Reviews (page 8 of 14)
Fun but a little long. Favorite Song: Theme from Retro
Las primeras canciones están guays, pero luego va en decadencia poco a poco haciendo que pierda el interés
Song 2 is the big radio hit.
So long
Classic 90s album. Nuff said!
Blur have a reputation for being more of a singles band than an albums one. This does nothing to break that. Beetlebum and Song 2 are great but there’s also a lot of weird experimental sounds that didn’t need to make the final cut
I like Blur. A lot. This album was the last one I purchased, and I remember why. There are songs that are too experimental, there are songs that are just noise… and the there are songs which are so wonderful it hurts to have them alongside the rest of the album.
There's a lot more variety here than I was expecting. Didn't like most of it though.
WOOHOOO
Song 2 is a 5* song and there were a few other decent listens too, but overall I found the album quite mid tier
Not my usual genre... So it is very hard for me to rate fairly ..musically it sounds like seventies funk meets 90's rock. If you gravitate towards that...it is a clear winner!
Song 2 felt familiar. Rest was a bit hectic.
7/10 - very good britpop, song 2 being the obvious highlight
It was fine
The music is fine but I lost a lot of respect for Blur when I watched them bully Nardwuar during one of his interviews.
At first it was a 2 but then I heard Curtis playing it again and was like okay this is alright… so 3 it is.
I sometimes feel like these albums get put on because they have that one song that everyone knows. There were some good ones on this album but most just felt like random.
Of course I knew Song 2 was a banger. I first got introduced to Damon Albarn through his other project Gorillaz. He's incredibly talented, and I love how Gorillaz let him try new things out that didn't necessarily fit Blur. So it's cool to finally circle back to actually hear what the band was that didn't match the sound of the newer work he wanted to release as Gorillaz. But M.O.R. was pretty great too. On Your Own is too. A few songs in, and it's clear that Blur has a distinct vibe from Gorillaz, but yeah it's still unconventional. Some of the songs just felt like they were another genre just for the sake of it, despite that they weren't bad songs. The songs weren't bad at all. The album however didn't flow, didn't have a theme. So that kind of holds it back, but it IS new/unique and well made. I would listen again but probably wouldn't recommend it except to fans of Damon Albarn.
Interesting what they did with Disc 2 being the live versions, I liked that. Actualy music: I only liked 2 songs (the obvious ones)
Vintage Brit-pop… a fun listen for the most part.
song 2, M.O.R., youre so great, Chinese bombs are good, the rest are boring
Blur published great records, but I'm afraid this one is NOT one of them - despite its high ratings. The opener „Beetlebum“ is brillant, catchy and yet rough, but the rest of the records contains plenty of noisy crap and medieocre tracks, that are instantly forgettable. Which is why I decided to give this record away many years ago and give Parklife and/or The Great Escape an additional spin instead.
Can hear the grunge influences. Soundgarden or Judas and Mary Chain in places. Guilty of not listening to the albums over best ofs and compilations. A fascinating album with incredibly high highs and self-indulgent lows. One of those albums that should be shorter. Can an album with so many skippable songs be a 4/5? Or should you rank it as tho it's the sum of its best 4 or 5 tracks?
This was a good listen! I’ve been having a major Oasis phase and though I do see some parallels… this feels a little more flat. Some of the production is incredible, like On Your Own. Essex Dogs was an interesting way to cap off the record as well. Damon has such a unique voice I immediately recognized it when I started listening. I’ve only heard his gorillaz work! Overall, it was decent. On a better day I might lean closer to 4 but I think a 3 is justifiable.
Good if retrospectively unexceptional?
This does like 8 genres and usually worse than an actual artist in the genre But lowkey this probably should have a higher rating I just hate music this morning
Song 2 is the second track and is undeniably catchy. Didn't really vibe with the rest of the britpop though
I’ve never been a particular blur fan as always found the way Damon Albarn sings to be very annoying That said, this was much better than I remembered it being A decent lofi scuzzy album this
Good album. I really like "Song 2". Not sure how these guys ended up being compared to Oasis.
It’s ok
Mid 3 Best song: beetlebum Damen and the boys show here why they're a quintessential "best of" band. Bold choice putting the 2 bangers right at the front. Rest of the album has far less effort in production but is p good, but it gets worse in second half
A very solid album. From the opening track ‘Beetlebum’ through to the absolutely rocking (albeit short) ‘Song 2’ and beyond - this puts to rest any notion of Blur as anything short of excellent.
Gutes Album, aber ein paar Stücke hat man inzwischen so oft gehört, dass es sich ein bisschen erschöpft hat.
disappointing. i really expected a bit more.
Woohoo! The band who's most famous song is called "Song 2". This album has a wide variety of musical flavors, from punkish rock bangers to zoned out cinematic passages. One thing though is the album feels like your drunken English uncle who happens to be talented at music threw it together. Sometimes I have no clue at all what the vocalist is trying to get across. Decent overall.
Couple good songs
An interesting bridge to 00s indie rock, but not one I personally enjoy
this album sounds so derivative of other popular rock that came before it. song 2 sounds like its trying to be nirvana. strange news from another star sounds like its trying to be bowie. why dont I just listen to them instead?
Woo-hoo!
Early 2000s British rock, first half of album was solid, second half was uneventful. Lot of overdriven guitar and other noises and sounds.
Première partie très cool, deuxième partie rompiche
Beetlebum is the only good Blur song.
i'm such a fuckin yank. Damon Albarn's voice in this context rather than Gorillaz is jarring to me lol. this is honestly a pretty well-rounded album. a lot of studio fuckery and experimentation that gives each track its own flavor. perhaps all the American indie rock influence piped into this made it easier for me to latch onto than britpop. deserves to be one of the 1001? i mean if you're dead set on having 3 Blur albums this one does have its own character and importance. but i would lean on Parklife and probably 13 as the only inclusions. but if you choose this over 13 i won't be mad
Blur – Blur (1997) | Britpop / Alternative Rock | Avg: 6.69 | Favorite Song: “Beetlebum”* Blur marked a turning point for the band, shedding the bright, cheeky nature of Britpop in favor of grittier textures and more introspective songwriting. Blur is a mixed but fairly rewarding experience. “Beetlebum” comes out on top, and it’s easy to see why—it’s emotionally charged, melodically rich, and sets the tone for a darker, more mature Blur. Tracks like “Song 2” and “Death of a Party” also show up well, bringing that fuzzed-out edge without losing cohesion. However, I'm not as high on those as others are. The back half of the album seems to lose me a bit, with a few dips into the 5 or even 3 range. That kind of inconsistency is expected with a transitional album like this one; there’s experimentation and moodiness, but not every idea lands. Still, there’s a lot of charm in the record’s looseness. When it works, it really works, and even when it doesn’t, the band sounds like they’re breaking free of a formula. Blur may not be as polished as earlier records, but it makes up for that with depth and rawness.
