Now this is an album! Everything from the title, to the cover, to the music contained within is so beautiful and intimate and enveloping. This is without a doubt, the best album The Ocean Blue has ever made. With its being remastered and brought back out into the public, now everyone can hear how wonderful alternative music could be without all the angst and hostility.<\/p>\n
The album kicks off with one of the best opening tracks I\u2019ve ever come across: \u201cBreezing Blue\u201d builds on a drum beat but then lifts into one of the most serene, contemplative rock songs from the last 25 years. It\u2019s just an absolute masterpiece and one of the best songs ever, in this writer\u2019s humble opinion.<\/p>\n
This is also the album that gave us one of the greatest singles to ever grace the radio, \u201cBallerina Out Of Control,\u201d an absolutely amazing track that tugs at your heartstrings when you\u2019re not busy dancing to its hypnotic rhythm. The other great single, \u201cMercury,\u201d also ties into the fall\/winter vibe that the whole album gives off. The first two Ocean Blue records are perfect for listening to when the weather starts to get a little cooler. Even the videos for this album\u2019s tracks give off that vibe and it is amazing that even all these years later, listening to this record still gives off the feeling of cooler weather.<\/p>\n
This time around, the band managed to find their own distinct sound, particularly on tracks like \u201cWhen Life Was Easy\u201d and another personal favorite \u201cA Separate Reality.\u201d They also manage an homage\/tribute to one of their biggest influences, The Smiths, on \u201cI\u2019ve Sung One Too Many Songs For A Crowd That Didn\u2019t Want To Hear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall, out of all three Sire records getting the vinyl treatment from The Ocean Blue and looking over their discography as a whole, Cerulean<\/i> is the best record they\u2019ve ever put out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7076],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-44338","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-ocean-blue","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44338"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}