Blur
Songs List
Spin: "Blur's highlights are consistently British-bred. 'Strange News From Another Star' is 'Space Oddity' -- suckled, glazed-eyeball pop psychedelia..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 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
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Brit Awards 2012
- 2.Together Again
- 3.Looking Back
- 4.Fame
- 5.Music Is Our Radar
- 6.Life On The Radio
- 7.America
- 8.A Bit Of A Blur
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.The Coming Together
- 2.London Town
- 3.Modern Life
- 4.Britpop
- 5.Blur Vs Oasis
- 6.A Little Leisure
- 7.13
Spin: Highly Recommended - "...Blur cultivates that new wave look and sound, evoking the halcyon days of yore when London produced weekly pop sensations the way today's American college towns produce Superchunk clones..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Girls and Boys
- 2.Tracy Jacks
- 3.End of a Century
- 4.Parklife
- 5.Bank Holiday
- 6.Bad Head
- 7.The Debt Collector
- 8.Far Out
- 9.To the End
- 10.London Loves
- 11.Trouble in the Message Centre
- 12.Clover Over Dover
- 13.Magic America
- 14.Jubilee
- 15.This Is a Low
- 16.Lot 105
Q: 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a substantially stocked treasure chest of hit singles just waiting to happen....A neat, knowing balance of glassy pop sheen and raggedy-arsed guitar wig-out..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.She's So High
- 2.Bang
- 3.Slow Down
- 4.Repetition
- 5.Bad Day
- 6.Sing
- 7.There's No Other Way
- 8.Fool
- 9.Come Together
- 10.High Cool
- 11.Birthday
- 12.Wear Me Down
Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "'Advert' and 'Pressure on Julian' anticipate the full-throttle indie-rock swerve on the '97 hit BLUR, with more Kinks and David Bowie in the clamor."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.For Tomorrow
- 2.Advert
- 3.Colin Zeal
- 4.Pressure On Julian
- 5.Star Shaped
- 6.Blue Jeans
- 7.Chemical World
- 8.Intermission
- 9.Sunday Sunday
- 10.Oily Water
- 11.Miss America
- 12.Villa Rosie
- 13.Coping
- 14.Turn It Up
- 15.Resigned
- 16.Commercial Break
Q: Ranked #15 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Girls & Boys
- 2.Tracy Jacks
- 3.End of a Century
- 4.Parklife
- 5.Bank Holiday
- 6.Badhead
- 7.The Debt Collector
- 8.Far Out
- 9.To the End
- 10.London Loves
- 11.Trouble in the Message Centre
- 12.Clover over Dover
- 13.Magic America
- 14.Jubilee
- 15.This Is a Low
- 16.Lot 105
Q: Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 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
Spin: "[A]n intriguing statement of contemporary anxiety that often feels far more connected to OK COMPUTER and HAIL TO THEIF than it does PARKLIFE and 13."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Lonesome Street
- 2.New World Towers
- 3.Go Out
- 4.Ice Cream Man
- 5.Thought I Was a Spaceman
- 6.I Broadcast
- 7.My Terracotta Heart
- 8.There Are Too Many of Us
- 9.Ghost Ship
- 10.Pyongyang
- 11.Ong Ong
- 12.Mirrorball
Q: 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...a dense, fascinating, idiosyncratic and accomplished rock album.."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Tender
- 2.Bugman
- 3.Coffee & TV
- 4.Swamp Song
- 5.1992
- 6.B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
- 7.Battle
- 8.Mellow Song
- 9.Trailer Park
- 10.Caramel
- 11.Trimm Trabb
- 12.No Distance Left to Run
- 13.Optigan 1
Q: 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a substantially stocked treasure chest of hit singles just waiting to happen....A neat, knowing balance of glassy pop sheen and raggedy-arsed guitar wig-out..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.She's So High (Definitive)
- 2.Bang
- 3.Slow Down
- 4.Repetition
- 5.Bad Day
- 6.Sing
- 7.There's No Other Way
- 8.Fool
- 9.Come Together
- 10.High Cool
- 11.Birthday
- 12.Wear Me Down
Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Blur went from wanna-be's to provocateurs to artistes to world travelers...[and] remained fascinating with each mood change."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Beetlebum
- 2.Girls and Boys
- 3.For Tomorrow
- 4.Coffee and TV
- 5.Out of Time
- 6.Blue Jeans
- 7.Song 2
- 8.Bugman
- 9.He Thought of Cars
- 10.Death of a Party
- 11.The Universal
- 12.Sing
- 13.This Is a Low
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Tender
- 2.She's So High
- 3.Chemical World
- 4.Good Song
- 5.Parklife
- 6.Advert
- 7.Popscene
- 8.Stereotypes
- 9.Trimm Trabb
- 10.Bad Head
- 11.Strange News from Another Star
- 12.Battery in Your Leg