This was an album with music played by people.
What's the deal with every band eventually saying 'this song almost didn't make the album, but XYZ said it was a hit...and I guess they were right'? I'm sure it is true sometimes, but do bands really have no idea what could be a hit or not? Anyway, Blur supposedly wrote Song 2 as a pisstake of Nirvana, and it is of course their biggest song ever. Blur has always been a good to great band, but this album is where they kinda slipped a bit, imo. Still good, but they did better work both before and after this one. For the record, my Britpop list goes 1. Pulp >>>>>> 2. Blur > 3. Suede >>> 4. Oasis, so I don't know how that factors into this rating. It's not a 4, but better than a 3 too, so...I guess it is a very high 3. :shrug: :whoohoo:
I could see blur being one of my favorite bands if I was born 10 years earlier.
Decent. I like some of the songs. No one can understand the impact of Song 2 though. It was everywhere. Blur is one of those bands that has some songs I absolutely love, and the rest I find ok.
Oh, wow. Song 2 was actually the second song on the album. Whaddayaknow?
After listening to this album, it feels like it was made with the intention of being a rock album that explored uses of machine or alienlike noises to make something new. Some songs feel more typical and imo, balance the experimental elements towards appealing to those new to these sounds. Personally my favorite parts were the beginning and end of the album, as the middle seemed to me like a lot of noise and I had a hard time feeling musicality. Definitely a well produced album, though some of the choices with mixing, especially with vocals and the effects, did seem a bit unorthodox. Maybe the album was going for an unsettling vibe partially, but I think either way it isn’t a casual listen but rather an experience for certain states of mind. My favorite songs were beetlebum, song 2, look inside america, amd strange news from another star. Once I looked back breifly to remind myself, I think the fade outs were where most of my issues with the album lie though, worth another listen sometime.
I didn't listen to Song so Song 2 was kind of confusing
Got some good stuff but a little drav
Song 2 is awesome. Very fun. The rest of the album is fine, but forgettable.
In all honesty, not being British has limited my awareness of Blur as a band. They have 1-2 songs on the radio here, they never caught my attention outside of "Song 2" which freakin' rocks! Everything else I heard was down tempo and meanderingly boring. I bought their greatest hits cd years ago, and sold it, only had 3-4 songs I'd want to hear more than once. Outside of that I remember the tabloid beef with Oasis as being their biggest thing here in the states, two bands I never gave a shit about so that wasn't of interest either. Standouts for me... "Beetlebum" was enjoyable, must've been a hit somewhere as it has 90M listens. "On Your Own" is a solid track, good energy kind of song, coulda been a Gorillaz song. I enjoyed "Death Of A Party" as well, that one is very Gorillaz-esque. "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" has a good rock groove. I'm not sure how they became a global sensation and on every cover of every music magazine in the late 90's. They're good but not great. 3 stars, the warts like "Essex Dogs", "Chinese Bombs", & "Strange News..." were too much to overlook.
När albumet kom, var känslan att Blur till slut vunnit kriget mot Oasis (även Shity-fansens debut krossar allt annat de båda antagonisterna producerat). Hur står den sig då idag? Nja, precis som Blur i övrigt känns det lite småtråkigt så här 25 - 30 år senare. De två inledningsspåren håller fortsatt hög klass, men totalt sett är det lite intetsägande. Det mals på utan att riktigt rycka tag i en. Närmare till ett lägre betyg än ett snäpp uppåt.
Standout Songs: Song 2 M.O.R. You’re So Great Chinese Bombs Movin’ On This album is honestly kind of boring and a chore to get through. Outside of a couple of the faster paced songs, it’s just so… mild. It’s not bad. Some sections of this album just seem to drag a bit, making its 56 minute run time feel like 2 hours.
I can see myself coming back to relisten to a couple songs here and there, but not the album in full. It's missing the energy they had in Song 2
I don't think I've ever listened to this album all the way through. In the war between blur and Oasis - I liked Pulp. Don't get me wrong, I think Beetlebum is a brilliant opener, On Your Own and M.O.R feel more like the blur that I remember and enjoyed, along with tracks like Movin' On it's fun and playful, they don't seem to take themselves too seriously. I think it's a great experimental album for blur but I'm not sure that I wouldn't skip this and probably go straight to 13 which I think best melds their love of US underground with their britpop roots. This album for me is at times not experimental enough to be interesting and not nostalgic enough to be draw me back in. So many 4 and 5 stars in blur's catalogue but for me this is a 3. It's decent but that's about it. Except for Song 2, I can't stand Song 2 - not because it's particularly bad but because it's so overplayed and I'm tired of hearing it everywhere.
Strong start here but it gets ethereal and whispy after that. Loses it luster for me. I've liked Parklife and the one with the train on it much more. This one just isn't that great to me. Listenable but not worth revisiting. Also song 2 is a bop but it reminds me of middle school basketball cause it was warm ups for the whole time I played ball. Weird blast from the past, good song though
Song 2 is the hit of the album. Huge late nineties hit. The first half of the album has that late nineties alt/indie pop rock sound - a notable shift from the early to mid nineties as we transition into more Britpop influenced radio songs. The second half of the album is a little harder sounding - more like Godsmack-ish - heavier distortion effects on guitar, more use of noise. There’s a lot of influences on this album - Sex Pistols, Oasis, Velvet Underground/Lou Reed all come to mind. Other notables include Country Sad Ballad Man, Death of a Party, Look Inside America, Movin’ On.
Oh another British pop-rock album. Yawn.
Pretty good
Not bad, but really bounced off me
Blur has an album that is nearly an hour long! They have more songs than Song 2 after all. But actually, this is a pretty solid album. There is another song I know by them that isn't on this album... Blur had a second album! Who knew. I'm going with 3.
