Parklife

First half of this is classic. Quality drops off a bit in the second half and then picks up again with This Is A Low. The concept works throughout, the forced Englishness is a bit much at times. Some great tunes here. Trim some of the almost skit like numbers and this would have been a 5

Good fun!

how usually im not the biggest fan of 90s rock, then blur always slaps

I had hope for this one. Parklife is a great song, so is Girls and Boys. I just don't think I like Blur that much, this is probably the best they're getting out of me. I feel catfished into thinking Blur were good.

nice enough

A good record; though one that leans a bit too much on its influences (Kinks, David Bowie, The Replacements) and needs some of its middling fluff cut out, but has a few notable tracks: "Clover over Dover," "Badhead," and "Girls and Boys."

3/5 I wanna go to London

Trois chansons que j'ai beaucoup aimé, le reste moins

There are two outstanding tracks on this album - Girls and Boys and To The End. They are both excellent and so very different. Parklife is very good. The rest of the album is nothing special and the London 'cheeky chappie' vibe is quite annoying. However, on the strength of those three tracks I'm going to have to score highly

I’m occasionally asked where I stand on the Blur vs. Oasis debate. To be honest, I’m not particularly keen on either band. I do think this album highlights one of the key differences between them, though: Blur wrote songs about ordinary people, whereas Oasis wrote songs for ordinary people. That being said, I can’t stand Noel Gallagher, and I find Damon Albarn’s vocals a little tiresome after an extended listen. Still, there are some great tracks here, and the overall standard of songwriting is strong. I certainly prefer this to their American-influenced self-titled album, Blur, which I gave 3 stars, so I feel somewhat obliged to give this a 4.

Nett

This opened with one of the more annoying tracks I've ever heard and hit its peak early with Parklife and Bank Holiday, which were the fourth and fifth tracks respectively. There was still a lot of album to go. The rest of the album wasn't bad, it had a fairly upbeat and playful feel to it, but just really wasn't my thing. It felt very repetitive at times and, while I appreciate the experimentalism throughout, some of it just felt like they were being quirky for the sake of being quirky. I thought I was coming around to britpop, but it turns out I might just like Pulp better.

Few classic tracks, not my favourite blur album

more like this is a high am i right????

Ihan jees britti rokkia. Sopivan erikoista ja monipuolista. Kappaleet ei kuullosta toisiltaan. Enimmäkseen aika hyväntuulista ja muutenkin ei niin totista. Vähän pelleilevää ajoittain. Parhaat: Trouble in the Message Center, Jubilee, This Is a Low

listened to half of it and came to the consensus that Blur is off brand Oasis. I liked 'Girls & Boys', and 'Parklife' would be better if it was Liam Gallagher singing.

I don't know what it is about the band name Blur that leads me to believe I won't enjoy the music as much as I do. It wasn't my most favorite ever, but it was better than I expected going in to it! "Girls & Boys" is a total banger, and a great way to kick off the record. It was fun, more pop than grunge. I guess I was expecting grunge, it was '94 and this album cover....but I was wrong! Britpop, of course.

Dimery's bias to Britpop strikes again. And a reminder that our friends on the other end of the pond have some weird tastes. Apparently Boys and Girls was a massive hit there? You limeys are strange. Didn't crack the top 25 in the U.S. And no cultural impact on us. None. Wikipedia says this a critically acclaimed. To me, felt pretty generic.

Love it. They dont make em like this anymore

Pretty good

Album #99: Parklife - Blur Genre (W): Britpop Singles: Girls & Boys, To the End, Parklife, End of a Century, Tracy Jacks I have listened to this album once before. Thoughts?: I love the production of this album, and the versatility of the genres. It’s poppy, it’s rock-tinged, it’s awesome. So British! I think Damon Albarn is a great lyricist. Maybe his affiliation with Gorillaz is why I love this album so much. Favorite songs: All of it!!

It wasn't bad but it wasn't anything special.

This album is somehow a lot better than the other Blur album I had. This somehow feels more genuine, true to their roots, not necessarily trying to appeal to the broader international public. I can appreciate that a lot more. That being said, the album lasts much longer than it needs to.

Eh? There were some neat songs on this album but it just generally wasn't very memorable to me. Might relisten at some point to see if I was wrong but I'm unsure.

Less annoying than the other blur album I got so far.

My 2nd slightly underwhelming Blur album, although I rate this one slightly higher than Modern Life Is Rubbish, which was my opening salvo on this 1001 journey. The singles here are cracking, leading off with ‘Girls and Boys’, then ‘End of a Century’, ‘This Is a Low’ and of course, the title track, ‘Parklife’. The trouble with these Blur albums is there is too much low level shit in between the moments of genius, which leaves me a bit tired of it all by the end. And yes, this album didn’t need to be 53 minutes long, you could have knocked off 3-4 songs and have an absolute classic on your hands. Good, but could have been better.

Overall a very fun and authentic record. However, I can’t really turn back to it that often simply because I’m biased towards their 1997 self titled.

this is fun! and weird! there were some parts that reminded me of some k-indie bands i like and it made me want something more serious and emotional but then they went back to the fun weird stuff and i liked it all over again. a bit repetitive though fave track: london loves

This was a no for me. I don’t care for Blur’s music nor was this inspirational or memorable to me.

This band is like Coldplay if they actually understood what having fun means. I always have to appreciate a band that's around just to have some fun with an otherwise pretty same-y genre, as much as I love a lot of Britpop artists. The majority of the album is infectiously goofy, especially the higher-energy songs like the title track or Girls & Boys. Then there's a song that I feel I can only describe as a early 20th century waltz, followed immediately by a song about random stars, both of which are thrown right in the middle for the hell of it. Despite that, they decided to put This Is a Low right at the end. It's a really weird tone change that works incredibly. It's all the weird risks that make this album what it is, and what it is is one of the best albums of its kind on this list.

i quite like Parklife conceptually, in that it reflects the bizarre hodgepodge of too comfortable middle class end of the century Britain directly back at the listener, always playing with several levels of irony and remove, but it's just a bit of a drag to listen to. there's so much Concept behind every bit of it that there's just not much in the way of songs. for the most part, instead of hooks, we get genres or accents - the punk one, the oom-pah one, the one with some french in it. some of those songs are quite good, but the majority of the record had me wondering if it wouldn't have been better off as a short story collection. a completely fine amount of Brit, but only when mixed with adequate levels of pop - this misses the mark, unfortunately, though i do quite genuinely respect its efforts

love how well it picks up. feels like i'm in damon albarn's car and he's telling me a very long winded story but none of it is coherent, but the vibe is still there. something i would buy on cd given the chance.

