Parklife
by Blur
- 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
- Girls & Boys (4:50)
- Tracy Jacks (4:20)
- End Of A Century (2:45)
- Parklife (3:05)
- Bank Holiday (1:42)
- Badhead (3:25)
- The Debt Collector (2:10)
- Far Out (1:41)
- To The End (4:04)
- London Loves (4:15)
- Trouble In The Message Center (4:09)
- Clover Over Dover (3:22)
- Magic America (3:38)
- Jubilee (2:47)
- This Is A Low (5:07)
- Lot 105 (1:18)
Credits
- Damon Albarn - backing vocals
- Graham Coxon - backing vocals
- Alex James - bass
- Stylorouge - design, art direction
- Dave Rowntree - drums
- John Smith - engineer
- Graham Coxon - guitar, acoustic guitar
- Stephen Street - keyboards [vintage], effects
- Damon Albarn - lyrics by
- Alex James - music by
- Damon Albarn - music by
- Dave Rowntree - music by
- Graham Coxon - music by
- Alex James - noises [crowd]
- Dave Rowntree - noises [crowd]
- Dave Rowntree - percussion
- Graham Coxon - percussion
- Bob Thomas - photography by
- Brunskill - photography by
- Paul Postle - photography by
- Stephen Street - producer
- Damon Albarn - programmed by
- Dave Rowntree - programmed by
- Stephen Street - programmed by
- Graham Coxon - saxophone
- Damon Albarn - vocals, electric organ [hammond], synthesizer [moog, string machine], harpsichord, melodica, vibraphone, recorder