Overall pretty fun
Song 2 is the best. Rest is ok
downloaded 1,2,5,6 and 11. listened years ago
6.5/10 Pretty much just Nevermind
I enjoyed it more than Parklife. Solid album, sounds a lot more like Oasis which I doubt they wanted to accomplish. I could start to hear some more experimental stuff come in that would lead to the Gorillaz. Overall not too shabby
The first two tracks are typical, impactful Blur immediately recognisable and strong. I've always had a soft spot for 'Beetlebum' and the song 2. Beyond those, the album gets a little messy. I usually appreciate Blur's ability to maintain their style while offering good song variation, which typically keeps me engaged throughout an album. On this one, however, the flow feels a bit off, and it can be disjointed. There are certainly interesting moments within the songs, but the lack of continuity detracts from any overarching album theme. It also has a more pronounced classic rock vibe than their other works, with some heavy themes explored. It didn't quite land as a hit for me, but it's not entirely terrible.
Song 2 was bar far the best song
Enjoyed this one, and of course Song#2 is a classic, and the standout track in this album. Solid 3/5 for me.
Hmmm I found myself enjoying several individual tracks, but as an album it felt somewhat... disjointed? There's a little bit of everything on this, which typically is my thing, but here it felt sorta inauthentic. It almost felt like Blur were taking a step back from the brit pop explosion for the first time and realizing “wow there’s a lot of other cool music going on right now, we don’t have to just do brit pop, we can do other shit”… and then they tried a little bit of everything on this album. So there's a Portishead track and a Radiohead track (theme from retro for sure) and a Kinks track (look inside America has strong kinks energy) and more. Some of it works better than others? I’ve never really been a big trip hop fan (I really don’t get Portishead), so those inclusions were a bit lost on me (I’m looking at you Essex dogs, all 8 minutes of you). The Radiohead influence I actually found quite jarring. This thing came out after the bends and before Ok computer, but certain melodies and instrumental choices felt very The bends/creep inspired. I mean I’m sure Blur was an influence on Radiohead in some way since Blur was the bigger band at the time. But the darker/moodier melodies and guitar tones felt very Radiohead. And they did it so accurately that it felt distracting at points. Took me out of the experience. To be clear though, I did enjoy this album overall. The song writing is great. There’s some really catchy stuff here. I can feel the influence of this album on many future rock albums. And I can feel Albarn creeping towards the gorillaz sound which I think is perhaps the “final form” of these early experiments. This album is way more interesting than every oasis album, which doesn’t say much but what’s a blur review without a reference to Oasis. I love and respect that they are experimenting with their sound and taking a ton of swings on this thing rather than just doubling down on their britpop stuff. Not that there’s anything wrong with that stuff. It just seems that the band is saying through this album, we’ve done that sound and we don’t have anything more to say with it and we want to do something different… and I think that’s a hard realization to have and pursue. So I really respect that. Perhaps with more listens, the album of it all will come together in my mind. For now I kinda just want to take the tracks I love and stick em in a playlist. It’s a 3.5 for me but I’m going to round down. Stuff I liked…. Beetlebum - love the falsetto chorus, great track Song 2 - it’s an all time grunge, alt rock banger. Weirdly I was introduced to it through an MCR cover, which still rocks. The original is the superior version of course. Plus, it’s one of those great examples of art meant as satire that was ultimately taken literally and loved unironically…. which always makes me laugh. Country Sad Ballad Man - some nice slacker rock, has pavement vibes with a hint of country You’re so great - just a sweet, catchy little acoustic track. Loved it. Might be my new favourite Blur song. Chinese Bombs - great punk track. Almost felt like Arctic Monkeys before Arctic Monkeys.
Eh. A few good songs and a few that just drag.
Other than a couple of throw-away songs on this album, I thought it was fine. But this is the 3rd album by Blur that has been on this list of 1001 for me to review so far. More evidence that this list is just too long. Another ho-hum three star album.
3+ Stars (9/15)
Beetlebum and Song 2 are great. Pretty nostalgic for me, having just been at the age to discover "proper music" when the album came out. The rest is bitty, though. Some interesting experimental elements. Too much discordant, quite unpleasant sounding lo fi.
Really strong start to this one but fell off a cliff at the halfway point. I do struggle with Blur. I like the singles but beyond that there’s very little of interest to me.
gud
Très différent de Song 2 que j'ai beaucoup trop écouté (et qui était une blague apparemment). C'est plutôt bon. Je donnerais 7/10, pas 8/10.
Their 4th best
Cover 6.5 Doesn't entirely live up to expectations or up to time. But it's not 80s "butt rock" or 70s disco which faired worse as far standing the test of time. Granted both disco and butt rock found their niche here and there, but 90s alt has yet to be scorned and reviled at similar levels (save one or two rock groups who people simply enjoy hating on (Nickelback, etc.). Overall, I'm glad I listened to this album. I didn't care for it when it originally came out, but I was less open than I am now.
Better than parklife
Above average album from this late 1990s/early 2000s British era. Song 2 is an all-timer. Nothing too remarkable but nothing particularly unenjoyable either. 6/10 (3/5)
A couple great stand outs, but otherwise a fairly generic sounding "garage"/grunge album.
Never really got Blur, apart from a few undeniably great tracks. First time listening to one of their albums start to finish - still don't get it.
nice enough
One banger and the rest meh
Nice enough
Even as a big damon fan, I find listening to most Blur albums is not really for me. I would say about every other song on here is good though
Maybe the Blur album I’ve liked most on this list, if only for sounding less generically britpoppy. Still, aside from Song 2 (the only one I’d heard before), pretty mediocre. Favorite: Song 2
6/10 - can kinda be slept on a bit tbh. Doesn’t quite have the more high brow music that comes to dominate blurs later work
Love Blur, Damon Albarn is seriously talented. Not my favourite album though, I much prefer Parklife and The Great Escape. Song 2 is iconic tho
3.5
No songs that I would play on purpose, but I’d be happy to listen to most of them on the radio or at a party is they came up
Too much filler among the killers
I only knew the second track, which is the one everyone knows. I had it on a mix CD I made in high school, so it was one of my cruising the neighborhood rock out tunes. In the back of my mind, I always thought I should listen to the full album, so I was happy to see this prompt. The rest of the album lacks the energy of Song 2, however, so I was disappointed. The vibe really settles in on the last few tracks, and there are some good vibes and sounds, but for the most part, uneventful.
Get off to a great start but tails off into something pretty uninteresting it’s a shame cause I was excited when this one came up
One song that’s recognizable but otherwise forgettable.
beetlebum and song 2 are so good and the rest of the album is just a....blur
Beetlebum Song 2
Some solid singles, Enjoyable album overall.
Not a bad album, just kind of boring.
