Name: Parklife
Brand: Blur

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

0724382919421

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-06-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Blur

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Essential

Although Blur had long been recognised as one of the premier bands responsible for the reinvigoration of Britpop in the 1990s, it's 1994's 'Parklife' that truly provided the template for the entire movement. At a time when Oasis were aping the sounds of their pub-rock heroes on 'Definitely Maybe', Blur drew from the legacy of the Kinks and Small Faces to create an album that's as English as a rainy sunday in front of the gas fire. 'Parklife' is full of songs that find joy in the mundane, like 'Girls and boys' (a song about working-class holidaymakers in the sun) and 'Parklife' (a day in the life of a cheeky, unemployed bench-sitter). witty, ironic and irreverent, 'Parklife' remains one of those rare albums that sum up a specific place and time (Britain in the mid-1990s).

Parklife

Music GB