Blur

blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone.<br/>Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band's ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. <br/><br/>The Ballad of Darren track listing is: The Ballad, St Charles Square, Barbaric, Russian Strings, The Everglades (For Leonard), The Narcissist, Goodbye Albert, Far Away Island, Avalon and The Heights<br/><br/>Damon Albarn said - "This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now."<br/><br/>Graham Coxon said - "The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn't do the job."<br/><br/>Alex James said - "For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that."<br/><br/>Dave Rowntree said - "It always feels very natural to make music together. With every record we do, the process reveals something new and we develop as a band. We don't take that for granted."

Blur: Best of... 1990-2000 [CD]

Blur: Modern life is rubbish 1993 [CD]

2 cd housed in a 6 panel softpack including an 18 panel poster fold booklet. features the complete sunday wembley show.

Blur: Parklife 1994 [CD]

blur will release their first album in 8 years, titled The Ballad of Darren and comprising 10 new tracks, on 21st July on Parlophone.<br/>Produced by James Ford and recorded at Studio 13, London and Devon, The Ballad of Darren is the band's ninth studio album, their first since the chart-topping The Magic Whip in 2015, with artwork featuring an image by British photographer Martin Parr. <br/><br/>The Ballad of Darren track listing is: The Ballad, St Charles Square, Barbaric, Russian Strings, The Everglades (For Leonard), The Narcissist, Goodbye Albert, Far Away Island, Avalon and The Heights<br/><br/>Damon Albarn said - "This is an aftershock record, reflection and comment on where we find ourselves now."<br/><br/>Graham Coxon said - "The older and madder we get, it becomes more essential that what we play is loaded with the right emotion and intention. Sometimes just a riff doesn't do the job."<br/><br/>Alex James said - "For any long term relationship to last with any meaning you have to be able to surprise each other somehow and somehow we all continue to do that."<br/><br/>Dave Rowntree said - "It always feels very natural to make music together. With every record we do, the process reveals something new and we develop as a band. We don't take that for granted."

Brittiska Blur har sedan debuten 1990 varit ett av huvudnamnen i den brittiska popkulturen. Genom åren har de haft fem #1 album i England, sålt miljontals album, samt vunnit otaliga priser däribland 5 Brit Awards (4 st under ett och samma år 1995). <br/><br/>Bandet består av sångaren Damon Albarn, gitarristen Graham Coxon, basisten Alex James och trummisen Dave Rowntree. Albarn har haft flera sidoprojekt, bland andra Gorillas samt sitt soloprojekt med vilken han släppte album förra året som toppade listorna världen över. <br/>Det nya albumet är det första som släpps av det kompletta bandet på 16 år och skapades under fem dagar i en studio i Hongkong våren 2013. I november förra året såg Coxon över låtarna tillsammans med Blur's tidiga producent Stephen Street. Albarn la sedan på lyrics och ut kom 12 färdiga låtar. <br/><br/>Blur är kända för att vara pionjärer i Britpop rörelsen under 1990-talet då de rivaliserade med samtida bandet Oasis. "Blur won the battle, Oasis won the war, then Blur went on to win the whole campaign," ska basisten James en gång sagt. Nu när Blur är tillbaka är kampen kanske inte helt över än.