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[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Cokemachineglow82%[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
URB[8]

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]

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".[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]

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)[9] 33

References

  1. ^ a b "Blood, Looms, And Blooms by Leila". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Blood, Looms and Blooms - Leila". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ Abravanel, David (16 August 2008). "Leila: Blood, Looms and Blooms". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  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.