Blur – The exit door from Britpop
In February 1997, Blur's self-titled album left Britpop for louder American indie guitar.
Blur – Trouble In The Message Centre
Blur placed Trouble In The Message Centre mid-Parklife in 1994: Stephen Street producing, cold synths, a colder track inside the album.
Modern Life Is Rubbish – Essex satire after a rough American tour
In May 1993, Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish on Food Records after a rough American tour and a label that nearly buried the tapes.
Blur – Essex satire that went widescreen
Four Colchester-area players turned English observation into chart singles, then dropped the Britpop costume before it stuck.
Blur – Song 2
Blur’s Song 2 (1997): Coxon’s scare-the-label brief, woo-hoo, two-minute loud cut, US breakthrough.
Parklife – Maison Rouge, four UK hits, Essex widescreen
On 25 April 1994, Blur released Parklife on Food Records: Stephen Street at Maison Rouge, four UK hit singles, and a No.1 album that stayed on the chart for 90 weeks.
What If Blur and Oasis Made an Album Together ?
In a parallel 1996, a pub-quiz row becomes a secret Brixton album, a chart event, and a Wembley night Blur and Oasis never quite escape.
Blur – Chemical World
Blur’s Chemical World (Modern Life Is Rubbish, 1993): Food Records, Albarn/Coxon, second Modern Life single.
Blur – Trimm Trabb
Food and EMI released Blur's sixth album, 13, on 15 March 1999. Trimm Trabb is track eleven. Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree wrote it. William Orbit produced. The sessions.
Blur – Coffee & TV
The guitar figures start thin and plain, then thicken as the arrangement builds. Graham Coxon sings Coffee & TV in a tired, dry, almost shy voice, quieter than a Britpop shout. The lyric lists a small routine.
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