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By tying the past and the present together, Blur articulated the mid-'90s Zeitgeist and produced an epoch-defining record.
13y
95
Parklife is the masterpiece of this era. Pop-art bright, stingingly funny, and at times suddenly poignant, it remains the defining artifact of Britpop.
13y
90
So often cast aside as a joke, a band who would turn up for the opening of a door if the invite included a free can of Heineken, blur have made what will undoubtedly be seen as the greatest pop album of 1994.
11y
80
With one of this year's best albums, they realize their cheeky ambition: to reassert all the style and wit, boy bonding and stardom aspiration that originally made British rock so dazzling.
11y
80
At the heart of the album, the title track presents itself as a wince-inducing piece of panto but it's actually a smart and funny observation on Blighty delivered by Phil Daniels in the role of an all-purpose minor player in the national life; part barrow boy, part Jack The Lad, part articulate cabbie.
5y
70
While this is an album that it probably helps to be British to understand fully, it can easily be appreciated by any music fan, and particularly fans of this genre.
13y
70
Forward-thinking and highly attuned to modern British life, Parklife became a touchstone of the ’90s guitar boom through a series of artful subversion.
2y
i’ll be the first to say it: damon albarn was hot as fuck in the 90s. i know this is gonna be controversial to you chud snowflakes who turn your mothers basements into echo chambers for your own sensitive ass selves, but this is the real world. different people have different opinions. get used to it.
but yeah, if you wanna cancel me, go right ahead. see if i care. i don’t give a fuck. this guy is hot and literally no one else wants to admit it because they’re too scared of ... read more
It's Blur's biggest and best splashes into the minds of London-livers everywhere, with a concept so uniquely British that it almost needs to be heard to be fully experienced. It's a great album that is one of Blur's best.
Favorite Jams: This Is A Low, Girls and Boys, Bank Holiday
Lest Favorite: The Debt Collector
This might be the most consistently strong britpop album there is, in my opinion. It's packed with variety, and even though I think some of the shorter tracks could've been fleshed out and expanded upon, I still really like them. At least the majority of them, with Lot 105 being the exception, though that one feels more like an outro anyway. This Is A Low feels like the true closer to the album. My favorite song here is by far Girls & Boys, it's insanely infectious, another ... read more
1 Girls and Boys 89
2 Tracy Jacks 86
3 End of a Century 83
4 Parklife 88
5 Bank Holiday 76
6 Badhead 80
7 The Debt Collector 81
8 Far Out 83
9 To the End 88
10 London Loves 86
11 Trouble in the Message Centre 80
12 Clover Over Dover 89
13 Magic America 79
14 Jubilee 78
15 This Is a Low 87
16 Lot 105 74
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Track List
| 1 | Girls and Boys 4:51 | 93 |
| 2 | Tracy Jacks 4:19 | 85 |
| 3 | End of a Century 2:45 | 88 |
| 4 | Parklife 3:05 | 90 |
| 5 | Bank Holiday 1:42 | 77 |
| 6 | Badhead 3:25 | 85 |
| 7 | The Debt Collector 2:10 | 72 |
| 8 | Far Out 1:37 | 71 |
| 9 | To the End 4:04 | 88 |
| 10 | London Loves 4:15 | 85 |
| 11 | Trouble in the Message Centre 4:09 | 84 |
| 12 | Clover Over Dover 3:22 | 84 |
| 13 | Magic America 3:37 | 81 |
| 14 | Jubilee 2:47 | 81 |
| 15 | This Is a Low 5:16 | 90 |
| 16 | Lot 105 1:19 | 72 |
Total Length: 52 minutes
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