Reviews (page 7 of 14)
Already liked it. LOts of different vocal timbres and themes present on the album !
I liked it a lot and I think I'll listen to it more than a few times :)
Great album with a good number of bangers on it.
British and fun. Lively rock/pop/misc.
chicche
Engelse pop/rock. Muzikaal fijne mix, met diverse lagen. Ook de nummers onderling verschillen van klank en stijl, zo blijft het album interessant - bijvoorbeeld door een nummer als The Debt Collector.
The lead tracks are brilliant but a couple of fillers so one star off.
Britpop at its finest. 7.5/10
This album is a fucking classic
Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The album is really fun, and theres a good variety of music. Closer to a 3.7 maybe.
Fun and easy listen.
Example of 90's Brit-Pop. The album is cohesive and good with a few standout songs. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #438 Best Songs Girls & Boys Parklife
Some good tunes
Much prefer the later albums when they stop the Chas n Dave stuff and get a bit weirder but still some good tunes here
Not my favourite blur album some good songs
Classic rocket ship album. Started strong and then crashed down
Pretty fun listen. Instrumentation is vast and quirky. Vibe throughout is playful but never vapid. These guys are geniuses, it feels like they're showing off throughout. Can't believe I'd never heard "Girls and Boys" - don't think I'm getting it out of my head this month. But don't think it'll be a repeat listen - the hooks are too idiosyncratic, and topics a bit too british for me to get into. & Albarn's accent was starting to drive me a bit crazy towards the end
Very early 90s British a few catchy songs but not anything that i will need to revisit.
1st half of the album is good.
Not bad, fun to listen to.
The first half or so of this album is great; I hadn't listened to the title track in ages and it holds up. It's ridiculous and fun and just great sounding. Blur's creativity shines for the beginning of the album and all of the weird stylistic mashups and songwriting quirks come through as you would expect them to. Then it kinda fell apart. I feel like half the tracks on here are filler, or maybe just bad songs. "Trouble In the Message Center" and "Magic America" were the only songs I liked after "The Debt Collector". I don't know why they felt the need to make an album this long when they could've easily released one of all bangers. Anyway the first half makes up for the back half, and it's still a decent listen, just not nearly as well executed as it could have been.
Not bad, but I have to work to like BritPop
I'd not heard this album all the way through. It's alright, I suppose.
They could have trimmed some of the fat off but I love Damon Albarn and it does sound ahead of its time
Decent album, but that’s a first time listen. I won’t give it a second any time soon.
my reaction to Blur is usually "hurry up and be a cartoon guy already" but this wasn't bad
glaub nonie es blut album ganz glost. girls and biys isch en huere coole song. macht spass und isch groovy und irgendwie funny. end of a century au herzig, ich checks langsam. sie hend sich nöd so ernst gnoh und das isch sehr guet achoo noch de grunge era. ich ha s bitz problem demit dass bindem und vielne andere albe vorallem hervorghobe wird wie guet d songs s lebe in england beschriibed und so. ich bin nöd vo england ich schwizer und i guess italiäner. aso s isch cool was blur do macht abet ich chan nöd glich guet relate wie brits halt. to the end mega schöni melodie.
More British rock slop but at least this is halfway decent.
Some good songs on here. I remember the Oasis vs Blur battle and was on the side of Oasis and feel vindicated. This is ok but not ground breaking for me.
If Britain were an album - part like 56. I do like how it sticks to being Anglocentric across different genres. It's a pretty cheeky record so the ballads that are sprinkled sour the vibe a bit. I remember not liking the songs "Bank Holiday" and "This Is A Low" when I listened to it a year and a half ago but they sound tame now with a bit more musical experience. I don't mind most of the songs, the satire just doesn't cut it for me.
Expected this to be just another britpop album, but I like it. Had no idea I'd heard anything from Blur but Song 2 but as soon as Girls & Boys came on I recognized it. Can definitely hear a Beatles influence on them but they have really interesting drums and bass lines. The tracks are all really varied and playful - would definitely listen to this again when I was in the right mood.