The good stuff is really very good, but there are some clunkers on here that border on lounge music or the more cutesy Beatles songs. Still, probably my favorite of the (too many) Blur albums on this list. 3.5 that I may round to four stars, since I rounded down on another one of theirs.

Sorry guys when I can’t get into even one song after 4 songs I’m done. I know there’s an audience for this band, but I don’t like it

This would be a 5/5 they’d excised a few tracks that are “just okay,” but it’s still great.

Love this album

I liked their fun, different style.

Not as good as their s/t album

At its best (aka slowest and lushest), this plays like a lost Beatles album. At its wonkiest (aka least melodic), it's perhaps TOO British...am I allowed to say that, lol? "End of a Century" and "To the End" light me up--feel like Great Ones...from Lennon, not Albarn. The whimsy of the instrumentals (bari sax!) and background vox is also vaguely Beach Boys. All that is to say: no surprise that I like swaths of this.

Just a shade too long with some definitely cuttable things but what's good here is so good. I don't know why I've never listened to it. I love Gorillaz and Ive loved most blur I've listened to (including 3 off this album that are just stellar). And the whole is definitely more than the sum of its parts, moving briskly between short and punchy rockers, Kinks-esque story-songs about little England, and then some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful tracks on anything. But maybe more importantly for my maybe too generous rating today, I listened to it first in a good chill mood, and second in a very not chill angry upset mood and it hit just right in both. Better in the second for sure. EDIT: Weeks later and I'm still jamming out to this, if I can't give this one a 5 I don't know what's getting one Standout tracks: girls and boys, park life and this is a low of course. But also Tracy jacks, badhead, to the end, end of the century, and I've had trouble in the message centre in my head for like a week for some reason

actually didn't mind this. thought we were in for some brit-pop nonsense but they got me with a couple of these songs. overall a fun listen.

my only real exposure to blur is their self-titled album, which is one of my favorites all time - some real grit and melancholy layered into what's otherwise boring britpop. this is just the boring britpop. get edgier!!

está bueno. God banda. Boys and girls

Pretty good stuff. I only really know them from Song 2, but they've got a lot of diversity in their sound.

Feeding pigeons gives me a sense of enormous well-being

Maybe my Britpop bias showing again but some classics

A fascinating album of unique sounds and lyrics. Not a top album of all time but definitely worth the listen.

Fun 90s Britpop album. This one was pretty enjoyable, but not something I would seek out to listen to again.

One of my favourite albuns

The only song I knew on this album was the first one, which is a fun song, but super repetitive. I was never too much into Blur. I liked Brit pop during that time period, but I wasn't into it as much as I was other styles of music. I thought this album had some really fun songs on it, and then some really boring songs on it. Seemed repetitive and too long. The album was fine, but nothing stood out for me on it.

Decent, but a bit boring.

It's probably three to three and a half star album, but I'm giving it 4 stars because a.) it's the best of the three Blur albums on this list (there does not need to be three Blur albums on this list), and it's not yet another tedious 60s/70s hippy rock bullshit album.

My brit pop awakening

Det er uka for snille 3'ere. For lang og intetsigende, men av og til glimter de til med noe kult.

Noen av låtene er topp klasse, men litt for mye stallfyll til at albumet er der oppe. Streng treer.

Et par låter man husker, som er fulle av sommerenergi. Men dessverre også en håndfull låter som bare er kjedelige. Gir denne en snill treer.

7/10 Standout songs- parklife , to the end , and this is a low

The first CD I ever got. Still a great album today. I was firmly in the blur camp, whilst everyone else seemed to be going mad for Oasis. There's simply no contest in my opinion. blur were so much better in every way.

Qué discazo por favor! Hit tras hit

05/27 Not bad. I just keep hearing Gorillaz even though I know this band came first

I never much liked Blur; posh boys trying to be like the rest of us. But they could still churn out the odd banger. Having never heard this in full, I still knew a large chunk of it and was surprised that I enjoyed the sings I was unfamiliar with. It just has too many damn songs.

Parklife - Blur: Girls & Boys bravely asks: What if David Bowie… wasn’t that good? The song is aggressively British and meanders along pointlessly. I know it’s famous, I’ve heard it before, but I still don’t like it. Tracy Jacks is so ‘90s. I could imagine myself skittering around a British Uni wearing a pair of skinny headphones and a plaid jumper listening to this. I would study literature and express an interest in counterculture, alongside an abject hatred for the vague concept of a “businessman.” Regardless of its dated content, I enjoyed the guitar on the song, and found the instrumental last minute to be catchy and captivating. The fadeout to weak orchestral music served as a solid transition to the slower third track. End of A Century touches on the same themes as Tracy Jacks. Everyone is looking for something independent of the mainstream. Even Faux David Bowie. Fauxie. Parklife offers a thesis for what Blur’s album plans on covering. Much like other alt-rock ‘90s albums, Blur is taking a shot at the normalcy of the everyday person’s docile, boring life. I didn’t particularly mind it in any real way. I enjoyed the chanting of the album’s title, which reminded me a bit of “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Bank Holiday requires an open mind. The track drew upon metal-influences and contained quirky lyrics. I never listen to metal and find the melodies and noise levels common throughout that genre to be a bit grating. Despite the metal-like sound Bank Holiday still managed to sound a bit like the introduction to a sitcom. Badhead is slower and sadder than its peers. The song more so resembles the Beatles, as opposed to the David Bowie x Metallica x Nirvana sound present in earlier tracks. The horns were an interesting touch on the song and nicely complemented the choir in the song's background. The Debt Collector is cousins with Dominic the Donkey. The song is an Italian, Circus-like melody without lyrics, serving as the album’s de facto intermission. Far Out is a haunted version of the Debt Collector. The circus is now haunted by extraterrestrials. The track is a bit disquieting and is again reminiscent of The Beatles To the End incorporates the lead singer’s smooth vocals alongside the seductive chants of a french woman. The song is the least experimental number thusfar, with romantic violins, and a lighter, romantic version of the circus-like feel of the debt collector. The song includes a strong vocal performance alongside a light, whimsical melody, creating a romantic feel. London Loves is alright. It’s a standard ‘90s Alternative Brit-pop song. Trouble in the Message Center was grunge-foward, and incredibly listenable. I enjoyed the gritty guitar, the raw vocals and the chanted chorus. The song also shifts between chrus and verse, nicely breaking the piece up. Clover Over Dover is a laid-back track. The song is easy to listen to and incorporates the circus-like melodies of the earlier songs. The repetitiveness works to its benefit, as the track requires little close attention, and instead allows listeners to mindlessly enjoy the airy feel of the love song. Magic America depicts a man who has an idealized version of America, seeking a perfect life. The song mocks the band, with a dream-like chorus of la-las. Again, I could see this track working well in a film. The last three tracks have greatly turned this album around. Jubilee tackles counterculture, yet again. The use of horns on this track is a solid touch. Without the electric guitar, the song could nearly be a show tune. I find the lyrics, as well as the chorus to be weak. This is a Low is a Pink Floyd track. Well, it’s not. But it could be. I actually didn’t mind this one. The melodic nature of the guitar worked well with the lead singer’s low vocals, making for a comfortable listen. I enjoyed the song’s ambient qualities. Lot 105 brings back that circus sound in full swing. I feel like I’m playing the arcade game where I have to hit the clowns withtthe red balls in order to win thirty tickets. Free Youtube Music. No words; closes out the album. I wish this album was mixed better. I struggle to understand much of what Blur is saying due to how comparably loud the instruments are. A remaster would benefit the band. Additionally, I struggle to properly rank this album. Of all genres, I listen to ‘90s rock the least. I don’t particularly enjoy it, nor do I enjoy Britpop. Despite my struggles, i didn’t completely dislike every track on this album, which must say something about its overall quality, considering the limitations I’m working with. I enjoyed that they dared to do something different with the circus-like tracks and the bevy of melodically distinct songs. Final Ranking: This is a Low Trouble in the Message Center Clover Over Dover Magic America To The End Parklife Tracey Jacks Girls and Boys Badhead Jubilee End of Century Lot 105 London Loves Far Out Bank Holiday The Debt Collector Album Score: 4/10

