Purple Blue is the third and final studio recorded album by the Canadian indie band Eric's Trip. The album marked a turn to a heavier, more psychedelic sound, which Rick White would further explore with Elevator.
A music video for "Sun Coming Up" was shot on Super8 film in Autumn 1995 by White, and fellow friend and artist, Peter Holt, and released to MuchMusic in 1996.https://web.archive.org/web/20121231033827/http://www.ericstripmovie.com/contenthttps://findingaids.library.dal.ca/music-videos-1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5oEi98wF0M&
A tribute to the album can be found in the song "Eric Sleeps," by Australian indie band Youth Group, from their debut album Urban and Eastern.
Critical reception Trouser Press wrote: "An assured slip of a record that favors full-on distorted rocketry over airy folk-pop and dinky minimalism, Purple Blue merely lacks the tunes that would defer tedium."
Track listing "Introduction Into The..., Pt. 1-4" – 8:13 a) "Hurt II" b) "Grammy" c) "Rib Bones" d) "Purple Blue" "Hourly" – 2:47 "Sixteen Hours" – 3:05 "Universe" – 3:08 "Eyes Shut" – 1:37 "Alone and Annoyed" – 2:12 "Lighthouse" – 2:09 "Spaceship Opening" – 2:18 "Universal Dawn" – 3:32 "One Floor Below" – 1:40 "Now a Friend" – 1:54 "Soon, Coming Closer" – 3:37 "Not Yours" – 2:26 "Sun Coming Up" – 2:20 "Beach" – 4:14
Personnel Julie Doiron – bass, vocals Mark Gaudet – drums Chris Thompson – guitar, vocals Rick White – guitar, vocals
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