Boys and girls is definitely the best song on here. The rest of it is just ok. It's kind of... Jumbled? There's just a lot going on and idk if it really meshes well for me. It's like they're trying to do a 90s beatles thing. Wasn't bad though
eh. i don’t know if i’m really a blur guy i’m finding out. maybe it’s the wrong day, but i don’t find this all that appealing. i think it’s fine. the only song i find memorable is “girls & boys” because i knew it - but i don’t really like it. it is eclectic, i’ll give it that.
Brit pop personified. I mean it with no real malice by saying “meh, it’s fine.”
This album was perfectly adequate. Nothing too stunning, tracks blurred together quite a bit, but it was enjoyable to listen to.
3 Blur albums? This author really loves his Britpop.
Interesting
Good, but better to come.
Classic and entertaining
not bad. first half kind of foreshadows his gorillaz work. too long tho
Solid but not something I need to revisit
Liked this for the most part. Found myself skipping ahead a lot at the end. This is the end should have been the end of the album.
I was an oasis kid, but I now feel I should have been a Blur kid, but I just never gave them a chance. Having listened to this I'm not sure. It had its moments, but so hit and miss, I'm not sure they're as good as they thought they were
Okay, not peak but not bad by any means.
- girls & boys: I’m just vibin’ bro and obviously I’ve heard this before. - Tracy Jacks: I like it, but not enough? I like the vibes though. - end of a century: I like this, and the lyrics too. - parklife: also heard this before and I’m just vibin’ again bro. - bank holiday: I don’t like this. - badhead: this might just be my favourite. - the debt collector: yo I was actually looking forward to lyrics on this, and now this shit just reminds me off when I was younger bro. - far out: no. - to the end: I like these lyrics, but that’s about it. - London loves: I like the instrumentals but about the rest? Idk man. - trouble in the message centre: I like it but it’s not like wow this changed my life. - clover over Dover: why are we in the 1800s? I do like the lyrics though. - magic America: I kind of like this? Nah kind of boring never mind. - jubilee: now I actually like this, this is good. - this is a low: I like the vibes but again I’m getting kind of bored. - lot 105: I feel like I just got laughed at for listening to this and they’re just rage baiting me at this point. And I just got jumpscared okay! ( I don’t know what to think about this! I think I like it more than “blur” but I feel like I shouldn’t compare them to eachother? This album feels like my life? Boring and dull, but the songs are still so catchy, that’s what makes it great )
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Kesälevy
No olipa hassu brittipoppilevy. Joku yks tuttu juttu löyty, se nappas aivan ok, mutta muuten ei oikein ollu paljoa kiinnostavaa. Kertakuuntelulla meni aivan okei, tuskin tulee sen enempää pyöriteltyä.
I think Blur is very pedestrian as a band and have never been much of a fan. Boys & Girls is a great song, but the rest of the album is non memorable.
3 out of 5. Started off ok but then fizzled out by the end.
What a unique album. I feel like it has different genres within it. Rock. Punk. New Wave. I was almost convinced this was going to be a 5 (or at least a 4) for me after hearing the first few songs, which were fun. And then it got a little too punk and chaotic for me. And then it redeemed itself with some of the cool synth in the latter songs. I kept thinking how some songs sound very much like Oasis. Same kind of drawn out notes and vibe. But different enough. By the end, I feel like the album is solid. It’s actually quite fun and very British (in a good way), but that one listen was enough for me to soak it in and appreciate it for what it is. I don’t feel the desire to listen it again.
Just another average Blur album.
3.5
Having spoken to many, I infer this is the auditory representation of what went on in the mind of an average Brit in 1994.
I’m slightly confused. This album includes some really great songs white half of them are just to simple, predictable and dull.
Good vibes... reminded me of those bright movies in the early 2000s I used to watch with my Grandmom. Like cheaper by the dozen
Good energy and rhythm. ★★★
Some cool bass stuff. Fine
J’adore girls and boys donc ça commence bien To the end ! L’album est un peu long 7/10
Better than I expected overall, not really my things overall, but I see where they were one of the most popular britpop bands because its a lot better than most of the dreck britpop also included on the list. Skunk Anansie clears this though.
Fun, but nothing to write home about. Only listened to it once through and felt like it was enough.
Listenable but didn't do much for me.
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
I love albums that offer variety while being cohesive. I didn´t fully love all the tracks separetely, though
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.
