Blood Looms and Blooms

Blood Looms and Blooms
Studio album by
Leila
Released7 July 2008 (2008-07-07)
Length54:51
LabelWarp
ProducerLeila
Leila chronology
Courtesy of Choice
(2000) 		Blood Looms and Blooms
(2008) 		U&I
(2012)
Singles from Blood Looms and Blooms
  1. "Mettle"
    Released: 21 April 2008
  2. "Deflect"
    Released: 23 June 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Cokemachineglow82%
Drowned in Sound8/10
The Guardian
Pitchfork8.0/10
PopMatters
URB

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.

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".

PopMatters placed it at number 5 on the "Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008" list. AllMusic listed it as one of their favourite electronic albums of 2008. Gilles Peterson named it the 16th best album of 2008.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
15."You Can Dance... If You Want 2"3:51
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
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) 33

References

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  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (3 July 2008). "Leila, Blood, Looms and Blooms". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ Clarke, Mia (1 October 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. ^ Padilla, Sean (3 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. ^ Meredith, Ben (2 July 2008). "Leila :: Blood Looms and Blooms". URB. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 13 July 2008 - 19 July 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  10. ^ "The Best Electronic(a) Albums of 2008". PopMatters. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  11. ^ "AllMusic's Favorite Electronic Albums of 2008". AllMusic. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  12. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Tracklisting". BBC. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.