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The Blue Nile (band), the Glossary

The Blue Nile were a Scottish band which originated in Glasgow.^[1]

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A Walk Across the Rooftops

A Walk Across the Rooftops is the debut album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 30 April 1984 on Linn Records in the UK and on A&M Records in the US.

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A-side and B-side

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.

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About Time (2013 film)

About Time is a 2013 romantic science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy.

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Alan McCrae Moorehead, (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962).

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Alternative Airplay

Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Annie Lennox

Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

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Aqualung (musician)

Matthew Nicholas Hales (born 17 January 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has been performing professionally under the name Aqualung since the early 2000s.

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Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements.

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Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)

"Ashes to Ashes" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 14th studio album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Heinrich Bauer Publishing (Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG), trading as Bauer Media Group, is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg.

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BBC Music

BBC Music is the arm of the BBC responsible for the music played across its services.

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BBC Proms

The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music.

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BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: BBC Alba) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.

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Big Yellow Taxi

"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970, and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Birlinn (publisher)

Birlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Bob Harris (radio presenter)

Robert Brinley Joseph Harris (born 11 April 1946), popularly known as "Whispering Bob" Harris, is an English music presenter.

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Bridgewater Hall

The Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England.

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British Hit Singles & Albums

British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.

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Calum Malcolm

Calum Malcolm is a Scottish record producer, sound engineer and keyboardist, who is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Capacities (album)

Capacities is the third album from the Filipino independent band Up Dharma Down.

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Cassette tape

The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Chris Botti

Christopher Stephen Botti (born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer.

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Compact disc

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.

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Courage (Paula Cole album)

Courage is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole.

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Craig Armstrong (composer)

Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. The Blue Nile (band) and Craig Armstrong (composer) are Virgin Records artists.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. The Blue Nile (band) and David Bowie are Virgin Records artists.

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Demo (music)

A demo (shortened from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs typically recorded for limited circulation or for reference use, rather than for general public release.

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Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). The Blue Nile (band) and Dire Straits are Warner Records artists.

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Diva (Annie Lennox album)

Diva is the debut solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 April 1992 by RCA Records.

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Drift (The Devlins album)

Drift is the debut album by the Irish band the Devlins, released in 1993.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.

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Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 (Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.

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Ed Bicknell

Ed Bicknell is a British music manager and drummer, best known for managing rock band Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, Gerry Rafferty, Bryan Ferry, Scott Walker and The Blue Nile.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Galway

Galway (Gaillimh) is a city in (and the county town of) County Galway.

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Girl Loves Me

"Girl Loves Me" is a song by English musician David Bowie.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is a concert and arts venue located in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Glasshouse (album)

Glasshouse is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Jessie Ware.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers.

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Happiness (The Blue Nile song)

"Happiness" is a song by Scottish band The Blue Nile, which was released in 1996 as the lead single from their third studio album Peace at Last.

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Hats (album)

Hats is the second studio album by Scottish band the Blue Nile, originally released on 16 October 1989 on Linn Records and A&M Records.

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Headlights on the Parade

"Headlights on the Parade" is a song by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released in 1990 as the second single from their second studio album Hats (1989).

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Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)

Help Yourself is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released in 1991 through Atlantic Records in the US and Virgin Records in the UK.

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High (The Blue Nile album)

High is the fourth and final studio album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 30 August 2004 on Sanctuary Records.

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High fidelity

High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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I Can't Give Everything Away

"I Can't Give Everything Away" is a song by English musician David Bowie.

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Inpress

Inpress was a free weekly tabloid-sized music magazine (street press) that was published in Melbourne, and was released in the Geelong and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria, Australia.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Ivor Tiefenbrun

Ivor Sigmund Tiefenbrun MBE (born March 1946) is the founder and chairman of Linn Products Ltd, Glasgow-based manufacturers of high-fidelity audio equipment and home theatre equipment.

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Jessie Ware

Jessica Lois Ware (born 15 October 1984) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Johnston Press

Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767.

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Julian Lennon

Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist.

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Laura Mvula

Laura Mvula (Douglas; born 23 April 1986) is a British singer.

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Linn Products

Linn Products is an engineering company that manufactures hi-fi and audio equipment.

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Linn Records

Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical music, jazz and Scottish music.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Love It If We Made It

"Love It If We Made It" is a song by English band the 1975 from their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018).

