The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (Official Audio)

[@SunshineClementine]

A lovely tune. x

[@10Killi]

Everything is perfect in this song. The atmosphere is astounding

[@salvatorebonadies1621]

the Blue Nile ❤❤❤❤

[@chrislewis-n3v]

i went out with a girl on a first date and out of the blue she gave me the album as a present- i had never heard the blue nile before- 40 years later i am eternally grateful

[@keithp6689]

Whilst I can't share your experience here, I can somewhat relate to the timeline, in that a friend of mine gave me a tape of this album some thirty five years ago, and this track, among others, still creeps into my mind every now and then and I have to search it out on You Tube. It still sounds so great now, and there's not much music you can say that about, and I only wish this band had made more great albums like this.

[@bornflippy1]

Like many of you that have commented here..I found this amazing band back in 1984 as a sophomore in high school in rural Colorado...this music seemed like it was from another planet to me. I still get shivers when i play this album..it brings back so many memories of a time that was magical for me. I am 52 and i still find myself going back in reverie and this album is a big part of that soundtrack. Add this band to the list of amazing bands that the world should have known..along with Prefab Sprout, Talk Talk, and Blanket of Secrecy. I feel lucky to have discovered such great bands.

[@ronbuil6923]

wow, a fellow Prefab fan. Much respect to you sir.

[@EekDaFreek]

Deep! I discovered the blue nike Depeche mode and the cure in 1984 also but I was a senior. Im from the asphalt jungle and I wanted a new sound from the R^B I was raised on! Kudos

[@bernhm]

the most perfect coment

[@qwj68boots]

Well, for me, 2 out of 4 ain't too shabby.😉

[@scottoleary3955]

Spent many evening with Talk Talk and this album as well as Cocteau Twins. Just a time of realistic dreaming and emotional excitement. 50 now. Loved your comment.

[@katepinks9726]

One of the best tracks to test a new sound system...oh, that bass! 😍

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

So nice to hear this again after many many years!! I love the string stabs at the end of the verses, and the beautiful middle eight: “The traffic lights are changing . . . “

[@jasonpfinch]

You'll never get the sense, listening to this on YT, of how this sounded on vinyl in the mid-80s. Honestly you had never heard such precision combined with such soul and the sound went everywhere. Better than it sounds here.

[@kjkohlmyer4949]

This record was literally designed for showcasing the CD format, though.

[@davidsanderson5918]

@@kjkohlmyer4949 You're thinking of the Linn hi-fi story (have a look on Wikipedia). Meanwhile, the album didn't come out on CD until FOUR years after its first release. We were all buying vinyl when this came out, then copying it to cassette to listen on our Walkmans on long train journeys, looking out the window at misty English countryside, sat in our long coats with our hair spiked up, dreaming wistfully about where our life might lead us.

[@Antonio-sd5yn]

@@davidsanderson5918 by the way, Hats was one of the best sounding records, CD and LP. But, only original pressings from 1989, not the reissues.

[@sibeex]

‘tis true, a really sonically rich album

[@andyplage6590]

I first heard this album when working in a hifi shop in 1988 on an lp12 sondeck itok arm and quality Cartridge lp1 lp2 power pre amp with Maudant Short 442 bi wired speakers we were amazed by the details in the sound quality and the tea spoon !! If you know you know

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

I love this album so much. Especially the opening number. So dark and mysterious. The sounds, the precision, that bass riff. The haunting voice. The trumpet notes, held briefly. It all adds up to a most original masterpiece. Once you hear it, you can never forget it.

[@joannemaskall937]

The Blue Nile have helped to escape what was going on around me in life in the 80's. Their music kept me going. They have the knack of setting a scene in your head with a song and it works. Xxx

[@Ceephus-yd4sv]

That's an unapologetic bass line on "A Walk Across the Rooftops" 😎👍

[@tnimbus]

Loved this since it came out. Perfect. Thank you for posting

[@mattuck4960]

Quite simply my go to band of the 80's. Saw them in 1997/1998 in Coventry (i think), they finished their set and were overwhelmed by the response, so played most of it again. Top 10 moments in music of my life. Thank you Blue Nile.

[@Anderzander]

Mat Tuck You’ve just taken me back: I saw them in Manchester (I think) on one of their first ever dates doing Hats, early 1990 I think. They were incredibly nervous - but the love and encouragement from every single person was overwhelming. I seems to remember them faltering and some fluffed notes and the song stopping - a pause - and then someone shouted out, speaking for everyone there, ‘it’s alright - we love you’ and then they played the most amazing set I’ve ever heard - and like you said just played some songs again for the encore. It was a magical experience. I’ve never felt love like it.

[@zoraz4867]

Love these two comments :) :) Thanks for sharing this! :)

[@motovid110]

I don't remember where or why I bought this album in 1984, but I do remember how it astounded me, both musically and sonically.

[@flashkaput]

One of those albums that connected to me upon the initial listening. Just achingly beautiful even after all these years.

[@707Russell]

I can’t believe that I never even heard of this band until 2021and I must have slept throughout 1984 and beyond. This has has such an effect that I now listen to much of their music on most days. They deserve to be talked of in the same breath as Talk Talk and Tears For Fears as truly greats of the 1980s.

[@paulnewton9733]

Me too, mate, though this day, for me ((Feb 16 22.) And all from a list of debut albums on the 'Classic Pop' website. Well worth a look, as it reflects what an exceptional decade it was for music, and these were debuts!