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.
Doesn’t really stand out
Love Girls & Boys. Some hits and misses on here.
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
full of great basslines and punchy twangy guitars. Classic britpop album
Ok
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.
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
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
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.
Entertaining more than enjoyable. 2.5/5
brit pop! this is a quintessential british album that totally captures the early 2000s brit pop culture. very fun vibes and timeless tunes.
Fun but not enough memorable songs - may need a few more listens
75
Standard Brit Pop album, not bad. Deep undertones of Beatles influence.
Good fun!
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
I liked their fun, different style.
Not as good as their s/t album
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.
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.
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.
05/27 Not bad. I just keep hearing Gorillaz even though I know this band came first
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.
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
Foten går
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.
British REM / reminiscent of early gorillaz. Pretty decent
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.
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
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
A couple of fun songs, but not as enjoyable as Gorillaz records.
like parklife, G&B, london loves, not a fan of bank holiday
3/5
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So I wanted to really love this but end up feeling meh. 3/5
So so
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.
Liked this a little more in the back half when it became less punk influenced
3.50/5
This includes a lot of their best stuff and also four or five songs that I can’t stand
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.
Pretty fun at times but it loses its charm by the end
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
A couple of songs are good bit it didn’t blow me away
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.
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.
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
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.
soo british😬
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
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.
Creatively made music, derivative of Beatles and Kinks. It does the job.
Not bad
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
Опять бритпоп...
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.
Estaba bien, he sacado alguna canción que me gusta
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
First half is way better
C'était ok
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.
Interesting! It sounded pretty good
its an okay album some good songs here and there its not something that calls you
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
bien pero ahí
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.
Very British
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”
It was fine
Kinda boring
65/100
Too goofy for my taste but , it was fun. 3/5
Yeah
This is certainly a Britpop classic, released at the height of the Britpop wave and the hype surrounding the ‘feud’ between Blur and Oasis. And yes, the album has a few catchy hits (‘Girls & Boys’, ‘Parklife’), but in the long run it’s too cocky, too superficial for my taste. I prefer Blur’s later albums, as they sound a bit more mature; I can’t really get into this one over the course of a whole album (and even less so with Oasis). Perhaps because I’ve never really warmed to the Britpop wave. Good, probably very good, but just average for me.
Its a decent album from the Britpop era but I'll always be Team Gallagher!
just good
It’s British as hell, and pretty decent
Largely unimpresive britpop with a few standouts.
My second Blur album through this journey, and I enjoyed it more than their debut. The opener was catchier than I expected it to be and I got a good amount out of following the journey of the album. Far Out and To The End were probably my standouts, but upon closer inspection I was able to find value in most of the songs. Will I revisit? Probably not, but it was a nice listen all the same for a band I haven’t spent much time on.
A couple bangers, super influential and a really cool time for music. Not quite my style, but a good record. WOOHOO
classic 90s jam 3.5/5
A very 90s album.
would've been a more enjoyable listening experience if my train wasn't hella delayed and a guy made me move out of his seat even though the reservation things aren't working
Just a couple of British lads knocking about and banging out a few tracks. Surprisingly there are lots more gentler tracks on the album that probably qualify as ballads. However I'm not sure what the om-pa-pa instrumental track is doing there? Did a street busker walk in, record a track and then leave and everybody else was too high to notice? I feel the quality of the tracks drops off after the well known ones.
I always actually like early Blur more than I think when I get to listen to them, songwriting wise, but I really have always been put off by their Estuary English sound. Which is really silly from my point of view, I don’t have an issue with any other accents, event full London working class like the Kinks or Madness. And same today, like the songs as such, the Beatles and even more so Kinks influences but I struggle with the upwardly mobile cockney thing/shtick, and I like Damon, think he’s a good frontman, just my northern prejudices I guess. Appreciate rather than really like, 3 Star
This is better than I remember it being when it was released.
Not too bad, a couple good songs on there. They really do a lot of different stuff.