Iconic album.

white boys take over again i heard from NTS somewhere that this was in response to a more internationally influenced music scene in Britain. White boys were getting scared of african-influenced music (e.g. tricky of massive attack) so they went the other way and went very traditional pop.

was amaazzzing !!!

So British, good guitar

A little too blur for me

i dont really think im a britpop girl but i did end up liking this one a bit. some songs veered into ska and i felt like that was a little random but otherwise it was okay!! much prefer damon albarn in gorillaz however

me gusto bastante el disco. buena musica de fondo. 7,5/10

Foten går

Very solid album. Sounds like it could have come out at any point in the 2020’s

This is ok, enjoyed some of the weirder moments but thought it was a bit thin on the ground in terms of memorable songs.

Good guitar. Not too into British music. I can appreciate that it’s good for the genre though. I enjoyed some songs a lot.

I used to be obsessed with Blur when I was 16; they were in my top 3 favourite bands ever. Parklife is definitely one of their best with some real standout tracks. Some people might find Blur, and maybe the Britpop movement as a whole, to be a bit cheesy or overly poppy, but I think that's part of their charm and what makes them so enjoyable. My biggest issue with this album is that there's a couple of filler tracks which bloat the tracklist. Not sure why something like 'The Debt Collector' needed to be included. 7/10

"wah wah why is there so much britpop on the list" I mean you're not wrong, there is far too much britpop on the list, but there's also far far far too much early american punk, american psychedelic rock from the late 60s, and american art rock from the 70s. Hmm, wondering if there's a reason people don't seem to complain about that. Anyway this is pretty good. It's fun.

Eh

British REM / reminiscent of early gorillaz. Pretty decent

1001 albums to hear and feel good before you die 108# I've heard other albums from blur that didn't really click. THais one isn't that obnoxious to me. It really feels and sounds good, with a taste of weirdness that the pop rock scene doesnt have often and this well known.

Too many la-la-la's and not enough woohoo's. I could probably get into it if someone held a gun to my head.

kind of didnt like it, and i dont know why because it feels like it oughta be my type of album. ran a little long. theres just so much of damon albarn's voice and it made me appreciate the entire gorillaz discography less. it's like he's showing me all his cool 2000's pop rock toys and every single one makes me cross my arms and shake my head and say "no thank you." Girls & Boys is really a load-bearing tune when it comes to the score, besides that i liked Clover Over Dover a lot. the rest of the album has been already entirely forgotten, except for the measurable elevation of my cortisol levels from being mildly annoyed for most of its duration, which has doubtless taken precious seconds off my life moreso than the established 52 minutes of the album

Rating: 7/10 Blur is a pretty good band and this has some of their best songs. There's a clear love for The Kinks and The Beatles, but also a direct line of influence from the British New Wave. And it also sounds so modern suburban (for its time) that really drives the personality of the record. It starts to run a little long but there are back tracks are actually some of the best like London Loves & Clover Over Dover. Girls & Boys is of course some classic Damon Albarn

I'm not sure what I expected but it wasn't totally this - funny that the only song I recognized was Girls & Boys. Pretty fun, not bad. Fav songs were To the End and This Is a Low. I'm not itching for more Blur material after this one but I didn't hate it 6.1/10

Blur made dozens of great songs, but none of their albums are perfect. Parklife (or Blur) comes closest. The title track and Girls & Boys are overplayed, so I tend to skip those, but there are great moments (End of a Century! To the End! This Is a Low!)

Great album! Had never really listened to blur before but enjoyed it very much. Did not really like the most popular songs, they were too pop and synth for my like. But it has gotten some really underrated pop rock gems in the middle.

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: None Man, the List has me on a pretty bad streak this last week or so. This is a third Blur album. For me, it sits somewhere between Blur's self-titled album, which I didn't much care for, and Modern Life Is Rubbish, which was decent enough, but still not really anything I've thought much about since Feb 2026, when I last listened to it. This album - no, this band - is basically in one ear and out the other. I still don't understand how Damon Albarn went from whatever the hell Blur is to the Gorillaz, which is a masterclass in how to make good music and exemplify how featured artists should work on albums. This is.... whatever. A 2.

Creo que hay mejores albumes de Blur, la única buena Girls and Boys

Ello guvna

very very British (in a very good way). overall i enjoyed the album a lot, i knew more songs than i realised. weird tonal shift for one song tho i really liked ‘far out’, ‘tracy jacks’, ‘park life’ and ‘clover over dover’

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🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 I come from a Blur family, like I might've mentioned impartially in my Oasis review, so this comparatively mediocre rating surprised me—as was, again, the bands' chilling similarities. Both really put the "pop" in Britpop more than I'd naïvely expected (I know, but considering Damon Albarn's later innovations with Gorillaz and Blur's later innovations with albums like 13 or Think Tank), and both really take a little too much from their predecessors (though Blur's Bowie thievery on "Girls and Boys"—hey, didn't LCD Soundsystem also yoink from that one? And St. Vincent?—feels miles more forgivable than "Cigarettes and Alcohol" because at least these Boys and Girls did something different). I'd even say they were thematically similar, though I'm not sure if Blur yoinked that from Oasis, Britpop on Britpop violence style. Ultimately, this one comes out on top because it's already so much more creative and adventurous than I'd expect from a pop record, even if it pales in comparison to what Blur would later do. I found the pop-ness of Parklife to be a little much at times (maybe it was just my mood), but even today I couldn't deny they were having fun. I still downloaded the whole thing—not sure if I'll listen again many times, but I will at least once. 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing

I feel every single song was the same

Big fan of Damon’s work with the gorillaz, but never really listened to much of blur. My expectations were kinda high for this one and it was kind of disappointing.

