memes aside this is perfect pop rock album

>>74444005
I agree

Pretty underrated in blurs discography, Although i have to admit i can't stand country house or fade away. But this album has some 10/10s Best Days, The Universal, He Thought Of Cars, Ernold Same and Yuko And Hiro.

I kind of feel you're doing the album injustice by just calling it "pop rock" it's pretty experimental desu

>>74444060
this
but i agree, great album

>>74444060
>pretty experimental
maybe compared to some of the shit out today. but it's blur's most straightforward pop album

>>74444005
He Thought of Cars is the best track

>>74444170
In part but it's got some fairly experimental stuff on tge, Ernold Same and Yuko And Hiro in particular aswell as experimental moments on other tracks.

>>74444005
Those legs look like a skinny penis in the thumbnail.

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I feel like this is pretty accurate

>>74444233
>ernold same 10
>charmless man 6
>fade away 7
this has to be bait

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>>74444005
Far from it, whilst it is certainly cast-out perhaps unfairly in Blur's discography it is so for a reason. That's not to suggest that the album is atrocious, far from it - though it does little to build on the success of their previous releases and instead dilutes their material with kitsche samples, repetitive song-structures and little in the way of lyrical progression given the band's reliance on Beatles-influenced character studies that had already became overtly commonplace with the release of Parklife. Furthermore the album sticks far too strictly to Blur's typical album formula (single on the first track, lead on 2nd/3rd with filler to offset the dynamics of such and another heavy hitter on the second to last track), the only deviance from this being the placement of The Universal in the middle of the track-listing. The majority of the tracks on here feel much like B-sides in the manner that they attempt to gouge into the more minor topics of British lifestyle as if trying to dive under the radar of their previous releases resulting in an album that makes desperate attempts at humor to the detriment of substance. In addition to this the instrumentation with the exception of The Universal fails to offer anything new to the table, in fact it regresses considerably from Parklife and suffers from the jumbling of numerous dynamics without clearly exploring any sense of direction; there wasn't a single trace of a strong guitar lead as there was on Trouble in the Message Centre nor were the synths as nostalgic and prevalent as London Loves. Then there are tracks like Top Man where the chorus of "om"s feels almost like a gimmick rather than something that would actually augment the track's quality. Fundamentally whilst it is a decent album it is a clear step back from their previous material, even Leisure had a greater sense of direction and catchier hooks which The Great Escape was clearly going for, yet for some reason could never quite execute.

>>74444256
Ernold same is GOAT, Also i made this a year ago and you're right fade away shouldn't be that high and charmless man should be higher desu

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>>74444256
Fixed

>blur
>discussion past "yeah it's alright"

i get you guys think these are like gorillaz bsides, but they aren't. gorillaz isn't that good either.

>>74444343
Not sure if dumb or American

stereotypes - 9/10
country house - 9/10
best days - 10/10
charmless man - 8/10
fade away - 8/10
top man - 8/10
the universal - 8/10
mr robinson quango - 6/10
he thought of cars - 4/10
it could be you - 8/10
ernold same - 7/10
globe alone - 6/10
dan abnormal - 4/10
entertain me - 9/10
yuko and hiro - 7/10

>>74444343
blur and gorrilaz are completely different though? i'd say blur are far better than gorrilaz

>>74444353
british and have never been a fan of mediocrity.

guess we're different people.

>>74444343
blur and gorillaz are pretty different in sound? So i don't know why'd anyone would think these are "Gorillaz B sides" i can tell you've barely listened to blur.

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13>Parklife>blur>ModernLife Is Rubbish>The Great Escape>Think Tank>Leisure>>>The Magic Whip

all ranging from 10/10 to 6/10

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>blur
>Mediocre

>>74444514
Meant to >>74444410

>>74444491
this is a pretty solid list, except i would have placed the magic whip in the middle somewhere

13 is goat. severely underrated album (although its rated highly on /mu/)

>>74444364
>He Thought Of Cars
>That Low

GOD TIER
>Parklife
>Blur
>The Magic Whip
GOOD TIER
>Modern Life Is Rubbish
>The Great Escape
>13
MEH TIER
>Leisure
>Think Tank

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So can we agree these are the top 10 blur songs

>This Is A Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD8gO8TAr4s

>Best Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWMFaHOEzM

>Blue Jeans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDWEsOqL5ng

>Strange News From Another Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vd2mnCLqAY

>1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzmywg0pSU

>Sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdrFpPJgxC4

>Yuko And Hiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Sl5Af0g5U

>Caramel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR_TCZa4Dxk

>Out Of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkX1Up1vnc

>Battery In Your Leg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOSz6HTY_Sk


HONORABLE MENTIONS

>Resigned
>For Tommorow
>Oily Water
>Miss America
>Caravan
>End Of A Century
>Clover Over Dover
>Badhead
>Battle
>No Distance Left To Run
>Mellow Song
>Birthday
>He Thought Of Cars
>Ernold Same

>>>74445016
>not even one song that isn't a ballad
stop this memery

>>74445071
Ballads are where it's at boy

>>74445016
I love the orchestrated performance of beat days. It's nice to see someone appreciate blue jeans like I do, it's nice live. Why isn't death of the party on here

>>74445190
Fuck, i forgot about death of the party. Yeah it should be on the list.

