- britpop, rock, alternative rock, indie rock
- 53 min
- 16 tracks
- Parlophone
Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. After moderate sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "To the End", "Parklife" and "End of a Century".
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Classical in form, cool, warm and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Music Week5/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Select5/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.5/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Girls & Boys4:51
- 2Tracy Jacks4:20
- 3End of a Century2:46
- 4Parklife3:05
- 5Bank Holiday1:42
- 6Badhead3:26
- 7The Debt Collector2:11
- 8Far Out1:38
- 9To the End4:05
- 10London Loves4:15
- 11Trouble in the Message Centre4:10
- 12Clover Over Dover3:23
- 13Magic America3:38
- 14Jubilee2:48
- 15This Is a Low5:17
- 16Lot 1051:19
16 tracks, 53 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Blur
- Label
- Parlophone
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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