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- Posted: 03/05/2015 21:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1557): The Great Escape by Blur
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Today's album of the day
The Great Escape by Blur (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1995.
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Overall rank: 771
Average rating: 76/100 (from 248 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Stereotypes
2. Country House
3. Best Days
4. Charmless Man
5. Fade Away
6. Top Man
7. The Universal
8. Mr Robinson's Quango
9. He Thought Of Cars
10. It Could Be You
11. Ernold Same
12. Globe Alone
13. Dan Abnormal
14. Entertain Me
15. Yuko & Hiro
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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Pavement415
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Age: 24
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- Posted: 03/05/2015 21:17
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Great pop album. Clever, catchy, punchy. It definitely contains some of Blur's most complex lyrics. The theme is consistent and quite deep: suburban midlife crises. Aside from the weak singles, the album as a whole holds up quite well.
I don't think it deserves half the criticism it gets..
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Jimmy Dread
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- #3
- Posted: 03/05/2015 21:28
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If ever an LP proves what too much coke, stretching a conceptual idea for an album over 3 separate LPs and mixing with politicians can do, this is it. A pustule on the diseased corpse that was Britpop c.'95.
Thank fuck they saw the light and started writing songs for hockey arenas.
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- Posted: 03/06/2015 00:26
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| Pavement415 wrote: | | The theme is consistent and quite deep: suburban midlife crises. |
I don't know what I'd do without art about suburban midlife crises.
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lightmyway
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- Posted: 03/06/2015 00:38
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An okay album. It lacks a really standout track IMO. But it's still decent. Best song: Country House
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sp4cetiger
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- Posted: 03/06/2015 00:47
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I tend to like albums mocking suburban life, but this one never really resonated with me. Some catchy bits in it, but well off their best work.
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Pavement415
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- Posted: 03/06/2015 05:26
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| Skinny wrote: | | I don't know what I'd do without art about suburban midlife crises. |
^ my new tagline
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HazeyTwilight
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- #8
- Posted: 03/06/2015 13:52
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Really good album in Blur's discography. My 5th favourite of theirs.
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SuedeSwede
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- #9
- Posted: 03/06/2015 16:46
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Meh
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WindowAbove
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- #10
- Posted: 03/06/2015 17:43
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I love The Universal but I'm not really into the rest of it (or Blur's britpop period in general). I think they got a lot better with self-titled and 13. This is the worst of the Blur albums I've heard (everything except Leisure)
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