlessly beautiful
This CD is poetry. The genius of Abraham is really displayed through this record, which is really outstanding. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2004 by songyang2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally amazing
How I listened transfixed whilst this gorgeous album weaved its spell on me, ignoring all around me the lyrical content charmed, coaxed and berated any feelings I had for... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2004 by Ranford

4.0 out of 5 stars folky gems mixed with swirling beeps and whirls.....
Although it took an age to be released in Ireland, this was certainly worth the wait. Rarely does "Blue for the Most" delve in the throwaway blandness of Dido and even... Read more
Published on 11 May 2002

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