A more literal return to form, Blood Like Lemonade builds on the familiar downtempo grooves that filled Morcheeba's 2008 effort Dive Deep, but this time with original vocalist Skye Edwards back in the fray.
Right from the opening dusty, minor-keyboard chord, the album is instantly identifiable for fans as stony, late-night grooves combine with melodies that are both pop-minded and soul-spirited.
All the organic elements that sit on top of the slow, rolling drum machines are back, as is the sinister underbelly of their early material, although here it's amped up a touch.
The title track references “drinking blood like lemonade,” while “Recipe for Disaster” begins “Wanna know why there's a dead guy in my dining room” before unveiling a story that's somewhere between the Jesse James legend and Natural Born Killers.
The sweet tricks are Edwards using her velvet voice to make it all sound delicious, along with her ability to be equally effective on the breezy, positive numbers like “I Am the Spring.” Add “Crimson,” which would be the quintessential Morcheeba song if “Rome Wasn't Built in a Day” didn't exist, and Blood Like Lemonade exceeds expectations, coming in a close second behind fan favorite Big Calm.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CrimsonPaul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Even ThoughSkye Edwards | Morcheeba | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Blood Like LemonadeSkye Edwards | Morcheeba | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | MandalaPaul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | I Am the SpringSkye Edwards | Morcheeba | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Recipe For DisasterPaul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Easier Said Than DonePaul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Cut to the BassPaul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | Self Made ManSkye Edwards | Morcheeba | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | Beat of the DrumBradley Burgess, Paul Godfrey | Morcheeba | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 31 MB |
| 45 mins | 103 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 246 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Burgess | Bass, Composer |
| 2 | Skye Edwards | Composer |
| 3 | Oscar Godfrey | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Paul Godfrey | Beats, Composer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer, Turntables, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Ross Godfrey | Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Hammond B3, Kalimba, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Prophet 5 |
| 6 | Steve Gordon | Vocal Engineer |
| 7 | Steve Gullick | Photography |
| 8 | Dan Mogford | Design, Illustrations |
| 9 | Morcheeba | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Andy Nunn | Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Juno, Solina, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer, Wurlitzer Piano |
| 11 | Andy Robertson | Drums |
| 12 | John Robertson | Vocal Engineer |
| 13 | Paul Tiernan | Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |