Sunday, February 05, 2006

Blur - Parklife



Parklife is a Britpop album by the band Blur, released on April 25, 1994. Blur's sketches of British life among ordinary men and women prompted many reviewers to compare the band to The Kinks. The songs themselves span many genres, such as the Pet Shop Boys-esque hit single "Girls And Boys", the jazzy interlude of "The Debt Collector", the Oi! punk of "Bank Holiday", and the hard rocking "Trouble In The Message Centre". At the time of its release it acquired full-on cultural phenomenon status in Britain, particularly in the context of the young middle classes' adoption of Estuary English (several newspaper articles about this tendency appeared during the singles chart run of the album's title track). Although the album failed to chart in the US, "Girls & Boys" became a hit there, while Parklife became Blur's first UK #1 album, entering in the pole position upon its release. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Parklife the 20th greatest album of all time.

4 COMMENTS:

Anonymous said...

this link is broken
can you reupload it ??

Ben on 1:03 pm said...

h**p://rapidshare.de/files/22929466/BP.rar.html

1. "Girls & Boys" – 4:51
2. "Tracy Jacks" – 4:20
3. "End of a Century" – 2:45
4. "Parklife" – 3:05
5. "Bank Holiday" – 1:42
6. "Badhead" – 3:25
7. "The Debt Collector" – 2:10
8. "Far Out" – 1:41
9. "To the End" – 4:05
10. "London Loves" – 4:15
11. "Trouble in the Message Centre" – 4:09
12. "Clover over Dover" – 3:22
13. "Magic America" – 3:38
14. "Jubilee" – 2:47
15. "This Is a Low" – 5:07
16. "Lot 105" – 1:17

* Blur
o Damon Albarn - Synthesizer, Strings, Harpsichord, Organ (Hammond), Programming, Recorder, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Melodica, Moog synthesizer, Vibraphone
o Graham Coxon - Guitar (Acoustic), Clarinet, Guitar, Percussion, Guitar (Electric), Saxophone, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
o Alex James - Guitar, Bass guitar, Vocals, Noise
o Dave Rowntree - Percussion, Drums, Programming, Noise, Crowd Noise
* Simon Clarke - Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
* Phil Daniels - Trombone, Horn, Narrator
* Richard Edwards - Trombone
* Louise Fuller - Violin
* Kevin Godley - Director
* Stephen Hague - Piano, Producer, Engineer
* Richard Koster - Violin
* Roddy Lorimer - Trombone
* Ivan McCready - Cello
* John Metcalfe - Arranger, Viola
* Leo Payne - Strings
* Mark Pharoah - Violin
* Chris Pitsillides - Strings
* Audrey Riley - Strings
* Laetitia Sadier - Vocals
* Tim Sanders - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
* John Smith - Producer, Engineer
* Stephen Street - Keyboards, Programming, Sound Effects, Producer
* Bob Thomas - Photography
* Chris Tombling - Strings
* Brunskill - Photography

Ben on 3:49 pm said...

sorry PW: apathy

Ben on 4:03 pm said...

but i can see the sponsors on my browser.

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