The Blue God

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The Blue God
Studio album by Martina Topley-Bird
Released	12 May 2008
Genre	Trip-hop, electronic, rock, soul
Label	Independiente
Producer	Martina Topley-Bird Danger Mouse
Martina Topley-Bird chronology
Quixotic (2003) The Blue God (2008) Some Place Simple (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC.co.uk	(positive) [1]
Hot Press	[2]
Manchester Evening News	[3]
musicOMH	[4]
Pitchfork Media	4.6/10 [5]
Prefix Magazine	[6]
The Times	[7]
Twisted Ear	[8]

The Blue God is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird, her first in five years. Released on 12 May 2008, ^[9] the album had been complete since at least September 2007. ^[10] Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her official website ^[11] and her MySpace page. ^[12] The Blue God was produced by Danger Mouse. The album was preceded by its first single, "Carnies," on 3 March 2008. ^[13] "Poison," the second single, was released on 5 May 2008. The single's B-side, "Soldier Boy", is a collaboration with Gorillaz & Roots Manuva which interpolates certain elements of the Gorillaz' demo "Snakes & Ladders". ^[12] The third single from the album, "Baby Blue," was released as a digital download on 7 September 2008. ^{[14] [15]}

The album reached number 88 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release. ^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Phoenix"	Topley-Bird	3:48
2.	"Carnies"	Topley-Bird	3:09
3.	"April Grove"	James G. Barbour	3:32
4.	"Something to Say"	Topley-Bird	3:26
5.	"Baby Blue"	Topley-Bird	2:27
6.	"Shangri La"	Topley-Bird	3:47
7.	"Snowman"	Topley-Bird	2:35
8.	"Da Da Da Da"	Topley-Bird	2:24
9.	"Valentine"	Topley-Bird	3:36
10.	"Poison"	Topley-Bird	2:58
11.	"Razor Tongue"	Topley-Bird	3:54
12.	"Yesterday"	Topley-Bird	3:41

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	88
French Albums Chart	149

References

1. "BBC – Music – Review of Martina Topley-Bird – The Blue God". bbc.co.uk.
2. Hot Press review
3. Administrator (19 April 2010). "Martina Topley Bird – The Blue God (Independiente)".
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
5. Colville, Liz. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 15 July 2013.
6. Prefix Magazine review
7. "Login". The Times .^{[ dead link ]}
8. "カラコンは女の子の味方". twistedear.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008.
9. "Independiente". independiente.co.uk.
10. "martinatopleybird.com".
11. "Martina Topley Bird". Martina Topley Bird. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
12. MySpace.com – Martina Topley-Bird
13. "martinatopleybird.com".
14. Martina Topley Bird – Baby Blue Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
15. "Baby Blue Single OUT NOW!". independiente.co.uk.
16. The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine