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Blur

by Blur

Released
March 11, 1997
Published
8 months ago
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Album review

By early 1997, British pop had become less a scene than a competition, so with this album, Blur's frontman Damon Albarn basically announced that he was withdrawing from the race, in favor of exploring other kinds of rock he'd been getting into. Most of Blur finds the band discovering the clipped structures and oblique words of American indie rock (the best hook on the album goes "woo-hoo!"), and that's a liberating strategy. Without having to exemplify England's Dreaming, Albarn can be tuneful and playful, and even when he cribs directly from his favorite records ("M.O.R." is pure Bowie, and "You're So Great" tries for Guided by Voices-style non-production), his gift for texture puts his stamp on these songs. --Douglas Wolk

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Blur formed in Colchester, England in 1989 under the name Seymour (which was formed from the remains of a group called Circus). After signing a record deal, they changed their name to Blur and went on to become one of the most critically and commercially successful bands of the 1990s Britpop movement. Blur still exerts much influence eighteen ...

Track list

  1. Beetlebum
  2. Song 2
  3. Country Sad Ballad Man
  4. M.O.R.
  5. On Your Own
  6. Theme from Retro
  7. You're So Great
  8. Death of a Party
  9. Chinese Bombs
  10. I'm Just a Killer for Your Love
  11. Look Inside America
  12. Strange News from Another Star
  13. Movin' On
  14. Essex Dogs