The joke song becomes the hit and the rest is solid but can see why a little levity/self sabotage can create something better.
Some songs you’ll recognize. Green Day feel
90’s rock classic
i dig it. song 2 is lowk modern indie classic. country sad ballad man is lowk whiny but thats def the point. i like M.O.R. nothing stands out a whole lot but none of it is bad thats for sure. very brit pop. i can taste the bowie. i like it but it also doesnt stand out. i lowk just cant do the brits ig
A lot of stylistic experimentation on this one ends up making the album feel a little disjointed. Definitely a big departure from the ‘90s Brit-pop sound of their earlier albums. This feels like a very talented band with varied musical interests feeling around for a new direction. Favorite tracks: Song 2, I’m Just a Killer for Your Love, Look Inside America
It's ok, I guess?
Just OK.
O disco começa muito bem com Beetlebum e já engata com a clássica Song 2. Uma pena que, além dessas duas, meu único destaque seja para a bela Strange News from Another Star. O resto do disco passeia entre faixas agradáveis e outras esquecíveis. Momentos como Essex Dogs tornam o disco praticamente um borrão na minha memória. Nada do que ouvi no disco homônimo do Blur é propriamente ruim, mas esperava mais.
Started off strong but fell off pretty quick.
Rating 3.25 Notable songs: song2, beetlebum You know what for a blur album this actually wasn't that bad. The first 2 songs are obviously bops, especially in the UK. The ones following were alright and weren't too bad. I never got to the end songs due to time but it was actually okay, which I don't often say about blur. Probably their most notable album though.
Did not give this album as much attention as I would've liked when listening. Beetlebum is nice.
Some good songs in there but not anything that really hits home for me.
Beetlebum // Song 2 // Country Sad Ballad Man // Theme from Retro //
A diverting listen, but wouldn't be back. I don't really get Blur, they straddle, and stay in, the boring parts of Britpop. Quite dreary without too many musical flashes. I'm m not a fan of the songwriting. An extra star for Song 2 brings up the rating.
Not sure I've heard this album before. Not as good as the previous album we had. Song 2 and beetlebum are pretty good though. Progeny said this last time, but I was never a big blur fan Still a 3 if not 3.5
It’s got this classic rock thing blended with texture sometime that I really appreciate.
Better than Coldplay
This has aged better than I was expecting, and has some decent songs on it. Nothing too exciting, but I'd happily listen to again.
OK rock
Some interesting, Gorillaz-like songs, but overall falls a bit short compared to Parklife, the other Blur album I've listened to from this list. 13, if I remember correctly, may have been better too. Still, Song 2, Death of a Party, Strange News from Another Star and Essex Dogs were great. 3.65*, rounded down.
The best to ever do it. Made Jazz that was accessible to the masses
Was excited to listen but was disappointed.
It was fine
blur!! listened to some songs by them before, initial response - nice vibe, pretty long but good for background music, 3/5, not completely my vibe; country sad ballad man - have heard before, don't love the irritating sound effects but its alr, lyrics and voice pretty good, except when it gets high..
Ohhhh, it’s THAT song. I recognize that song. Such an iconic “WOO HOO.” I’m actually surprised to see this album came out in ‘97 - but after listening to it, it definitely sounds like the 90s. A lot of sleeper songs in between the cool songs.
Love the singles but never been convinced by any Blur album I've listened to in full. This is no exception.
A bit too much Too long Too much freaky sounds
Blur lives up to its name and all their songs kind of run together in my mind. They’re more a sound than a collection of hits. I’m glad that DA used this to go on to make the great Gorillaz albums, and I’d look for a Blur greatest hits album, but record by record they’re not pulling me in
I remember first hearing their first single Girls and Boys and didn’t really like it although there was something different about it. When this album came out, Song 2 was everywhere, and I absolutely loved it. As a whole the album is solid but doesn’t have enough to keep me coming back.
Brit Pop jamz.
Is it as good as Parklife? No but it's still a pretty good album. Favorites: Beetlebum, Song 2, M.O.R.
Nit bad
I’d like to give half stars. Specifically, this would be 2.5 from me. I appreciate the Bowie references here, but this was a musical era that I skipped. I might have just been busy raising little kids, but I wasn’t listening to a ton of popular music in this time frame. It was a little shouty in places, an approach that puts me off, a la Oasis. Some good songs, including the one I had already heard, that everyone has heard. I’m ok with the 3 star rating.
meh 3/5
Song 2 and Beetlebum are great but the rest of the album didn't make any impact on me.
Released at the tail end of Britpop, this album saw Blur finally move away from their blinky-blimey, mockney pretensions and shift into a more post-grunge, indie style. Ironically, their shortest track Song-2 was the one that finally made an impact in America and it’s probably the best thing on here. The rest is mostly ok, with the most interesting part for me being the 8 minute experimental track Essex Dogs which reminded me of David Bowie from this era.
Good singles. Not a standout album.
It's starts well but those two opening tracks also highlight the problem with the album - each song is essentially a simple riff that often doesn't really go anywhere. There's plenty of experimental sounds but they don't really add much value. I'm sorry to say I was a bit bored by the end of it all.
I recall listening to this a bunch of times when it first came out. Relistening today, I only remembered Beetlebum and Song 2, which are still great, but zero nostalgia of anything else.
Hmm. This is intriguing. I like some of the jangly indie rock and more upbeat tracks. I also like the gauzy soundscapes they can create. The singer’s aggressively British accent detracted for me, and there were no standout songs on an admittedly-distracted listen, except for the ubiquitous “Woo Hoo!” number, which I shamefacedly added to my like playlist. I’d be up for another listen and re-consideration, if not for the relentless gauntlet of daily albums…
Not bad. Couple songs to enjoy.
british indie pop classic. not much more apart of Song 2... 3/5
meh
All the while I got my albums and timelines confused, and initially thought that this record was was Blur's first. Save for the hits and a few other songs, it mostly feels uninspired and indistinguishable, like it came from a band that hadn't found their sound yet. Definitely not something that came from an already established name. Standouts are Song 2, Beetlebum, Look Inside America, and Movin' On.
Music for brit blokes.
At first I didn't know who they were and then I listened and now I know who they are
It was better than I expected given the whole "Song 2 was a joke" thing.
It's fine. Love the fuzz bass in Song 2, but the rest is just fine.
I am enjoying this album more than I thought I would. Not a worldbeater but solid.
A lesser known blur album for me minus the hits. Nothing major stood out, but still a good listen.
