A compilation spanning all seven studio albums, an album which has alot of their famous singles e.g. parklife, song 2, beetlebum, and has the non album single popscene, plus alot of classic album tracks that the casual listener might have not heard. This double album has 25 songs and covers ... Read review
Advantages: has alot of their well known songs, and some great lesser known ones Disadvantages: they have left off quitea few of their singles
A compilation spanning all seven studio albums, an album which has alot of their famous singles e.g. parklife, song 2, beetlebum, and has the non album single popscene, plus alot of classic album tracks that the casual listener might have not heard. This double album has 25 songs and covers all of their sound from the early days of the leasure with shes so high the brit pop years with girls & boys, for tomorrow, advert and the universal, and also ... .../>
In my personal opinion it is a very good album with exelent music showing blurs different styles over the years butjust as they did on their 2000 compilation the best of they have left out a few of their famous and i dare say most loved singles on this album such as country house, theres no other way M.O.R. and to the end to name a few.
In short a good album if you want to see what blur are about, but you could get there ... more
A compilation spanning all seven studio albums, an album which has alot of their famous singles e.g. parklife, song 2, beetlebum, and has the non album single popscene, plus alot of classic album tracks that the casual listener might have not heard. This double album has 25 songs and covers all of their sound from the early days of the leasure with shes so high the brit pop years with girls & boys, for tomorrow, advert and the universal, and also their final albums with trimm trabb and out of time.
In my personal opinion it is a very good album with exelent music showing blurs different styles over the years butjust as they did on their 2000 compilation the best of they have left out a few of their famous and i dare say most loved singles on this album such as country house, theres no other way M.O.R. and to the end to name a few.
In short a good album if you want to see what blur are about, but you could get there albums with these songs on and a whole load more
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Product details
Title
Midlife (A Beginner's Guide To Blur)
Performer
Blur
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Brit Pop
Release Date
15/06/2009
Original Release Year
2009
Label / Distributor
Parlophone / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Pieces in Set
2
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
5099996630723
Catalogue Number
9663072
Additional notes
Album Notes
Released in conjunction with their 2009 reunion, the double-disc career retrospective MIDLIFE emphasizes Blur's early psychedelic grind--halfway between Syd Barrett and shoegazing--along with their post-Brit-pop indie makeover, giving somewhat short shrift to the band's pop prime, cutting out four of the band's big hits ("There's No Other Way," "Country House," "End of the Century," and "Charmless Man") in favor of album tracks that play into the thesis that Blur were as somber and serious a guitar band as Radiohead. Of course, Blur did rival Radiohead, recording some of the greatest guitar rock of the '90s, but that was only one facet of the band: they were also a bright, artful pop band, cleverly twisting '60s traditions and post-punk styles into the present. Elements of this Blur are evident in "Girls & Boys" and "Parklife," hits so big they couldn't be ignored, and while MIDLIFE could have used a heavier dose of this side of Blur, there's not a bad track here, and the set also brings their glorious, epoch-creating single "Popscene" back into circulation.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.84) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Blur went from wanna-be's to provocateurs to artistes to world travelers...[and] remained fascinating with each mood change."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Beetlebum
2.
Girls And Boys
3.
For Tomorrow
4.
Coffee And TV
5.
Out Of Time
6.
Blue Jeans
7.
Song 2
8.
Bugman
9.
He Thought Of Cars
10.
Death Of A Party
11.
Universal, The
12.
Sing
13.
This Is A Low
Titles on disc 2
1.
Tender
2.
She's So High
3.
Chemical World
4.
Good Song
5.
Parklife
6.
Advert
7.
Popscene
8.
Stereotypes
9.
Trimm Trabb
10.
Badhead
11.
Strange News From Another Star
12.
Battery In Your Leg
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