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BLUR - THE GREAT ESCAPE
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The Great Escape
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Indie Rock / Brit Pop /
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Vinyl record
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1995 - 2x12" Indie Rock / Brit Pop LP Repressed - Blur were formed in 1989 by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree and signed with Food/EMI the same year. Announcing their arrival with debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur continued to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with second release Modern Life Is Rubbish(1993). Five successive UK #1 albums followed - with Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helping to propel the band to mass popularity in the UK and beyond. The eponymous Blur was released in 1997 and seventh album Think Tank (2003) was Blur's first as a three-piece after the temporary departure of founding guitarist Graham Coxon. One of the most successful British bands of the last two decades, Blur have won a total of five BRIT Awards, and were twice nominated for the Mercury Music Award.
Blur's most stereotypically Blur-sounding record. OIII! It's like Kinks-lite, with catchy choruses and ska-flavoured arrangements. There are noticaeable nods to Blur's later (and better) experimental work on 'The Universal' and 'Ernold Same'. It's a patchy record, one that could do with shedding a bit of fat, but with some stand-out moments all the same such as Graham Coxon's brilliantly boneless riff on 'He Thought of Cars', the sheer bombast of 'Country House' and 'Charmless Man', and the strange surreality of 'The Universal'. OIII!
Blur's most stereotypically Blur-sounding record. OIII! It's like Kinks-lite, with catchy choruses and ska-flavoured arrangements. There are noticaeable nods to Blur's later (and better) experimental work on 'The Universal' and 'Ernold Same'. It's a patchy record, one that could do with shedding a bit of fat, but with some stand-out moments all the same such as Graham Coxon's brilliantly boneless riff on 'He Thought of Cars', the sheer bombast of 'Country House' and 'Charmless Man', and the strange surreality of 'The Universal'. OIII!
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Blur is an English rock band formed in London in 1988, consisting of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James, and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album, "Leisure" (1991), incorporated elements of Madchester and shoegaze. Following a stylistic change influenced by British guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles, and XTC, Blur released "Modern Life Is Rubbish" (1993), "Parklife" (1994), and "The Great Escape" (1995). The single "Girls & Boys" (1994) became a hit in the UK and the US, peaking at number 5 on the UK singles chart and number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band played a significant role in popularising the Britpop genre and achieved widespread popularity in the UK, partly due to a highly publicised chart rivalry with Oasis in 1995, referred to as "the Battle of Britpop."
Blur's self-titled fifth album (1997) marked another stylistic shift influenced by the lo-fi approaches of American indie rock groups and became their third UK chart-topping album. "Song 2" gained popularity on alternative radio in the US. Their next album, "13" (1999), saw experimentation with electronic and art rock styles, featuring more personal lyrics from Albarn and Coxon. Their seventh album, "Think Tank" (2003), continued this exploration of electronic sounds and incorporated influences from world music, with minimal guitar contributions. Coxon left the band early in the sessions for "Think Tank," and Blur disbanded for several years after the album's tour in 2003.
In 2009, Blur reunited with Coxon and embarked on a European reunion tour. In the following years, they released several singles and compilations and toured internationally. In 2012, they received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their eighth album, "The Magic Whip" (2015), was their first in twelve years and became the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the UK charts. Following the tour for "The Magic Whip," Blur went on hiatus until the release of their ninth album, "The Ballad of Darren" (2023).
Studio albums
Leisure (1991)
Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)
Parklife (1994)
The Great Escape (1995)
Blur (1997)
13 (1999)
Think Tank (2003)
The Magic Whip (2015)
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