Blood Looms and Blooms
Appearance
Blood Looms and Blooms | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 July 2008 | |||
Length | 54:51 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Leila | |||
Leila chronology | ||||
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Singles from Blood Looms and Blooms | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Cokemachineglow | 82%[3] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[6] |
PopMatters | [7] |
URB | [8] |
Blood Looms and Blooms is the third studio album by electronic music artist Leila, released by Warp in 2008. It peaked at number 33 on the UK Dance Albums Chart.[9]
Critical reception
[edit]At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
PopMatters placed it at number 5 on the "Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008" list.[10] AllMusic listed it as one of their favourite electronic albums of 2008.[11] Gilles Peterson named it the 16th best album of 2008.[12]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Mollie" | 5:20 |
2. | "Time to Blow" | 3:08 |
3. | "Little Acorns" | 3:29 |
4. | "Daisies, Cats and Spacemen" | 4:26 |
5. | "Mettle" | 4:24 |
6. | "Teases Me" | 3:31 |
7. | "Carplos" | 4:21 |
8. | "The Exotics" | 3:46 |
9. | "Deflect" | 4:23 |
10. | "Norwegian Wood" | 3:34 |
11. | "Lush Dolphins" | 4:03 |
12. | "Ur Train" | 2:37 |
13. | "Young Ones" | 3:23 |
14. | "Why Should I?" | 4:27 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "You Can Dance... If You Want 2" | 3:51 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Oddity 01" | 5:01 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Leila – production
- Terry Hall – vocals (2, 14)
- Khemahl Richardson – vocals (3)
- Thaon Richardson – vocals (3)
- Roya Arab – vocals (4)
- Andy Cox – guitar (5)
- Justin Percival – guitar (5)
- Luca Santucci – vocals (6, 10, 12)
- Seaming To – vocals (8)
- Martina Topley-Bird – vocals (9, 14)
- Lance Shepherd – guitar (9)
- Zan Lyons – cello (13)
- Sabina Doobay – clarinet (13)
- Kweku Aacht – clarinet (13)
Charts
[edit]Chart | Peak position |
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UK Dance Albums (OCC)[9] | 33 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Blood, Looms, And Blooms by Leila". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Blood, Looms and Blooms - Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Abravanel, David (16 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Whyte, Tony Robert (22 July 2008). "Leila - Blood Looms and Blooms". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (3 July 2008). "Leila, Blood, Looms and Blooms". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Clarke, Mia (1 October 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Padilla, Sean (3 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Meredith, Ben (2 July 2008). "Leila :: Blood Looms and Blooms". URB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 13 July 2008 - 19 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "The Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008". PopMatters. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "AllMusic's Favorite Electronic Albums of 2008". AllMusic. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". BBC. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- Blood Looms and Blooms at Discogs (list of releases)