Ruby Blue [Import]

Róisín Murphy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Liberation Music Oz
• ASIN: B000A1OERO
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Leaving the City

2. Sinking Feeling

3. Night of the Dancing Flame

4. Through Time

5. Sow into You

6. Dear Diary

7. If We're in Love

8. Ramalama (Bang Bang)

9. Ruby Blue

10. Off on It

11. Prelude to Love in the Making

12. The Closing of the Doors

Editorial Reviews

Debut solo album from Irish songstress Roisin Murphy, frontwoman of Moloko. All the tracks on the album are the results of Roisin's collaboration with producer Matthew Herbert a musician and producer famed for working predominantly in the field of electronic music. Songs on Ruby Blue are all over the map - each song fuses elements of jazz, late 70's/early 80's soul, rock, and electronica, with varying emphasis on each between tracks. Echo. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, December 22, 2006

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PJChgo (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ruby Blue (Audio CD)

This debut album by Murphy, former lead chanteuse for the indie/electronic band Moloko, is amazing.

Murphy's sound, while similar to Moloko, departs somewhat from electronica and moves closer to dance/R&B. The amazing title track (featured on "Grey's Anatomy") is a funky rave-up that puts Prince to shame. Murphy's cool-as-ice vocals here just make the song crackle.

There are several other great tracks, including "If We're In Love" and "Leaving The City". It would be an almost perfect work, but the last few songs, while interesting and experimental, are sort of at odds with the rest of the CD. However, don't let that scare you away. I'd really strongly recommend taking a listen.