Baby Blue (Mary Lou Lord album)
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| Baby Blue | ||||
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Studio | Gold Dust, London | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, folk rock | |||
| Label | Rubric | |||
| Producer | Nick Saloman, Colin Andrews | |||
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Baby Blue is an album by the American musician Mary Lou Lord, released in 2004.[1][2] The album is dedicated to Elliott Smith.[3] Lord supported it with a North American tour, while maintaining her tradition of busking in various cities.[4][5]
Recorded over nine days in London, Baby Blue was produced by Nick Saloman, of the Bevis Frond, and Colin Andrews.[6][7] Lord wrote one song and cowrote two songs with Saloman.[8] The album includes two covers, Badfinger's "Baby Blue" and Pink Floyd's "Fearless".[9] 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.[8] She preferred playing live to recording, as she was skeptical of producing official versions of songs.[10] "Someone Always Talks" is about worrying that a fellow musician will co-opt a partially finished idea.[11]
