• a walk across the rooftops
• tinseltown in the rain
• from rags to riches
• stay
• easter parade
• heatwave
• automobile noise

Released by Linn Records 1984
Produced by Paul Buchanan & Robert Bell
Engineer: Calum Malcolm
Recording: Castlesound Studios
All songs written by Paul Buchanan & Robert Bell

5 stars on iTunes and Amazon
Rolling Stone magazine called it a "seductively well-crafted first album"
"Tinseltown In The Rain, jewel among jewels on The Blue Nile's extraordinary first album" - David Peschek, The Guardian
"...a richly cinematic album" - James MacNair, The Independent

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• over the hillside
• the downtown lights
• let's go out tonight
• headlights on the parade
• from a late night train
• seven a.m.
• saturday night

Released by Linn Records 1989
Produced by The Blue Nile
Engineer: Calum Malcolm
Recording: Castlesound Studios
All songs written by Paul Buchanan

"The Downtown Lights is an incandescent pop moment" - Stephen Holden, New York Times
"Over the Hillside's opening drumbeat evokes, for me at least, an image as iconic as Bladerunner's Vangelis scored intro..." - Stylus
"Few albums have ever had such glowing reviews" - Chris Roberts, Uncut magazine
A rare 5 stars from Q magazine !

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• the days of our lives
• I would never
• broken loves
• because of toledo
• she saw the world
• high
• soul boy
• everybody else
• stay close

Released by Sanctuary Records 2004
Produced by The Blue Nile
Engineer: Calum Malcolm
Recording: USA & EUROPE, Castlesound Studios
All songs written by Paul Buchanan

"The Blue Nile are not like other groups. They create a sound that is beautifully sparse yet warm and intimate. Most of all, The Blue Nile just make incredibly beautiful music." - Sydney Morning Herald
"The emotive, yearning vocals and chilling tunesmanship of Paul Buchanan plus the band's poignant, minimalist arrangements make for a combination that is both sublime and heartbreaking." - Philadelphia Daily News
A Sunday Times record of the year
"The Scottish priests of midnight yearning" - Entertainment Weekly