Summary from 44 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Blur's catalog across 17 albums from 44 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated Blur album is Think Tank (2003) with a 8.3/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur and Parklife. The discography on Wavelength spans 1993 to 2024. Song 2 (2012 Remaster) ranks as the highest-rated Blur song on Wavelength with a 9.0/10 average.
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur
“A new comp from a band whose stature has only grown in its absence finds Blur reshaping their identity and favoring the artier end of their catalog.”
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“Six albums into their envious career, Blur have finally found a sound to match their name. I'm sure the name initially came from the donut- stuffed mouth of Virgin A&R; reps who feared selling a band called "Seymour" to the Teens UK. "Blur" fits the mold of the monosyllabic, schwa- voweled noun system of Brit-rock nomenclature-- Pulp, Bush, Lush, Suede. Now, after nearly a decade, Blur have grown ”
Think Tank
“Thirty five years ago, while Mick and Keef injected the final doses of Jack and junk into *Beggars Banquet* out in Los Angeles, Brian Jones sucked a deep hit of kif and hopped a cab down the coast from Tangier to Larache with engineer George Chkiantz and girlfriend Suki in tow. From Larache the group hiked halfway up a mountain to the village of Jajouka, where for ages masses of drummers pounded u”
The Best Of
“A few things within the post-Britpop sphere are inevitable. Among them: 1) The Gallagher brothers will keep fighting and releasing records that no one cares about; 2) Bobby Gillespie will keep trying to push Primal Scream into making a new *Screamadelica* and end up with a big-bunch of big-beat bullshit; 3) Jarvis Cocker will keep taking forever to record and end up with a Pulp album that pales in”
Parklive (Live)
“Following the recent career-spanning Blur 21 box set, at a moment when the band's legacy is in the process of being revisited, Parklive captures Blur's transcendent and exuberant 25-song set at the Olympic Closing Ceremony Concert in Hyde Park. It's not hard imagining it becoming the band's definitive live release.”
The Ballad Of Darren
“The Ballad of Darren marks Blur’s triumphant return”
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