Parklife

Parklife

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Although Blur had long been recognised as one of the premier bands responsible for the reinvigoration of Britpop in the 1990s, it's 1994's Parklife that truly provided the template for the entire movement. At a time when Oasis were aping the sounds of their pub-rock heroes on Definitely Maybe, Blur drew from the legacy of the Kinks and Small Faces to create an album that's as English as a rainy Sunday in front of the gas fire. Parklife is full of songs that, quite frankly, don't make much sense outside of the British Isles, songs that find joy in the mundane, like "Girls & Boys" (a song about working-class holidaymakers in the sun) and "Parklife" (a day in the life of a cheeky, unemployed bench-sitter). Witty, ironic and irreverent, Parklife remains one of those rare albums that sum up a specific place and time (Britain in the mid-1990s). For that reason alone, it can be considered one of Blur's finest albums. --Robert Burrow

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Track List

1. Girls And Boys2. Tracy Jacks3. End Of A Century4. Parklife5. Bank Holiday6. Bad Head7. The Debt Collector8. Far Out9. To The End10. London Loves11. Trouble In The Message Centre12. Clover Over Dover13. Magic America14. Jubilee15. This Is A Low16. Lot 105

Review

Before Damon Albarn became every inch the multi-faceted post-modern Renaissance man, Blur was his sole passion and Parklife from 1994 remains their finest work. Recorded between November 1993 and January 1994 in London, Parklife captured the zeitgeist in a manner few other albums have. Their second album after the group's wholehearted embracing of British popular culture (the critically-lauded, commercially underperforming Modern Life Is Rubbish the first), with its Walthamstow dog track-adorned sleeve, Parklife was where Britpop began, with its series of well-crafted songs that re-tooled the writing of Ray Davies and Paul Weller for the 90s. Albarn - supported ably by guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree - mapped out Blur's territory as cultural tourists: chroniclers of the mores and foibles of the modern world, be it presciently with gender confusion, binge-drinking and the genesis of chav culture (all on 'Girls And Boys'), pre-millennial tension and growing older ('End Of A Century') or the renaissance of England's capital city ('London Loves', 'Parklife'). Even the album's nonsense ('The Debt Collector', or James' Syd Barrett tribute, 'Far Out') serves to bolster the flow. However, it is the touching closer 'This Is A Low' which steals the show, taking something as quintessential parochial as the shipping forecast and turning it into compelling, poetic pop. Around the same period, Oasis released their first material. Soon, Britpop would have its Beatles and its Stones, with endless column inches scrutinising their lives and rivalries. Before all that, and regardless of what it all became, we still have this exemplary record. --Daryl Easlea Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off in a new window

Autor:Blur

Nośnik:Audio CD

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Język: English: Published; English

Data wydania: 1994-04-25

Waga: 0.22 gram

Wysokość: 0.4 cm

Szerokość: 5.4 cm

Długość: 5.6 cm

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