Awesome

Britpop at its best. More of a mixed bag than i remember..5/6 incredible songs but also lot of filler...

A couple of fun songs, but not as enjoyable as Gorillaz records.

like parklife, G&B, london loves, not a fan of bank holiday

Puros buenos temas, Blur no falla, capaz que le meto 5 estrellas. Sape

3/5

Banger

Really seems like a “you had to be there” album for me. Not bad, just not very interesting.

Another dog shit album. It sounds like a 90s version of the generic British Punk that overly saturates this list.

Good rock. Terrible vocals.

Oh boy, another crappy British rock album. Not interesting, didn't like it at all, why is this album here? It could be worse, but I saw nothing redeeming about this one. Even the one hit on this kinda sucked.

Vocals were too british for my taste, but otherwise this was an enjoyable rock album with a lot of variety. I appreciated this opportunity to hear more of Blur's music beyond their few mega hits and would happily listen to more of their music in the future, but probably won't seek it out myself.

Woah! A lot to overcome here, some of my least favorite genres but this was great. Reminded me of Pulp and The Clash. I was also mowing lawn and I'm noticing a trend that I always enjoy music I listen to mowing the lawn. Not sure what that means, it might mean im old and this is a hobby now. Unclear.

Pretty good but nothing stands out to my American ear to explain why this album was so huge. I watched a few music videos on though and they have way more charisma than I would have guessed based on the sort of laid back and generic style in most of these songs. Real bisexual vibe, when I’d always thought of them as more middle of the road suburban rock kinda guys. Overall liked it but unlikely to go back.

Wow, very very fun album. London Loves felt like a cool 80s track, girls and boys is a classic Not loaded with hits, but a really solid album play. Pair with Gorillaz 😎

The Good: Parklife beats Jaillife! The Bad: What if the park is filled with lions? The Ugly: Realizing that it’s all a blur in the end… I do bleieve this to be my last Blur album this journey, and that makes me kind of happy! Not that this album is bad, but I was never a massive fan of the Britpop that soiled up the airwaves back in the ‘90s.. Then again, the opening track to this album is a joy to listen to… and the rest of the album wasn’t half bad either. Guess I could contemplate giving Blur more than a passing grade… I also need to add that almost three weeks have gone by since this album was presented to me, and I’ve really not given it my fullest of attentions… but I blame D for that. So, as a compromise for not having paid full attention, I am going to put this album into the 4* bin ensuring that I will listen to it several times again. 4* thanks to Boys and Girls—yes, I know I wrote that wrong, but the original Girls and Boys song title still belongs to Prince, found on the album Parade, not found on this list...

Ah yes, quintessential British rock. Girls and Boys is a great opener for this album! It’s fun, slightly silly, and all around a good time. Tracey Jacks was a bop! Being A British (tm) who doesn’t live there, it’s always hilarious to hear the accent come through in music like this. I really liked End of a Century. The horns were nice and I liked how the guitar added a melodic tone to it. The title track and bank holiday were both so funny! It’s such typical British humour. Badhead had a nice melody to it, and I appreciated the oboe and other fun instruments in The Debt Collector. To the end also had a lovely sound to it. It was just a good listen. London Loves had a great little groove to it. I loved the increased urgency of Trouble in the Message Centre. Clover over Dover had some lovely calming guitar. Jubilee is just so good! The last two tracks close the album very well. 4/5 ⭐️ 134/1089

Det finns en faktor med Parklife man inte kan bortse ifrån om man vill ha någon vettig behållning av albumet. Den lätt ironiska brittiska tongue-in-cheek humorn. Har man inget begrepp om den så är Parklifes beståndsdelar obegripliga. 90talets indie handlade väldigt mycket om att utesluta folk, på gott och ont, Parklife är ett perfekt exempel på det. Folk som jobbar, åker på semester, flyttar till London, drömmer om Amerika och ser fram emot en långhelg, vanliga människor. Dom är fritt villebråd att se ner på genom just denna humor. När det är balanserat och träffar helt rätt som i "Bank holiday" är det oemotståndligt. Slår det över blir det rent trams som i titellåten eller Pet Shop Boys patischen Girls & boys. Någonstans däremellan lyckas Blur även hitta några vansinnigt fina popmelodier End of a century, Clover over Dover, Badhead, To the end och just det var många mindre nogräknade britpopband faktiskt väldigt bra på. Parklife vill på det stora hela hellre vara lite smartare och lustigare än den vill vara genuint bra, något som drogs ännu längre på uppföljaren The great escape. Stark trea

Låten Parklife är lite av en urban buskis, festlig och tokig, som aningen oförtjänt kommit att definiera vad Blur var vid den här tiden. Men de var också ett popband med fina popmelodier som Badhead, End of the century, To the End, Jubilee, den fantastiskt vackra This is a low och förstås Boys and girls. Lite för många låtar kanske, som ofta i CD:ns guldålder. Jag hade kunnat plocka bort en handfull. Ett plus för att de skrev ut ackorden i texthäftet.

På Parklife visar Blur vilket bra popband de faktiskt är/var. Titelspåret, Girls & Boys, This is a low, End of low med flera är alla genuint bra brittpop. På minuskontot utfyllnadsspår som t ex Debt collector och det faktum att Alburn är en rätt begränsad sångare. Lyckas trots allt kravla sig över fyrastrecket.

Återvänder texten från förra gången albumet slumpades till mig: Nostalgi påverkar förmågan att bedöma Parklife rättvist. Helt klar många fina poplåtar. Girls & Boys och Parklife är fortfarande trevliga. To The End är briljant. Omväxlande kaxigheter, socialrealism och en del trams som inte åldrats så väl.

Highlights: Tracy Jacks, To The End and Clover Over Dover. 2.2

I know one song by Blur and it’s not on this album. First track is good so far. This is a long way from “song two”. Has some of the same pretentiousness in the vocal delivery. But overall it’s good so far. Like a Beatles replica. Track three should be called “we copied oasis”. 😂🤣 Track four is “what is we copied Sgt Pepper?” Track seven is “Oktoberfest”. I’m poking fun at these, but they are good songs and the album is enjoyable. This album is going fast. It’s 53 minutes and I’m most of the way through it. So it really is pretty good. Or I’d be bored. This is so much more fun than song two. I’m torn between four and five stars for this album. But it’s pretty great. Last track is hysterical. It sounds like an old movie sound track.

