Double • Blue

By Rich Teer | June 12th, 2011

Polydor POLD 5187
33-RPM LP

With its pounding drum beat, beautiful piano, and mournful saxophone, I found Double’s (pronounced “doo-BLAY”) single, The Captain of Her Heart, irresistible when it came out in the mid-1980s, so I had to buy a copy of the album from which it came, Blue. Blue was Double’s first (of only two) full length album, and contains eight tracks including two singles in addition to The Captain of Her Heart, Your Prayer Takes Me Off, and Tomorrow.

Musically, some of the tracks have sort of Caribbean calypso feel to them. Others have smooth, almost jazzy, feel. The sound quality is good, but not exceptional, and some tracks exhibit pronounced sibilance (e.g., Tomorrow). Still, worth checking out, especially if you’re a fan of The Captain of Her Heart.