madcat
madcat
30 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,45

Blur - Fool's Day 2010: first single after 7 years since Think Tank and a year after the quadruple "All The People - Live in Hyde Park". For a while, regarding new material, they will state that they would only want to release singles and EPs #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
29 sep 21

DeRank™: 8,72

Tender, Blur - Rockin'1000 Summer Camp I should have actually posted another piece today: then I saw and listened to this. Tender becomes a universal anthem, incredibly powerful to sing at the top of your lungs to the moon "Tender is the day The demons go away I need to find Someone who can heal my mind Come on, come on, come on Get through it Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing we have" #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
29 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,42

Blur - Glastonbury 2009 - Tracy Jacks They didn’t publish anything else until 2009, the year of the two live performances at Hyde Park and Glastonbury. Above all, the year of Coxon's return. The concerts are exceptional and mark the beginning of their best live season ever #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
28 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,45

Blur Morricone emphasizes ethnic influences mixed with an obvious homage (Morricone has always been a passion of theirs, and Coxon will later bring it into his solo albums) the Blur of that period are deeply immersed in it, one might say. Here, Graham is present. #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
28 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,68

Blur Some Glad Morning (2012 Remaster) here too, the African influences are evident #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
27 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,45

Blur Tune 2 is perhaps my favorite b-side from the Think Tank era. Africa, Middle East, Desert. A place to get lost #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
27 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,45

Blur Don't Be (2012 Remaster) Albarn's crush on ethnic music is evident both in Think Tank and in the b-sides from that period. The sessions in Mali (with local musicians for the album a few years prior) and in Morocco had a profound influence #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
26 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,64

Blur - Battery In Your Leg Coxon's hand here is clearly identifiable. The only track from Think Tank also credited to him #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
25 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,43

Blur - We Got A File On You - Think Tank destabilizing especially because it comes after a piece like Caravan #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
25 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,22

Blur - Caravan a journey through the desert. The sounds, the melody, the arrangement, the singing, the effects: everything to create the perfect atmosphere #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
24 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,65

Blur - Jets exemplary piece in terms of the direction taken on this record. And the instrumental outro (free jazz?) is something extraordinary #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
24 sep 21

DeRank™: 21,87

Nirvana - Drain You (Live And Loud, Seattle / 1993) It's difficult to talk about the 30 years of Nevermind: too much pointless noise surrounding Cobain's figure, which is, unfortunately, perfectly understandable (the "27 club" proves that). And he is one of the musical figures that has influenced me the most, so it's really difficult, at least for me. I just wanted to highlight an element that I have always perceived with extreme clarity in their music: the extraordinary vital energy of this album, despite (or perhaps precisely because of) the anger and discomfort that emerge from the sound, voice, and lyrics. And it's an album that single-handedly brought alternative, underground, or whatever we want to call it, into the mainstream, pulsating under what were the worst 80s, in every sense, and it will never be celebrated enough.
 
madcat
madcat
24 sep 21

DeRank™: 9,68

Blur - Ambulance - Think Tank Beetlebum, Tender, or Ambulance as the best opener of one of their albums? #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
23 sep 21

DeRank™: 9,67

Blur - Out of Time 2003: and here it is, their second phase, which opens with a bang: Out of Time is one of their most beloved classics and paves the way for an album that, once again, changes all the rules of the game. But here everything changes, much to their chagrin, more than they had anticipated: Coxon, for many reasons, it's unclear whether he is shown the door or if he slams it himself violently: perhaps both, and the sound suffers extremely as a result. To replace such a cornerstone, they, at this point three, have to add a lot, a lot of elements, and so a project that was supposed to initially take the direction of North African ethnic music (they will record in Morocco, their second album recorded away from home, after Blur’s Iceland) and dub, heavily tinges with electronics. In any case, Coxon is featured in two or three tracks on the album and some b-sides from the period because he distanced himself after some initial sessions. The result, in any case, is excellent, deeply inspired, and, once again, fundamentally experimental in many passages. Meanwhile, Coxon has released two more solo records and Albarn has hit it big with Gorillaz. A few years later, Albarn will say that there is a horrible gap in the sound of Blur and that if Coxon had not returned, Blur would not have released anything more. In 2009, the two dates at Hyde Park will mark Graham's return. #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
23 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur Black Book (2012 Remaster) b-side of the EP Music is My Radar: an elongated and hypnotic piece #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
22 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,44

Blur - Music Is My Radar 2000: just a year later, 13 releases new EPs and their first best of (the one with the iconic cover by Opie featuring their portraits): Coxon will release his second solo album the same year, and Albarn is working on a very special project involving a group of cartoon characters that he will call Gorillaz. The feeling is that they are experiencing a fundamental transition between an initial period where they gave everything they could and even a little more, and another one that will begin at an uncertain time. In the meantime, the single released (the only new track on the best of) is something truly strange and hard to define. Probably "experimentation" is the key word to associate with what they have been doing for quite some time now, and the point is that they are continuously raising the bar higher and higher. "A heavy cruiser free to roam without routes," the music critics wrote to define Blur in 2000 #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
22 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,96

Blur - Mellow Song - 13 Mellow Jam (2012 Remaster) from the same sessions: the first one ended up on the record, the second as b-sides: extremely difficult to choose one, so... #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
22 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,96

Blur French Song (2012 Remaster) and here, as always, are some b-sides from the 13 EPs. This is a long psychedelic instrumental cartoon piece #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
22 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur - B.L.U.R.E.M.I. - 13 a punk/noise madness with Donald Duck as a special guest #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
21 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,96

Blur - 1992 - 13 listen to the sounds they manage to pull out in the very long instrumental outro. The aliens have landed #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
21 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,44

Blur - No Distance Left To Run a soul that accepts defeat and surrenders after a long battle (to the sorrowful notes of this extraordinary piece with rather bluesy atmospheres), only to be reborn (with Tender). I've always viewed 13 as a concept that starts from the conclusion and then develops through a long flashback #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
20 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,14

Blur - Trimm Trabb - 13 it's a bit like This is a Low in Parklife, Trimm Trabb has become a classic of theirs that was never released as a single #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
20 sep 21

DeRank™: 12,33

Blur - Caramel - 13 alt psych prog? #blur30
 
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