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Blur, The Best Of All the songs from the album arr. for voice and guitar with Tablature (sheet music songbook).
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Songs included:
Beetlebum
Song 2
There’s No Other Way
The Universal
Coffee And TV
Parklife
End Of A Century
No Distance Left To Run
Tender
Girls And Boys
Charmless Man
She’s So High
Country House
To The End
On Your Own
This Is A Low
For Tomorrow
Music Is My Radar
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Blur (the band)
Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The band consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album, Leisure (1991), incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegaze. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, Blur released the albums Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a widely publicised chart battle with rival band Oasis in 1995 dubbed “The Battle of Britpop”.
Blur’s self-titled fifth album (1997) saw another stylistic shift, influenced by the lo-fi styles of American indie rock groups, and became their third UK chart-topping album. Its single “Song 2” brought the band mainstream success in the US for the first time. Their next album, 13 (1999) saw the band experimenting with electronic and art rock styles, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn and Coxon. Their seventh album, Think Tank (2003), continued their experimentation with electronic sounds and was shaped by Albarn’s growing interest in hip hop and world music, featuring more minimal guitar work. Coxon left the band early in the sessions for Think Tank, and Blur disbanded for several years after the album’s tour in 2003.
In 2009, Blur reunited with Coxon and embarked on a European reunion tour. In the following years, they released several singles and compilations and toured internationally. In 2012, they received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their eighth album, The Magic Whip (2015), was their first in twelve years and the sixth consecutive Blur studio album to top the British charts. After the Magic Whip tour, Blur went on hiatus until the release of their ninth album, The Ballad of Darren, in 2023.
Blur’s musical style has been described as Britpop, indie rock, alternative rock, art pop, pop rock, and art rock with influences from indie rock and lo-fi.
The band’s seventh studio album Think Tank moved into more of an electronic sound. Some of the band’s influences include David Bowie, Bobby Womack, William Onyeabor, the B-52’s, the Kinks, Pink Floyd, the Jam and Depeche Mode.
In their days as Seymour, they were a “shambolic” avant-pop band, whose early concerts exhibited their art school background; meanwhile, Albarn “took cues” from Syd Barrett and Julian Cope.
Band members
Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, guitar (1988–2003, 2009–2015, 2023–present)
Graham Coxon – guitar, backing and lead vocals, saxophone (1988–2002, 2009–2015, 2023–present)
Alex James – bass, backing vocals (1988–2003, 2009–2015, 2023–present)
Dave Rowntree – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1988–2003, 2009–2015, 2023–present)Blur The Best of (Full Album)
Track List:
Blur – The Best of (2000) 01. Beetlebum 00:00 02. Song 2 05:05 03. There’s No Other Way 07:07 04. The Universal 10:21 05. Coffee & TV 14:21 06. Parklife 19:40 07. End of a Century 22:47 08. No Distance Left to Run 25:34 09. Tender 29:00 10. Girls & Boys 36:42 11. Charmless Man 41:01 12. She’s So High 44:34 13. Country House 48:24 14. To the End 52:22 15. On Your Own 56:14 16. This Is a Low 01:00:41 17. For Tomorrow 01:05:44 18. Music Is My Radar 01:11:46
All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.
Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12″ vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur’s 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, “This Is a Low”. A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur’s first 22 singles. In 2000 the album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band’s native UK, and hit the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.
The album received a positive critical response. Of the reviews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds an overall approval rating of 88%.
On the chart ending 7 March 2009, it was reported by Music Week that the album passed over one million unit sales in the United Kingdom. The album has since been certified five times platinum in the United Kingdom, making it Blur’s best selling album to date in their homeland.
A proposed title for the album was Best Blur Album in the World Ever, in reference to the compilation album series The Best… Album in the World…Ever! (which often contained songs by Blur).