Parklife

Cassette Kids Uprising Reviews

Author

boombox-generation

Wow - they REALLY frontloaded this. The first four songs are great pop, real sing-a-long nostalgia stuff. I wasn't really a Blur / Britpop devotee at the time, so don't really know the album, and hearing it now I don't think I missed that much. It hasn't stood the test of time. I can't stand Oasis, and I do like a few Blur tunes, but I do find them pretentious most of the time. The nice middle class lad with the Mockney accent is so, ahem, hackneyed. They wrote a few catchy ditties, but they do often seem to be trying too hard, and the bulk of this bears that out. Also, was it this long when it first came out? If so, why?

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Author

jason-cobb

I'm not sure I really need to listen Parklife again. Everything is so familiar. It's probably in my most played top 10 in iTunes, not to mention the endless CD plays going back over the decades. But whereas others on that list (HELLOOO Beatles) I can always return to, I'm not so sure about Parklife. It really was of its time. That time was full of fun and opportunities. It kinda all worked out OK. Girls and Boys is a brilliant disco rom; End of a Century is a little emotional. Bank Holiday gives you a good kicking. It's a four star album, reflecting not what I feel right now, but for what it has offered to me over the years.

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