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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Blur |
| Record Label: |
Virgin Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Brit Pop |
| Release Date: |
March 23, 1999 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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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 |
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Blur: Damon Albarn (vocals, keyboards); Graham Coxon (guitar); Alex James (bass); Dave Rowntree (drums). Additional personnel includes: Jason Cox (drums); The London Community Gospel Choir. Engineers: John Smith, Jason Cox, William Orbit. Personnel: Damon Albarn (vocals); Graham Coxon (guitar); Dave Rowntree (drums). Audio Mixer: William Orbit. 13 marks Blur hitting the 10-year mark as a band. During their first decade, the band went from being lumped in with Manchester bands such as Happy Mondays to becoming Brit-pop foils to Oasis. Their self-titled 1997 release found them inhabiting the same lo-fi neighborhood as American indie rockers like Pavement. On 13, the London based quartet joins forces with techno-pop producer William Orbit on a record whose inclusiveness manages to find room for both the gorgeous, choir-adorned "Tender" and "B.L.U.R.E.M.I.," a song that sounds like the illegitimate offspring of Wire, Devo, and Rick Dees. Blur's work with Orbit finds them plunging deep into a lake of space-ro... |
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