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LP record

The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.

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Magnetic North (Aqualung album)

Magnetic North is the sixth studio album by Aqualung.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manchester International Festival

The Manchester International Festival is a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work, held in the English city of Manchester and run by Factory International.

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Martin C. Strong

Martin Charles Strong (born 1960 in Musselburgh) is a Scottish music historian known for compiling discographies of popular music including The Great Rock Discography.

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Matraca Berg

Matraca Maria Berg Hanna (born February 3, 1964, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

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Matty Healy

Matthew Timothy Healy (born 8 April 1989) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the pop rock band the 1975.

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Mediahuis Ireland (formally Independent News and Media, or INM) is a Belgian/Dutch-owned media organisation that is based in Dublin and publishes national daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, regional newspapers and operates multiple websites including Independent.

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Medusa (Annie Lennox album)

Medusa is the second solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 March 1995 by RCA Records.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Memory Man (album)

Memory Man is the third studio album by Aqualung.

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Michael Brook

Michael Brook (born 1951) is a Canadian guitarist, inventor, music producer, and film music composer.

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Michael McDonald (musician)

Michael H. McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, keyboardist and songwriter known for his distinctive, soulful voice and as a member of Steely Dan (1973–1974), and the Doobie Brothers (1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present).

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Mid Air (Paul Buchanan album)

Mid Air is the debut solo studio album by Scottish musician Paul Buchanan.

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Midnight Without You

Midnight Without You is the second studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti.

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Misty Eyed Adventures

Misty Eyed Adventures is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, now known as Moya Brennan.

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Mojo (magazine)

Mojo (stylised in all caps) is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer.

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Moya Brennan

Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist.

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Music Box (TV channel)

Music Box was a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite television channel that ran from 29 March 1984 to 30 January 1987, and was operated by Music Box Limited.

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Music download

A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone.

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Music of Latin America

The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking regions of the Americas south of the United States.

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Music video

A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes.

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nicky Holland

Nicky Holland (born 20 February 1959) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, notable for being a previous backing pianist/keyboardist, vocalist and co-songwriter for the band Tears for Fears during the 1980s.

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Nielsen Holdings

Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American information, data and market measurement firm.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Official New Zealand Music Chart

The Official New Zealand Music Chart (Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand).

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Olympia Theatre, Dublin

The Olympia Theatre, branded since 2021 for sponsorship purposes as the 3Olympia Theatre, is a concert hall and theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located on Dame Street.

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OVO (album)

OVO (also released as OVO: The Millennium Show) is a soundtrack album (although not in reference to a film) by English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel and his eleventh album overall.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paul Buchanan

Paul Gerard Buchanan (born 16 April 1956), is a Scottish, Glasgow-based, songwriter and musician, known for critically acclaimed compositions both as a co-founder of the Blue Nile and for his solo material.

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Paula Cole

Paula Dorothy Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. The Blue Nile (band) and Paula Cole are Warner Records artists.

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Peace at Last (The Blue Nile album)

Peace at Last is the third studio album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 10 June 1996 via Warner Bros. Records.

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist. The Blue Nile (band) and Peter Gabriel are Virgin Records artists.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.

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PolyGram

PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Radisson Hotels

Radisson Hotels is an international hotel chain headquartered in the United States.

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Red Book (album)

Red Book is the seventh album from Scottish rock band Texas.

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Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. The Blue Nile (band) and Rickie Lee Jones are Warner Records artists.

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Robbie Robertson

Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous ancestry.

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Robin Danar

Robin Danar is an American producer, recording and mixing engineer, and musician.

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Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Lisa Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.

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RSO Records

RSO Records was a record label formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood and record executive Al Coury in 1973.

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Sanctuary Records

Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is, as of 2013, a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues.

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Saturday Night (The Blue Nile song)

"Saturday Night" is a song by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released in 1991 as the third and final single from their second studio album Hats (1989).

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Silent Night

"Silent Night" (italic) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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Sleep (Texas song)

"Sleep" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released as the third and final single from their seventh studio album, Red Book (2005), on 9 January 2006.

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Somerset House

Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.

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Sophisti-pop

Sophisti-pop is a pop music subgenre that developed during the mid-1980s out of the British new wave era.

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Storyville (album)

Storyville is Robbie Robertson's second solo album.

