Parklife (studio album) by Blur

Parklife by Blur
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 210th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,327 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1994 (10th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1990s (41st)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (210th)
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Rating: 88 (377 votes)Comments: 6
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Rating: 83 (273 votes)Comments: 2
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Rating: 86 (299 votes)Comments: 3
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Rating: 81 (246 votes)Comments: 0
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,327 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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85/100
From 06/16/2023 14:54
Clássico. Tem uns interludes não oficiais muito engraçados
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80/100
From 04/10/2023 02:27
That first track would be great with different lyrics.
Parklife is a great track.
I'll give this more time.
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90/100
From 03/10/2023 12:40
The more I listen to this album the more that I start to connect with basically every song on the album and can't help but love almost every track. They just seemed to capture that Blur magic on here and put it to great use the whole way through. The record is rooted in Britpop but in my opinion it goes beyond that style with its grand and rich instrumentation. You can clearly see them building upon their previous sound and making it not only more infectious but also it is packed full of depth and layers. It feels classic but experimental at the same time with even the instrumentals, such as The Debt Collector, being full of colour and character. They maintain this throughout which creates a beautiful environment which feels classically British but done Blur's way. This makes it such a personal record that is full of passion and emotion making it so easy for me to connect to the music. However, my one issue with the album is Bank Holiday as I have no idea what made them believe that was a good song and put it on this release. It is a skippable track and without it this would be amongst the truly elite albums in my opinion. Overall, this is an album full of incredible songs that have more depth than you first expect and Blur deserve a lot of praise for how phenomenal the music is on here.
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100/100
From 11/27/2022 14:56
Great album. One of the best ever recorded!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 04/01/2022 14:49
Album Rating: 83.67
(1,255/15)

1.Girls & Boys. 81
2.Tracy Jacks. 76
3.End Of A Century. 96
4.Parklife. 79
5.Bank Holiday. 78
6.Badhead. 87
7.The Debt Collector. 69
8.Far Out. 86
9.To The End. 92
10.London Loves. 87
11.Trouble In The Message Centre. 76
12.Clover Over Dover. 98
13.Magic America. 78
14.Jubilee. 74
15.This Is A Low. 98
16.Lot 105. N/A. (68). N/a
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75/100
From 03/19/2022 16:39
In short a fun album that is very British and owes a lot to the tradition that was created by the Kinks.
A couple of filler songs drop my rating by 5.
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85/100
From 07/25/2021 14:07
Taking on the minutiae of British life, Blur have crafted a wonderful album that has stood the test of time admirably. Lots of silliness, which just adds to the undeniable charm running through this album like the cliched stick of Brighton rock.
Rating: Great
Best track: Parklife
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70/100
From 02/18/2021 20:51
It's weird to be ranked as Blur's best, but it makes sense in a way, it's the epitome of Britpop.
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95/100
From 05/29/2020 13:19
Fav. Tracks: Girls & Boys, Parklife, Magic America, This Is a Low.
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85/100
From 05/25/2020 14:45
Although other Britpop albums may be deemed as musically 'better', Parklife is for sure the epitome of Britpop. Such is shown by a number of the tracks having become the embodiment of 90's Britain, largely due to Blur's all-British themes which, although often corny, have clearly stood the test of time
However, holding the album back is that its 16 songs long; this results in numerous songs appearing simply as filler and seeming pretty redundant. Being a few songs shorter would definitely help the album, yet such a drawback cannot cloud the catchiness and slightly dismal, British themes that the best songs on the album demonstrate.

Strongest tracks: Parklife, Girls and Boys, To The End, Clover Over Dover, Tracy Jacks
Weakest tracks: Bank Holiday, Far Out (+the two instrumentals are expendable and slightly annoying)
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