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
19 sep 21
DeRank ™: 9,00
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