Stated in brief: Gorillaz >> Blur. Stated at somewhat greater length: This is fine, but tedious in places. I'd heard "Girls & Boys" plenty of times and don't hate it, but it's just sort of a middle of the road pop song. The same can be said of the title track, with its additional rambly spoken word bit differentiating it a bit. I was more taken with the parts that rock out. "Bank Holiday" in particular is a highlight, much in the same way that songs like "M1 A1" or "Punk" stand out on a Gorillaz disc. A lot of Albarn's sensibilities come out here, which is a thing I like well enough, but wouldn't actively seek out. And if I were to seek it out, I'd probably want all the cool features and extra weirdness of Gorillaz.
Some absolute fucking garbage on this
There's about half to a third of a good album here and it's almost exclusively front loaded. I love Blur as a band, but their hit rate was never the biggest. Still, they spanned a breadth of sounds and styles that their contemporaries never really reached, and this is a prime example of it. They're just one of those bands that would have really benefitted from a standard LP length instead of the CD era.
Decent enough listen. Has the only two Blur songs I really like (Girls & Boys + End of a Century) so points for that.
fell short, without the main bangers this album is pretty forgettable for me
This album was good, but I liked it better for how it showed Damon Alburn’s vocal range. He’s my favorite part of Gorillaz, playing 2D.
I can’t decide between a 2 or 3…it’s such a mixed bag. The songs that touch on electro-stuff I found way more appealing and Boys & Girls was one of two Blur songs I knew & that’s an all-timer. It somehow makes felt overambitious (& overly long) despite feeling kinda lofi at the same time.
Probably 3.5. I liked it, I’m not going to go out of my way to listen to more Blur though
Hadn't really heard their songs except for the singles. Turns out there's a reason for that. Some half decent singles, some annoying and the rest are weak
Blur is just that steady band that produces great songs time and time again. Think the Kinks or Elvis Costello. Problem is nothing ever really stands out. I prefer some of their later, more psychedelic works a bit more.
I blinked and half of it was over.
Solid
Well if this doesn't define British pop rock in the 90s I don't know what does. It's got some fun hooks and catchy moments, but a lot of noise just for the sake of it too. I don't think their use of synth is particularly inspired here. A lot of time on this record feels kind of wasted, no reason for it to be 52 minutes. If they trimmed it around the good stuff this could have been special. It's an okay record. Too obtusely British. 3.4/5
i wanted to like this more than i did
Sorry 2-D, but I'm pretty burnt out from all the britpop on the list.
Some good songs but some not so good stuff, overall a little fun but not a regular listen
Mi aspettavo un bel album. Invece è molto noioso.
Amazing Britpop album; they're songs in here that suck me through a time warp and remind me of happier care free times. It's a little longer than it needs to be, and a little messy in its arrangement, but still has all the fun loving spirit of youth in his lyrics and performances. Most enjoyed songs: "Girls & Boys", "Parklife", "Badhead" and "To the End".
Album No. 0183 on my list. I've never been much into Blur to be honest, especially in comparison to their (alleged) rival Oasis, who are amongst my favorite artists of all time. I can't actually name a reason why. The songs I know I actually like, but I've never had much desire to look deeper into Blur. I had known multiple tracks on "Parklife", but I can't remember actually listening to the thing in its entirety. Hence, I was curious how the album would actually be like. After listening to it, I'm not sure what to make of the album, though. It's certainly an icon of the Britpop genre and deserves its spot on the 1001 album list. It does have its great hits ("Girls & Boys", "End Of A Century", and my favorite, "Parklife", i.e. the title track). But in my opinion, there are also some much less memorable songs on this. I really *want* to like this album because of its significance for a genre that I find interesting, but I'm just having a hard time doing so. My guess is that this album is so important because of its cultural significance, influence and the aforementioned hits, but less so due to the quality of the entirety of songs on this. I dunno, maybe I'm also not the biggest fan because I'm more drawn to Northern England (--> Oasis), maybe it' Damon Albarn's singing (which is more suited to Gorillaz in my opinion), I don't know. I feel bad for not liking this more, but that's just how it is. Maybe I'll revisit this one later and change my rating. I'll add the three mentioned hits to my playlist. In the end, this is a solid album for me, but not an all time favorite. 3/5 stars.
I thought it was alright. A couple of bangers
Very British 90s.
Some of these songs are goofy in a very deliberate manner, kind of like the music version of Austin Powers. They're all fun and very quintessential Brit pop. Album started to overstay its welcome around London Loves. What was charming at the start was grating by the end.
