The Blue God is the second studio album by British

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 singer-songwriter

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 Martina Topley-Bird

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, her first in five years. Released on May 12, 2008, the album had been complete since at least September 2007. Since then, Topley-Bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her official website and her MySpace

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 page. The Blue God was produced by Danger Mouse

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The album was preceded by its first single, "Carnies," on March 3, 2008. "Poison," the second single, was released May 5, 2008. The single's B-side is a collaboration with Gorillaz

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 & Roots Manuva

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 which interpolates certain elements of the Gorillaz' demo "Snakes & Ladders" the B-Side is called: "Soldier Boy". The third single from the album, "Baby Blue," was released as a digital download on September 7, 2008.

The album reached number 88 on the UK Albums Chart

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in its first week of release.

Track listing

1. "Phoenix"
2. "Carnies"
3. "April Grove"
4. "Something to Say"
5. "Baby Blue"
6. "Shangri La"
7. "Snowman"
8. "Da Da Da Da"
9. "Valentine"
10. "Poison"
11. "Razor Tongue"
12. "Yesterday"