2CD deluxe album with 16 page booklet.

“Five long years in the making, the Blue Nile’s stellar Hats was well worth the sweeping and majestic, it’s a triumph of personal vision over the cold, remote calculations of technology.

While created almost solely without benefit of live instruments, it is nevertheless an immensely warm and human album; Paul Buchanan’s pla­intive vocals and poignant songs are uncommonly moving, and his deployment of lush synth washes and electronic percussion is never gratuitous, each song instead crafted with painterly precision. Impressionistic and shimmering, tracks like “The Downtown Lights” and “From a Late Night Train” are perfectly evocative of their titles: Rich in romantic atmosphere and detail, they conjure a nocturnal fantasy world lit by neon and shrouded in fog, leaving Hats an intensely cinematic experience as well as a masterpiece of musical obsession.”- Allmusic.com

CD 1: Over The Hillside / The Downtown Lights / Let’s Go Out Tonight / Headlights On The Parade / From A Late Night Train / Seven A.M. / Saturday Night

CD 2: Seven Am – Live In The Studio / Christmas (Previously Unreleased Track) / Let’s Go Out Tonight – Vocal 2 / Saturday Night – Vocal 2, Early Mix / Headlights On The Parade – Live In Tennessee With Larry Saltzman, Steve Gaboury And Nigel Thomas / The Wires Are Down