Yes I agree, very good points Styopa.

Yes, I hesitate to say that there was any loss of potency, though I tend to judge it by top ten single success.

Sledge Hammer wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2021, 09:18

The 91/93/94/95/97/99 run of Blur albums is simply amazing, Gorillaz and the rest of it comes nowhere near.

I agree about the run of Blur albums, but the first two Gorillaz albums and 'Happiness In Magazines' by Graham were also very good.

Merry Christmas stephen

I like Paul, but to be polite, he is now looking and sounding his age , in comparison to e.g. Mick Jagger who seems to be wearing the years quite well.

I think that Blur had plenty to be going on with in the UK in autumn 1994, and a prolonged north American tour would have been a distraction.

Yes, in the original run of albums, or certainly up to '13', Blur were the main thing happening at the time.

Just played it again the other day, and it seems to stand up very well in comparison to the original (1991-2003) run of albums.

Unusual

Pavlich - interesting point about why doesn't Graham release a 'normal solo album'. And I agree with Doug's assessment of the reasons why.

Neal Zeal wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2020, 11:24

I do love the sound of Graham's voice on these big melancholic songs.

Yes, I also like Graham's backing vocals - they give songs an edge.

Joe Dolan was a very popular show-type singer, esp. in his native Ireland for many years, and in the UK in the late-60s. He had the big productions of the time, with swinging MOR songs in the mould of Tom Jones - check out e.g. 'You're Such A Good Looking Woman' (1970). Interesting to hear of his ve...

Yes I agree, it is hard to process. You can compare it to being in 1990 and looking back to Adam Faith or The Shadows starting their careers.

P.S. Themongoose87 - I agree about the woman riding the hippo....

I bought this on the day of release, on a CD from good-old HMV.

I quite like it in parts, but it does seem like a functional run-through of classic songs.