Reviews (page 3 of 14)
Listenable but didn't do much for me.
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Decent album
bom, tentei deixar meu preconceito com blur de lado ao maximo pra ouvir esse album, e INFELIZMENTE gostei. a faixa girls & boys INFELIZMENTE é legalzinha, assim como o album por um todo também é uma experiencia bacana. esse vai ser nota 7,0 com muita dor no coração
As many have said here, this starts to lose its way big time after To The End - although it ends brilliantly on This is a Low. But when it is good, it’s sensational.
Yeah, this is absolutely none of my business. Two stars because I’m able to recognise it is good for what it is, regardless of my opinion on the music.
I love albums that offer variety while being cohesive. I didn´t fully love all the tracks separetely, though
The music of my teenage years. I enjoy this more every time I hear it. Britpop, for all its flaws, does get a bit too much criticism these days. This album is unapologetically British and it’s brilliant.
Gives an 80s sound, bounces around between sounding like the clash, or just generic 80s electronica.
Some fun songs. Did really drag me in, but I'd definitely listen again.
Started in a simple jolly and upbeat way, and made me think it would be somewhere between a 3 and a 4 (for my taste). However, it just kept getting more and more quirky, unusual and subtly avant-garde. It feels weird for me to say, but in a way it became unpleasant and frustrating to listen to. Perhaps the instruments/musical arrangement is not to my liking, as it feels quite simplistic. Amusingly, on the other hand, if it just played it safe and stayed generic, it would probably annoy me for being "FIFA rock", vapid and uninspired... I'll settle that I respect it, but don't particularly like it. Feels harsh giving it a 2, and maybe it's just a bad day, but it took me a lot of willpower to even finish... Highlight: "Theme from an Imaginary Film" and "Red Necks" from the Extended/Special Edition were oddly good. Of all things. What? "Alex's Song" ruined the streak tho.
It's ok, middle of the road. I prefer other Blur stuff I've listened to. Could probably be worth a second listen down the line but this is how I'm feeling right now.
Britpop! And it was ok.
Classic Brit rock with some timeless singles. Personally a bit too "twee" for my liking, and a bit bloated for what it needs to be.
Early Britpop?
4.5 Not as consistent as MLIR, but maybe the highest highs of any blur album
I'd probably like this if I was 18 when it came out...
In the era of Brit Pop, if Oasis were the Beatles, Blur were the Kinks. I always dug the Kinks.
This album feels so distinctly summery, that its actually hard to rate it in the month of November. This album captures the spirit of British summer, its youthful vibrant and catchy. A oasis for the southerners, its a great record to play through with a crate of lagers in the garden. 4/5
GIRLS AND BOYS??? It made bop my head Bad Head is very grandpa coded (in a good way) To the End: croissant LAAAA LA LA LA LAAAa: Magic America MKAYYYY, I see myself going back to a few songs from this record. Solid 3
A pretty good album, I liked Girls & Boys, Parklife and The Debt Collector the most.
I guess it's Blur week. Something tickled me as familiar on "Modern Life is Rubbish," but it finally connected while listening to this album that the Damon Albarn behind this album is the same as the one behind Gorillaz. After listening to several Blur albums, this seems to be the moment when he really started developing the style that would come to define his later work. This album is pretty fun. It starts to drag a little towards the end, but there's enough energy left over to close things out well. I considered giving "Modern Life..." five stars the other day, so I think between the two it balances out. I was listening to one of my other playlists while I wrote this, and a song by The Good, the Bad & the Queen came up and... yep, that's definitely Damon Albarn as well. I guess he's quite prolific... and I'm not great at recognizing voices! Favorite track: "Girls & Boys"
me encanta!!! amo blur :) y este álbum tiene grandes canciones
Doesn’t really stand out
Love Girls & Boys. Some hits and misses on here.
Despite being a fan of Gorillaz for my entire career of liking music, I think this album is what made me realize what a gem Damon Albarn is. The sound he adds to a song always comes off as so charming, I think it's part of the reason he's had such success across experimenting with genre. An approach that is not missing on this album, the direction of this album swaps back and forth so frequently. "Girls and Boys" is a club song, "Bank Holiday" is a weird new-wave punk song, "Far Out" is a mix of a wiggles and earthbound song, "Parklife" is uhhhh... And while it's probably unfair to credit Albarn excessively, while ignoring the rest of the band, I do think his presence adds so much. Homie is just so versatile. 4/5
It’s all a blur…
britpop, kind of entertaining, sounds like they're having fun. probably won't listen again ever
I was surprised by this album's playfulness and cheery attitude. Mixed with British Punk flavor, polka interludes and French chanson. It sounds crazy, but it's not my cup of tea... With all of these contradicting influences it's hard for me to see the identity of the album.
I know Blur from "Song 2." That song is not on this album. Parklife is Britpop — very English, very 1994, jumping between styles without warning. "Girls & Boys" is fine. The rest is all over the place. 1/5 — wrong album, wrong mood, wrong me.
This album just flshed past me without making a dent. Some moments sounded cool, others really silly, but nothing makes ma want to revisit sometime soon. 2.5/5 - okay
One of the more decent britpop/rock records I have heard on this list. Not a high bar, because a lot of it has been pretty mediocre. It's fun, playful and has decent instrumentation. I keep forgetting Damon Albarn is in this band so I was kinda shocked to hear his voice randomly pop up.
