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]
Blood Looms and Blooms Released 7 July 2008 (2008-07-07 ) Length 54 :51 Label Warp Producer Leila
"Mettle" Released: 21 April 2008
"Deflect" Released: 23 June 2008
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]
Title 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
iTunes edition bonus track Title 15. "You Can Dance... If You Want 2" 3:51
Japanese edition bonus track Title 15. "Oddity 01" 5:01
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)
^ a b "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 .
^ a b "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 .