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13 by Blur

13 by Blur

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Key Information
Artist: Blur
Record Label: Virgin Records (USA)
Genre: Rock and Pop
Subgenre: Brit Pop
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: Disc 1
: 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
More Information
Details: 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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