Home / Music / The Blue Nile recorded Hats at Castlesound Studios in East LothianMusic linernotes album music the-blue-nileThe Blue Nile recorded Hats at Castlesound Studios in East LothianHats was recorded at Castlesound Studios in East Lothian, Scotland, with engineer Calum Malcolm. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHats reached No. 12 on the UK albums chart — The Blue Nile's best showingThe Blue Nile spent five years making Hats — and scrapped a whole album along the wayThe Blue Nile's five-year gap reflected their famously slow working paceThe Blue Nile's Hats came out on Linn Records, the hi-fi company's labelThree singles came from The Blue Nile's HatsExploreDonald Fagen recorded The Nightfly across New York and Los AngelesSandy Denny recorded The North Star Grassman and the Ravens across two London studiosThe Pat Metheny Group debut was recorded in Oslo, NorwayPink Floyd recorded Piper at Abbey Road while The Beatles made Sgt. Pepper's next doorFeist recorded The Reminder in two weeks at a residential studio near ParisPrevious The Blue Nile spent five years making Hats — and scrapped a whole album along the wayNext The Bends was Radiohead's artistic turning point