| Blood Looms and Blooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 7 July 2008 | |||
| Length | 54:51 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Leila | |||
| Leila chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Blood Looms and Blooms | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Cokemachineglow | 82%[3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[6] |
| PopMatters | [7] |
| URB |  [8] |
Blood Looms and Blooms is the third studio album by electronic music artist Leila, released by Warp in 2008. It peaked at number 33 on the UK Dance Albums Chart.[9]
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
PopMatters placed it at number 5 on the "Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008" list.[10] AllMusic listed it as one of their favourite electronic albums of 2008.[11] Gilles Peterson named it the 16th best album of 2008.[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mollie" | 5:20 |
| 2. | "Time to Blow" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Little Acorns" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Daisies, Cats and Spacemen" | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Mettle" | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Teases Me" | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Carplos" | 4:21 |
| 8. | "The Exotics" | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Deflect" | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Norwegian Wood" | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Lush Dolphins" | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Ur Train" | 2:37 |
| 13. | "Young Ones" | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Why Should I?" | 4:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "You Can Dance... If You Want 2" | 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Oddity 01" | 5:01 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Leila – production
- Terry Hall – vocals (2, 14)
- Khemahl Richardson – vocals (3)
- Thaon Richardson – vocals (3)
- Roya Arab – vocals (4)
- Andy Cox – guitar (5)
- Justin Percival – guitar (5)
- Luca Santucci – vocals (6, 10, 12)
- Seaming To – vocals (8)
- Martina Topley-Bird – vocals (9, 14)
- Lance Shepherd – guitar (9)
- Zan Lyons – cello (13)
- Sabina Doobay – clarinet (13)
- Kweku Aacht – clarinet (13)
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Dance Albums (OCC)[9] | 33 |
References
- 1 2 "Blood, Looms, And Blooms by Leila". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Blood, Looms and Blooms - Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Abravanel, David (16 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Whyte, Tony Robert (22 July 2008). "Leila - Blood Looms and Blooms". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (3 July 2008). "Leila, Blood, Looms and Blooms". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Clarke, Mia (1 October 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Padilla, Sean (3 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ Meredith, Ben (2 July 2008). "Leila :: Blood Looms and Blooms". URB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 13 July 2008 - 19 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ↑ "The Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008". PopMatters. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ "AllMusic's Favorite Electronic Albums of 2008". AllMusic. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". BBC. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
External links
- Blood Looms and Blooms at Discogs (list of releases)
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