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After the Moloko project ended, Róisín Murphy, the talented and seductive vocalist, makes her solo debut with the album "Ruby Blue", an electrifying and refined work, conceived with the eclectic producer Matthew Herbert.
The tracks of "Ruby Blue", some already showcased in the magnificent EP series titled "Sequins", span across electro jazz, disco-pop, and soul, and Róisín's voice, accompanied by elegant arrangements, experimental orchestrations, quirky musical architectures, reaches a new level, more intimate and sensual compared to the productions with Moloko.
The album's artwork is entrusted to Simon Henwood, one of the most active illustrators, painters, and designers in the musical scene and beyond (among his latest works a portrait of Devendra Banhart and Kylie Minogue).
"Ruby Blue" does not disappoint expectations and presents itself as an intriguing, eccentric, unpredictable work, a unique and innovative sonic spectacle made up of music at times complicated but able to reveal itself slowly, to arouse curiosity, to fascinate, and to seduce the listener. Róisín Murphy is the muse, the chanteuse, the diva most suited for such an operation, given that she certainly lacks neither class nor talent.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Sinking Feeling (03:32)
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
reverse it
deep in quick sand
you dive in at the shallow end
you break your neck and you're never ever gonna get up again
the glasshouse that you lived in is deep in the quickening
angel might call by but fools they rush in
bring some peace to your mind for today is a new day
here in my hand
time is just sand
fine lines of love and hate
there on your face
but I look at it this way
in the next 7 days
in the next in the next in the next in the next
it might just change
how can I write the story that went and wrote itself down in paperback called 'the fountain of know thyself'?
it's a lonely book still upon the shelf
it'll be all smiles and we'll rise and ride on the waves of a sinking feeling
bring some peace to your mind for today is a new day
happy people don't give into
happy people don't give into that sinking feel
it'll be all smiles and we'll rise and we'll sail
it'll be all smiles and we'll rise and we'll sail on the waves
it'll be all smiles and we'll rise and we'll sail on the waves of a sinking feeling.
05 Sow Into You (03:56)
Sow into you
Into you
Into you
What the...
What the...
Did you do to me
Heavy cloud come down on
When all of heaven’s bliss
Is in this perfect kiss
Rain down on me
Bring me a change in the weather
Break open the sky
Heat keeps building
It’s hot in the city
And I’m not sleeping at night
Can I get relief
I am a lyrical soul
Bound to get carried away
But there’s nothing left to say
‘cept I I I I I
I am a lyrical soul
I I I I I love you
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
I chose you for your wave
Frequency
You take me up against the freak in me
Just tell me what you
X X X expect of me
Expect of me
I am a lyrical soul
Bound to get carried away
But I think it’s fair to say
You Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Love me
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
i’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
i’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
And I think it’s here to stay
Sow into
Though I’m bound to get carried away
I’ll bring you
But I think it’s here to stay
Though I’m bound to get carried away
06 Dear Diary (05:50)
Dear diary
My dear
Got to keep it all inside
Got to keep it locked behind a
Golden wall of silence
You see I have my pride
And I won't be telling him
Anytime soon
Too afraid to say it
I wouldn't want to embarrass myself
Telling everybody the truth
No I
I won't send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don't receive this valentine
It doesn't mean that is ain't true
And I'm not thinking of you
Won't kiss, I won't tell
Never cross these lips
Never break the spell
Decided to go on denying myself
Living alone
Living a lie
No I
I won't send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don’t receive this valentine
It doesn't mean that is ain't true
And I'm not thinking of you
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
To never speak of it
Or hear the music of it
We'll play a symphony
In my wildest dreams
No I
I won't send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don't receive this valentine
It doesn't mean that is ain't true
And I'm not thinking of you
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
09 Ruby Blue (02:48)
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to
Give it all you got
Cause you forgot
To take it to the top
Come On
Ruby Blue
Why do you make a start
With no means to go on?
It’s on the tip of your…
Ruby, we used to love you truly
You used to make us laugh
It really was a gas…
But now you’re a bore
One
Two
Three
It was you
And them
And me
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to
Give it all you’ve got
Cause you forgot
To take it to the top
Come on Ruby Blue
Ah Yeah
Nobody cares anyway
If you play the painted lady
Four and more and
Five and six
Who would have believed
It would come to this?
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to
Give it all you’ve got
Cause you forgot
To take it to the top
Oh Ruby Blue
One
Two and
Three
Look what you’re doing
Ah Ruby
It was you
And them
And ME
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
10 Off on It (05:22)
You know that you like it
you know that you love it really
it's just a game that we play
it's a world away from your everyday pain and your suffering
it's just a game my darling please
please don’t go to the trouble
no no not on account of me
for I'm sure to bring double
sure to bring double
I'll bring you to your knees
might you be getting off on it?
you you were asking for this / don't be surprised if you
and now you're gonna get it / don't be surprised if you
you were begging me please / don't be surprised if you
don't be surprised if you
one big joke / don't be surprised if you get it
it's all just one big joke
just mirrors and smoke
a not so elaborate hoax
you know how
one thing tends to / one thing tends to
lead to another
and before you know it you are
you're there tied to the chair / tied to
going nowhere / tied to tied to
might you be getting off on it? / tied to
it's just a game
not your everyday pain
it's just a game / it's just a game
not your everyday pain
it's just a game
it's just a game / it's just a game
it's a world away from your everyday pain / not your everyday pain
and your suffering
it's just a game / it's just a game
not your everyday pain
it's just a game that we play
it's a world away from your everyday pain and your suffering
it's just a game
it's just a game that we play
it's a world away from your everyday pain and your suffering
it's just a game
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
don't you get off on it?
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it
off on it / don't you get
it's just a game that we play
it's a world away from your everyday pain and your suffering
it's just a game
it's just a game that we play
it's a world away from your everyday pain and your suffering
it's just a game.
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