Blue Tattoo [Import]

Passport | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 1988)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B00000INMB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #649,033 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums ever!, July 10, 2006

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Richard Higgins (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Tattoo (Audio CD)

I'm suprised to read some reviewers low opinion of "Blue Tattoo". I think it's brilliant, this is one of my favorite albums of all time. It was the first Passport record I ever heard, but I've since acquired much of their catalog. Yes, it is a departure from their previous work, using rather minimalist arragements that give the tunes an openess that I suppose is hard for some fans to appreciate. Every tune is in a different style, covering new age, prog, swing, reggae, space rock, funk, a ballad, and closing with a gorgeous pop melody called "Daybreak Delight" which you may have heard on radio.
Playing drums on this album is David Crigger, who gives an awesome performance; listen how he swings on "Ragtag and Bobtail" or the powerhouse finish on "Piece For Rock Orchestra". When this album was released I was also listening to Rush's "Moving Pictures"; this is as much of a drummer's album as that one. If you like "Blue Tattoo" also check out "Oceanliner"; not quite as good but similar.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Passport To Fusion, September 23, 2001

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Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Tattoo (Audio CD)

I have been a semi-fan of Klaus Doldinger and Passport since the mid-70s and one of their recordings I like best is Blue Tattoo. While I agree that Blue Tattoo is easy on the ears, I emphatically disagree with those who would disparage it as soft jazz. I seriously doubt that any Passport album would get airplay on a soft jazz station.
Klaus Doldinger likes to play with his music and in Blue Tattoo, gives the listener a recording that is most enjoyable. My favorite cuts are the mellow Riding On A Cloud, Blue Tattoo, and Daybreak Delight. His trademark sax comes to life on Ragtag and Bobtail where Doldinger blasts out the hard-driving interlude in such a way that anyone listening will want to get up and dance. Rambling is the closest thing here to the Passport of old with the driving beat and the tight point-counterpoint of the instrumentation.
I think that Blue Tattoo is the best album with which to introduce Klaus Doldinger and company to the uninitiated. The music is 5-star, but the CD loses a star for the truly sorry liner notes. If this sort of jazz interests you at all, I recommend it as your passport to fusion.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I've Changed My Views, November 14, 2003

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Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Tattoo (Audio CD)

Since I last reviewed this album I have purchased it on CD
and that changed my entire opinion about it."Blue Tatoo" has a
very hazy production that the scratchy quality of my original vinyl didn't pick up well at all.But in this medium tunes such as
the layored "Piece For A Rock Orchestra" and the quizical "Riding
On A Cloud" are far superior to their vinyl counterparts-making
the albums other material whitch I ALWAYS liked sound all the
better.Bottom line-PICK UP "BLUE TATOO" ON CD!!!Vinyl just
doesn't do it justice!