Album: The Best Of by Blur (2000)
Genre: alternative rock
Record Label: EMI Music Group Australasia
Format: CD

Artist Background: Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles and XTC, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995)... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Oasis, Pulp

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: alternative rock, 2000s, CD, EMI Music Group Australasia


Album: Parklife by Blur (1994)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Britpop | Mood: Poignant
Record Label: Food Records
Format: Album

Description: Parklife is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in April 1994 on Food Records. 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". Certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom, in the year following its release the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement. Therefore Parklife attained a cultural significance above and beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music.

Artist Background: Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles and XTC, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995)... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Oasis, Pulp

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Britpop, Poignant, 1990s, Album, Food Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Parklife is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in April 1994 on Food Records. 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". Certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom, in the year following its release the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement. Therefore Parklife attained a cultural significance above and beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music.

Album: The Ballad of Darren by Blur (2023)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles and XTC, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995)... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Oasis, Pulp

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: 2020s, Album


Album: The Magic Whip by Blur (2015)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Britpop | Mood: Poignant
Record Label: Parlophone
Format: Album

Description: "The Magic Whip" is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Blur. It was released by Parlophone on 27 April 2015 and Warner Bros. Records on 28 April 2015. It is the band's first studio album since Think Tank (2003), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career.

Artist Background: Blur are an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles and XTC, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995)... Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Oasis, Pulp

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Britpop, Poignant, 2010s, Album, Parlophone

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


"The Magic Whip" is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Blur. It was released by Parlophone on 27 April 2015 and Warner Bros. Records on 28 April 2015. It is the band's first studio album since Think Tank (2003), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career.

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