Some good songs but not for me overall

Unlike The Verve’s Urban Hymns, this Brit-pop album didn’t feel grating or pretentious. I still have some issues with the genre that make listening feel like a chore, but the hits were considerably better.

me gustó mucho. muy buena portada del álbum

I've always had a soft spot for Brit pop, but I guess that doesn't extend to the whole genre because this album was not my favorite. I'm not British and I was too young when this came out to have any nostalgia associated with this album. I can definitely hear and appreciate the 60s and psychedelic rock influences here as well as some early Gorillaz sounds from Daman Albarn. I gave this album 2 listens thinking maybe I missed something but it just sounded monotone to me. I really struggled to make it through the whole thing. "Girls & Boys" was pretty catchy, but this album just missed the mark with me.

I liked the album, I have a soft spot for Britpop and it brought memories from my time living in the UK. The record has so much personality and energy but is not draining. For now I'll leave it as 3/5 as I wasn't enthralled by it and haven't had enough time today to really sit with it but I'll be coming back.

favs: the debt collector far out to the end london loves rating 1.3/5

Fun, exciting, Britpop

I didn't spend a lot of time listening to blur or Oasis in the 90's, so a lot of this was new to me today. I think it could grow on me, but my initial feeling on first listen is a high-3 or low-4.

So I wanted to really love this but end up feeling meh. 3/5

All in all a great and cohesive album!!! 4.2/5. Favourites were the usual and the funfair music song!!

I didn’t mind this but it’s not something I would go back to. It was kind of silly at times though, there were pieces of it that I liked.

So so

almost unlistenable, thanks

I liked it better than the first Blur album I listened to on the list. First half of the album was pretty good, but dragged. I bet a Best Of Blur would be a decent listen.

i really just don't like brit pop

Never thought to listen to this in its entirety. Glad for the suggestion. Great album with a unique flavour.

Great album and a classic for a reason, it goes on a little long but ultimately an enjoyable time. I always forget how much I love Graham Coxons guitar playing and how much that brings to the table for blur

I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would. Was easy to listen to and ended up saving different songs to my library. Favorite: Clover Over Dover

Just not for me. Too many of the songs sounded like I just heard them. It was the first album that we listened to that I couldn't wait for it to be over. Everything they did would have been better if it was performed by Oasis. Favorite track was maybe Parklife.

Liked this a little more in the back half when it became less punk influenced

Послушала половину. В целом неплохо. 7/10

3.50/5

i actually totally enjoyed the first half of this album, good job, Blur! It's the only time I've liked one of your albums!

Some nutty shit on this album, but a lot of great songs too. I wore this thing out in high school.

Starts of great, music of my adolescence. Park life was such a pivotal song for that era

I didn't love Modern Life is Rubbish and thought I just didn't love Blur, but I really enjoyed this one! It scratches an itch in my brain for poppy indie and I actually appreciate the heavy British themes and accent.

A fun album to listen to. A few outstanding songs, that have also been favorites of mine for a few years.

Love the hit single. Wish I loved the rest as much.

Surprised to see Blur have more than one album on this list. This one is okay, kind of generic 90s alt rock. Highlights: "End of a Century"

This includes a lot of their best stuff and also four or five songs that I can’t stand

One of the most self-consciously “English” album. The question is do I buy into their schtick here? Mostly, yes. There are 1-2 misfires.

Amazing album once again.

I know Blur from the singles and Cool Britania. First listen to the album and am surprised at the variation. The wonderful Badhead which takes me back to the 60s Kinks.. Followed by an oompah band on the Debt Collector genius. The big question 4 or 5.

Oh yay another britpop album. This one is like sifting thru mud and sometimes you find a rock that’s kinda alright. By the second half ur drowning in mud and there are no more cool rocks

Partially known. Meh.

With a name like Blur, I expected heavy metal/hard rock. But this album is primarily Britpop/alternative. “Bank Holiday” is a track with more of a hard rock vibe, but it doesn’t really work. Some of the tracks sound like Oasis. “The Debt Collector” is a waltz-like instrumental - maybe it was included to show that the band can exhibit musical diversity. Same with “Lot 105”, an end-of-album add on. Overall the album is just barely good enough for a 2.5 rating.

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as... This album has a nostalgic place in my heart. But I think it is also good (right? right? well it's on the list anyway). Much better than the self-titled one. Du bist sehr schön, Parklife.

i wish i liked this more, there's a few good songs on this album but overall i wasn't impressed tbh. probably on the higher end of the britpop album category so far though haha.

Not much to say other than this was a fun listen

Ah ouais mais Blur c'est tout nul en fait

This is what I want my Brit-pop to be; aggressively British. In a million years I would’ve never thought that the Dire straits were British, but from the first “rubbish” to lamenting about the clover on the white cliffs of Dover these guys Britain in the most English of ways.

Pretty fun at times but it loses its charm by the end

Great album. Felt euphoric listening to it. I mean it's Pink Floyd it'll always be magical.

i liked this album

just not my cup of tea

On en a un peu marre des albums de brit pop sah, 2.5+/5

This isn’t an album of songs. It’s a functioning environment. What Blur do here is build a model of a place - not just geographically, but psychologically and socially. People move through it, systems shape them, routines carry them along, and every so often something breaks, or opens, or reveals what’s actually underneath. The early stretch establishes the rules. Behaviour is patterned, desire is procedural, identity is something performed within constraints. The city is alive, but not in a romantic sense. It observes, absorbs, and moves on. You are part of it, whether you fully belong or not. As it progresses, the focus tightens. The external gives way to the internal. You start to feel the cost of that system - the fatigue, the misfires, the sense that communication isn’t quite landing, that effort doesn’t resolve cleanly. The loops are still running, but they’re no longer comfortable. Then the album does something most records wouldn’t dare. It opens up completely. The scale shifts. The language of infrastructure - the Shipping Forecast, the rhythms of broadcast and routine - becomes emotional. Not metaphorically, but directly. It taps something below conscious thought. It’s no longer observation. It’s contact. And just as you’re left there, in something vast and involuntary, it brings you back. Not with a grand statement, not with resolution, but with a small, almost absurd piece of continuity. Life goes on. The system resets. The kettle goes on. That’s the achievement. It holds humour, sadness, observation and scale in the same space without collapsing into any one of them. It never overstates its case, never demands to be understood, and never loses control of its own logic. You don’t listen to it for answers. You step into it, recognise the patterns, and leave with a slightly clearer sense of how things actually feel to live through. That’s why it lasts.

