Parklife

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Parklife
Studio album by Blur
Released	April 25, 1994
Recorded	October 1993-January 1994
Genre	Britpop
Length	52:39
Label	Food
Producer(s)	Stephen Street
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Blur chronology
Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)	Parklife (1994)	The Great Escape (1995)

Parklife is the third album by the the English rock band Blur released on April 25, 1994, in the UK. It established Blur in the UK, helped by its four hit singles; "Girls & Boys", "End of a Century", "Parklife" and "To the End". Although the album failed to chart in the US, "Girls & Boys" became a hit there, while Parklife became Blur's first UK #1 album.

Blur's sketches of British life among ordinary men and women prompted many reviewers to compare the band to The Kinks. The songs themselves span many genres, such as the Pet Shop Boys-esque hit single "Girls And Boys", the jazzy interlude of "The Debt Collector", the Oi! punk of "Bank Holiday", and the hard rocking "Trouble In The Message Centre". At the time of its release it was well received in Britain, particularly in the context of the young middle classes' adoption of Estuary English. Several newspaper articles about this tendency appeared during the singles chart run of the album's title track.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.

1. "Girls & Boys" – 4:51
2. "Tracy Jacks" – 4:20
3. "End of a Century" – 2:45
4. "Parklife" – 3:05
5. "Bank Holiday" – 1:42
6. "Badhead" – 3:25
7. "The Debt Collector" – 2:10
8. "Far Out" – 1:41
9. "To the End" – 4:05
10. "London Loves" – 4:15
11. "Trouble in the Message Centre" – 4:09
12. "Clover over Dover" – 3:22
13. "Magic America" – 3:38
14. "Jubilee" – 2:47
15. "This Is a Low" – 5:07
16. "Lot 105" – 1:17

Blur
Damon Albarn | Alex James | Dave Rowntree
Graham Coxon | Simon Tong
Discography
Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank
Compilations: The Special Collectors Edition | Live at the Budokan | Bustin' + Dronin'
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set | Blur: The Best of
Singles: See Blur Singles
Other projects
The Ailerons | Fat Les | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Gorillaz | Me Me Me | WigWam
Related articles
Food Records | Honest Jon's | Stephen Street | Transcopic
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