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Blur
Blur
(Food/Parlophone, 1997)
Sun sets on Damon Albarn's Little England. "Look inside America," he urges. "She's alright."
Like Frankenstein repulsed by his monstrous creation, Damon Albarn believed Britpop was his to destroy. Hence Blur: partly a sop to Blur's grunge fifth column Graham Coxon, partly reflective of Albarn's own brief obsession with Pavement, it overspilled with downbeat moods, dirty guitars, references to hard drugs (the creeping, gouched-out Beetlebum) and the Britpop morning after (the dread-ridden Death Of A Party). The juddering funblast of Song 2 - so uncharacteristically mindless it nearly missed the cut - demanded Blur be reassessed and America took note. Blur were now the "whoo hoo guys", trading one albatross (Parklife) for another, but at least this one was a pension plan and indicative of irresistible pop instincts that ran deep, irrespective of style. They'd swopped DMs for Chuck Taylors, and found life beyond the so-called "Life" trilogy.
Danny Eccleston
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/11/2009
Further Listening
Blur – 13 (Food/Parlophone, 1999)
Pavement – Brighten The Corners (Matador, 1997)
Pulp – This Is Hardcore (Island, 1998)
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A really good musical transfiguration.
A kind of second life for them.
Posted by M.A.Melo at 10:43 AM GMT 10/11/2009 Report Abuse
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