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Blue were not the average boy band. Yes there were four of them, standing there in a line, looking good and singing, note singing, not playing any musical instruments. But the foursome of Duncan James, Antony Costa, Simon Webbe, and Lee Ryan actually did appear to have talent. This is not to say that other boy bands didn't have that in abundance, but there was something about Blue's songs that marked them as different. For a start there was the production, which was slick and creamy smooth. Soulful in a way that harked back to the Temptations or the Four Tops, and they weren't boy bands were they? Secondly regarding soul, the vocals were sung as if there was some real feeling, and that maybe is what separated Blue from their peers. Having arrived seemingly from nowhere in the summer of 2001 with the hit "All Rise" that pop radio couldn't stop playing, and hitting number one with both the follow-ups "Too Close," which was a cover of the little heard (in the U.K.) track by Next and "If You Come Back." After three successful singles came the debut album All Rise, which hardly surprisingly entered the chart very high at number two. What was surprising was that after the fourth single, "Fly By" was released, the album went one place better and topped the chart six months after its initial release. The lads had street cred, too, and Webbe broke into the occasional rap on the tracks "Fly By" and "Back to You." "Bounce" does exactly what one would think it should, it bounces on the offbeat, and "Girl I'll Never Understand," "Back Someday," and "Best in Me," the three tracks that close the album, are slow R&B ballads, while it would have been nice to end on a high. However, for all the Westlife and Boyzone ballads and good looks since the late '90s, Blue may be not really that different from the American prototypes *NSync and Backstreet Boys after all: attitude yes, different yes, but something new, not really.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
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Lee Ryan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tor Erik Hermansen, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, ComposerLyricist - Hallgeir Rustan, ComposerLyricist - Antony Costa, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - StarGate, Producer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Webbe I, ComposerLyricist
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Darren Lighty, ComposerLyricist - Glen Scott, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Ruffin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Cutfather, Additional Keyboards, Additional Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mads Nilsson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - K Walker, ComposerLyricist - L Smith, ComposerLyricist - R Huggar, ComposerLyricist - R Ford, ComposerLyricist - D Miller, ComposerLyricist - R Brown, ComposerLyricist - K Gist, ComposerLyricist - Awsa, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J Moore, ComposerLyricist - Joe, Additional Keyboards, Additional Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
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Lee Ryan, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Woodcock, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Danny D, Additional Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Percy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tim Lever, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Richards, Programmer - Steelworks, Producer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - David O'Hagan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Coombs, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eliott Kennedy, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - A Costa, Composer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - E Kennedy, Composer - Dancin' Danny D, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Roger King, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Burnham, Mixer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Willcox, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - S Richards, Composer
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Ray Ruffin, ComposerLyricist - Nicole Formescu, ComposerLyricist - Blue, MainArtist - Hope, ComposerLyricist - Lee Anthony Brennan, ComposerLyricist
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Tor Erik Hermansen, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, ComposerLyricist - S. Webbe, ComposerLyricist - Alpert, ComposerLyricist - Blue, MainArtist
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tor Erik Hermansen, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Musician, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hallgeir Rustan, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - StarGate, Producer - H Rustan, ComposerLyricist - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Glen Scott, Participant - Ray Ruffin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jones, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Dan Porter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Craigie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - R Ruffin, Composer - I Hope, Composer - A Costa, Composer - N Formescu, Composer - Hawi Gondwe, Participant - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tor Erik Hermansen, Programmer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Programmer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Lange, Vocal Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Ali Tennant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hallgeir Rustan, Programmer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mansson, Programmer, Musician, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Kask, Programmer, Musician, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Pete Craigie, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - A Tennant, Composer - W Hector, Composer - J Kask, Composer - P Mansson, Composer - StarGate, Producer - Huffy Larsson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
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Lee Ryan, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Glen Scott, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Ruffin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Lange, Vocal Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Dan Porter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Craigie, Additional Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Haley, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Douglas, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - R Ruffin, Composer - I Hope, Composer - A Costa, Composer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Frampton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Walters for Rinse Productions, Editor, StudioPersonnel
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Barlow, Composer - Tim Woodcock, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Percy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tim Lever, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Richards, Programmer - T Woodcock, Composer - Steelworks, Producer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Matt Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Coombs, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Craigie, Additional Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eliott Kennedy, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Porter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave O'Hagan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Hudson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Hall, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2001 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2001 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Woodcock, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Percy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tim Lever, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Richards, Programmer - T Woodcock, Composer - M Terry, Composer - Steelworks, Producer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Dan Porter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David O'Hagan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Coombs, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pete Craigie, Additional Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eliott Kennedy, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Haley, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Douglas, Drums, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
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Lee Ryan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Padley, Producer, Programmer, Musician, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jem Godfrey, Producer, Programmer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Henrik Janson, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Ulf Janson, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Goldsmith, Producer, Executive Producer - Antony Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - B Padley, ComposerLyricist - J Godfrey, ComposerLyricist - Blue, MainArtist - Simon Webbe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Duncan James, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ulf Forsberg, Violin, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Mannheimer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hanna Göran, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ulrika Frankmar, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chistian Bergqvist, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Stensson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Svein H Martinsen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Christin Ward, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Akeson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Jana Boutani, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Asne Volle, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Torbjörn Bernhardsson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mikael Sjogren, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2001 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2001 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Blue were not the average boy band. Yes there were four of them, standing there in a line, looking good and singing, note singing, not playing any musical instruments. But the foursome of Duncan James, Antony Costa, Simon Webbe, and Lee Ryan actually did appear to have talent. This is not to say that other boy bands didn't have that in abundance, but there was something about Blue's songs that marked them as different. For a start there was the production, which was slick and creamy smooth. Soulful in a way that harked back to the Temptations or the Four Tops, and they weren't boy bands were they? Secondly regarding soul, the vocals were sung as if there was some real feeling, and that maybe is what separated Blue from their peers. Having arrived seemingly from nowhere in the summer of 2001 with the hit "All Rise" that pop radio couldn't stop playing, and hitting number one with both the follow-ups "Too Close," which was a cover of the little heard (in the U.K.) track by Next and "If You Come Back." After three successful singles came the debut album All Rise, which hardly surprisingly entered the chart very high at number two. What was surprising was that after the fourth single, "Fly By" was released, the album went one place better and topped the chart six months after its initial release. The lads had street cred, too, and Webbe broke into the occasional rap on the tracks "Fly By" and "Back to You." "Bounce" does exactly what one would think it should, it bounces on the offbeat, and "Girl I'll Never Understand," "Back Someday," and "Best in Me," the three tracks that close the album, are slow R&B ballads, while it would have been nice to end on a high. However, for all the Westlife and Boyzone ballads and good looks since the late '90s, Blue may be not really that different from the American prototypes *NSync and Backstreet Boys after all: attitude yes, different yes, but something new, not really.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:15
- Main artists: Blue
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Innocent
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2001 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
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