madcat
madcat
19 sep 21

DeRank™: 16,89

Blur - Coffee And TV memorable: track, video, and Coxonian solo. Second (actually third if we count a b-side) track sung by Graham (who in the meantime debuted with his first solo in '98 "The Sky is Too High" #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
19 sep 21

DeRank™: 9,00

Blur - Tender opens with a splendid deception lasting almost 8 minutes (and it was even released as the first single) from the 1999 album that represents yet another turning point: a splendid deception because this extraordinary country gospel, both sonically and musically, has little to do with the content of "13," where Blur push to the extremes everything they had done before, becoming essentially supersonic and reaching a point of no return in their continuous evolution. The tracks often stretch much longer than in the past, the melancholic atmospheres of The Great Escape and Blur become substantially dark and desperate (while still maintaining their classic sarcastic grin) and reflect a gloomy moment, especially regarding the two roosters of the henhouse, Albarn and Coxon. Ah, Coxon is still the backbone of an impressive sound (what he manages to extract from the guitars is often shocking). It is their longest album to date (nearly 70 minutes) and it’s called 13 because there are 13 tracks, because 13 is the number of the barn where they recorded it, but above all because 13, as written on the cover, is actually a 'B' for Blur. Ah, the video for Tender is in my opinion the one that best represents the band visually. Unforgettable are the various smirks as they perform live #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
18 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,77

Blur All Your Life (2012 Remaster) always and only jewels, even in the b-sides #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
18 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,64

Bustin' and Dronin' (2012 Remaster) take any track from Parklife and compare it to this stuff: then tell me the effect it has #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
18 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur - Strange News From Another Star - Blur well, I could have just posted the whole album #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
17 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,44

Blur - Theme From Retro - Blur sometimes I really find it hard to pinpoint specific influences in what they're doing. Here, we are still in a decidedly experimental and spectral territory #sperispettrale #forse #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
17 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,45

Blur - On Your Own Coxon's guitar is total #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
17 sep 21

DeRank™: 19,03

Blur - Song 2 Clash and Nirvana blended together? #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
16 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,96

Blur - Essex Dogs - Blur in a word: wild experimentation #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
16 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,09

Blur - Chinese Bombs - Blur Before the release of The Great Escape, they played Country House as a preview at the concerts: the live previews of Blur were Song 2 and this one; I would have loved to see the faces as the four exploded on stage #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
16 sep 21

DeRank™: 10,44

Blur - Beetlebum Parklife and The Great Escape are rich and elaborate albums, the Blur of '97 strip away many elements to emphasize others much more heavily: the brass, for example, disappears, the strings too (except for a section in one track), the four return to the sonic attitude of the first two albums. The guitar lines and the tide of effects from Coxon make everything completely different from what they had done before: it's their third twist in five years (after those of Modern Life is Rubbish and Parklife), but it's the one that will be the most shocking and decisive, especially since now all eyes are on them. The result is, without beating around the bush, an absolute masterpiece, a perfect record where not even a comma feels out of place. I remember when, in '97, I talked about it with a friend who said to me, "Well, The Great Escape was better," and I said, "You really don't understand a damn thing, my friend." #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
15 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,46

Ludwig (2012 Remaster) If someone asked me what kind of music the Blur make, I probably wouldn't be able to answer #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
15 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur No Monsters in Me (2012 Remaster) and here we are with another selection of b-sides, obviously from The Great Escape #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
13 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,90

Blur - He Thought of Cars - The Great Escape another gem, but well hidden compared to many others on the album. #blur30
 
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