Modern Life Is Rubbish

Not just Modern life

Already one of my favourite albums of all time by one of my favourite bands of all time. Not their best, so will be getting a four, but that may change depending on what other albums end up on this list.

Possibly Blur at their britpoppiest. Idk if these guys were listening to a lot of XTC early in their career but they sure sound like an influence, especially on songs like Pressure On Julian. A couple skippable tracks but i never regret listening to Blur

Can you imagine thinking people want to listen to your garbage (sorry, rubbish) music for 2 hours and 20 minutes?

Not for me. Not terrible, but also nothing to recommend. Sounds a little bit like Pulp (which I HATED), but less annoying.

I’ve listened to a couple of blur albums before this and I was convinced they were mid which got my expectations low and some were still boring but it’s my favourite so far

I mean it's obviously not as big as their later stuff, and I'm not as familiar with it, but, it still goes already. Opening track is a banger, as is the closer. Blur love a closer.

Es álbum de Blur que más me ha gustado hasta ahora, sin embargo me ha tomado tiempo digerirlo, estoy algo biased a que Blur no es de mis bandas predilectas Pero algo que si es cierto es que la influencia de Albarn en sus proyectos es notoria siempre y le da más energía al proyecto No tengo una canción que particularmente diga esta es la insignia del álbum, pero empieza con una interesante y de ahí va haciendo uso de elementos brit pop rock en unas, y en otra puede ir más fuerte o más suave también Le puedo dar el 3, le siento mayor presencia que otros de los trabajos que haya escuchado

Average album for me (2.5 stars)

Have to rate a 2.5; better than Amy Winhouse but worse than Beck. Just really boring.

Maybe this isn't my kind of Brit Rock. It just sounds like the Madness without being the Madness. There's some good songs, but a bit underwhelming tbh

This has to be one of the most annoying voices in music history.

How is this blur

A third blur album on this list. My sister is going to the UK to see Blur reunite in November. I will never understand her devotion to this band.

I liked it but did we really need this one ? Parklife and Blue I think are all there needa be on the list imo.

Modern life is rubbish is rubbish. In my opinion anyway, I like a lot of blurs music but the out of tune singing was not enjoyable for me on this album. I was in a bad mood when I wrote that woops, so I was most likely projecting but this still wasn’t an enjoyable listen for me

Like this one. I really enjoy this era of britpop alternative rock. Good listen overall, not much to say. Sunday Sunday was my fav song and first listen of the song. Chemical World and Oily Water were my other highlights

Blur albums always sound two or three times longer than they actually are.

Oh boy. More britpop.

Gives me anxiety.

Meh

It’s a 4 +1 for awesome train cover

Meh

Fun. Blur may surprisingly be my least favorite Damon Albarn's project, but it's still quality music.

some of the guitars' work is interesting, but the vocals are mostly obnoxious and the songwriting and arranging are painful. the presence of britain's fastest steam locomotive is insufficient distraction to make it tolerable.

This is an affront, it's the most bloody minded rebellious britpop band album recording from the period. That's praise by the way. I feel it suited the times. That is, not shrinking back from the grunge invasion, not being a rock throwback from the 70s, but actually doubling down to who they were; as the only way to stand out was to be loud and different. Two fingers up and 4 stars.

I like all of the songs on this but I’m not sure if I love any of them, its about as good as all of their albums are

An album that is meaningless to the rest of us outside of the UK. A rubbish double album that doesn't belong on the list. I personally wouldn't put any of their (or Oasis' albums for that matter) on this list. The only song of theirs I have ever enjoyed was "Song 2" from their self-titled BLUR. Having lived through the era outside of the UK, I think that British media and public overestimate how much of an impact their music had on the 1990s. To me it doesn't feel like quite the impact that it had on the 1980s. An album that also came out in 1993 that is not on here but has been more relevant to where society has been over the past 30 years and actually includes more creative risks than this one is Billy Idol's CYBERPUNK. Criminally derided. People pull their head out of their ass and see out prescient most of the lyrical content and how far ahead the production techniques were for the time. And failing that selection it is a crime that Nine Inch Nails THE FRAGILE is not on this list. That double album should absolutely replace this mediocre music.

Another double album I actually liked. Had Blur been big in the US in the 90s, I would have been all over this.

Modern live is always rubbish yesterday and now!

