BLUR
SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Blur was formed in Colchester UK in summer 1989. The started out using the name "Seymour", but after having signed with Food Records they were persuaded to change their name into "Blur"
In 1990 they had their first single "She´s So High" released and it became a minor hit.
Together with Manchester group "Oasis", Blur became main exponents for the new "Brit-Pop" movement
After a string of chart-topping singles and two artically and commercially highly succesful album, they radically changed their sound to a much simpler and less commercial guitar-based approach. With the single 1997 "Beeltebum" and the accompaning album they maintained most of their popularity, but tensions were grwowing inside the band. Lead singer Damon Albarn had begun a parallel career in the band Gorillaz, a band that eventually grew to become more popular than Blur
Guitarist Bruce Coxon left after the 1999 album "13", but they continue as a trio and have released one more album "Think Tank" as such
Band Members:
Damon Albarn: Born 1968. Composer, vocals, piano. As lead vocalist and his good looks Albarn was the naural outwards image of the band
Graham Coxon: Born 1969. Lead guitarist. Coxon´s highly original guitar-playing, became a major factoe in Blur´s change of sound in the late 1990´s
Dave Rowntree: Born 1964. Drums
Alex James: Born 1968. Bass.
Discography:
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1. Leisure - Food 1991
Tracks:
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. Birthday / 11. Wear Me Down
Rating : 5
2. Modern Life is Rubbish - Food 1993
Tracks:
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 (Bonus Track) / 19. Peach (Bonus Track)
Rating : 6
3. Park Life - Food 1994
Tracks:
1. Girls & Boys / 2. Tracy Jacks / 3. End of a Century / 4. Parklife / 5. Bank Holiday / 6. Badhead / 7. 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
Rating : 8
4. The Great Escape - Food 1995
Tracks:
1. Stereotypes / 2. Country House / 3. Best Days / 4. Charmless Man / 5. Fade Away / 6. Top Man / 7. 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 and Hiro
Rating : 7
5. Blur - Food 1997
Tracks:
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
Rating : 7
6. Blur 13 - Food 1999
Tracks:
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
Rating : 6
7. Think Tank - Parlophone 2003
Tracks:
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
Rating : 3
8. Special Edition - Food Japan (Comp.)
Tracks:
1. Day upon Day [Live] / 2. Inertia / 3. Luminous / 4. Mace / 5. Badgeman Brown / 6. Hanging Over / 7. Peach / 8. When the Cows Come Home / 9. Maggie May / 10. Es Schmecht / 11. Fried / 12. Anniversary Waltz / 13. Threadneedle Street / 14. Got Yer! / 15. Supa Shoppa / 16. Beard / 17. Theme from an Imaginary Film / 18. Bank Holiday
Rating : 6
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - December 25 - 2005
29 Parklife - 1994
59 13 - 1999
78 Blur - 1997
97 Modern Life is Rubbish - 1993
114 The Great Escape - 1995
150 Think Tank - 2003
220 Leisure - 1991
Check and Rate Here!
December 25 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. Badhead ( Blur ) Parklife
2. Tracy Jacks ( Blur ) Parklife
3. To The End ( Blur ) Parklife
4. Clover Over Dover ( Blur ) Parklife
5. The Universal ( Blur ) The Great Escape
6. Tender ( Blur ) Blur 13
7. Coffee and TV ( Blur ) Blur 13
8. Threadneedle Street ( Blur ) Special Edition
9. Death Of a Party ( Blur ) Blur
10. Country Sad Ballad Man ( Blur ) Blur
11. Beetlebum ( Blur ) Blur
12. Best Days ( Blur ) Parklife
13. This Is a Low ( Blur ) Parklife
14. End of a Century ( Blur ) Modern Life is Rubbish
15. Blue Jeans ( Blur ) Modern Life Is Rubbish
16. She´s So High ( Blur ) Leisure
17. La Comedie ( Blur ) Single with Francoise Hardy
18. For Tomorrow ( Blur ) Modern Life Is Rubbish
19. Park Life ( Blur ) Park Life
20. Far Out ( Blur ) Park Life
21. Country House ( Blur ) The Great Escape
22. Charmless Man ( Blur )The Great Escape
23. Look Inside America ( Blur ) Blur
24. Song 2 ( Blur ) Blur
25. No Distance Left To Run ( Blur ) Blur 13
26. Out of Time ( Albran/James/Rowntree ) Think Tank
27. Black Book ( Blur ) Single 2000
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