britpop, rock, indie rock, power pop 59 min 14 tracks Parlophone
Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure (1991) had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour. After the group returned from an unsuccessful tour of the United States, poorly received live performances and the rising popularity of rival band Suede further diminished Blur's status in the UK.
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Character
Character-led, classical in form, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- NME7/10
- Calgary HeraldB−
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Select4/5
- Smash Hits4/5
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound9/10
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1For Tomorrow4:20
- 2Advert3:45
- 3Colin Zeal3:16
- 4Pressure on Julian3:32
- 5Star Shaped3:27
- 6Blue Jeans3:55
- 7Chemical World / Intermission6:34
- 8Sunday Sunday2:38
- 9Oily Water5:01
- 10Miss America5:35
- 11Villa Rosie3:55
- 12Coping3:25
- 13Turn It Up3:22
- 14Resigned / Commercial Break6:11
14 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Blur
- Label
- Parlophone
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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