madcat
madcat
12 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur - The Universal Only years after the release of The Great Escape did I understand what this gem was about: The Universal is a drug that in a distant future will suddenly make everyone happy, despite the crap society in which they live. The video is heavily and obviously influenced by two films that I'll let you discover if you haven’t seen them yet, and the music: it probably represents one of the peaks of their third phase (era Parklife/The Great Escape) #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
12 sep 21

DeRank™: 21,54

Blur - Country House A few months after the release of Parklife, Blur were already starting to record the new album that would come out a year later: prolific, to say the least. If Parklife was their first number 1 album, Country House is their first number 1 single. And it's the song through which I got to know them, via this video, so I feel particularly attached to it. It's the opening track of an album, The Great Escape, which has nothing to envy from its predecessor; on the contrary, I believe it contains even higher peaks than Parklife: it's a sort of gallery of horrors, with often unsettling characters, still a mirror of a society that the four are capturing with ferocity, through unforgettable sarcasm and satire. While in Parklife the atmosphere seemed generally more serene, here a deep melancholy is often felt. #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
11 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur Red Necks (2012 Remaster) they pull out gems even while they’re having a blast #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
10 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,21

Blur Got Yer! (2012 Remaster) dark hallucinogenic waltz? Let's start with the b-sides from the Parklife era #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
9 sep 21

DeRank™: 3,00

Blur - Jubilee - Parklife Blur - The Debt Collector - Parklife punk rock with a brass section and hallucinogenic instrumental waltzes happily hand in hand. Parklife is a kaleidoscope #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
9 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,21

Blur - This Is A Low (HD) never released as a single, yet one of their most famous classics and a constant presence at every concert, an emotional and epic moment, with a spine-tingling solo by Coxon #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
9 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,12

Blur End of a Century (2012 Remaster) Parklife feels like a Best of, because it includes many tracks that are somehow known (not necessarily released as singles) even by those who know little about Blur.
 
madcat
madcat
8 sep 21

DeRank™: 10,21

Blur Parklife (2012 Remaster) the "Life trilogy" is characterized by memorable satire and irony, often through the observation of the everyday life habits of English society of the time and frequently through unsettling characters (The Great Escape is somewhat of a concept album in this regard). The title track features mod icon Phil Daniels, star of Quadrophenia, adding to an already rich dish #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
8 sep 21

DeRank™: 9,93

Blur Girls and Boys (2012 Remaster) thus begins the dance for an epoch-making album, written and recorded during their toughest time, after the failure of the previous masterpiece and the EP "Popscene," and after a devastating tour in America vividly represented in the documentary "Starshaped." They bring forth one of the key albums of the entire 90s and the most important British album of the 90s. Talking Heads, Devo, Kinks, Buzzcocks, Bowie, Smiths, Jam blended together with that distinct spark, that lucid madness that has always characterized them. However, it is all much richer and more elaborate than anything they had done before; the composition reaches stunning levels, and throughout the album, they merrily hop from one genre to another, as if it were the simplest and most natural thing in the world, and moreover with the gift of conciseness. Eclectic, incredibly inspired. A milestone. And we are in '94: it also represents a significant musical/cultural shift: the spotlight moves from Seattle to London. It will be their first number one, even dethroning The Division Bell by Pink Floyd #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
7 sep 21

DeRank™: 3,00

Blur Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two) (2012 Remaster) first a lysergic carousel to the rhythm of a waltz, then the distorted burst in the chorus #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
7 sep 21

DeRank™: 6,05

Blur Beachcoma (2012 Remaster) truly a plethora of choices, even among their b-sides. What stratospheric levels of composition they have always maintained #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
7 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,85

Hanging Over (2012 Remaster) as a soundtrack for a hangover post is perfect #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
7 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,52

Blur Es Schmecht (2012 Remaster) and let's start with a selection of b-sides from the Modern Life is Rubbish era: I wouldn't know how to define this. #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
6 sep 21

DeRank™: 7,44

Blur - Coping - Modern Life is Rubbish also Patridge was called to produce the record before Street: for this particular piece, there is also an earlier version produced by him #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
6 sep 21

DeRank™: 5,65

Blur- Sunday Sunday (Modern Life is Rubbish) If there's a track in Modern Life is Rubbish that clearly hints at the direction the 4 will take shortly with Parklife, it's Sunday Sunday. It was released as a single: "But where has there ever been a single that doubles the tempo halfway through?" Will the folks at the record label manage to say that? #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
5 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,44

Blur - Oily Water - Modern Life is Rubbish "I was listening to a lot of the Pretty Things during that time, something about their visions made its way into the album, probably, definitely in Oily Water," said Coxon, more or less. So in addition to Kinks, My Bloody Valentine, Who, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Bowie, the more psychedelic Pretty Things also serve as musical references: the instrumental outro of Oily Water is lysergic and obsessive #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
5 sep 21

DeRank™: 8,65

Blur - Pressure on Julian - Modern Life is Rubbish the production of Modern Life is Rubbish was quite troubled: initially rejected and then accepted on the condition that two more tracks were added to drive it forward. At one point, Cope entered the scene (yes, the "Julian" in the title is indeed him), before Street took over completely (until "Blur", it would be sort of a fifth Blur, then he would return with The Magic Whip) #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
5 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,45

Blur - Colin Zeal - Modern Life is Rubbish perhaps my favorite track on the album, but it's tough #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
5 sep 21

DeRank™: 11,65

Blur - Advert - Modern Life is Rubbish the amazing hat-trick advert/Colin zeal/Pressure on Julian. Let's start with the first #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
3 sep 21

DeRank™: 4,39

Blur - Badgeman Brown the importance of the ep Popscene is not only in the title track, but also in all the other songs included. After Mace and Garden Central here comes the schizophrenic piece with a triple personality. Barrett passionate about Alternative. #blur30
 
madcat
madcat
3 sep 21

DeRank™: 3,00

Fratelli Gualandi - Lillo, Greg e Valerio Lundini - 610 del 28/02/2021 make them piss themselves for nothing. Only them #LSD
 
madcat
madcat
3 sep 21

DeRank™: 3,00

Blur Garden Central compositional eclecticism has always been one of their defining traits: moving from a piece like Popscene to a piece like this, for them, has always been the norm #blur30
 
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