Badlands Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Happy to be that obvious guy and go with Parklife as their best. Still holds up for me. 13 is very inconsistent for me. Bugman (hoover solos are never a good idea), Trailer Park (gash) and No Distance (maudlin and dreary) bring it down. Parklife Modern Life Blur Great Escape Think Tank Magic Whip Leisure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Parklife is a great record but has it's share of duff moments. "Magic America" is criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Mardy said: Blur/13 pretty much inseparable . Maybe Blur by a whisker Other than that, yeah, Wooderson speaks truth, as always Blur/13 Parklife Modern Life Magic Whip Great Escape Leisure And I concur with Hugh, Think Tank needs an asterisk, sits outside the canon for me Disappointingly uncontroversial list. I also agree Think Tank feels more like one of Damon's many other side projects than a Blur album, so doesn't really belong on the list. Having said that, if it was on the list, it wouldn't be at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Wooderson said: As a body of work in past 30 years, Albarn's is up there with anyone. Parallel universe where Blur made space to accommodate all the Gorillaz and TGTBTQ material... Wouldn't have been as good. I'm glad he had the room to rip up the Blur formula, as broad a church as that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Wooderson said: Parklife is a great record but has it's share of duff moments. "Magic America" is criminal. For me, It's all tied in with seeing them at Newcastle Poly the week Parklife came out, and they were on absolute fire, urgent and hungry. I was with a really lovely girl I was seeing at the time, who nicked me a (bright orange) t-shirt from the march stall afterwards. Wore that for years. Can't really separate the album from that summer, that gig and then Glastonbury a couple of months later. Not an album I ever revisit now, can't remember the last time I played it, but I'll always have a fondness for it, a Proustian rush of that intro for Girls & Boys kicking in and the whole room going fucking mental. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Parklife is comfortably my favourite and the only one I ever really revisit. It takes the things that Modern Life Is Rubbish does well and really runs with them. It's greater than the sum of its parts and even the lesser songs are still evidence of a band firing on all creative cylinders and able to pull off whatever they turn their hand to (Syd Barrett pastiche, French movie soundtracks, schlager music, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hugh Jass Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said: Is that Jack Grealish on the left? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Chris Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Is that Jack Grealish on the left? Naw, that’s Father Damo, he’s probably not worth 80 million to Man United. , neither is Grealish imo😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Parklife is like a big bag of sweets, but 13 is like a really fine wine. Terrible analogy, but the point is, as great at Parklife was at the time, it's 13 that still satisfies me now years later and gives me more from repeated listens. Parklife reminds me of the joy of being 16 and on holiday, but there's nothing else to extract from those songs that I didn't get many, many years ago. Edited September 1, 2020 by stuartbert two hats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouse Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Wooderson said: 13 is their best IMO. I've a soft spot for the Magic Whip. I reckon its better than a couple of their other titles. Yeah, put Magic Whip one higher, above The Great Escape, and we're in the same boat. Magic Whip is a class album. So many good tunes, great vibe, pretty consistent. Good comeback album, that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Still find it weird that Magic Whip had a couple of songs that sounded like they were from a Final Fantasy soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Still find it weird that Magic Whip had a couple of songs that sounded like they were from a Final Fantasy soundtrack. And one dreary song that sounded like it was from Damon's solo album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouse Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Still find it weird that Magic Whip had a couple of songs that sounded like they were from a Final Fantasy soundtrack. What's not to love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 13 is the Radiohead album of Blur albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said: 13 is the Radiohead album of Blur albums. Fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 9. Leisure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 On 8/30/2020 at 8:45 AM, SwedgeAntilles said: Not related to the Great Escape, but remember when they low-key dropped the best thing they've ever done Reminds me of Monkey Dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Hugh Jass said: Still find it weird that Magic Whip had a couple of songs that sounded like they were from a Final Fantasy soundtrack. ha! I've no experience of FF but think i get this one. "Pyongyang" is sublime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 13 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said: And one dreary song that sounded like it was from Damon's solo album. "Mirrorball" ? Yep a really downbeat conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 16 minutes ago, Wooderson said: ha! I've no experience of FF but think i get this one. "Pyongyang" is sublime. New World Towers is the sort of music that plays on the title screens. There Are Too Many Of Us is when you get to where the bad guy lives. Pyongyang is brilliant. Thought I Was A Spaceman stinks the place out. Remember it leaving a massive crater in their 2015 Hyde Park set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just now, Hugh Jass said: New World Towers is the sort of music that plays on the title screens. There Are Too Many Of Us is when you get to where the bad guy lives. Pyongyang is brilliant. Thought I Was A Spaceman stinks the place out. Remember it leaving a massive crater in their 2015 Hyde Park set. Thats mad I really like Spaceman. Second half / Graham's bit is gorgeous - live especially. Ong Ong on the other hand? Binjuice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Wooderson said: Thats mad I really like Spaceman. Second half / Graham's bit is gorgeous - live especially. Ong Ong on the other hand? Binjuice. Seem to remember it tanking live, that said I could easily be wrong. Will hi and give it another listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 12 hours ago, dentalplan said: Reminds me of Monkey Dust. Tried to explain Mr Hoppy and Ivan to someone at work a while back. They looked at me like I had quote categorically lost my mind. Apparently it was more niche than I realised. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted September 2, 2020 Report Share Posted September 2, 2020 42 minutes ago, Quark said: Tried to explain Mr Hoppy and Ivan to someone at work a while back. They looked at me like I had quote categorically lost my mind. Apparently it was more niche than I realised. The world of today would dearly benefit from the dark and cynical eye of Monkey Dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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