NEW BLUR ALBUM - The Ballad Of Darren

[rich]

A couple of months in and - for me - The Ballard of Darren is up there with blur's very best!
What an amazing album

[101reykjavik]

I’m still thinking it’s right up there too. Fantastic record - still in love with it.

[Danilo]

1 - The Great Escape
2 - Parklife
3 - The Magic Whip
4 - Modern Life is Rubbish
5 - Blur
6 - The Ballad of Darren
7 - 13
8 - Leisure
9 - Think Tank

That´s the new order .

[bugman]

13, blur, think tank, modern, Darren, parklife,Tmw, tge, leisure.

[thespider]

For me it goes, with marks out of 10:

1. MLIR 9.5/10 (I wish I could give it 10/10 but Turn It Up is shit and I don't like Miss America)
2. Parklife 9.5/10
3. Blur 9.5/10
4. 13 9/10
5. The Ballad of Darren 8.5/10
6. The Great Escape 8/10
7. The Magic Whip 8/10
8. Leisure 7/10
9. Think Tank 7/10

[TripleJay97]

1.13
2. Modern Life is Rubbish
3. Blur
4. Parklife
5. Think Tank
6. The Ballad of Darren
7. The Magic Whip
8. Leisure
9. The Great Escape

[northernmonkey]

The only reason I’ve not been praising it lately is that I am still busy religiously listening to it . Never tire of it, still feels so fresh.

[Ian_D]

I think I now would place it from top to bottom

Blur
Parklife
Magic Whip
Darren
Think Tank
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Great Escape
13
Leisure

[dparrott]

After my first full listen, it's not as bad as I first thought. I like about half of it. I would rank it above 13 and Think Tank, but that's it. Good album to play at night.

I would love to hear SCS with a late 90s vocal. Hopefully someone can do that with AI.

[vitekm]

After my first full listen, it's not as bad as I first thought. I like about half of it. I would rank it above 13 and Think Tank, but that's it. Good album to play at night.

I would love to hear SCS with a late 90s vocal. Hopefully someone can do that with AI.

Just ouf of curiosity - what makes a Blur fan to give first listen to the album more than 2 months after its release?

And why did you think it would be "bad" even before you gave it first full listen?

[dparrott]

It wasn't my first listen, it was the first FULL listen. I got a leak and gave it a quick listen, wasn't impressed.

[Hutchence]

https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/19311-388-2

Finally went silver...

[thespider]

You think that's slow?

"In My Life" by The Beatles only just went platinum. That was released 58 years ago. Slack bastards.

[Mali]

Any news of the apollo show being released? I missed out seeing it due to busy stuff.

[bugman]

Any news of the apollo show being released? I missed out seeing it due to busy stuff.

would be great!