Parklife

by Blur

Parklife cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 25, 1994
  • Label: Food
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:38
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 27 ratings

Artists on this release: Alex James, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Parklife' serves as a satirical and character-driven survey of English life, presented as a loose concept album with lyrical themes drawn from everyday observations and cultural archetypes. The album's sound, largely shaped by producer Stephen Street, is a vibrant and eclectic mix of styles, incorporating synth-pop, punk, and waltz into its quintessential Britpop foundation. Its widespread critical and commercial success, which included four hit singles, established the record as a defining document of the mid-'90s Britpop movement and a landmark of British rock.

Genres

Descriptors: male vocalist, melodic, narrative, satirical, suburban, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Girls & Boys (4:50)
  2. Tracy Jacks (4:20)
  3. End Of A Century (2:45)
  4. Parklife (3:05)
  5. Bank Holiday (1:42)
  6. Badhead (3:25)
  7. The Debt Collector (2:10)
  8. Far Out (1:41)
  9. To The End (4:04)
  10. London Loves (4:15)
  11. Trouble In The Message Center (4:09)
  12. Clover Over Dover (3:22)
  13. Magic America (3:38)
  14. Jubilee (2:47)
  15. This Is A Low (5:07)
  16. Lot 105 (1:18)

Credits

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