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Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur Greatest hits album by Blur Released 15 June 2009 (UK)[1]
28 July 2009 (US)[2]Recorded 1990 - 1998 ; 2002 Genre Britpop, alternative rock Length 107:46 Label EMI Producer Stephen Street, William Orbit, Ben Hillier, Steve Lovell, Steve Power Blur chronology Think Tank
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(2009)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] Digital Spy [4] musicOMH [5] Pitchfork Media (9.4/10)[6] Uncut [7] Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur is a two-disc compilation album by Blur, released by EMI Records on 15 June 2009 . Designed as a sampler for casual listeners, and with a greater focus on the band's career highlights rather than their hit singles, it is Blur's second retrospective collection, succeeding 2000's Blur: The Best Of and coincides with the band's 2009 reunion performances.[8]
Contents
Background
Spanning the breadth of Blur's recorded history from its inception, Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur features a larger sampling of material from 1993's Modern Life is Rubbish (including the single-only "Popscene" from the same era) than on Blur: The Best Of, in addition to material from 2003's Think Tank, Blur's most recent studio release.
Track listing
All songs written by Blur, except Out of Time and Good Song written by Damon Albarn/Alex James/Dave Rowntree.
Disc one
- "Beetlebum" (from Blur) – 5:04
- "Girls & Boys" (Edit) (from Parklife) – 4:19
- "For Tomorrow" (Visit to Primrose Hill Extended) (from Modern Life Is Rubbish) – 6:00
- "Coffee & TV" (Radio Edit) (from 13) – 5:19
- "Out of Time" (from Think Tank) – 3:52
- "Blue Jeans" (from Modern Life Is Rubbish) – 3:53
- "Song 2" (from Blur) – 2:02
- "Bugman" (from 13) – 4:51
- "He Thought of Cars" (from The Great Escape) – 4:16
- "Death of a Party" (7" Remix) (from Blur) – 4:15
- "The Universal" (from The Great Escape) – 3:59
- "Sing" (from Leisure) – 6:01
- "This Is a Low" (From Parklife) – 5:00
Disc two
- "Tender" (from 13) – 7:42
- "She's So High" (Edit) (from Leisure) – 3:50
- "Chemical World" (from Modern Life Is Rubbish) – 3:53
- "Good Song" (from Think Tank) – 3:06
- "Parklife" (From Parklife) – 3:07
- "Advert" (from Modern Life Is Rubbish) – 3:44
- "Popscene" (from Popscene single) – 3:15
- "Stereotypes" (from The Great Escape) – 3:11
- "Trimm Trabb" (from 13) – 5:37
- "Badhead" (From Parklife) – 3:28
- "Strange News from Another Star" (from Blur) – 4:03
- "Battery in Your Leg" (from Think Tank) – 3:20
Personnel
Musicians
- Damon Albarn – vocals, keyboards, guitar
- Graham Coxon – Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Coffee & TV" and "Tender".
- Alex James – bass
- Dave Rowntree – drums, percussion
Other personnel
- Blur – Producer
- Jack Clark – Mixing Assistant
- Al Clay – Mixing
- Jason Cox – Engineer
- Tom Girling – Assistant Producer
- Stephen Hague – Producer, Engineer
- Ben Hillier – Producer, Mixing
- Jeff Knowler – Assistant Engineer
- Damian leGassick – Programming
- Steve Lovell – Producer
- Gerard Navarro – Assistant Engineer
- William Orbit – Producer, Engineer
- James Oliver – Design
- Steve Power – Producer
- Iain Roberton – Assistant Engineer
- Andy Ross – Engineer
- John Smith – Producer, Engineer
- Sean Spuehler – Programming
- Stephen Street – Producer, Engineer
References
- ^ Blur to release comeback compilation
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/27/news-ticker-james-brown-meg-white-steven-tyler-blur/
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Digital Spy review
- ^ musicOMH review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Uncut review
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-26-2009/0005032407&EDATE=
Categories:- 2009 greatest hits albums
- Blur (band) albums
- Albums produced by Stephen Street
- Albums produced by William Orbit
- Albums produced by Ben Hillier
- Double compilation albums
- Parlophone compilation albums
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