Twee-est grunge ever
Beetlebum and song2 are the best by far on this album, look inside america i liked too. The second half was otherwise not too remarkable.
Woo-Hoo everyone, Woo-Hoo This is a pretty good album. I own it and have listened to it more than once. Obviously everything on the album is overshadowed by Song 2. It always sounded gimmicky to me, but the gimmick worked. Probably 95% of the people who bought this album bought it for that track not to mention it being everywhere in popular culture for years after. Woo-Hoo
3 out of 5. The second half really loses me, but overall I give this album a 'so-so.'
Yeah good
Some good songs some okay songs, Beetlebum and Song2 are classics. Could get a beer to those songs.
🦍 Golira Starts off very strong, but falls off a bit.
I like song 2. I’d like this album more if more songs sounded like song 2. Was gonna give it a 4 but they have a song making fun of America so they lost a star. One of the thickest English accents I’ve heard in music.
Some great tracks on here but inconsistent. Some of the more experimental stuff is not my favorite stuff from them. The stand out tracks are some of my favorites from Blur, Beetlebum, On your Own, MOR. Others are easily forgotten.
Some fantastic memories!
Song 2 is about the only song worth listening to here. The rest is just a Blur!
I really like this album. I was only familiar with one of the songs. I loved hearing all of the other songs. The last song Essex Dogs is so good!
Mostly forgettable. I could see the origins of some really great work with the Gorillaz later. Nothing I really disliked, but nothing exciting after Song 2.
No strong feelings about this album. Only familiar with Song 2. I'd listen again though.
Not bad, not exciting. The whole album was kind of, fittingly, a blur.
First Listen - Have heard of Blur before Yooooo its song 2 holy fffuuuuu
Sounded a bit generic but not in a bad way, definitely no The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
I've known the song Song 2 for most of my life due it it being a radio song but I had no idea it was by Blur and I had no idea it was called Song 2. Overall this feels like a pretty forgettable album but I thought the experimental nature of the album was interesting. There was quite a bit of variety in the album too with some songs sounding like other 90s artists.
Why more Blur?? Why more British indie?? This one is fine. I liked the acoustic songs. I think its mostly on the list because of Song 2, which frankly, isn't a good song. Its not a song that anyone chooses to listen to. Its just a song that shows up in commercials and instagram clips and sports games. And if I'm being honest, I didn't hate this. Its fine. I didn't mind listened to it. I could probably even grow to really enjoy this, but mostly its kind of meh to me.
Song 2 natürlich super, aber der Rest hat mich nicht abgeholt. Fand das Album insgesamt eher meh
It was alright
Die meisten Lieder haben mich nicht wirklich gecatcht, auch nicht vom Vibe her. Sie sind also im Grunde genommen nur im Hintergrund gelaufen, ohne dass ich groß darauf geachtet habe. Die Live-Versionen der Lieder habe ich dann auch gar nicht fertig gehört.
77% Best: Song 2; M.O.R.; I’m Just a Killer for Your Love; Movin’ On Must-Hear? Not quite
En we hebben weer eens een FIFA soundtrack entry te pakken. FIFA 98 om specifiek te zijn. Toen mensen nog de échte Ronaldo bedoelden als ze het over Ronaldo hadden. Song 2 dus. Het blijft een vet nummer ook al heb je hem vrijwillig of onvrijwillig sowieso te vaak gehoord inmiddels. De rest van het album is een stukje minder legendarisch wat mij betreft. Een stukje lekkere indie rock naar de mens toe. Een soort Fontaines DC uit de jeugd van de millenials. Wat dat betreft maakt het algoritme het me de laatste dagen wat makkelijker, maar het had ook wat goed te maken na Missy Elephant. Het album is een tikkeltje aan de lange kant en met zo'n ellenlange galmtrack als 'Theme from Retro' doe je mij totaal geen plezier. Ook wordt het naar het einde toe af en wat te noisy en te kunstzinnig voor me, bijvoorbeeld bij 'Chinese Bombs'. Dit zorgt ervoor dat ik toch weer uitkom op een 3 voor Blur. Ik vind Blur wel leuk maar liever in iets kleinere porties.
Quite dull in hindsight. As to why you would take such an over saturated influence as American indie for your primary source on an album is sort of baffling. Is it some insane hubris whereby you are thinking "oh, we can show the Americans how to do this better?" 2.5*
Outside of Song 2, which remains as anthemic as any nonsense song ever written, Blur's self-titled, maybe more so than any other record in their discography, hints at Damon Albarn's growing need to expand beyond the bounds of what Blur was. The dingy sounds that would come to define large swaths of the first Gorillaz album start to leak out here, 4 years before its release and a couple of years before it was recorded. In that way *Blur* is fascinating as a document of both a band and its frontman in periods of transition.
Really prefer Damon Albarn in Gorillaz over this 90's Brit-rock. Didn't hate or love this one. Standout: Beetlebum
A mid album for me. There are some bangers, and some I’d skip past. Definitely some catchy tunes though.
More enjoyable than expected. Quite eclectic too. 3.5
Growing up in the 90s, it was impossible to miss Song 2. I taped the album from a friend. I don't remember much, so this is mostly a new listening experience. Beetlebum Song 2 Country Sad Ballad Man M.O.R. On Your Own Theme from Retro You're so Great Death of a Party Chinese Bombs I'm Just a Killer for Your Love Look Inside America Strange News from Another Star Movin' On Essex Dogs
still such a hit and miss band for me
Decent. Not great but decent
OK.
Not too remarkable or memorable.
“Song 2” was good, high energy song. The rest of the album was pretty underwhelming.
ordinary
This was their, ‘let's let Graham do one’ after the laddy, celebrity, smash hits cover that was The Great Escape. Beetlebum has the lovely contrast between moody verse and sweet sing along chorus. Song 2 is the one everyone learns how to play, fun riff. Your poor man's Teen Spirit. Obviously they weren't entirely serious about this one. Ballad Man has a cool slacker rock malaise to it. MOR doesn't do much for me. I put On Your Own in the same box as It Could Be You, feels like the emphasis is on churning out a poppy number, rather than having good words or interesting instrumental turns in it. You're so Great, has an edgy demo like purity about it. Reminds me if Beck's One Foot in the Grave. I love Death of the Party. It's my favourite on the album. Really depressing account of a party and not having fun there. Interesting sounds and atmosphere created, and still manages to have a bit of a hook. For me, every track after this blends into a lackluster durge. Not a world beater of an album, but still pretty darn good.