It is probably one of the very few actually good british 90s albums on here. It combines some pretty neat pop tracks, with intermissions which would feel in a porcupine tree or king crimson album (which I do consider a positive). Simultaneously it does fall off into being quite samey except for those few interludes after the first few songs. This is a typical album where I find myself zoning out because nothing really pulls me back in after the first 4 songs.
I liked the first two, and two in the middle. It lost steam after that..
There’s a lot of genres flying around on this one, but it still very much works. And you can definitely hear influences like the Kinks, Beatles, and even XTC here and there. An overtly Brit-pop sounding album that overall was a good listen. It’s just too long which causes it to drag a little on the back half.
Is this the most British album to ever British? Holy smokes, I knew Damon Albarn had that accent but reeeeeally coming through on this one. But man, props to the dude for creativity. Loves him a keyboard or synth or toy or really anything that makes noise and he can turn into a song. Some of it was a bit repetitive but overall an interesting listen. 3.25
Forgot Girls and Boys is a Blur song. Rest of the album not as strong so rounding down. A wooo hooo. 3.5/5
decent, blur is amazing
вибачте шо я сумнівалась це зарашо бля
full of great basslines and punchy twangy guitars. Classic britpop album
Above average britpop but you already knew. Girls & Boys really hit this time around. Needs another listen, not because I’m unsure but because there’s a lot of cool and interesting things I wanna come back for.
When the band's self-titled came up, a couple weeks ago, I noted that it was weirder than I had expected. Boy, was I unprepared for this one. The sheer wackiness of this record makes it really fun, but it also makes it inconsistent, so while it may not be my favorite album of theirs so far, it definitely deserves the five stars.
Imagine that, another overly hyped Brit band that wasn't that good. I am sensing a trend. Just like "Tracy Jacks" this is "...so overrated". They sung about Brit shit I can't relate to and that's why I never got into their sound. The first song, "Girls & Boys" (38M listens - 37M of those in England) is so annoying. It sounds less like 1994 and more like 1982. "End Of A Century" (27M) sounds more like a Blur song/sound but it's super average. Outside of the chorus for "Parklife" (178M) it's a pretty lame song with Captain Jack Sparrow singing about stuff an American can't relate to. "Bank Holiday" was unlistenable. I have no inkling how these guys ever made a splash in the US outside of "Song 2" which is a masterpiece. Everything else is soaked in pub beer and covered in HP Sauce with a side of breakfast beans. If this were released today, it would fall flat (for a second time in the US) and barely dent pop culture. 2 stars
Ok
Some interesting songs mixed with a bunch I don't long to hear again.
Not a huge fan of the long instrumentals in some songs, and I wasn't particularly interested in the songs I didn't already know. Doesn't help that i was mid heatwave.
I don't exactly hate Blur but three albums is absolute insanity
Fun and frolocking from them posh lads. Add Song 2 and this would be Best of Blur
Hmm, a lot of bad tinny pop shite on here. The phony cool britannia on full display, still a couple of decent tracks. But the more it goes on, the worse it gets, Their next one is much better I think. 2.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes, 87/331 (26%) Will I get: Already have
Thought this was going to be better than it was, pretty boring actually. Maybe I got this on an off day. 2.5/5
Needed to put it down halfway through because it was so annoying, I hate his stupid voice.
Starts out strong but then kinda drops off. Still better than most Brit pop of the era.
Sounds like if someone made Rebel Rebel into a whole album. Seriously just sounds like a Bowie rip off 90% of the time. Totally mediocre and overly appreciated like all Britpop. Still, I didnt want to cut my ears off listening to it
196. ok
Got it - it's Britpop, so we have to hear it. But do we? I wasn't a fan when it came out, and it didn't grow on me in the meatime.
Some songs were ok
Solid brit pop album. Not my favorite flavor of it tho. Should be either better with its melodies or rock more. IMO caught up in between.
This is gonna get a 5
This one grows on you. Just not that much, more like a 2 to a 2.1 ‘Badhead.’
Entertaining more than enjoyable. 2.5/5
Another album by an OK British band. What a shocker.
Banger album met bangers
Just a fun little rock album with no skips. Nothing much else to say
brit pop! this is a quintessential british album that totally captures the early 2000s brit pop culture. very fun vibes and timeless tunes.
332/1001 Blur - Parklife Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ On the whole, far more positive than usual with Blur. Yes it's a bit too top heavy, but for the most part, the album material holds up against the singles.
Das erste Album von Blur, welches ich mir 2x angehört habe. Richtig abwechslungsreich, geht doch.
better than i expected. guitar tone is great. some songs are very creative. some dumb and annoying. good enough album but it should have ended 9 songs in. definitely didn't need to be that long and definitely didn't need to hear this before i die.
I liked blur already so it’s not surprising this album slapped
Man,.I enjoyed this even more than the last time I heard it.
Same kinda thing like the Clash do that I don't like that much
332/1089 got gorillaz a couple days ago and today is blur so that’s fun this was a good britpop record, i think i prefer it over parklife for sure, very enjoyable faves: To the end, This is a low, Clover over dover, Trouble in the message centre, Girls and boys 76/100
Fun but not enough memorable songs - may need a few more listens
More Britpop noise. The best part of this album is that it ended.
75
Standard Brit Pop album, not bad. Deep undertones of Beatles influence.
More britpop.
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.