Spin: "Blur's highlights are consistently British-bred. 'Strange News From Another Star' is 'Space Oddity' -- suckled, glazed-eyeball pop psychedelia..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 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
Q: Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...tears into a rough-and-tumble Kinksian landscape with gusto...a watertight package...."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.For Tomorrow
- 2.Advert
- 3.Colin Zeal
- 4.Pressure on Julian
- 5.Star Shaped
- 6.Blue Jeans
- 7.Chemical World
- 8.Intermission
- 9.Sunday Sunday
- 10.Oily Water
- 11.Miss America
- 12.Villa Rosie
- 13.Coping
- 14.Turn It Up
- 15.Pop Scene
- 16.Resigned
- 17.Commercial Break
- 18.When the Cows Come Home
- 19.Peach
Blur also appears in this compilation
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Breakdown
- 2.High
- 3.Fix You
- 4.Somewhere Only We Know
- 5.Run
- 6.For Tomorrow
- 7.The One I Love
- 8.Wires
- 9.Diamonds On The Inside
- 10.Cold December
- 11.Booty Call
- 12.Girl I Wanna Lay You Down
- 13.California
- 14.Willow's Song
- 15.Marlene On The Wall
- 16.You Do Something To Me
- 17.Fake Plastic Trees
- 18.Stop Crying Your Hearth Out
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Love
- 2.Heal Over
- 3.Nine Million Bicycles
- 4.Come Away With Me
- 5.Fell In Love With A Boy
- 6.It Don't Matter
- 7.Enchantment
- 8.Break The Night With Colour
- 9.Emily
- 10.Dear Frustrated Superstar
- 11.Mushaboom
- 12.All I Need
- 13.What Else Is There?
- 14.Days Go By
- 15.Painkiller
- 16.Black Hole Sun
- 17.How You Remind Me
- 18.Wish You Well
- 19.Heartbeats
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Girls & Boys
- 2.Jubilee
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Trouble In The Message Centre
- 2.Lot 105
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Beetlebum
- 2.Song 2
- 3.There's No Other Way
- 4.The Universal
- 5.Coffee And TV
- 6.Parklife
- 7.End Of A Century
- 8.No Distance Left To Run
- 9.Tender
- 10.Girls And Boys
- 11.Charmless Man
- 12.She's So High
- 13.Country House
- 14.To The End
- 15.On Your Own
- 16.This Is A Low
- 17.For Tomorrow
- 18.Music Is My Radar
Q: 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...THE GREAT ESCAPE's rich tapestry is matched by music of kaleidoscopic surprises--half punk and half pop-psychedelic in its influences, restlessly innovative in its execution..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Stereotypes
- 2.Country House
- 3.Best Days
- 4.Charmless Man
- 5.Fade Away
- 6.Top Man
- 7.The Universal
- 8.Mr. Robinson's Quango
- 9.He Thought of Cars
- 10.It Could Be You
- 11.Ernold Same
- 12.Globe Alone
- 13.Dan Abnormal
- 14.Entertain Me
- 15.Yuko & Hiro
Melody Maker: 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...16 fantastic tracks....they could justifiably call themselves the most important band of the '90s..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Beetlebum
- 2.Song 2
- 3.There's No Other Way
- 4.The Universal
- 5.Coffee and TV
- 6.Parklife
- 7.End of a Century
- 8.No Distance Left to Run
- 9.Tender
- 10.Girls and Boys
- 11.Charmless Man
- 12.She's So High
- 13.Country House
- 14.To the End
- 15.On Your Own
- 16.This Is a Low
- 17.For Tomorrow
- 18.Music Is My Radar
Uncut: 5 stars out of 5 - "...Albarn has a seemingly endless capacity to absorb new ideas and come up with something fresh and different every time..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 0.Me, White Noise
- 1.Ambulance
- 2.Out Of Time
- 3.Crazy Beat
- 4.Good Song
- 5.On The Way To The Club
- 6.Brothers And Sisters
- 7.Caravan
- 8.We've Got A File On You
- 9.Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
- 10.Sweet Song
- 11.Jets
- 12.Gene By Gene
- 13.Battery In Your Leg
Melody Maker: 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...16 fantastic tracks....they could justifiably call themselves the most important band of the '90s..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Beetlebum
- 2.Song 2
- 3.There's No Other Way
- 4.The Universal
- 5.Coffee and TV
- 6.Parklife
- 7.End of a Century
- 8.No Distance Left to Run
- 9.Tender
- 10.Girls and Boys
- 11.Charmless Man
- 12.She's So High
- 13.Country House
- 14.To the End
- 15.On Your Own
- 16.This Is a Low
- 17.For Tomorrow
- 18.Music Is My Radar
- MatchBlur
- 76%Damon Albarn
- 67%Pulp
- 60%Oasis
- 49%Gorillaz
- 48%The Stone Roses
- 41%Supergrass
- 34%Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
- 34%The Verve
- 29%Beady Eye
- 28%Jarvis Cocker
- 28%Super Furry Animals
- 27%Manic Street Preachers
- 24%The Libertines
- 23%Primal Scream
- 23%Travis