Peace at Last [Import]

Blue Nile | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Original Release Date: June 11, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000002MWL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,378 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When Words Fail, September 15, 2000

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Tom White "playwright" (Austin, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peace at Last (Audio CD)

There are a handful of CD's that never leave my desk, and this is one. [Glasgow.] Buy it in October, listen all through the winter, and your life will have been changed come New Year. [Robert Bell, bass; Paul Joseph Moore, keyboards.] What a remarkable achievement! Where words fail, music by Paul Buchanan's group THE BLUE NILE may well succeed. [A ringing guitar.] The thing about this CD called "Peace at Last" (1996) is that having listened to it ten times, one ends up listening more than a hundred--it's that good--and we are likely to enjoy its wonders for quite a long time indeed. [Falsetto.] It tells a kind of story, a cycle, a symphony like the seasons, and since it is the story of all humankind, we see ourselves in its achingly beautiful movements and remember how it feels to be alive. [Piano playing.] Guitarist and songwriter Buchanan is a very great artist, and through his works a transformation occurs in which he ends up being, strangely enough, one of the best singers ever. [A choir.] "Happiness," with its birdsong-like refrain: "It's only love!" (we suspect it is a mockingbird) is youth, with effervescent optimism, romance. [A used acoustic guitar.] Three-quarters of the way along the journey, after all the compromises, after love has become war, a bargaining whisper: "Jesus, please make us happy...sometime." Don't we all want to be loved body AND soul? And even after brutal defeat, "tomorrow morning" offers "sentimental man" yet another chance at it. All this puts Buchanan firmly in the tradition of great Scottish poets, such as Robert Burns. [A beautiful old church organ.] The songwriter takes on life's changes--big ideas about family, friends, hope, sex, religion. "It's not about money, it's not about love," he sings. (It is, in this case, about the beauty and joy of great music.) [A poet, selling his typewriter..." sung to samba beat in "Love Came Down."] It took a long time to make this record? [Synthesizers.] A blink of an eye, considering it is perfection. [Strings.] A constant "new wave" of peace again, again. How long can an astonishing recording such as this hold up?--for as long as human beings can sing "auld lang syne?"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peace is the reward for this one., September 12, 2000

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Shereen Noon (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peace at Last (Audio CD)

I've had Peace At Last since it came out in 1996, and every time I play it, I get a sense of what's real and what's not. The hustle and bustle of Los Angeles(/any big city) living is the perfect reason to own this CD. It brings me back to a place that I've been deep in my soul. I love Paul Buchanan's true voice and willingness to talk about the things I'm usually running frantically to escape. It pulls me in and surrounds me with a soft, hazy mist that lulls and comforts the weary warrior.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple feelings Vs complex moods, October 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Peace at Last (Audio CD)

There is much to be said about the two previous releases of this band. The beauty of "Peace at Last" is that it is simpler than its two older siblings. It does not attempt to puzzle you with complex music, trying to overshadow its predecessors. It uses Paul Buchannan's magnificent lyrics to (I believe) bring simplicity back to a realistic level. This is a band that dose'nt rely on baffle. Only honesty. At times the lyrics hurt. They open a heart that can feel and purposely rub salt within..but! it also gives hope. It is a simple album. Accoustic with a spicey lyrical topping that refuses to pretend that you need to be the best. This album is a rare insight into a band that is not scared of taking its time in being itself. It is not an album to take to a party but it is an album to appreciate when you want that special time to feel that certain feeling. It may not have the same rhytum and up-beat feel as "Rooftops" or "Hats" but it has the same honesty. If anything, it makes this album special because it does not pretend to be anything else. It is something to listen to.. But to really hear you need "Peace at Last." Well done Blue Nile. Honesty at its best.