The Best Of

by Blur

The Best Of cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: Food
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:17:15

Artists on this release: Rick Koster, Angela Murrell, Simon Clarke, The Duke Quartet, Dave Rowntree, Mike Smith, Alex James, London Community Gospel Choir, Graham Coxon, The Kick Horns, Louie Fuller, Roddy Lorimer, Ivan McCermoy, Teresa Davis, Tim Sanders, Ken Livingstone, Damon Albarn, Louisa Fuller, John Metcalfe, Neil Sidwell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capping off a staggeringly successful decade, this compilation traces Blur's evolution from baggy-influenced indie darlings into the undisputed, cynical architects of Britpop. The sequencing expertly highlights Damon Albarn's witty, heavily character-driven narratives alongside Graham Coxon's brilliantly jagged, art-rock guitar anti-heroics. Including massive cultural touchstones like 'Parklife' and 'Song 2', it serves as a definitive summary of 1990s British alternative rock.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Beetlebum (5:05)
  2. Song 2 (2:01)
  3. There's No Other Way - Single Version (3:13)
  4. The Universal (4:00)
  5. Coffee & TV - Radio Edit (5:18)
  6. Parklife (3:07)
  7. End of a Century (2:46)
  8. No Distance Left to Run (3:28)
  9. Tender (7:41)
  10. Girls & Boys (4:19)
  11. Charmless Man (3:33)
  12. She's So High - Single Version (3:50)
  13. Country House (3:57)
  14. To the End (3:51)
  15. On Your Own (4:27)
  16. This Is a Low (5:00)
  17. For Tomorrow - Visit to Primrose Hill Extended (6:01)
  18. Music Is My Radar (5:29)

Credits

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