Annoying and bad.

I was expecting something like The Stones Roses, but this is nothing like The Stone Roses and also terrible.

Huge meh

Generic Britpop synth songs and forgettable, derivative pop melodies and vocals.

É um bom álbum. Alternative rock com elementos eletrônicos interessantes. KZ D-Fi.

rock punk tranquilo pero copado

Eh this is ok. I’m kinda tired of how much UK pop music is on this list though

The best Brit Pop. England’s answer to Pavement offering up sardonic and sarcastic anti-rock. Peak 90’s ennui and slacker vibes all around

A couple of songs are good bit it didn’t blow me away

I’ve always really dug these guys. Not at the time as much as in the early aughts. My brother compared them to pavement and that makes sense- I enjoy the low fi jangles told through a Brit pop lense.

Inevitablemente, teníamos que ser o de Blur o de Oasis, porque lo mismo no son. Los dos a la cabeza de aquello que se llamó Cool Britannia, pero los Blur siempre han tenido un rollo más pinky y se repetían menos que los Oasis. El espíritu de Damon Albarn en nada se parece al de los hermanos Gallagher, más juguetón y arriesgado el primero. De este álbum me quedo con “Boys and Girls”, “Tracy Jacks” y “Badhead”.

This one didn't really grip me. It was fine for listening, but I didn't feel like it was that special or interesting Standouts Parklife 3/5

Singles are very good but the rest not so great.

Hitene er hiter, resten er ræl.

Bien.

Boys and Girls is a great throwback. The rest of this album is missing that same energy and vibe. I want it to be better but it's being carried hard by the big single.

It doesn't hold up does it? Graham Coxon's guitars still sound fresh, but it just doesn't quite hit like it probably did at one point. A few bangers, obviously, but the rest of the album seems like a dearth of enjoyment at times.

Bright and flashy Britpop built on punchy guitars, bouncy rhythms, quirky keyboards, and animated, character-driven vocals darts through scenes with colorful energy. Listening feels like flipping through a lively montage where every moment is exaggerated and sharply lit. The result is catchy and vibrant, and at the same time the surface-level charm feels lightweight.

Great band, pretty good album. Like Leisure and their later work a bit more

I'm not British enough to give this a 5. 4/5

at times very fun but a little overly long, and the vocals become a bit much by the end

Endelig litt ordentlig britpop. Fant nettopp ut at Damon Albarn, som jeg hittil kun har assosiert med bandet Gorillaz, er frontfiguren i Blur. Jøss. Uansett; dette er et sjarmerende album med mange gode låter. Synes dog mangler en del her. Derfor tre stjerner, skuffende nok. Top 3: Clover Over Dover, End of a Century, This Is a Low

I just cant take this shit seriously with their ridiculous accents theres no way people sound like that. It would have some bangers otherwise but not one playlistable song.

Eclectic

Badhead

Better than Blur - Blur but still not the best

Always loved this album, bought it when it came out, absolute class

I like Blur's other work more. In this album I like "Boys and Girls" and kind of like "This is a Low", but the rest is meh.

I like Blur more than most Britpop from this era, owing largely to my interest in Albarn and his career trajectory. That said, they still might be a Greatest Hits band for me, and the 4ish singles here stand out over the rest of the album.

It's funny how Damon Albarn's slightly snotty and nasal vocals don't annoy me nearly as much as the Gallagher brothers. Plus, there's something just more irreverent and fun about Blur generally. Like the other album, I'm a bit bummed that the non-singles don't really stand out much - a lot of 3 star songs mixed in with one or two 4 star hits. The only song that made it to a playlist that I didn't already know was 'Trouble in the Message Center.' Otherwise, it felt like a lot of stuff thrown at the wall that was mostly fine but unmemorable.

Confidence is a preference, pa tako i sa ovim albumom se nešto desilo. PARKLIFE! Nije najbolja stvar na svijetu ali mene apsolutno ne zanima koliko se zabavljam. PARKLIFE! Ko ne osjeti ovu veselu energiju nešto mu fali u životu samo ne znam tačno šta. PARKLIFE! Ja sam dio ovog krda koje svake godine odlazi na ljetovanje u Grčku i sluša ovaj album. PARKLIFE! Nema boljeg lijeka za sumoran dan i sumorno vrijeme od nečeg što ovako zvuči. PARKLIFE! Na našem zvaničnom porodičnom izboru za najbolju Blur pjesmu ikad Badhead je ubjedljivo pobijedila. PARKLIFE!

soo british😬

parklife again huh (insert smirking sticker) not complaining 8.8/10 gets better eveyr time

hate to say it but i dont really see the appeal, maybe ill grow into it but for now its just a bit mid. Best song - Parklife

Great album, solid listen the whole way through

Album con muchos altibajos. La primera mitad me ha costado escucharla. La segunda es mucho mejor! To the end y clover to dover increibles! Probablemente lo volveré a escuchar.

A bit of The Who flair with updated composition and more 90s alternative vibes. Interesting story telling and fun beats. There’s also a lot of influence from David Bowie, which is always fun. There are also moments of a British Invasion with their random skits and calliope music, but they add some fun whimsy to the music.

Blur is a band of two halves. The singles are fantastic, the rest is just garbage. This album is no different. A shame really as I was looking forward to this one.

pretty good almost made a 4. funky production

3 ett par bangers, men som många säger är det väldigt brittiskt. Graham Coxons riff är helgalna dock

Not my kind of music

Buen album, piolon y yanki

PAWKLWYFE!!

album #35 the backing instrumentals on every song are strong and, to me, are very colourful providing a perfect springboard for albarn. the whole album is incredibly fun and feels like a british summer personified; it's a great nineties album that truly stands the test of time! i also thoroughly enjoy how much britpop pisses off americans. it's delightful. ꩜ average track rating: 3.4/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): girls & boys, to the end ꩜ least favourite track(s): bank holiday ꩜ album rating: ★★★★☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,054 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 22 (+1 Parklife) ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 9 (+1 Parklife) ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 26

All I knew from Blur was "Song 2" and this was not really like that. This album kinda annoyed me tbh. It was fine Liked Songs: "Girls & Boys" , "End of a Century" , "Parklife" , "Badhead" , "To the End" , "Trouble in the Message Centre" , "Magic America" , "Lot 105"

AMO BLUR, no más que decir.

La verdad, creí que lo iba a disfrutar más. Obviamente conocía bien y me gusta mucho Girls & Boys, pero salvo uno que otro track perdido por ahí, el disco no alcanza nuevamente ese nivel. Se puede escuchar, pero se queda en un meh un tanto decepcionante.

Mi mamita me dio la vida y Damon las ganas de vivirla.

