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Blur

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Alternative Rock (Modern Rock) band from London (England).

Blur formed in 1989 as Seymour in Colchester, composed of Damon AlbarnGraham Coxon (1989-2002, 2009- ), Alex James (2), and Dave Rowntree.
Blur's early releases (the singles "There's No Other Way", "Bang", "She's So High", "I Know", and the album "Leisure") were considered indie or alternative rock, heavily influenced by the danceable rhythms of "baggy" bands like The Stone Roses and noisepop bands like My Bloody Valentine, with strains of weirder ideas running throughout, like Syd Barrett (this was often more readily apparent on several single B-sides, where the group let loose its more atavistic, dark side). By 1992, the group was keen on reinventing themselves with a newer, smarter sound and sense of purpose, eschewing the sounds that were coming out of the U.S. specifically, and returning to a retro spectrum of British rock and pop music: British Invasion groups, Mod groups, Psychedelic Rock, even nostalgic music from World War II. They released their second album, "Modern Life Is Rubbish", in 1993, to moderate success and began attracting attention for their stubborn determination to lead Britain out of the miasma that was the grunge years.

Building on the qualified success of "Modern Life Is Rubbish" and its accompanying singles, and aided by groups like Suede, Blur rolled out the carpet for the Britpop cultural movement that would all but engulf the UK for two years, releasing in 1994 what was essentially seen by the general public as the Britpop flagship album, "Parklife". Everything changed culturally, and Blur was riding the crest of that cultural wave. Following rapidly on the heels of the tipping point that was "Parklife", the group's 1995 album "The Great Escape" was a vividly nervy and somewhat cartoonish version of the same formula. It left the group with a hangover that it determined it could only cure by taking several steps back from the Britpop sound and culture. The group re-embraced America, digging into influences like Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., The Pixies.

By the time Blur's fifth studio album, "Blur", came out in 1997, the group had all but severed ties from Britpop and were returning to the same noisy, somewhat spastic experimentalism that was a hallmark of their pre-Blur early days in the late 1980s as a indie artrock group Seymour, only this time the music informed by a broader range of influences. Subsequent albums "13" and "Think Tank" further increased the group's distance from Britpop, eventually encompassing a great diversity of sounds and influences from all over the globe. On February 19, 2015, Blur made a surprise announcement that they'd finished a new album, "The Magic Whip", to be made available to the public on April 25, 2015, and also released a new song, "Go Out".

Noteworthy live & session members:
Wayne Hernandez: lead vocalist with backing choirs since 1997
Simon Tong: guitarist; replaced Coxon for 2003–04 tour

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Albums

Blur - Leisure album artLeisure FoodParlophone1991
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish album artModern Life Is Rubbish FoodFood1993
Blur - Parklife album artParklife FoodFood1994
Blur - In Concert: New Rock album artIn Concert: New Rock ‎(CD, Transcription)Westwood OneSHOW# 94-381994
Blur - The Great Escape album artThe Great Escape FoodParlophone1995
Blur - Live At The Budokan (Japan Only Official Live Album) album artLive At The Budokan (Japan Only Official Live Album) EMIFood1996
Blur - Planet Live! album artPlanet Live! ‎(2xCD, Transcription)Austereo MCMAustereo MCMPL/BL01/01, PL/BL01/021996
In Concert: New Rock ‎(CD, Transcription)Westwood One96-231996
Blur - Blur album artBlur FoodEMI1997
Blur - Blurb Interview album artBlurb Interview EMI1997
Blur - Broadcast Window: October 27 - November 3, 1997 album artBroadcast Window: October 27 - November 3, 1997 ‎(CD, Transcription)Global Satellite NetworkC0X3X01XA1997
Blur - InterActive Songbook - Parklife album artInterActive Songbook - Parklife ‎(3xCD-ROM)Europressnone1997
Blur - Bustin' + Dronin' album artBustin' + Dronin' FoodParlophoneEMI1998
Blur - 13 album art13 EMIFood1999
Blur - Sonic Net All Access album artOrgy And Blur - Sonic Net All Access ‎(CD, Transcription)MediaAmerica Radio99-281999
Blur - The Best Of album artThe Best Of EMIFood2000
Blur - The Best Of...The Radio Show album artThe Best Of...The Radio Show ‎(CD, Promo)FoodParlophoneCDIN1342000
Blur - Think Tank album artThink Tank ParlophoneEMI2003
Blur - Interview CD album artInterview CD ‎(CD, Promo)ParlophoneParlophoneTHINK 4, THINK42003
Blur - All The People: Blur Live At Hyde Park 03 July 2009 album artAll The People: Blur Live At Hyde Park 03 July 2009 ParlophoneLive Here Now2009
Blur - All The People (Blur Live At Hyde Park 02 July 2009) album artAll The People (Blur Live At Hyde Park 02 July 2009) Live Here NowParlophone2009
Blur - Parklive album artParklive FoodAbbey Road Live Here Now2012
Blur - The Magic Whip album artThe Magic Whip Parlophone2015

Singles & EPs

Blur - She's So High / I Know album artShe's So High / I Know FoodParlophone1990
Blur - Bang album artBang FoodParlophone1991

Reviews Show All 4 Reviews

Rich.C

Rich.C

 January 13, 2017
Mainstays of the British music scene (there was a point when England wondered who would be bigger, Blur or Oasis -- Blur lost) the band broke stateside in 1997 with the irresistible gem "Song 2." This was a rollicking departure from the wry, carefully constructed Brit Pop the band had already perfected. They've continued to evolve beyond the florid psychedelia and high-octane Indie pop of past years, stretching-out their songs, dabbling in Gospel, and taking a deeper, more emotionally expressive approach to songwriting, and just for the record they were/are 10 x better than Oasis ;)

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Videos (98) Edit

Blur - Coffee And TV
6:11
Blur - Girls And Boys
4:19
Blur - M.O.R.
3:34
Blur - Bang (MW Big Bang 12 Mix)
5:27
Blur - Crazy Beat
3:16
Blur - Beetlebum [Instrumental]
5:10
Blur - She's So High
3:48
Blur - There's No Other Way (Blur Remix)
5:07
Blur - Inertia
3:52
Some Glad Morning (2012 Remastered Version)
4:19
Blur (The Best Of) - Song 2
2:03
Sing (To Me) [Demo] - Blur
5:28
Blur - We've Got A File On You
1:04
Blur - Colours (single)
2:40
Blur - Close
3:04
Blur - Parklife
3:24
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (Full Album)
58:57
Blur - Fool's Day
3:28
Blur - Parklife - w/Phil Daniels (Glastonbury 94)
4:07
Blur - M.O.R (single) (1997)
20:06
Blur - Country House
4:03
Explain (2012 Remastered Version)
2:46
Blur - I'm All Over
2:01
End of a Century (2012 Remastered Version)
2:46
Tame (2012 Remaster)
4:48
Blur - Garden Central
6:01
Blur - Slow Down - Leisure
3:12
Blur - Ong Ong (Official Video)
4:02
Blur - Birthday - Leisure
3:50
Blur - Wear Me Down - Leisure
4:52
Blur - New World Towers
2:10
Blur - Country House
3:54
Blur - To The End
3:50
Blur - On Your Own
4:41
Blur - Go Out
4:38
Blur - There Are Too Many of Us
4:24
Blur - Music Is My Radar
5:02
Blur - Parklife (HD)
3:15
Dana Dawson - 3 Is Family 

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