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Baby Blue is an album by the American musician Mary Lou Lord, released in 2004. She supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

Baby Blue was produced by Nick Saloman, of the Bevis Frond, and Colin Andrews. Lord wrote one song and cowrote two songs with Saloman. The album includes two covers, Badfinger's "Baby Blue" and Pink Floyd's "Fearless". Lord dealt with spasmodic dysphonia during the recording sessions; she was also disinclined to practice the songs or memorize the lyrics, leading her to retrospectively refer to Baby Blue as a "midlife crisis" album.

Critical reception

The Boston Globe called the album "smart pop softly skewed rock tunes". The Washington Post concluded that "the folk-rock arrangements, the blended lyricism of female vocal with lead guitar, the frustrated longing and such Britishisms as 'Cold Kilburn Rain' inevitably recall Fairport Convention." The Charleston Daily Mail considered it "a charming folk-pop record", but "yet another release that would have benefited from some editing." The Star Tribune praised the "playful, twangy, melancholic arrangements".

The Chicago Tribune noted that "Lord sounds most convincing when she's actually singing her own material, whether it's 'Long Way from Tupelo' or the token growin' older number '43'." Goldmine said that the album is "nearly quaint—a folk record steered by Lord's post-punk fall-out, family life and not-so-scarring battle with the majors." The Knoxville News Sentinel opined that "Baby Blue's most notable strength comes in a rock form that sounds surprisingly like Belly, a modest major-label phenomenon in the 90s... Baby Blue's impressive songs aside, Lords story is still more interesting than her albums."

Track listing

References

1. Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 54. Gale Research, Inc. 2006. p. 129.
2. Takiff, Jonathan (February 24, 2004). "Song Styling". Features. Philadelphia Daily News. p. 40.
3. Guarino, Mark (February 27, 2004). "Mary Lou Lord with Gingersol". Time Out!. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights. p. 5.
4. Himes, Geoffrey (February 20, 2004). "Mary Lou Lord 'Baby Blue'". The Washington Post. p. T7.
5. ^ Sullivan, Jim (February 19, 2004). "Hello, Mary Lou – Goodbye, Heartache". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 13.
6. Anderman, Joan (January 23, 2004). "Just Around the Corner". The Boston Globe. p. C10.
7. Lipton, Michael (February 26, 2004). "Review: CDs". Charleston Daily Mail. p. 2D.
8. Riemenschneider, Chris (February 27, 2004). "The Week in Music". Star Tribune. p. 6E.
9. Klein, Joshua (March 15, 2004). "Mary Lou Lord Baby Blue". Chicago Tribune. p. 70.
10. Gallucci, Michael (March 19, 2004). "New Releases: Indie Label Spotlight". Goldmine. Vol. 30, no. 6. p. 28.
11. Campbell, Chuck (March 19, 2004). "New of CD". Preview. Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 8.

• Mary Lou Lord albums
• 2004 albums