Interesting
Its another blur album, its good but parklife is so much better just listen to that instead
Blur songs are consistently solid but it is rare that I feel moved by them.
It's good. Not sure why I don't like blur more, while I love Gorillaz.
You're So Great is quite an interesting song. Sounds almost like a Modest Mouse track or an early Radiohead demo. Look Inside America is just Country House isn't it? I don't think this is really a great album. It's ok, kinda like most of Blur's other stuff. But at least compared to their Britpop contemporaries this album is evidence of evolution to a new sound, some experimentation. Fave Tracks: Beetlebum, Song 2, Death of a Party, Essex Dogs 3.3/5
Meh
+1 Beetlebum, +1 Song Two, Average rest of album
Fyrstu tvö lögin eru classics. Restin not so much.
Ákveðin vonbrigði. Farið að hægjast á Blur vélinni þarna. Besta lagið stolið frá Botnleðju.
Not bad. A few songs I've heard before and liked but didn't know the name of. Went on a drive with Sam today and got beef nihari. I wasnt very good at conversation but he didn't mind. Punkish party jams.
I loved Beetlebum and Song 2 is a primary school CLASSIC but, none of the rest of the album ever got its hooks into me. I'll always pick them over Oasis in the Great Debate and I really appreciate their style and creativity.
Nothing too exciting.
Pretty good! I came into this album knowing a couple songs by Blur, but only Song 2 from this album. With that being what I knew, I was expecting a bit of a different sound. It's still great, just not as upbeat as Song 2. A much more mellow sound throughout that makes me think of Cage the Elephant. Although I could do without the echo track and sudden discordant noises, overall enjoyable
It feels like an awkward spot between the Life trilogy of albums (Modern Life, Parklife and The Great Escape) and 13. There are great moments in here(Beetlebum, Song 2 and On Your Own), but I feel like the album suffers from experimental stuff that wasn't their forte. A good first step from Damon Albarn into the path that would lead to Gorillaz, but as a whole the album feels uneven. 6/10
Meh, this was long winded. Pretty fun, but as an album it needed to be about half as long to get its point across. This album reads more like a deluxe, but is merely a standard. As if bonus tracks were included.
I mean, no matter what, Song 2 is a banger. Can't take that away. The rest of the album isn't bad, but it's not really above the way either. On Your Own is the other real standout in my opinion. Leaving in the mid-range.
I only knew Song 2, and honestly, I'm really tired of hearing that one, even if it is a 90's classic. Beetlebum is amazing, it has such a Beatles sound. Death of a Party reminded me a bit of the Smiths. I also hear a lot of Bowie's influence throughout this whole thing.
I feel although they are decent band they got too much hype amd are overrated. Have a few CDs and when Inlisten to them it desnt feel as it did when they came out. They were looking to promote new bands and they pushed this one as superstars that didnt deliver to their potential. Album is Ok still hold sup but nothong spectacular
TWO Blur albums so far and no Doors?? How much Blur do I have to endure!?
3.5 kind of liked it more than expected
I've always hated Song 2 and the vibe it gave off. When I started listening to the album, I thought "well this might be better than I thought it would be". I was kinda wrong, but also kinda right. Song 2 is the worst song on this IMHO, but some of the songs were really enjoyable. It's just not really my genre overall, but I won't have nightmares (or sweet dreams) about Blur.
Blur's self-titled is their first attempt at evolving their sound and moving away from britpop. As such, this album feels more like a mish-mash of different styles than a coherent listen, with some parts being more successful than other. Although I'm not a huge fan of the more lo-fi sound they went with here, I don't hate anything about this album and actually like most of the songs. But its inconsistency definitely bring the experience down. 7/10
I don't particularly love it or anything, but it's a perfectly serviceable album.
En del sjyssta låter med bra energi men inga mästerverk. Ingen särskilt minnesvärd skiva. "Song 2" är ju en klassiker och har en bra "hook" men i övrigt är det inte en så stark låt. 3 av 5.
unfortunately does not break my streak of midly enjoying but not rly Getting damon albarn projects. something ab the songwriting on his stuff tends to slip right off me...tho they at least tend to have some good soundscapes, i can appreciate the flirting with louder and scuzzier guitars thru this album. this record is situated in an interesting historical place, a high-pressure attempt to keep up the band's trajectory after a contentious last album, internal tensions, and britbop essentially dying. the style reorientation here seems v smart, and ultimately allowed the band to finally break through in america, but just Knowing The Information only helps me so much when im missing so much of the context. wish i had more to say about the actual experience of the record, but moderate pleasure (and admiration even moreso, its rare a desperate course correction was this obviously successful) that just kinda falls out of my hands afterwards is all ive got for now
- Do not dislike anything here, but nothing stands out either. Every track should be in the background of a 90s coming-of-age drama, specifically b/c it does not draw attention to itself. - Knew "Song 2" (who doesn't). "Strange News from Another Star" and "Movin' On" were pretty good. - 3 stars for being pleasant, I guess?
This is like Oasis for me, some good tunes, but i really do not get the hype over any of it.
Soulless and derivative.
I was looking forward to giving this album a listen until I saw that ghoulish, ghastly runtime. Gorillaz were the first band that I really got into and while their music isn't in my rotation anymore I still have a great deal of respect for the Albarn-centric tracks from the band. Forgive me for being one of the unwashed masses that compares Gorillaz to Blur, but I do think it's interesting to look at some of these tunes as proto-Rillaz tracks. There are a few musical curios and unorthodox sounds peppered throughout this album that really do remind me of the Kong Studio-ers, especially during the Demon Days phase. "Death of a Party", "Movin On" and "Essex Dogs" are particularly reminiscent of this. I'm ashamed to say this, but I think I greatly prefer Albarn as a solo-musician when compared to his more collaborative ventures. This goes for everything that was released with his name before and after the debut of Gorillaz. I think he especially thrives when he is working with a low-fidelity, underproduced sound (i.e. self-titled Gorillaz and The Fall). Anyways, on to talking about the album at hand as it's quite interesting. I can't think of another non-American band that has aped this kind of washed out, abrasive indie sound. Pairing that sound with the off-key, quirky vocals of Damon Albarn works surprisingly well and is quite endearing. That being said, I think this sound is very indistinct and restrictive, which is especially damning during the second half as the album continues to pile on some very unambitious 5+ minute songs that sound near-identical to one another. Still, for what it is, it's perfectly listenable. Maybe I'm going crazy, but I recall there being a Blur song that was entirely instrumental with a short repeating melody that progressively gets quicker and segues into a barrage of clattering percussion. I'm going nuts trying to find that song - I can hear it in the back of my mind. It's probably from a Blur-adjacent band
Song 2 has such a ballsy bass tone. crazy that a song just over 2 minutes could be so fucking sonically COMMANDING. Chinese Bombs is also another strong track. There is a lot of experimentation in sonic landscapes on this album, but a lot of the low tempo stuff just doesn't do it for me.