>>74445016
Blue Jeans gets me in a certain melancholy mood every fucking time man

>>74445190
>>74445382
They've only ever played Blue Jeans once or twice live as far as i know,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRysTxvqKU

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What do you guys think of Graham Coxons solo work?

>Bonfires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cRajsv3O8

>Don't Think About Always
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRGrzUCqI4

>Bitter Tears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5nKp-mcAZ0

>R U Lonely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WZdBeHZyk

>Thats All I Wanna Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3GLjlDScU8

>not rating leisure as their best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46J6GK1qX8

>>74445486
Wear Me Down is such a banger

>>74445486
YOU YOU MAKE ME FEEL, LIKE NO ONE EVER WIIIIIL.

>>74445486
Why does Leisure never get tagged as Noise Rock.

>>74445954
It can't really be classified as such. The album borrowed enormously from the shoegaze scene at the time and borderline copied the "baggy" sound of artists at the time (most notably Ride) albeit with less emphasis on layering and more on production, Leisure had far cleaner production than most albums at the time and so could never be considered as a "noise rock" album, its debatable as to whether it could even be classified as shoegaze.

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>>74445486
Accurate

>>74446171
updated this the other, Forgot to change score though

>>74444005
Which memes?

>>74446220
Around a year ago any thread mentioning blur would spiral out of control into "blur are shite" memes

>>74446310
Ew. But usually it's one guy isn't it

>10/10
Parklife
13
Blur

>9/10
Modern Life is Rubish

>8/10
Magic Whip
The Great Escape

7/10
Think Thank

6/10
Leisure

>>74446343
Sometimes, it starts off as one guy but becomes a kind of trend when posted enough because unfortunately half of /mu/ are sheep.

>>74446372
That's a shame because Blur is really nice band, but some kids would put them as the "whoo" band. People don't realise they were big as Oasis in until mid 95 in the UK.

WHO MADDEST ONE ON THE M1

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>/mu/ thinks Oasis is better than Blur
>Oasis had one good album and one decent album and the rest are shit
>whereas Blur's worst album is a 6/10

>>74446456
WHO HASNT STOPPED SUCKING HIS THUMB

>>74446485
Literally this

>>74446485
It's because /mu/ only listens to singles so they think Wonderwall makes Oasis the height of Britpop

Definitely Maybe is great but they went to shit after

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CH-CH-CH-CHURCHILL GOT HIS LUCKY NUMBERRRRR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-iLTmYuh_I

>>74446485
The Masterplan compilation is a 10/10

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>Mr. Robinson's Quango starts playing

TGE is good but thats their worst song by far

It starts off well but as soon as the

Ooh, I'm the naughty boy (naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm the naughty boy (naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm the naughty boy (naughty boy)
Ooh, I'm the naughty boy (naughty boy)

it sounds like shit worst moment in blurs discography

>>74446645
I was meant to at >>74446592

The Great Escape simultaneously has some of their best material on the album aswell as some of their worst songs.

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So what was their beef with america

>Miss America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maflDjy9dLU

>Magic America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37HHpHzs84

>Look Inside America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7nAux8LIM

TGE is my fav Blur album and has a bunch of perfect songs and a handful of great ones. And Ms. Robinson's Quango which is the only meh track on it.

>no one mentioned yet the killer bass on Entertain Me
Probably on my top 3 Blur tracks

>>74445475
I love Happiness in Magazines and Bitter Tears

>>74446944
The magic people are there!

FALSE
WRONG


You meant to post

Whats the story (Morning Glory)

>>74447089
>Oasis one master piece
>Blur 2 Masterpieces the rest of the albums ranging from 6/10 to 9/10

>>74447161
I think you mean 2 mastapeices and 1 mastapeice b-side album by Oasis

>>74447089
that's not even the best Oasis album (Definitely Maybe)

>>74447201
1/2 of Be Here Now is also 10/10

So I'd give them 2 1/2 masterpieces.

Blur has one maybe and it's debatable (13). s/t is a 8/10 too

Elder God tier
>Modern life is rubbish

Great tier
>13
>Great Escape
>Parklife
>Blur

Good tier
>Think Tank
>Magic Whip

OK tier
>Leisure

>>74447089
>its a Montie kills a thread by trying to talk about Oasis which has like two noteworthy songs thread

>>74444019
HE LIVE IN A HOUSE
A VERY BIG HOUSE
IN THE COUNTRAAAYY

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>>74444005
wew, a thread where nobody say shits about blur.

Also, this album is excellent.

>>74449947
ON A STROPPY LITTLE ISLAND OF MIXED-UP PEOPLE