Good fun but I'd not consider it anything special.
So 90’s, so British.
ну хз тут есть разнообразие в динамике и инструментале, но и ощущается бритпоп к группе блюр хорошее отношение на альбоме есть хит, но час - много прошел мимо меня, не зацепил 3.1
A good album. I liked many of the songs. It did seem to go on too long because the latter part of the album seemed weaker. I enjoyed it. I’m not sure if I ever would listen again.
Girls & Boys leek mij vooraf de vreemde eend in de bijt. Maar nu ik luister, zit deze bijt vol met vreemde eenden. Zelfs een eend in een Hollands carnavalspakje en een eend uit het spookhuis. Het is wat los zand, maar zeker een luisterervaring die iets toevoegt aan de lijst. De creativiteit doet me wat aan de jaren '60 denken. Tegelijk heb ik geen enkel nummer een like gegeven op Spotify en kan ik niet zeggen dat ik echt genoten heb. Laat ik 3 sterren noteren.
De laatste van de drie Blur albums, uit de hoogtijdagen van de Britpop. We krijgen een beetje een gek album, een ratjetoe van stijlen achter elkaar lijkt het wel. Maar daardoor blijft het ook wel interessant, want er komt continu iets anders voorbij. Dat betekent niet dat ik het nu ineens geweldig vind. Ik heb vorige keren een 3 en een 4 gegeven en de veelvoud aan Blur neigt me nu wederom een zuinige 3 te geven.
Interesting album, not necessarily for me. 6.3/10
Someone in England is going to be offended: this album is adequate. In his book “Your Favorite Band is Killing Me” Steve Hyden talked extensively about the Oasis vs. Blue battles. Both are adequate bands, but I feel like if I would have grown up trapped on an island with limited resources playing on Radio 1, I would have liked either of them better. This album is a conglomeration of Englishness: Girls Who Like Boys was Depeche Mode-ish; Jubilee was Clash-ish; Magic America was Bowie-ish; Clover was Kink-y, and not in the good way; Far Away was White-Album Era Beatles; Bank Holiday a little Sex Pistols-ish. It was well blended English pop rock that somehow bridged homage and reinvention. But when all is said and done it, for me, lacked the uniqueness to make it anything other than …well… adequate.
#287/1001. I think I own this? Perhaps or perhaps not. Surely listened to it quite a lot back then. Girls and Boys is something I still play as a dj every now and then (typically incorporated with 20+ other girls / boys themed songs in a live mash-up). Other than that it has some fun songs and is a nice document of the genre and it's era, but it's it really a record that changed the world? Does it have to be in order to be included? Perhaps the whole Britpop movement is something worth that title and perhaps this album even is one of the best documents of that genre. But still...it's so nineties that it hurts.
Would not buy
Не фанат брит-попа. Вторую половину альбома можно скипнуть
A few great tracks but the repeated use of kitsch sonic tropes from the (e.g.) funfair feels dated and cloying
Girls & Boys // Parklife // To the End // Trouble in the Message Centre // 3.5/5
I wanted this to be better. It was all over the place. I can’t give it two stars, because there are redeeming tracks and, I’ve ranked other albums 3 that should now probably be a 2
Really fun and era-defining! Saved a few songs I hadnt heard before such as Tracy Jacks and London Loves. Optimistic vibe overall, being British was COOL back then (lol)
Despite giving both my last Blur album (self-titled) and my last Gorillaz album (coicidentally, also self-titled) two stars, I was actually pretty stoked to check out Parklife! I wouldn't say I've been on a Britpop "kick" per se, but coming back to Supergrass' I Should Coco more than any other Book Album and enjoying my first listen of Radiohead's The Bends had me more interested in the genre than ever before. Blur's third studio album has been pretty inescapable during my research. It's Pitchfork's #2 "Best Britpop Album," SPIN's #2 "Best Album of the Britpop Era" and is prominently featured on Discogs' "10 Essential Britpop Albums Everyone Should Own." Needless to say, my curiosity was already piqued going into Parklife. I made my breakfast, sat down, put the album on and immediately had a new favorite Blur song in "Girls & Boys." A straight-up dance track as the album's opener? Sign me up! I wish I could say I liked the rest of the album just as much, but I can't. Don't get me wrong – my enjoyment didn't completely fall off a cliff, but none of the other highlights ever veered into "loved" territory for me and the overly-stuffed tracklist led to my interest waning before Side A even wrapped up. Fortunately, Side B managed to bring the LP to a pretty satisfying close – five of my eight favorites landed among the final seven tracks, with "Magic America" and "Jubilee" coming the closest to matching my affinity for "Girls & Boys." All in all, Parklife is an album I enjoyed – just not quite enough to give it a four (though I did wrestle with that decision). I really wish half-stars were an option on this site because it would have been an easy 3.5 under a more granular rating system. While this one being more mid than expected has managed to slightly take the wind out of my sails, I'm still very much looking forward to checking out Oasis and Pulp (along with Supergrass' other Book Album)! Highlights: Girls & Boys, End of a Century, Bank Holiday, London Loves, Trouble in the Message Center, Magic America, Jubilee, Lot 105
I'm starting to run out of clever ways to describe those britpop albums.