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Synth-pop

Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Texas (band)

Texas is a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway), Ally McErlaine, and Sharleen Spiteri (on lead vocals). The Blue Nile (band) and Texas (band) are musical groups from Glasgow.

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The 1975

The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in Wilmslow, Cheshire in 2002.

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The Devlins

The Devlins are an alternative rock band originating from Dublin, Republic of Ireland, although the eponymous Devlin brothers were born in Newry, County Down.

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The Downtown Lights

"The Downtown Lights" is a song by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released in 1989 as the lead single from their second studio album Hats.

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The Headboys

The Headboys were a Scottish power pop band, formed in 1977 in Edinburgh, Scotland, originally under the name of Badger. The Blue Nile (band) and the Headboys are RSO Records artists.

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The Herald (Glasgow)

The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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The Pretenders

The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The Blue Nile (band) and The Pretenders are Warner Records artists.

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The Quietus

The Quietus is a British online music and pop culture magazine founded by John Doran and Luke Turner.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Space Between Us (album)

The Space Between Us is the debut solo album by Craig Armstrong, originally released in 1998 on Melankolic Records.

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Theme music

Theme music is a musical composition which is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at some point during the program.

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TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.

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Tinsel Town (TV series)

Tinsel Town is a television drama co-produced by BBC Scotland and Raindog/Deep Indigo Productions.

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Tinseltown in the Rain

"Tinseltown in the Rain" is a song by Scottish pop band The Blue Nile.

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Tom Robinson

Thomas Giles Robinson (born 1 June 1950) is a British singer, bassist, radio presenter and long-time LGBT rights activist, best known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band.

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Twelve-inch single

The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12) is a type of vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a "single" or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compared to LPs (long play) which have several songs on each side.

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Uaneen Fitzsimons

Uaneen Fitzsimons (11 April 1971 – 22 November 2000) was an Irish music critic, television presenter and DJ.

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UDD (band)

UDD, shortened for Up Dharma Down, is a Filipino band formed in Manila in 2004.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Nile_(band)

Also known as Blue Nile (band), Paul Joseph Moore, The Blue Nile discography.

, Glastonbury Festival, Happiness (The Blue Nile song), Hats (album), Headlights on the Parade, Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album), High (The Blue Nile album), High fidelity, HuffPost, I Can't Give Everything Away, Inpress, Ireland, Ivor Tiefenbrun, Jessie Ware, Johnston Press, Julian Lennon, Laura Mvula, Linn Products, Linn Records, Los Angeles, Love It If We Made It, LP record, Magnetic North (Aqualung album), Manchester, Manchester International Festival, Martin C. Strong, Matraca Berg, Matty Healy, Mediahuis Ireland, Medusa (Annie Lennox album), Melbourne, Memory Man (album), Michael Brook, Michael McDonald (musician), Mid Air (Paul Buchanan album), Midnight Without You, Misty Eyed Adventures, Mojo (magazine), Moya Brennan, Music Box (TV channel), Music download, Music of Latin America, Music video, Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, Netherlands, New York City, Nicky Holland, Nielsen Holdings, NPR, Official New Zealand Music Chart, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, OVO (album), Paris, Paul Buchanan, Paula Cole, Peace at Last (The Blue Nile album), Peter Gabriel, Pitchfork (website), PolyGram, PopMatters, Q (magazine), Radisson Hotels, Red Book (album), Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Robertson, Robin Danar, Rosanna Arquette, Royal Albert Hall, RSO Records, Sanctuary Records, Saturday Night (The Blue Nile song), Scotland, Silent Night, Single (music), Sleep (Texas song), Somerset House, Sophisti-pop, Storyville (album), Synth-pop, Synthesizer, Taylor Swift, Texas (band), The 1975, The Devlins, The Downtown Lights, The Headboys, The Herald (Glasgow), The Independent, The Irish Times, The Pretenders, The Quietus, The Scotsman, The Space Between Us (album), Theme music, TI Media, Tinsel Town (TV series), Tinseltown in the Rain, Tom Robinson, Twelve-inch single, Uaneen Fitzsimons, UDD (band), UK Albums Chart, UK singles chart, Ultratop, Uncut (magazine), United States, University of Glasgow, Venice, Virgin Records, Vulture (website), Warner Records, Wild Beasts, Writer's block.

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