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Blue Pop

by Adam Daniel

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1.
Breaking Up 02:53
I've got a lot of clothes that you're never going to see me in If you're never going to see me again Like you said you wouldn't ever all yesterday morning And I'll write a lot of songs That you'll never get to hear me sing And some thoughts I'll never get to thinking Like, "I wanna marry her someday. Or give her my money." And I told a couple lies And you're never going to know which one And you're never going to know how come And you're never gonna be my girl again And then maybe I'll be crumbling away And you won't be there to hold me up And you won't be there to make it stop And I'll blow up into bits, or not And I don't feel heavy in my heart Down where I keep the you-in-autumn-with-your-hair-down photograph I don't really feel a thing now I think I'm breaking up
2.
Battle Song 03:24
Hold me, babydoll And I held her Say you'll be my valentine And I brought her hearts And be my soldier boy And I sent myself to war Be my little one So I shrunk myself to size And melt the stars I'm so hot for you I think I could And I sent myself to war Yeah, I remember like it was last summer A bit too real to really be true How I had fallen And first thing in the morning Cried for help and then along came you Take me home tonight I'll go anywhere with you And kiss me awhile I'll stay ever long I thought I heard her smile And I sent myself to war And if I am drunk Then don't sober me up I just want you to stay anyhow Yeah, I remember like it was last summer A bit too real to really be true How I had fallen And first thing in the morning Cried for help and then along came you Hold me, babydoll And I held her Say you'll be my valentine And I brought her hearts And be my soldier boy And I sent myself to war
3.
Cured 03:52
She's crying like a baby Makes me want to And I don't think I know How to slow her down this time And what you gonna do when she's not right And she needs you And you're not right either And you need her And you swear to God it's a fine day You tell each other it's nothing that either way Some magazines or new positions won't cure It's a good lie But doesn't quite solve everything Hell, anything And you're still here Alive, halfway And what you gonna do when you're not right And you need me And I'm not right either Maybe burrow into blankets and fix Swill back seditious literature and pills Or maybe just hang on until we feel cured She's crying like a baby Makes me want to And I don't think I know How to slow her down this time And what you gonna do when you're not right And you need me And I'm not right either This time Burrow into blankets and fix Swill back seditious literature and pills Or maybe just hang on until we feel cured And you swear to God it's a fine day You tell each other it's nothing that either way And maybe just said, "I don't think we ain't cured." She's crying like a baby Makes me want to And I don't think I know How to slow her down this time
4.
Lovebug 03:41
Be understanding Don't leave me Be warm to me and tell me All how we'll fuck and save the world And call me Lovebug And I'll believe it That there's a good thing Somewhere in me Better than the one That makes you wreck your room And barely hang with me Lovebug And I'll believe it And me only That knows I love you And I'll believe it Lovebug And I'll believe it And me only That knows I love you And I'll believe it And says so That knows I love you And I'll believe it Lovebug And I'll believe it Be understanding Don't leave me be Lovebug And I'll believe it
5.
My baby's got a hold on me Yeah, I love her and she loves me I know Oh, heavenly, farther, high... And I don't mind 'cause she's that way All torn and tired and not okay I don't why I'm still beside you now Our love could be that way You'd hold me down every single day It's Hollywood It's "If you don't stay, Who'll hold on to my heart now?" And I'm the one that said "Hello, my name is..." All those years ago Hey, honestly, girl, I tried And I'm all good 'cause she's all mine She's live She's just more goddamn fine each day My galaxy girl I'm still beside you now Our love could be that way You'd hold me down every single day It's Hollywood It's "If you don't stay, Who'll hold on to my heart now?"
6.
Her Shake 03:58
Baby’s gotten tired But she's one hip girl I know I guess it’s gonna be another office year And then we thought of how We'd be good by now I know Not lost and kind of battered just beyond repair I’ll meet you there And once upon a time I was not so thin I know A little bit of life has made me kind of tense But baby’s got a style and I like her shake All sex and extraordinary violence She makes good sense She says, “Say what you want to say. Do what you want to do. Go where you want to go, Just take me there.”
7.
Come to work Hold this ladder And don't let it shake Or I'll come tumbling Lead me home I've been dark inside I've been everything and nothing And I've really lost myself this time Yeah, I fell all the way into this, man Saw but couldn't do And I've been faded white and weakened And all estranged from you And I've got no greater secret That "If you only knew..." Then why I can't be beside you Wake me up Or I'll sleep too late I don't want to miss All that I miss these days And just come around Say my name out loud Yeah, so I remember what it is 'Cause there are days I don't And I had all the very greatest plans Drawn inside my head And I've been faded white and weakened And all estranged from you And I've got no greater secret That "If you only knew..." Then why I can't be beside you And I had all the very greatest plans Drawn inside my head And I've been faded white and weakened And all estranged from you And I've got no greater secret That "If you only knew..." Then why I can't be beside you White and weakened And all estranged from you And I've got no greater secret Why I can't be beside you
8.
In Orbit 03:57
Love and cigarettes and lucky stars Summer days it's hard to be alive I'm so damn hot for you I'm all out in orbit And life is kind of strange without a home Disconnected, only calling out And always to your room I'm all out in orbit And once upon a time I used to sleep All distilled in emptiness and bliss And oversexed In new shoes In case I maybe had the dream The one where suddenly you fall Down real far into me All out in orbit And be my girl So I'd look cool for you
9.
Tell me I'm the only one Tell me I'm the only one who— Tell me I'm the one you'd run to Be my little one Okay Someone said it was a strange world Someone said you were a strange girl All the way out, man All the way into space All the way and then some And see she says her bed Turns to turn into a spaceship Late at night and she can't stop it And it takes her everywhere And I don't see it But I saw her Just wake up and wash up Just wander away one day Out, man... All the way into space All the way and then... All the way into space All the way She smiled and waved and she said She said, "It's alright now, Just the way it used to be. It's alright now, Only better. It's alright now, Just the way it used to be. It's alright now, Only... All the way into space All the way and then... All the way into space All the way She smiled and waved and she said She said, "It's alright now."
10.
Sleeping through the night And still too tired to be hip And alone now So hooked on her medicine I couldn't see that trouble So how I said, "I want you to stay, Just stay right here right now." And she left with me All on my hands Spun around and sad Not no any way I said, "Don't go." Possible, impassible I couldn't decide I was slowed down Silent motion pictures screened off hours In my head, quiet So how I said, "I love you, okay? Okay?" And she just frowned Dark as seven seas All on my hands Spun around and sad Not no any way I said, "Don't go." Any way I said, "Don't go."
11.
I guess I got a girl Though she's spun all for this foreign actor And she likes to call me Boy And I want to be with her forever She's like a pill And I need to have it everyday I swallow down And I'm better in all sorts of ways I guess I got a girl We've undertaken fine endeavors And if I should've known better Tell me why I feel home I guess I got a girl And we made a little kind of magic She teaches me to fly Says, "Pick up your feet And just escape it." She's like a fire burning Just this side of my control I love her wannabe '40's siren kind of stroll I guess I got a girl I guess I gotta have it And if I should've known better Tell me why I feel home Guess I got a girl I guess I got a girl And if I should've known better Tell me why I feel home And if I'd gone alone Whether, baby, I could have phoned I guess I got a girl
12.
From the earth into the stars You're so big in there If you stood you'd knock your head Against the sky And I'm on my way out Weighing you don't love me anymore Guess that's something I'll just have to get my mind around today Thought we'd hang out But I'm hanging around this quiet room And remembering your glitter And how the day You'd finally found that formula for air We kissed without breathing for hours And spun ourselves dizzy Now I'm shattered to pieces You wrecked me I've been lying here awake Chasing maybes Like if I had had a perfect tan Or when I used to space out I'd spaced in You'd have stayed awhile I'm remembering your glitter And how the day You'd finally found that formula for air We kissed without breathing for hours And spun ourselves dizzy Now I'm shattered to pieces You wrecked me I'm getting stupid here And I'm not finding comfort there at all In these torch songs And what-ifs Should've seen it all along From the earth into the stars You're so big in there If you stood you'd knock your head Against the sky And I'm on my way out Weighing... You wrecked me
13.
Say Goodbye 04:22
She's in love and calls him Baby Soft, she even argues gently And he tells her "Don't be strange. Happy just to have you right here with me." It's just like watching me and Grace Now you've gone and you made me high tonight She said, "I'll be there soon, All sewn inside of you tonight." And you went and you didn't say goodbye It's how she knows he'll be She says, "Right back to me." He's in love and kneads his problems Holy, she sticks needles in him And she's beautiful And so are you And you're everything good in me And I love you more and more Now you've gone and you made me high tonight She said, "I'll be there soon, All sewn inside of you tonight." And you went and you didn't say goodbye It's how she knows he'll be She says, "Right back to me."
14.
Told me only I put your troubles soft onto me And light you He was all you had wanted He departed So long... And she's crying and she's crying And she's finally asleep And it suddenly seems to me So sad He hurt her badly But then she's finally asleep Maybe deep now And dreaming of me Told me only I look at you And you're glitter bright He dulled you And he was all you were seeing He was saying, "So long." And she's crying and she's crying And she's finally asleep And it suddenly seems to me So sad He hurt her badly But then she's finally asleep Maybe deep now And dreaming of me Long, and she's crying and she's crying And she's finally asleep And it suddenly seems to me So sad He hurt her badly But then she's finally asleep Maybe deep now And dreaming of me

credits

released June 22, 1999

Produced by Adam Daniel and Tom Caffey. Recorded by Tom Caffey with additional engineering by Dave Bassett and Lou Michaels. Tracked at Chateau Relaxeau, Rotten Egg, Paramount Recording, and Price St. Studios. Mixed at Price St. Studios by Tom Caffey with Adam Daniel. Mastered by Jeff King at Paramount Recording Studios. Performed by Adam Daniel with drums and percussion by Darrell Cross and pedal steel on “Lovebug” by Sean Caffey. Songs written by Adam Daniel, published by Breathtaking Songs (ASCAP) © 1998 Adam Daniel. All rights reserved. Cover photo by Karolina Markiewicz. Graphic design by Bau-Da Design Lab, Inc. Thank you to Tom Caffey, Mark Ashton and David Peipers—APG Music, Darrell Cross, "Sheriff" Sean Caffey, Dave Bassett, Lou Michaels, Guy Babylon, Jeff King, Jeff and Charlotte McDonald, Brian Lapin, Bill at Rent-A-Recorder, Richard Craig Caffey, Karolina Markiewicz, Rob Stulberg, Rob Shore, Meridith Baer, Wendy Orbas, Seema Agarwal, Mom/Dad and Jeremy (J.Roxx), and Edengrace. For Edengrace. 2006 reissue dedicated with gratitude to the memory of David Peipers.

REVIEWS

“Blue Pop stands among the best guitar-pop albums of the '90's with swirling melodies, unforgettable hooks, and heartbreaking sincerity... Her Shake is an energetic attack of punchy guitars and sing-along harmonies that will leave any true pop fan reeling, while Cured twists and turns until it's completely embedded into your brain.”
—Michael Frey, All Music Guide

“Blue Pop is as promising a pop album as you'll have heard so far this year, gorgeous enough to play again and again, memorable enough that you'll be singing along to it even when the music's far far away.”
—Bob Gulla, CDNOW

“A beautiful pop masterpiece. If Her Shake and Cured haven't worn themselves out by Labor Day, then your pop lover ID card will be revoked. My favorite album as of this moment.”
—Yeah Yeah Yeah #15 1999

“…a fizzy pop record that reveals something darker and more quietly brutal with each listen.”
—Eliot Wilder, Amplifier

“Daniel's songwriting skills are impressively limber: He shifts from the punchy Guess I Got a Girl to the whispered, wounded You Wrecked Me as if he's been writing exclusively in each style all along.”
—Chris Molanphy, CMJ New Music Monthly

“…built on savvy melodies... that flourish in meticulous, silky-smooth self-production.”
—Cheryl Botchick, CMJ New Music Report

"Her Shake is a potent rocket filled with joyful, chiming guitars, a demonic backbeat and Daniel's laconic melodic whine. This artist possesses major potential as a crossover player at Alternative, Modern AC and Triple A.”
—Album Network's Virtually Alternative #59

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Adam Daniel Los Angeles, California

Adam Daniel is a recording artist, producer, songwriter, and session player from Los Angeles. A mainstay on the power pop scene, his debut album Blue Pop was named “…among the best guitar-pop albums of the ‘90’s…” by AllMusic.

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