I have this and always rated it well below the Oasis albums it was “at war” with, so was looking forward to hearing it again and taking a fresh listen. I was right to prefer Oasis. I like Tracy Jacks as it’s an XTC sounding track, To The End and London Loves, but after that there is too much filler.
Me gustó, lo tendria que volver a escuchar, por ahora no destaque ninguna canción. Se me hace muy repetitivo el sonido, muy lineal. Pero está bueno. El otro día estaba escuchando el homónimo, blur, y no lo termine. Supongo q es una señal para escuchar más de ellos. Suena muy parecido todo, a todo a las bandas similares etc. El álbum no me gusta ni me disgusta, ni fu ni fa, un 7/10
"Parklife" is a quintessential British album; a mixture of genres, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, emphasised Cockney accents. Apart from that, it is a solid piece.
WOOOHOOOOOO-me when I saw this album come up. Girls and Boys and Parklife are great tunes, I never listened to this whole album though. End of a Century sounds like halfway between the 90's and like Arctic Monkeys. The Debt Collector swings a little bit. I like the opener of To the End. Trying to find reasons to like this album, unfortunately aside from the headline singles it's a bit mediocre. Not bad, just not especially good. It's carried by Boys and Girls and Parklife. There are at least a few different sounds here, although none that really leap out. I did enjoy Trouble in the Message Centre, though. It has given me an excuse to listen to Song 2 again, though.
3/5
Pas si mal Blur
Alguna me gusta más que otra, pero aun así, me parece que en lineas generales esta bueno, es entretenido de escuchar y hay canciones que ya conocemos.
To the End is my favorite. 3/5 kind of boring but not awful.
3,3/5
Wanted to like it more than I actually did.
Kinda meh, but some fun. 2.5
This was okay, interesting enough.
Perfectly fine for what it is, and I liked it better than the self-titled album. 3.2
This is on here because its a 90s british album and Robert Dimery really liked that. Nothing really interesting for me on here but not offensively bad
This is one of those records where I can absolutely see why it matters and still not feel much of anything personally. The songwriting is sharp, the arrangements are clever, and the whole Britpop aesthetic is fully formed here. It’s confident, well-crafted, and culturally specific in a way that clearly resonated in the mid-90s. But for me, it never really grabs hold. There’s a lot of character and commentary, but not a lot that feels urgent or emotionally grounding. The satire is smart, the hooks are solid, and the musicianship is tighter than it sometimes gets credit for. Still, I found myself admiring it more than enjoying it. It feels like a well-produced snapshot of a moment rather than something I’m compelled to revisit. Maybe it’s just that Britpop doesn’t quite hit my frequency. I can respect what Blur is doing here without being all that excited by it. Strong craftsmanship. Limited resonance.
Heard of Blur, never listened to a Blur album. Very catchy. Very British. Girls & Boys is repetitive and too long, not a fan of that song. You hear some of that 60s British invasion influence but it’s all more pop-centric. A lot of it is real fun. Kind of prefer when they go heavier into that more 60s sound. End of a Century is great and probably the stand out on the first half of the album. Theres a handful of more 80s pop songs that kinda don’t fit with a lot of the rest of the sound. And also some random harder rock songs that break away from that more 60s influence. It’s a fun album but seems a bit disconnected at times, all over the place. I think it’s a fair 3. Some of the songs I really enjoyed outweigh some of it I didn’t care for.
