Blue (Double album)
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Blue is the second album (the first full-length) from Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 band Double
Double (band)
Double was a Swiss music duo best remembered for their hit single "The Captain of Her Heart".-Biography:Double formed in 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland by Felix Haug and Kurt Maloo out of the trio Ping Pong of which both Maloo and Haug were members...

. In addition to containing updated versions of two of the band's earlier singles ("Woman of the World" and "Rangoon Moon"), the album included the international smash hit, "The Captain of Her Heart," a plaintive, atmospheric, piano-led ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

 which was an immediate success throughout Europe upon its 1986 single release. Follow-up singles "Your Prayer Takes Me Off" and "Tomorrow" were less successful.

Track listing

  1. Woman of the World (3:53)
  2. I Know a Place (3:40)
  3. The Captain of Her Heart (4:35)
  4. Your Prayer Takes Me Off (6:20)
  5. Rangoon Moon (4:01)
  6. Urban Nomads (4:58)
  7. Love is a Plane (3:40)
  8. Tomorrow (4:35)

  • All songs written by Kurt Maloo and Felix Haug

Musicians

  • Kurt Maloo- Lead vocals, multi-instruments
  • Felix Haug- Multi-instruments
  • Christian Ostermeier- Saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    , Flute
    Flute
    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

  • Bob Morgan- Trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

     on "Woman of the World"
  • Thomas Jordi- Fretless bass on "Tomorrow"
  • Liz McComb- Additional vocals on "I Know a Place" and "Your Prayer Takes Me Off"
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