![]() ![]() Soon, Britpop would have its Beatles and its Stones, with endless column inches scrutinising their lives and rivalries. 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.Īround the same period, Oasis released their first material. Even the album’s nonsense (“The Debt Collector”, or James’ Syd Barrett tribute, “Far Out”) serves to bolster the flow. 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”). A quasi-concept album about Britain and its Americanisation, Parklife is the peak of Blur, coming as the second part of their Britpop trilogy, after the poorly. After disappointing sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: 'Girls & Boys', 'End of a Century', 'Parklife' and 'To the End'. It was absolutely everywhere, from the music to the media to the fashion and even the politics. #BLUR PARKLIFE SERIES#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. The official music video for Blur - Parklife Taken from Blur’s 3rd studio album ‘Parklife’ released in 1994, which featured the hit singles 'Girls And Boys', 'End of a Century', 'Parklife' and 'To. Parklife Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994 on Food Records. RECORD REGISTER 12 Blur Parklife 1994 If you were alive during the years 1994 or 1995 and you lived in the UK, you knew about Britpop. Recorded between November 1993 and January 1994 in London, Parklife captured the zeitgeist in a manner few other albums have. 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. 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. ![]()
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