Release
The Blue Album was released on May 10, 1994. It was certified gold just under seven months later on December 1, 1994, and certified platinum on January 1, 1995; since then it has gone three times multi-platinum in the United States. The album peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard 200. As a single, "Undone – The Sweater Song" peaked at No. 35 on the UK Top 40, and "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So" peaked at No. 12 and No. 37 on the UK Top 40 respectively. In the U.S., "Buddy Holly" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.
A deluxe edition of the album was released on March 23, 2004. The release includes a version of the original album as well as a second disc (entitled Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets) of B-sides and rarities. As of December 2007, the re-issue has sold 86,000 copies.
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“The steel decks rock with the lightning shock, and shake with the
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And the sea grows red with the blood of the dead and reaches for his spoil—
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