The Ballad Of Darren (studio album) by Blur

The Ballad Of Darren by Blur
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-07-21
Overall rank: 2,610th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 169 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2023 (11th)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (109th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,610th)
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Blur bestography

The Ballad Of Darren is ranked 8th best out of 25 albums by Blur on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blur is Parklife which is ranked number 205 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,695.

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The Ballad Of Darren track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 169 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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80/100
From 01/24/2025 21:44
Album of the year
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From 10/30/2024 23:31
It's nothing special but it's solid and it's nice to hear another Blur album. My favourite track is The Ballad.
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From 01/15/2024 03:49
Nice to see blur returning , the album is short but sweet with the narcissist being probably the best track, hope it's not the last blur album we see 7/10
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80/100
From 12/22/2023 18:27
Album Rating: 78.30
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21.07.2023

Blur (UK): The Ballad of Darren

1.The Ballad. 81
2.St. Charles Square. 77
3.Barbaric. 81
4.Russian Strings. 76
5.The Everglades (For Leonard). 73
6.The Narcissist. 85
7.Goodbye Albert. 82
8.Far Away Island. 84
9.Avalon. 68
10.The Heights. 76
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Rating:  
70/100
From 08/31/2023 19:54
Probably the Narcissist is the best single of 2023.
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From 08/17/2023 13:58
A return to the classic Blur sound of the 1990s, The Ballad Of Darren is the first new Blur album since 2015 and their best since The Great Escape.
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90/100
From 08/08/2023 11:19
normal album, nothing special, just good album
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75/100
From 07/28/2023 09:41
Incredibly short but sweet.
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85/100
From 07/21/2023 05:56
On first listen this is Blurs best album since their 90's hey day for me
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