I mean, it’s fine. I thought Parklife was a much better listen personally
Song 2 is all you need.
Decent.
It grew on me. Especially liked Essex Dogs
Why am I transported to 6 different memories and feelings on this album. It must be good and also kind of confuses me.
Meh. 3
It had its moments and its time in the sun for sure but I think the only standout track is Song 2 which is pretty unfortunate. Blur I know has better albums and songs than this one. I wasn't moved.
Favorite Track: Song 2
Listened Before? N Pretty good 90's alt album. Of course, Song 2 is well known and that's about all in the US. I enjoyed the first 5 songs or so and then it started to wear on me. It's fine I guess. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Beetlebum
Very moody, very grungy. Liked a lot of this, but not all.
Big fan of Song 2 and Beetlebum, as well as Death of a Party, but the sound starts to get repetitive and I lose interest.
This was okay. The Gorillaz are definitely better.
Noise Rock electro
I liked this one a good bit when I was a teen. Now I think I'd rather listen to the influences that set Blur in this direction, but I do appreciate hearing a band try to stretch themselves a little. I think I appreciate the lead guitar more than I did as a teen, when I would have just thought "guitar fill, ok sure". When I was 15 or 16 the instrumental after Essex Dogs (pretty cool track itself, always dug the shifting tempo) totally blew my mind. I'd never heard something sound so melodic and so obviously out of tune with the standard scale at the same time. music: appreciated. (⌐■_■)
Blur goes brrr.. it’s fine.
Song 2 is a classic, but I feel like I'm missing something with Blur.
Old-school Britpop. To be in elementary school again!
Parents played a lot of Blur when I was a kid - Song 2 always irks me a bit just cos it's a bit of a shit track IMO but there are some good ones on here before Damon Albarn climbed all the way up his own arse.
Not as good as Parklife, but I still enjoyed some tracks. However, the album kept shifting directions stylistically. I would love one track, then despise the next. If it were more consistent, I would give it a higher rating.
Decent album, has Song 2, Damon Albarn hates we all remember Song 2
While this album finally led them to breaking through in the US, Parklife for me is their best album that shows the depth of their talent. Still top tier Blur.
Middle school me loved Song 2. Grown up me still does. I actually don't think I've ever heard this whole album though so it will be interesting. I feel like 'Oasis or Blur' was the 'Beatles or Stones' of the 90s. After listening I think I might be team Oasis here. I like this album but other than Song 2 I don't feel like it really has much to offer. It's fine. 2.5/5 rounding up.
Indie rock
7/10
To be honest I was kind of bored listening to this. 6.5/10 Fave track: Song 2
Better than my other Blur album here on this list, Modern Life Is Rubbish. Song 2 carries a lot, the rest is somewhere between quite ok and forgettable. Still not enough for 4.
Forgotten grunge, Song 2 is an unheralded gem
This album is good but too long
S'okay. It's got decent instrumentals and vocal work, but overall just didn't feel cohesive or noteworthy. 'Song 2' hard carries this album though. So simple, yet so good!
Quite a solid album that doesn't have a single song that I would listen to on its own. Ofc Song 2 is a banger and no amount of commercials can change that, but I want to point out Strange News from Another Star, it's cool in a different sense
This feels dialed in but at the same time the hooks are there. It’s not a terrible album but it’s weird to think they used to battle it out with Oasis, like both bands were seriously on the same musical plain. I really can’t pin down what I don’t like about this album. Again, it has the hooks, it flows well, lyrically it’s not just pieced together I guess. I just don’t feel “it” when I’m listening. It was a wise choice for Damon to put most of his time into Gorrilaz
I remember this being big when I was in high school. Song 2 was the only one I knew and it’s the only song on here that I like. The rest of the album didn’t do much for me.
If you shuffled this album and asked me to guess the artist of every song, I’d guess 14 different bands/singers. Which is fun, but you can’t expect me to like all of it.
I’d only ever heard the two opening singles on this, both good songs. The rest of the album doesn’t live up to the same standard. Overall not a bad album but not sure it’s a classic
Never listened to this album beyond the iconic Song 2, but I liked it way more than I was expecting. Though they did themselves a disservice putting Beetlebum first I think, that was underwhelming. I'm such a huge Damon Albarn fan and it's cool to hear his early evolutions here, which honestly are not very different than they are now, distorted mic and all. I probably won't seek this out, but I would listen again. almost a 4 3.4/5
Enjoyed this more than 'Parklife'. I like the variety of sonic palettes they use and pop-minded structures. Fun but not sugary. They're a band looking forward and around them, but I don't know what it says about them personally as musicians.
I didn't care for the first half this album. It had the song 2 that live heard a bunch but meh. The last 4 tracks though I really enjoyed. Especially Moving On and Essex Dogs
Felt like something I would’ve enjoyed listening to on CD in my car in the 90s. Not terrible but it sounds like a moment in time I completely missed.
Not their best by a long shot - still enjoyable though! Song 2 is still a kick ass tune
I love Blur, but i've always found this album a bit hit and miss. Beetlebum and Song 2 are up there with the greatest album openers, but there are a lot of fillers. Ideally I'd give it 3.5 out of 5
I only knew the track "Song 2" because, obviously, it's popular. Good album, good songs, overall 3 stars.
Would listen again
started off good and then i lost interest. i didn’t hate it or anything, kinda wish i could give it a 2.5 tho. but i’ll be nice
The album start off on the strongest foot possible with it's two best songs, Beetlebum and Song 2, the most successful demonstration of the musical styles that Blur will be blending on this album, their classic Beatles and Kinks inspired pop on the chorus of Beetlebum, and the new American lo-fi indie and alternative rock ala Pavement on the fuzzy and loose guitars of Song 2. However I feel this album still falls into the trappings of most Britpop albums of the era- It's simply too long with too many songs. A tight 10 song tracklist would have done this album a lot of good, and the removal of uninteresting tracks like M.O.R, You're So Great, I'm Just a Killer for Your Love and Theme from Retro would make it more focused. There were still other tracks that I enjoyed such as Country Sad Ballad Man, On Your Own and the fantastic Death of a Party. Essex Dogs could stay as well for the great song name. Although I did like it overall, if you turned it off after the second track, and you would have already enjoyed the best this album has to offer (with the exception of the mentioned Death of a Party). I think I just prefer Damon Albarn pretending to be a monkey as opposed to pretending to be a Man. It's getting a 3. I'll never love Blur. Great album cover though.
