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"Parklife" is the best-selling single from the album, with 190,000 copies sold. [16] The Kinks' Ray Davies spoke glowingly of the song, calling it "maybe their best song, and certainly their best record" and stating, "One of my fondest times with Damon is a poetry festival at the Albert Hall. He sang one of my songs and I sang 'Parklife'.
Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, ... In 1990, a year before Blur's debut album, Damon Albarn, the band's ...
After their original name, Seymour, was rejected by Food Records, the band chose Blur from a list of alternatives the label drew up.. Blur were formed in December 1988 when bassist Alex James joined Damon Albarn's band, Circus, and they changed the name to Seymour after J. D. Salinger's Seymour: An Introduction.
Originally titled "We Are the Low", the song began life as an instrumental during the Parklife sessions. In the guitar solo, Graham Coxon played three solos, including one of him sitting in front of his amp, turned up to maximum volume. [1] According to bassist Alex James, Damon Albarn was finding it hard to write
Blur is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 10 February 1997 by Food Records.Blur had previously been broadly critical of American popular culture and their previous albums had become associated with the Britpop movement, particularly Parklife, which had helped them become one of Britain's leading pop acts.
5/5 Songs that elevate Damon Albarn’s suburban tristesse into moments of sheer ecstasy Blur review, The Ballad of Darren: The band’s best record since 1999 Skip to main content
Before his solo show at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Blur and Gorillaz leader sounds off on Taylor Swift, the Rolling Stones, Boris Johnson and L.A.
Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993.Although their debut album Leisure (1991) had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour.