The Great Escape (studio album)
by Blur
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Blur bestography
The Great Escape is ranked 6th best out of 25 albums by Blur on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Blur is Parklife which is ranked number 204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,603.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Great Escape track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 10/07/2025 02:32 | JacobMullis | | 88/100 |
85/100 | 09/15/2025 09:03 | Jun_Res | | 85/100 |
75/100 | 09/10/2025 16:41 | suzukikai | | 77/100 |
80/100 | 08/14/2025 22:46 |  DJFresh-Rock | | 87/100 |
85/100 | 08/07/2025 20:27 | morphee | | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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The first half is great, but it really tails off after Mr Robinson's Quango. The Universal is my favourite, followed by Charmless Man with that killer riff. Not one of their finest but I usually find 90s Blur difficult anyway.
A fine collection of songs that don't quire gel as an album imo
A very hit and miss album although the hits on here are terrific, alot of quirky no. s.
Severely underestimated album. It's clearly quite spotty; but have great singles (among the best of their career), and some bittersweet gems such as Best days, Fade away, He thought of cars or It could be you.
It also saw hints of what was to come both in Blur and Damon's side projects future albums. Definitely doesn't have the credit it deserves.
This just feels like a stripped down, basic version of Parklife, without the charm or the quirkiness of Parklife. Disappointing.
luigybetis 06/08/2018 13:21
It starts in the best of ways, but it goes down and does not remount. 6/10.
ImmortalAl 08/03/2017 00:52
I thought it was a sound unlike any I've heard before, and see Gorillaz influences.
If only second half was like first.
A bit up and down and not one of my favourites but still a good album. Would probably have been better cut down to 10 or 11 tracks, but still not up to Parklife.
The follow up and a kind of companion album to, Parklife, is another cracking LP. It hasn't quite got the bite and edge of it's predecessor, but there are some fine songs and many more quirky characters to meet. Best days, is absolutely beautiful, as is, yuko and hiro, and off course, the universal, is one of Blur's greatest ever songs. A bit of filler here and there but the album is a lot better than some people claim. Having said that, it's clear Blur needed to change something after this record. And they did, brilliantly so.
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