[@chrismcbride9471]

Go back to sleep.

[@mapatterson22]

I was listening to other kinds of music in the 80s. It wasn't until a friend of mine mentioned their name about a year ago that I heard the name. This is my first listen and it sounds pretty good to me. I shall carry on and have a feeling I'm going to really love them. Have I been missing out for all these years?!!

[@latvians13]

I love this band. Great memories! This album is fantastic! Blessings, love & peace ❤

[@blackiefitzpatrick6611]

The Blue Nile: A lovely present from God!!!

[@krisscanlon4051]

The technology wasn't the problem now or then it's what you do with it that matters. Good songwriting will shine through no matter what.

[@keitharmitage1801]

One of the most influential bands of the 80's, thank you.

[@dreads44]

Brilliant album. In my top 10 of all time!

[@daronaldridge684]

Easter Parade was my favourite got introduced to it by Peter Gabriel's my top 10 in 1986

[@duhusker4383]

I'm not even sure if this is their best album. Hard to choose between this and Hats as they're both incredibe albums.

[@stephenthornton860]

It's cutting through life's dumb distractions and trying to stay consistent through the years; The Blue Nile, the way I see it and hear it. 😊

[@neilmurphy4859]

Great band and a wonderfully atmospheric record. Like a 1980s Scottish Frank Sinatra singing a love song to Glasgow

[@brendanodowd9097]

What a band! One of the most underrated bands to emerge from Glasgow.

[@ReneBosman-gr2dt]

A steady fan base though. There is something eternal about their music.

[@dylanmorgan7027]

Good Morning, RARELY has a group or artist captured the nature, joy and angst of human feelings so boldly and beautifully. I'm going to write a piece about The Blue Nile very soon. They truly inspire me to strike out in some sort of way. They make me want to speak from the heart. Have a great day y'all. Dyl loves you. x

[@juanaltredo2974]

BN is the door to our higher and better versions, I feel like an unexplored version of myself everytime I listened to them and the world around me ceases to exist

[@jamestaylor6493]

Just listen,and know what good music can do for you.

[@feliperaurich]

....suena instrumentalmente de maravilla !! y que bajo y voz !!

[@jdcampbell9613]

If you get it you get it.

[@annemc2012]

Just......sublime.

[@annebryant5888]

Oh my lost youth ❤

[@straywolf77]

I walk across the rooftops I follow a broken thread Of white rags falling slowly down Flags caught on the fences I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you I walk across the rooftops The jangle of Saint Steven's bells The telephones that ring all night Incommunicado I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you The traffic lights are changing The black and white horizon I leave the quiet Redstone And walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops On graduation day To look for independence, yeah I am in love, I am in love with you I am in love, I am in love with you The lights are always changing The black and white horizon I leave the Redstone building And walk across the rooftops, yeah I walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops I walk across the rooftops

[@tommyross1872]

Used to drive by where the album cover was all the time. Just before the Gorbals..

[@danielricardo5029]

I listen to this song at least once everyday.

[@fridaypietech]

I AM IN LOVE

[@michaelpalka3312]

Love this!!

[@ericmsandoval]

Read that this was Curt Smith's favorite album when recording Tears for Fears' "Songs from the Big Chair"...I definitely hear the influence. There's a song called "My life in the Suicide Ranks" that resembles a similar bassline as the one in this song. Pretty excellent.

[@vestaxwax]

The Hurting is TFF's masterpiece - I wonder what he as listening to when writing/recording it?

[@glendahill]

classic LP, yes thats what i have!

[@joannegordy3134]

Magic

[@brillianttree3906]

found this album on The Album Years podcast by Steve Wilson and Tim Bowness

[@patthewoodboy]

wonderful

[@chrismccombie4761]

I haven't got a Linn Sondek....nor would ever want to own one!!!... I have played this on an Elite Rock.....Great turntable....and a Michell Orbe....but you are right....a great sounding song.....

[@jdcampbell9613]

2:31 What a breakbeat!

[@backwashh]

I forgot how I stumbled upon finding this song

[@shayreilly1592]

So wish i was in a position to do a remix - life gets in the way

[@gabriellarinaldi]

Lo struggimento puro

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

if the name Linn means something to you, this came out on Linn records.

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

Bought the debut album on vinyl in like June 1984 along with another album whose title and artist I can't remember but the album cover was a stylized photograph of a woman in a fuchsia shirt with yellow hair and yellow squiggles hand-drawn over her lips. It looked like she was grabbing her own crotch, but when you pulled the inner sleeve out of the cover, it turned out she was holding a reasonably fit guy by the crook of the elbow. About the same time. Anyone know who I'm thinking of?

[@thebluenile67]

The most popular least well known band in the world.............

[@joethekelly335]

Absolutely criminal they didn't get the accolades all those years ago.. I've always thought Easter parade was one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard

[@jdcampbell9613]

Goddamn 2:30!

[@donkelly2319]

needs nice bass headphones or speakers. Record made as a sonic test disc for electronics company.

[@majikman7355]

David Byrne was here

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

Makes me think of a cross between Tom waits and David Bowie

[@jameschavez6400]

HHiw Many Came Here Guided By David Atkinson R I PDear❤️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️😭Dad

[@hoobertie]

Did Walkmen rip this band off? :)

[@y.r._]

Tinseltown in the rain is my favourite song of all time. How is it possible that a band which created such an absolute timeless masterpiece was able to produce such utter garbage like this song here? My ears are bleeding