Huh, I actually liked this more than I expected to? But I didn't love it. I like the sound of it, and I might go back to it every now and then, but I highly doubt it'll ever be a favorite. 3.5
This album is all over the place. Not hear to speak ill of Mr. Gorillaz but I like that project a lot more than Blur. "Boys and Girls" is a fun bi anthem opener but with the Oom Pa Pa of "Debt Collector" and the homage to pub sings of "Clover Over Dover" and the post-mod shred of "Jubilee" this album suffers from identity crisis in a way that makes a sit&listen a little dischordant
Some really good songs and it feels like a snapshot in time of their environment (location, time, age, etc). Quite a varied mix of styles and it's fun. This small period seems to be a moment in time where British music was finding its feet again post what was a economic and music recession. I think it deserves to be on the list, and is possibly one of the finer "britpop" albums. Just not really my thing.
Boys who like Blur who like girls who like Blur
I have never really listened to Blur, mainly because I didn't like Song 2. So far this is mostly boring. Ok... some of this is pretty catchy. Definitely starts to touch into Scottish indie pop as well, which I enjoy.
Blur turns me back to some old memories but i was never a fan.
Well written lyrics with a lot of irony. As the title track, Parklife, was always playing in my favorite beer pub, I can not listen to it without wanting a stout or a porter.
3.5, a few songs drag it just above the normal average 3
Some good little tunes in here and overall a decent album apart from the goofy circus beats I'm not sure what that was about. I'd never listen to a blur album before and only knew the big hits. I know that there was a big Oasis v Blur thing and I definitely prefer Oasis. Standout songs 'Parklife' and 'badhead'. Good but not great.
Vet, aparte stukken, maar soms ook iets te apart
Fun punk album
I did not have this album first time around. Am over familiar with the singles and they still hold up - but otherwise underwhelmed with the rest of the album - do not think I have missed much.
Highlights: Boys and Girls, End of a Century, Parklife. In a nutshell: "Confidence is a preference..." Damon Albarn said in 1990: "When our third album comes out, our position as the quintessential English band of the '90s will be assured. That is a simple statement of fact". And he was right. Fun, bouncy, sunny, and indeed decade defining. Nothin' more to say. Overall: 6/10
Liked it more than expected
Bom, tem um bom replay value, mas não é meu favorito do Blur 6/10
Entweder gute zwei oder sehr schlechte drei Sterne. Manches gefällt mir ganz gut, das meiste finde ich aber leider nervig
(listened to special edition)
I like how they sing
Besser als s letste blur. Aber immer nani big fan 3 skaterpatks
The more i hear, Blur have a few great singles every album bit not enough here to justify the length
Britpop, unfamiliar with the term, as well as the band. It was tolerable.
Classic Blur, amazing songs.
Couple good one but a few borings
It’s ok. Nothing too memorable or bad
soy capaz de ver todas las virtudes y aunque he aprendido a quererlo más y hay temones que me gustan muchísimo, sigue pasando algo que hace que no caiga enamorado como debería. Culpa de mi sordera, imagino. Albarn era el único inglés guapo de los 90', jódete Beckham
I liked this album, Blur is a fun band. Nothing struck me as excessively amazing here but it's always chill.
I enjoyed this album listen from Blur! I think this was my first time listening to an album by them in full. Overall, I thought this was a fun Brit pop album. Nothing mind blowing but enjoyable to listen to even though the songs were a bit repetitive and sounded similar to each other. I would listen to this again in the future!
I think blur is some high quality Brit rock. While not all the songs on this album are memorable it’s a smooth list almost the whole way through.
Fuck I had money on the yellow numbered dog. My wife is going to kill me when she realizes we no longer have a house
I like Blur a lot, but including 3 albums of theirs on this list is unhinged, let's be honest.
This record is kind of all over the place. There is a lot of interesting instrumentation in here, but I didn't always dig what they did with it. Girls & Boys and London Loves are the songs I like best.
It’s good but not quite my taste