This is great, only knew them from song2.

Creatively made music, derivative of Beatles and Kinks. It does the job.

Not bad

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I think that old britpop is not my cup of tea (pun intended) 5/10 Will I add this album to my library? NO

Альбом остался в памяти заблюренным

Мне нравятся многие песни Blur, но почему-то ни одной из них нет на этом альбоме, кроме титульной. В целом хорошо звучит, бодренько, но много проходных треков как по мне. Да и мое сердечко все равно уже отдано другому его проекту, мультяшному

А теперь сравните с музыкой простых работяг из Манчестера в 1994 году. Спустя кучу лет уже и забыла, какая у этого альбома крутая вторая половина без этих дурацких синглов (и я не про to the end и end of the century. К этим бэнгерам вопросов нет). Минусы лейбла, который тебе говорит какое название взять и какие синглы вставлять. Ну бог им коммерческий судья. С to the end и до конца альбома каждая песня любимая. После какого-то тягучего Modern life is rubbish, этот мастерпис ощущается еще более по-человечески. Все равно люблю и обожаю.

Благодаря челленджу изучаю бритпоп. Этот альбом показался самым незатейливым из тех представителей жанра, что были, но в целом обаятельно, хоть и порой скучновато.

Опять бритпоп...

оч хорошо, понравился почти полностью, крепкая 4ка

De Blur solo conocia song number 2, pero descubrí que es un grupo bastante entretenido

my face lit up huzzah banger im happy 8.7/10

I think Oasis won the battle. To me there weren't any songs that really stood out for me. I love Song 2 from their later album so I was expecting something on par with that and what was not what was delivered.

7/10

It's a shame Blur are most known in the state for a piss take on grunge music because Blur is an amazing band. So much variety on this album.

A great slice of Britpop from one of the Big Four bands of the genre! It was a bit front-loaded to my ear, but solid all throughout.

I’m not sure if I was annoyed because of how British it was or annoyed because it was annoying but I was annoyed. God it was so extremely British (derogatory)

Overwhelmingly British on first listen. I'm also more used to Damon's moodier stuff, and started thinking he only got good when he discovered trip hop. A second listen opened my eyes to how *fun* this album actually is!! Standouts: Girls & Boys • Parklife • To the End • London Loves • Trouble In the Message Centre • Clover Over Dover • This Is A Low

Great shit here. Many moons ago I listened to this because I liked Gorillaz and I hated it. Years later, I came back to it and I appreciated the lush production, the social commentary, and the bangers. I had to gradually get into britpop but this was step one and I truly adore it.

Estaba bien, he sacado alguna canción que me gusta

Lovable Songzeile: We all say, don't want to be alone We wear the same clothes 'cause we feel the same We kiss with dry lips when we say goodnight End of a century, oh, it's nothing special Ich weiß, ich weiß gesehen auf 100 Jahre ist 1994 schon End of the Century (and the Millenium), aber ich finde trotzdem es kommt ein wenig zu früh. Dabei waren Blur in meiner musikalischen Sozialisation erst viel später als man denken könnte wichtig. So dass das hier für mich auch nicht die emotionale Erinnerung auslöst wie bei anderen. Aber jetzt nochmal mit ganz genau hinhören ist es schon ein wahrer Geniestreich. Die Lakonie mit der Themen, musikalische und textliche durchgespielt und abgehandelt werden, die Distanz, ebenfalls in beiden Bereichen die echte Coolness enstehen lässt - ich hab wirklich ausnahmsweise nix zu meckern. Kommt mir selbst komisch vor.

Ich hatte ein bisschen Sorge dass das Album mich ein bisschen nerven würde. Fast richtig: Es nervt mich sehr. Das ist so schmunzel clever und irgendwie nicht gut gealtert, vielleicht mit Ausnahme von to the end und this is a low, die schon so klingen wie Blur und Alban später. Sorry, vielleicht hart aber

Keine Lust auf eine wohl überlegte und lange review. Mag einfach wie es flowt.

I really enjoyed the first track, but then I found the rest of the album to be pretty mid. I did not hate listening to it, but it didn't wow me at any point either. Favorite Track - Girls & Boys Least Favorite Track - The Debt Collector ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Not all terrific but generally good. 7/10

First half is way better

couldn't finish it, i knew i'm not a blur fan

Favorite Track: Girls & Boys

Fizzled out towards the end but otherwise fabulous

as someone who has this album cover on a t-shirt and several pictures of damon albarn on my fridge i don't think i've listened to this album as a whole even once 😭 that changes today

Pop rock avec une vibe un peu Green day et quelques originalités (le clavecin de Clover over Dover je m'y attendais pas)

Oui ! Je connaissais déjà mais je n’avais jamais écouté un album entier C’est un grand oui

C'était ok

I fell in love with this and to this back in ‘94 as a curly-haired, acne-ridden sixteen year old, but haven’t listened to the whole album for decades. The swaggering anthems are as loved and familiar as your Fred Perry polo and Harrington jacket, but on re-listen it’s the deeper cuts that shine - To the End, This is a Low, London Loves. Alex James’ bouncy and sophisticated counter-melodies on bass are the oft-overlooked secret weapon that elevates this beyond more plodding early nineties Indie (I refuse to use the ‘B’ word)

It gives me the feeling of a day somewhere sunny in England—I’ve never been, but that’s how I imagine it—full of parties, that kind of youthful joy, but also with moments of calm, maybe even a bit of reflection. I ended up discovering Blur songs I didn’t know before, and now I love them. I appreciate the album much more beyond just the hits; it’s not perfect, but it doesn’t need to be.

Amazing first track but that was tough cause I compared the rest of the album to it. Album definitely had a Supergrass sound to it.

Dammit Jim, I'm a shoegaze guy, not a britpop guy. +1 for Girls and Boys. The rest is pretty typical of the time. Still, it's better than Oasis. Didn't finish it. Of their albums, I certainly prefer 13, which I understand makes me a weirdo.

Interesting! It sounded pretty good

Best Britpop so far. Actually pretty good. As a Radiohead fan, I didn't know anybody in Britain in the mid 90s wasn't miserable, which I guess is nice in hindsight.

its an okay album some good songs here and there its not something that calls you

Not my favorite Blur album, but still a fan 3.5⭐️

Historical, beautiful, damon albarn i love u

Muy lindo!

Britpop is not my favorite genre, but this album is quirky and creative and clearly deserves to be on this list. I don’t love it, but I can appreciate the musicality. Also Boys and Girls is a bisexual anthem.

