Into the Blue Again

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Into the Blue Again
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
Genre Post-rock
Length52:33
Label Sub Pop
The Album Leaf chronology
In a Safe Place
(2004)
Into the Blue Again
(2006)
A Chorus of Storytellers
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Sun-Times (favorable) [3] [4]
Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) [5]

Into the Blue Again is the fourth album by The Album Leaf, released in 2006.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Light" – 4:29
  2. "Always for You" – 5:07
    • Jimmy LaValle - Vocals, Rhodes Piano, Guitar, Synth Bass, Bass, Synthesizers, Organ, Drums, Drum Programming
  3. "Shine" – 5:53
  4. "Writings on the Wall" – 4:55
  5. "Red-Eye" – 7:01
  6. "See in You" – 4:37
  7. "Into the Sea" – 4:31
  8. "Wherever I Go" – 4:38
  9. "Wishful Thinking" – 5:32
  10. "Broken Arrow" – 5:50

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References

  1. "Into The Blue Again by The Album Leaf Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. Into the Blue Again at AllMusic
  3. DeRogatis, Jim (10 November 2006). "Ambient motion: Jimmy LaValle, a k a Album Leaf, Aims for music that moves the emotions". Chicago Sun-Times . p. NC05. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. DeRogatis, Jim. "Ambient Motion". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  5. Pitchfork review