It is rubbish, modern life I mean, not the album "Modern Life is Rubbish." The album is not rubbish, it is good, though I don't have a great deal more than that to say, except that I like Blur and they are not rubbish.

meh, blur is lame

I like other Blur albums better, but still nothing I would skip here!

If you're thinking about making a double album, don't. If you took the best half or third of these tracks you'd have a pretty good album. But I simply can't take any more British singing, especially not two hours worth

Trots att jag älskar skivorna efter denna så har jag missat när Blur blev Blur. Skönt sound men inte lika minnesvärda låtar som på Parklife och The Great Escape. En fyra

Great album, but a little middle-of-the-road for my tastes. Tight English rock. Will played and sung

Verrrry long but still Blur

That's a lot of blur songs I don't know

When this album first came out, I got it for free from my friends who worked in the record industry in London. I had an inkling of Blur after their first record and this one drew more attention. I just did not get it at first and it sat on my CD shelf for years. It wasn't until maybe 20 years later that I started to enjoy this record. From not caring about the band to really liking this band. It is not my favorite Blur album, but my second favorite one. I think it is worth a listen.

Yeah, no.

It makes sense why I haven't heard any songs off of this record except `For Tomorrow`. It doesn't feel like it is a must listen album but nonetheless it was a good listen.

I like this album - 4/5

Decent album.

This album is rubbish!

This didn’t work for me. Some of it did but overall I blame my mood for it.

It was okay alt rock. None of the catchy blur songs I'm familiar with but no disappointments

Pretty good. Especially the second half of the album.

Much more forgettable than Parklife, for me at least.

It's not bad, but nothing about it stands out either. I don't think this album deserves a spot on the 1001 list.

I was hopeful that I’d like this more, based on the starting track, but file this as another piece of evidence in my “I like Blur singles more than I like Blur albums” file.

Man, a few songs come almost close to sounding as catchy as some of their better known singles but a LOT of this is solidly fine to meh to man-Damon-Albarn's-voice-verges-on-annoying.

This was ok. I really want to like Blur but they're just not as good as they think they are

Blur jäi itselläni ysärillä varsin vähälle huomiolle, ei oikein iskenyt silloin vaikka silloinen tyttöystäväni tätä muistaakseni kuunteli. Itselläni oli punk, metalli ja rap lähempänä sydäntä. Nyt tätä kuunnellessa täytyy sanoa, että albumi on loistava. Ei suoranaisia huippukohtia mutta tunnelma tai biisien laatu ei myöskään laske missään vaiheessa. Parempi myöhään kuin ei milloinkaan. Onneksi Blur löytyi nyt yli 30 v myöhemmin. 4/5

Not their best but still very charming and playful.

Upon re-listening, this very much sounds like a band coming into their sound, with some good ideas albeit not fully formed. A solid debut, but it pales in comparison to the next 3, with Damon only hinting at his sardonic genius.

Whiny Brit pop

Ive only listened to Damon Albarn through Gorillaz, but today I discovered that I really like Blur as well.

++: Pressure on Julian, Oily Water, Miss America, Coping +: Advert, Sunday Sunday, Villa Rosie +-: For Tomorrow, Star Shaped, Blue Jeans, Chemical World/Intermission, Turn It Up, Resigned/Commercial Break -: Colin Zeal 4,1/10

It's all a bit dull really, with the cheeky chappie vocals.

Way too long, and some of the songs were genuinely annoying, but I liked one song actually really a lot so 3 stars it is. Mostly it was just fine.

I don’t even know that blur had made this album

Not even that bad, really. Just so long, too long in fact. Way too long. This was honestly one of my favorite blur albums I’ve heard (I’ve been listening to them a lot lately because my new friend really loves them) but it’s just a tad long. I like a lot of the songs. I think that “Blue Jeans” is one of blur’s best songs. “For Tomorrow” is an easy banger. “Star Shaped” is surprisingly undeniable. There’s not much to each song past the first verse and chorus, which is a problem with a lot of music lmao, but each song is pretty nice, and very few really stick out as obvious bad songs. Very impressive. 8.2/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: YES REASON: DOPE ASS ALBUM

I expected more. I’ve tried hard to like this band, but something is missing.

Fantastic album by a brilliant group. Far better and more innovative than oasis

3,5

That is one long album, picking the best would have upped the enjoyment

Not their best album

Even though this is from one of the better Britpop bands, I need a break from Britpop for at least the next 100 albums. Favorite track: For Tomorrow 3.5/5

Standouts: For Tomorrow, Advert, Chemical World, Miss America, Sunday Sunday and Intermission. Advert is a strong song. Why was this not a hit single? Solid. Good album. 4/5

Before listening to this album I only know a couple blur songs and I like them i’m excited about this album since it’s 90s brit rock which I usually like a lot. yo this kinda sucks. pretty boring and lame don’t think i’ll come back to this.