A couple of classics on here, but I still don't get the hype around Blur

Review - glad I got this album when I did. I enjoyed Village Green Preservation Society so much, and everything you read about it talks about how influential it was to all the britpop bands I've never been a fan of, that I was thinking I should give this album a listen. And now I have, and I can say this album is mediocre. It's more eclectic than I'd expected, and some of the songs are very good. But I truly truly hate Damon Albarn's silly singing voice. What Blur are missing that The Kinks had was some level of sincerity to what they were singing about - Ray Davies was sarcastic and funny and absurd, but there'd be a clear and underlying core of sincerity in his songwriting. Damon Albarn couldn't do that if he tried. And while I can understand that singing in a very noticeably English voice might have been radical in the mid-90s, Albarn's voice just feels put on. I'm no big Oasis fan, but even if they were trying to sound American when they sang they simply couldn't help but sound incredibly Mancunian. Whereas Albarn is putting on a very exaggerated Cockney-ish singing voice and it just doesn't work for me. Glad I got that out of my system. Rating - 5/10 Need to hear? YES

bien pero ahí

it's 3.75

FAR TOO BRITISH. Only thing I knew from these guys was song 2. So this wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Nothin doin

Outside of moody guys playing Wonderwall at house parties Britpop is a big blind spot of mine, and after a couple Oasis albums I thought we were heading for the Neil Young zone. No longer. This album was a blast and all over the place in the best way, it feels like they're pulling sounds from a lot of different places without sacrificing listenability.

It's fine, very British. It was fun to trace elements of this album to what would become the Gorillaz (2.5)

This album was so much fun omg. Instrumentals like Elliot smith (thanks Ezra) vocals that make me energized. Shit was fire

Dope ass album. Damon Albarn rules. I wish more artists made cool music. Favorite track: Parklife

I didn't listen to it

ass

Blur is a musically rich band and it shows on this record. One of the highlights of Britpop

LOVE the album cover! I've heard a handful of these songs when I worked at the music broadcast in the 90s and 90s rock ruled the airwaves. Never digested the record though. It's alright... the hits are the hits for a reason.

Buen disco, motivado para empezar la mañana.

been years since i gave this a listen. it's still a great album. some of the odder stuff near the end doesn't really work that well as it kinda takes my ears out of the album as a whole, but it's still a top-notch album

Sounds Bland to me. Prefer their self titled album.

Some really great tracks on here which are then undercut by some out of place instrumentals. Lyrics weren’t anything to write home about but the music grooved. Got a chuckle from the dichotomy of the last two tracks. Looking forward to listening to some more.

Thanks, I hate it.

Very British

I like the single “Girls and Boys” with its refreshing genderfuck politics, early for 1994, though it gets too repetitive. The rest is a “blur” of samey songs with a super annoying male whiny vocal. Not for me.

Very fun and energetic album, some big hits I already knew but mostly new things. Will definitely listen again! Highlights: Girls and Boys, Parklife (the famous ones : ) )

i’ve heard this album before. i remember liking it but i don’t revisit it often. lotta tracks damn. the bass line is girls and boys is so good. great opener. i like that the background vocal that yells “GIRLS! GIRLS! BOYS! BOYS! GIRLS!” gets louder every chorus. there’s a direct line between syd barrett and tracy jacks. parklife and bank holiday is a crazy back to back run. this first side is banger after banger so far. it’s been said but this album is incredibly english. badhead is one i never really paid much attention to. the streak continues. never heard two interludes back to back before. weird. this album is good, i just need to let it grow on me and im not there yet. there’s something about the second half that isn’t hitting nearly as hard as the first half. also something came up while i was listening so there’s probably something there. lot 105 is jaunty as fuck

I’ve heard this before and I own it. As I said for the last Blur album, the missus loves them, and I don’t dislike them. Also as I said earlier, I am not a big fan of britpop, although Blur is probably the best of those groups. This is kind of nostalgic for me since three or four songs from this album got played a lot on the local college rock station when I was in high school, and I remember listening to this a lot when my wife and I were first dating. All the songs are less britpop than their “departure from britpop” album and they're all pretty good, it’s probably nostalgia talking but I really enjoyed this.

This band (and members) would have better albums. This is a bit lacking (and I like Britpop) but solid enough. Top tracks: "Girls & Boys," “Parklife”

if this is supposed to compete with Oasis, that's the funniest joke e'er told. This is Temu Oasis. This is credits music of the original Shameless (derogatory)

--Girls & Boys...a decent groove but I find the vocals grating --Tracy Jacks...really don't dig the 90s Britpop voice. I'm not sure which voice annoys me more, Albarn's or Liam Gallagher's --End of a Century...kind of a Beatles feel; the Britpop I actually enjoy --Parklife...something tells me this is what birthed the Arctic Monkeys. take that as you will --Bank Holiday...interesting tempo change, too bad it's not entertaining --Badhead...another Beatles imitation, I prefer it over the Oasis-like stuff --The Debt Collector...I don't know why this is on here but it's a fun diversion --Far Out...um, okay? just...why? --To the End...an epic ballad of some kind? not gonna lie, I'm really not seeing a vision here. every track kind of exists in its own world. and there aren't enough pop bangers on here to justify its length. maybe I should finish the album before making statements like tha--oh god there are seven more tracks --London Loves...okay, this has a Phil Collins' Genesis vibe I appreciate --Trouble in the Message Centre...switching it up to the Gary Numen impression now --Clover Over Dover...of course the brits have to force a damned harpsichord into every LP --Magic America...sorry, y'all, any magic we Americans had has been replaced with MAGA trash. you should probably leave us to rot. oh, right, this is supposed to be about music --Jubilee...whatever --This is a Low...Albarn has proven himself to be incredibly talented, but the songwriting just isn't there yet. Every decent track on this LP seems to simply reference another artist that did it better --Lot 105...ready to move on to Gorillaz

It was fine

Average

A classic from my college days. Several great songs, and a few not so great songs. Solid album but not ground breaking.

Kinda boring

Classic!

Meh, it was ok but most of the songs sounded the same.

Slick peckers

65/100

Really really good

Might be the greatest cover art of this project, that also perfectly reflects the attitude and vibe of the music. Bubbly, eccentric, and groovy. I’ll be coming back to some of these tracks.

Didn’t quite hold up as the 5 star album Ionce thought this was

Absolutely terrible like horrendously

I was unfamiliar with Blur and the beats they put down. I really dig it.

I liked this album, it was fun.

Too goofy for my taste but , it was fun. 3/5

Yeah

Really good Brit pop record. Loved the first 4 songs and then there was a little lull before another 4 bangers. Cut some of the fluff songs and this would be a 5 start for me. 16 songs is way to many. That’s my only criticism

Bring back britpop I love this shit

Pas toutes bien mais quand même un trop chouette album Top track To The End ça bouge pas !!