The Blue Nile - Stay (Virgin)

The Blue Nile are a band I know absolutely nothing about but I'll be listening out for them in the future. I think this is probably their debut single and it sounds as if it's been influenced by Talking Heads. An hypnotic bassline drives the verse into a catchy chorus. Good single. (Dave Gahan, Smash Hits, April 26, 1984)

A very pretty first release by some young Scottish chaps who, if their plain white record cover is anything to go by, aren't giving away too much about themselves. This is refreshing and perfectly sensible, since the music speaks for itself, It's gentle, not too busy and topped off with a vocal borrowed from an American singer-songwriter - the sensitive '70s kind. No, I like it, honest! Discovery of the week. (Sunie, No 1, April 21, 1984)