Not bad. Classic 90s alt-indie sound and vibe.

Hmm.. I guess it is, isn’t it

interesting factoid i learned about this album is that there is 49 secret silent songs on this album. not kidding. anyways its pretty enjoyable all things considered

This has to be the most obviously mercenary album I have encountered on this list. It shows through in the music and even in the album art. A deeply unimpressive album from a deeply unimpressive band.

We hate Americans, we hate other bands, we hate our label, we love ourselves? That's the vibe I get reading up on this album. And it shows. And it doesn't really work. Even when the music starts to get interesting it falls flat a moment later. The album takes a turn in the second half, a little slower, less pop. I enjoyed those tracks more. And then they just kept going. Too many that were a touch too long.

It’s ok. It’s Blur. Prefer some of their other stuff but again, this is just fine. Not sure I’d put it on a top albums list personally though. Most songs sound the same.

Not one of my preferred blur albums. A little bit twee

And I’m checking my watch to see when this album will be over

Day 28 I've been a fan of Gorillaz for 7 years and somehow haven't listened to Blur other than Parklife until now. Huge mistake on my part. I know I would've loved this then but fortunately, I do now Fav track: For Tomorrow

It's a very long album, so it's good that Blur is pretty chill to listen to!

I've never been a huge britpop fan, but I also don't mind it. Outside a couple of Blur singles I typically prefer the Gorillaz stuff. This album is decent, but not exactly memorable. Some of it is a little cheesy, like Chemical World and Sunday Sunday. The closing track, Resigned, is a good one. 3/5

This pap is rubbish.

Not a big fan of Damon, he’s kinda pretentious and admittedly it introduced a bias in me but this album was too long and tracks were all similar

I get it - witty British band talking about how boring normal life is. Would be ok if everything single Brit-pop band from the 80s and 90s was singing about it, but it's getting old and overdone.

This album is best when it gets really weird and experimental. Otherwise it just feels like what if we made British grunge and gave it a happy feeling. The front half of this album felt basic and boring, but it really kicks into gear in the second half.

Its just not very remarkable? Its fine.

Competent songwriting with good melodies, if a little too britpoppy. Also, about 3 too many songs. 3.0/5.0: Good

easily the worst of the blur albums weve had. like most britpop its fine but way longer than it has any business being

Getting playlisted. For my first Blur album, this shows a whole lot more to them than "Song 2" ever could and can. Damon Albarn is not my favorite vocalist, and there are some slow dry bits, yet the band absolutely rocks, and so does the lyricism. Worth the longer, nearly hour runtime and tracklist- I'm going to jump into the deluxe material in this as well. Another idea for the previous albums i've gotten from the list and enjoyed, for whatever has deluxe material. My favorite may just be the opening track but there are many moving, rocking, and mystifying tracks, including "Oily Water" and "Star Shaped."

Favorite track(s): For Tomorrow, Colin Zeal, Oily Water,

Not every brit pop album is essential listening

Thinking between 3 and 4

Blur followed this up with albums dotted with more obvious bangers, but the melodies start to catch on second listen and the band's spikier, avant-pop guitar aerobatics reward. They must've been a lot of fun to watch at this time. Tremendous cover, great title.

Their best collection of tunes, not a coincidence also their most Kinks-inspired; this era up through "Parklife" was just great. Shame we haven't yet had "Kilimanjaro" so I can't annoy Mark with the inevitable "did you spot the rip-off?" teaser.

Epic bore 2.5/5

Okay, so we all know that Blur wrote Song 2 "as a loud, fast joke to poke fun at American grunge music and shock their record label" and how that ended up being their one successful song. This album is not too bad, but it's just a bit meh. It's nice leaving the songs playing in the background, but it's overall just a bit okay-ish and that's all.

I'm a Blur fan, but this album doesn't reflect them at their best. I kind of think of it as their debut because the first album is so different, and they're definitely still establishing their identity here.

I love Blur but I didn't absolutely adore this. Still some good music and more importantly INTERESTING SOUNDS.

At least I like the cover

Better, in my opinion, than Parklife. I enjoyed this listen, but I’m not really sure if I *needed* to listen to this album.