Better than previous ones. Getting away from the britpop sound thankfully. 2.5/5.
Rock with indie elements, experimental - Definition of hit or miss, some tunes are fantastic while others are forgettable, some vocals are great while others are jarring, some instrumentals really hit the spot while others are just repetitive - Beetlebum and Death of a Party are standout tracks
definitiv ein tolles album von blur. ob es das beste von ihnen ist bezweifle ich, die zweite hälfte fällt dann stark ab. „Song 2“ mag ich noch immer!
It was okay
Song 2 was of course the stand out, but the rest of the album kind of pleasantly blended together. Solid soft rock
Good album.
I enjoyed listening to this and despite never listening to Blur before, I could instantly clock the britpop/90s indie vibes. Songs had some good variety and will probably listen again.
Lo mejor y lo peor, o por lo menos demasiado experimental y aburrido, de Blur en un solo álbum. Del cañonazo de Song 2, el buen arranque de Beetlebum solo salvo M.O.R. y On your own.
3.5
Another delightfully strange one! I love finding a song I’ve heard all my life in the full context of the album. There were some hits for e, and some that didn’t quite land. 3.5/5
The late 1990s British scene had a sound. You could take many of these songs and place them on Radiohead’s The Bends, the Verve’s Urban Legends or Oasis Be Here Now, and you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. Luckily I like all those albums, and this one too. #2 Song is a classic which you couldn’t escape when it came out, and some local radio still cycles regularly. Country Sad Ballad Man feels misplaced yet right in the pocket of this album. As the album progressed it seemed to get weirder, Blur thought this might be their only shot to pay homage to all of their influences. Overall this album is a bit of a time capsule, but a pretty good one!
This album was better than I remembered. I'm not even sure I ever even checked the whole album out back in the day. Of course "Song 2" was inescapable and is still a stadium anthem staple. "Death of a Party" caught my ear and reminded, that yeah, this is the Gorillaz guy. Damon Albarn is sort of underrated when you stack up what he did with Blur and then Gorillaz. This is a definite listen again album for me.
I'm not cool enough for Blur
American Indie Rock rather than Britpop. But Brit flavour is absolutely there. Some plain weird songs. A bit all over the place. Kind of falls off after a couple of songs.
the gap between the bangers and the snoozers is wide indeed
Never liked Blur, put I think that Graham Coxon is an incredible guitar player.
Well, I guess this is the first of three Blur albums in this collection (for me at least)--I hope they're as interesting as that number would imply. I'm vaguely familiar with their earlier "Parklife" album, but I don't think I've heard anything from this album before aside from the impossible-to-escape "Song 2" single from yesterday (which I still enjoy, oddly, perhaps because it's just long enough to avoid getting annoying). It seems weird that they opened up the album with a sort of Beatles-inspired sound ("Beetlebum"), and then abandoned this immediately afterward for a kind of all-over-the-map alt-rock sound through much of the rest of the album. I'm hard pressed to call out much of anything else on this album as particularly distinctive or worth another listen and I was disappointed that all of the videos from this album are remarkably uninteresting; the track "On your own" has some potential, as does the weirdly Cure/Gorillaz mashup "Death of a party", and I also enjoyed the David Bowie-inspired "Strange news from another star". I'm sorry to have gotten this as the first Blur album, as I suspect I would have a different opinion if I'd listened to the (chronologically) earlier albums first. I get this sense largely because the Wikipedia entry suggests that this album marked a big departure for them from their earlier Britpop style; it'll be interesting to see how the other two Blur albums stack up. And I'm quite disappointed in not enjoying this album more than I did, as I *really* enjoy Damon Albarn's Gorillaz experiments, and can't really see any of that here (with the possible exception of "Death of the party").
I thought I would like this more than I actually did. The first two songs are excellent but they really put all of their eggs in those two baskets. “Blur” unfortunately debuts at the bottom of my Britpop Power Rankings.
Blah not great but you get an extra star for Song 2
Beetlebum 3.4 Song 2 3.4 Country Sad Ballad Man 3.1 M.O.R. 3 On Your Own 3 Theme from Retro 3.2 You're So Great 3 Death of a Party 3.3 Chinese Bombs 3.1 I'm Just a Killer for Your Love 3.4 Look Inside America 3.2 Strange News from Another Star 3 Movin' On 3.5 Essex Dogs 3.6 Score: 3.228571429
Maybe it's because I wasn't a teenager in the late 90s, but on the scale of terrible (one star) to fucking amazing (five stars), this album ranks a "fine, but just fine." And that's not a fine like "damn, she's FIIIIINE" ranking. Honestly, the whole thing was kind of a ... blur.
Bisschen enttäuschend Nach den ersten zwei gibt es keinen flashy catchy song mehr
I hated this Blur album way less than the last one. Still didn’t like it, but found some value.
Mehhhhh nothing really stands out other than Song 2
The two all-time banger "Beetlebum" and "Song 2" are standing out! But although I´m into Britpop that´s it basically for me. worst: "Theme from Retro", "Movin' On", "Essex Dogs" 2,5
Beetlebum and Song 2 are great tracks. Rest was better than I was expecting 3/5
some good ol’ rock with crunchy guitars and bri ish vocals. quite enjoyed this one.
Flashes of alright but then they’d get turned on by dumb vocals or gross guitar screeches. Meh.
Some good and some bad for me. Will I listen to again: 30%
Good
Good singles, mid filla
Feel like a Brit after this one innit
Sounds kind of like the backtrack to a 90s tv show/rom com in like the moody montage. Wait I've totally heard \"Song 2\" before. Growlers inspiration for sure "Song 2" "Theme from Retro"
This was better than I was expecting, but depending on the song, it's still very much whiny mid-90s British rock. Not sure if I would gravitate towards this album again. I don't know what it is, but I I feel like I should have liked this more than I actually did.
Best britpop album on this list so far. Overall an enjoyable listening experience.
More wide-ranging than I expected from Blur, but still not my favorite style.