Having found himself at a creative cul-de-sac with 1995's The Great Escape, Damon Albarn bought a flat in Iceland and set about re-evaluating his role in blur. What emerged was a more soulful, democratised sound. Gone were the kinks-influenced vignettes about life in suburban England, to be replaced by a more cathartic approach. Grunge influences, for so long off-limits, were now detectable in the loose, angularity of tracks like "Country Sad Ballad Man" and "Song 2". Sensing that this might just be his moment, Blur's resident hard-core fan Graham Coxon is the driving momentum behind much of the band's fifth album. And yet, accidentally or not, some sense of Englishness lingers—be it the Specials' "Ghost Town" on "Theme From Retro", early David Bowie on the desolate "Strange News From Another Star" or the Beatles on "Beetlebum". Ambitious it might have been, but the sheer quality of these songs made blur their biggest seller to date. This truly is the great escape. X2 LP Gatefold sleeve
 
Tracklist:
	
		
			
			
Beetlebum
			
		
		
			
			
Song 2
			
		
		
			
			
Country Sad Ballad Man
			
		
		
			
			
M.O.R.
			
		
		
			
			
On Your Own
			
		
		
			
			
Theme From Retro
			
		
		
			
			
You're So Great
			
		
		
			
			
Death Of A Party
			
		
		
			
			
Chinese Bombs
			
		
		
			
			
I'm Just A Killer For Your Love
			
		
		
			
			
Look Inside America
			
		
		
			
			
Strange News From Another Star
			
		
		
			
			
Movin' On
			
		
		
			
			
Essex Dogs
			
		
	
 
Label: Food ‎/ Parlophone ‎
Catalogue Number:  FOODLPX19 / 5099962483612