Blur's self-titled fifth album (1997) saw another stylistic shift, influenced by the lo-fi styles of American indie rock groups, and became their third UK chart-topping album. The first album from Blur in twelve years, born from a chance cancellation of a gig back in 2013, much to the disappointment of fans at the time but to their unbridled bouncy joy today. In November 2014, Coxon received Albarn’s approval to work further on the recordings with producer Stephen Street, while Albarn was touring his solo album, Everyday Robots. In an attempt to distract themselves, they worked on new material in Avon Studios, as announced by Damon Albarn during the gig at AsiaWorld-Expo, Chek Lap Kok. There’s a double sided giant poster, two printed inner sleeves, a mirror on the rear of the heavy card matt gatefold sleeve and a download card.

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User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. Their eighth album, The Magic Whip (2015), was the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the British chart. VG/EX means that the item's sleeve is in Very Good condition and the disc is in Excellent condition. It’s fantastic, but compared to the two new songs they’ve released in 2023, it feels incredibly transitional. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here. Anyway on listening to The Magic Whip today, it opens with the Blur sound we’re familiar with from the early to mid 90s. The record came sealed and appears to be the above version in every conceivable way (even has the obi), but has no poster or download card. Thankfully, this is the first album released this year that has left me simultaneously pleasantly relaxed and upbeat. Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.

However, the entire festival was cancelled for unknown reasons, leaving the band stranded in Hong Kong for an extra 5 days. It wasn’t until Graham Coxon reprised these sessions and presented them to long-time producer Stephen Street, who went on to develop them with the guitarist, that they realised they might have material worthy of a new album. I don't have a clever ice cream or Blur reference to end this review on, but this album is a flavor of music we've been missing that has brought clarity to my cloud-filled album library. Their next album, 13 (1999) saw the band experimenting with electronic and gospel music, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn.Please note, The Vinyl Whistle accepts no responsibility for any package which is damaged, lost or stolen during transit. Initially conceived in Hong Kong, during downtime following a cancelled show in Japan, the band spent five days laying down ideas.

Records that aren't in picture sleeves will either be in a company sleeve or a generic plain sleeve. A1 Lonesome Street 4:23A2 New World Towers 4:02A3 Go Out 4:40B1 Ice Cream Man 3:23B2 Thought I Was A Spaceman 6:16B3 I Broadcast 2:52C1 My Terracotta Heart 4:05C2 There Are Too Many Of Us 4:26C3 Ghost Ship 4:59D1 Pyongyang 5:38D2 Ong. It wasn't until Graham Coxon reprised these sessions and presented them to long-time producer Stephen Street, who went on to develop them with the guitarist, that they realised they might have material worthy of a new album. Related Artists - Africa Express, Damon Albarn, Danger Mouse, Dangerdoom, Del The Funky Homosapien, Deltron 3030, Fat Les, Gorillaz, Graham Coxon, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Monkey [Gorillaz], The Good, The Bad And The Queen, The Waeve, Wigwam. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, Depeche Mode and Radiohead, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995).

Compensation for damage or loss should be pursued through the claims procedure offered by the Royal Mail - contact us if you need help with this. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. The album will connect to everyone in a different way, but it sounded like Broken Bell's outer space sound, combined with Damon's Britpop flavor, and a lot more electronic sounds you've heard with other Blur works. The package itself is something else too, there’s an Asian influence, possibly as recordings were made in Hong Kong, the sleeve is beautiful and even has an Obi strip like vinyl from Japan. We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres.