Containing the singles 'There's No Other Way' and 'Bang', what was the title of Blur's debut album?
"1999, having performed it during rehearsals for that year's tour. ""Fuckin' hell, worst verse you ever heard. Dannii Minogue gave it 'Stinker of the Week' in ""Number One""."" All songs written by Blur. Bang (Blur song) ""Bang"" is a song by English band Blur, released on 29 July 1991 as the third single from their debut album ""Leisure"". The video, directed by Willy Smax, features the band in west London at night. Time-lapse photography of night-time traffic was used, creating streaks of light from cars' headlights. Black-and-white performance shots were also included. In later years Dave Rowntree expressed his love"
"after changing their name to Blur, they signed to Food Records. In October 1990, Blur released their first single, ""She's So High"", which reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart. The band had trouble creating a follow-up single, but made progress when paired with producer Stephen Street. The resulting single, ""There's No Other Way"", became a hit, peaking at number eight. As a result of the single's success, Blur became pop stars and were accepted into a clique of bands who frequented the Syndrome club in London dubbed the ""Scene That Celebrates Itself"". The recording of the group's debut"
"but they made progress when paired with producer Stephen Street. The resulting single release, ""There's No Other Way"", became a hit, peaking at number eight. As a result of the single's success, Blur became pop stars and were accepted into a clique of bands who frequented the Syndrome club in London dubbed ""The Scene That Celebrates Itself"". ""NME"" magazine wrote in 1991, ""[Blur] are [the] acceptable pretty face of a whole clump of bands that have emerged since the whole Manchester thing started to run out of steam."" The band's third single, ""Bang"", performed relatively disappointingly, reaching only number 24."
"Blur discography The discography of English alternative rock band Blur consists of eight studio albums, five live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, twenty-nine singles, eight promotional singles and thirty music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged ""Leisure"" (1991), peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" (1993) inaugurated the Britpop phase of their career. Its multi-Platinum follow-ups ""Parklife"" (1994) and"
"reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. Its disappointing performance relative to previous single ""There's No Other Way"" marked the end of Blur's initial period of popularity, which would not be equalled until the release of ""Girls & Boys"" three years later. It has been all but disowned by the band, who claim it was written in less than 15 minutes in response to record company demands for another bankable single. It is almost never played live, and has not been included on either """" or """". ""I don't think we'll ever play that again"", Alex James remarked in"
"Blur (band) Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, Blur released ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" (1993), ""Parklife"" (1994) and ""The Great Escape"" (1995). In the process, the band became central to the Britpop music and culture movement, and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a chart battle"
"with 'Right Here Right Now'. A year after signing Jesus Jones they signed Blur. Balfe, along with later label partner Andy Ross, convinced the band to change their name from 'Seymour' to Blur on signing in 1989. Balfe also directed Blur's first two music videos, ""She's So High"" and ""There's No Other Way"". Disenchanted with the alternative scene in the years of ""Grunge"", Balfe decided to sell the Food label to EMI in 1994, and semi-retire with his young family to the country – inspiring Damon Albarn to pen Blur's first No.1 hit, ""Country House"". After two years of living"
"Leisure (album) Leisure is the debut album by the English rock band Blur, released in August 1991 by record label Food. The original version of ""Sing"", entitled ""Sing (To Me)"", was recorded as a demo in late 1989 under the band's former name, Seymour, and can be heard on the ultra-rare promo-only single which was released over a decade later in February 2000 and on the first of 4-disc set with rare material in the ""Blur 21"" box set. The cover photograph was taken in May 1954 by Charles Hewitt, for a Picture Post fashion feature on bathing hats, ""Glamour"
"Magic Whip"", was released in select British theatres. Blur have been on hiatus once again since the 2015 tour promoting ""The Magic Whip"". In 2018, Albarn said that a Blur reunion is ""Never not a possibility"", and confessed ""I’d hate to think I’d never play with those musicians again."" Blur (band) Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop"
"performance that convinced him to court the group for his label. The only concern held by Ross and Food was that they disliked the band's name. Food drew up a list of alternatives, from which the group decided on ""Blur"". Food Records finally signed the newly christened band in March 1990. From March to July 1990, Blur toured Britain, opening for the Cramps, and testing out new songs. In October 1990, after their tour was over, Blur released the ""She's So High"" single, which reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart. The band had trouble creating a follow-up single,"
"on """" over higher-charting tracks, an indication of its ultimate popularity. It is one of the few tracks from that album that the band have continued to perform live throughout their career. All songs written by Blur. She's So High (Blur song) ""She's So High"" is a song by English band Blur, released as a double A-side single with ""I Know"" on 15 October 1990 as their debut single. It is the first track on the band's first album, ""Leisure"", released in 1991. The artwork was designed by Mel Ramos and shows a naked woman riding a hippopotamus. An enlarged"
"produced their second single, ""There's No Other Way"", although he did not produce the album as a whole. Street went on to produce Blur's next four albums, ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"", ""Parklife"", ""The Great Escape"" and ""Blur"". Following Graham Coxon's departure from Blur, Street produced the guitarist's next album ""Happiness in Magazines"", released May 2004, plus follow up albums ""Love Travels at Illegal Speeds"" in March 2006 and ""The Spinning Top"" in May 2009. Street produced Blur's 2015 album ""The Magic Whip"", their first since the band's reformation with Coxon. In 1992, Street started working with Irish band The Cranberries"
"than on ""Blur: The Best Of"", in addition to material from 2003's ""Think Tank"", Blur's second most recent studio release, coming out before 2015's ""The Magic Whip"". All songs written by Blur (Albarn/Coxon/James/Rowntree), except for ""Out of Time"" and ""Good Song"", which were written by Albarn/James/Rowntree. Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur is a two-disc compilation album by Blur, released by EMI Records on . Designed as a sampler for casual listeners, and with a greater focus on the band's career highlights rather than their hit singles, it is Blur's second retrospective collection, succeeding"
"Andy Ross and Food owner David Balfe were convinced Blur's best course of action was to continue drawing influence from the Madchester genre. Blur attempted to expand their musical sound, but the recording of the group's debut album was hindered by Albarn having to write his lyrics in the studio. Although the resulting album ""Leisure"" (1991) peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, it received mixed reviews, and according to journalist John Harris, ""could not shake off the odour of anti-climax"". After discovering they were £60,000 in debt, Blur toured the United States in 1992 in an attempt"
"by Damon Albarn's breakup with long-term girlfriend, Justine Frischmann, which followed an increasingly strained relationship. ""13"" was released on 15 March 1999 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making it Blur's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the top spot. The album was later certified Platinum. ""13"" also reached number one in Norway and charted within the top 20 in many other countries. The album produced three singles – ""Tender"", ""Coffee & TV"" and ""No Distance Left to Run"" – which charted at number 2, number 11 and number 14 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. ""13"""
"days after the ""100 Greatest TV Ads"" poll from Channel 4 and ""The Sunday Times"" aired on the former. Furthermore, many other albums with a similar concept followed from other labels, including ""Switched On"" from rival label Telstar, ""Classic Ads"" from Universal, ""Commercial Breaks"" from Beechwood Music and the similarly titled ""Commercial Break"" from Castle Music. The series was immensely popular, and all of the volumes performed well in the album charts. The series started to become subject to popular culture parodies, as spoof band Shirehorses titled their first album from 1997 ""The worst...album in the world...ever...EVER!"". Blur, who appeared"
"band's first top 10 in the UK, reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was also a minor hit in the US, reaching number 82 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and number five on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. A playable version of the song is available for the Rock Band video game series, and it is available to download for ""Guitar Hero 5"". Kurt Cobain of Nirvana told ""NME"" that ""There's No Other Way"" was his favorite British song of 1991. All songs were written by Blur. There's No Other Way ""There's No Other Way"""
"had made in his career, the other being ""The Great Escape"". ""Sing"" was included on the ""Trainspotting"" soundtrack in 1996. In 2008, Coldplay announced upon the release of ""Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends"" that ""Sing"" provided a starting point for ""Lost!"". All tracks written and composed by Blur (Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree). Leisure (album) Leisure is the debut album by the English rock band Blur, released in August 1991 by record label Food. The original version of ""Sing"", entitled ""Sing (To Me)"", was recorded as a demo in late 1989 under"
"produce the group. Blur completed their second album ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" in December 1992, but Food Records said the album required more potential hit singles and asked them to return to the studio for a second time. The band complied and Albarn wrote ""For Tomorrow"", which became the album's lead single. ""For Tomorrow"" was a minor success, reaching number 28 on the charts. ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" was released in May 1993. The announcement of the album's release included a press photo which featured Blur, dressed in a mix of mod and skinhead attire, posing alongside a mastiff with"
"album as well as in associated artwork and promotional videos. After leaking onto the internet in March, ""Think Tank"" was released on 5 May 2003 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making it Blur's fifth consecutive studio album to reach the topspot. The album was later certified Gold. ""Think Tank"" also reached the top 20 in many other countries, including Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Japan. It was their highest charting album in the United States, reaching number 56 on the ""Billboard"" 200. The album produced three singles, which charted at number 5, number 18 and number"
"of his break-up with Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann, his partner of eight years. Recording for Blur's next album began in London in November 2001. Not long after the sessions began, Coxon left the group. Coxon stated ""there were no rows"" and ""[the band] just recognised the feeling that we needed some time apart"". ""Think Tank"", released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding electronic sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines played by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon. The guitarist's absence also meant that ""Think Tank"" was almost entirely written by Albarn. Its sound was seen"
"was released as a single. ""We thought, If you didn’t fucking want it in the first place,"" Coxon told ""Select"", ""you’re not going to get it now"". The American version also features several tracks with a few seconds of silence (tracks 18 to 67 on the CD), followed by two ""For Tomorrow"" B-sides (""When the Cows Come Home"" and ""Peach"") as hidden tracks 68 and 69. Modern Life Is Rubbish Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) had been commercially successful, Blur"
"Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band Blur as well as the co-founder, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz. Raised in Leytonstone, East London and around Colchester, Essex, Albarn attended the Stanway School, where he met guitarist Graham Coxon and formed Blur, which released its debut album ""Leisure"" in 1991. After spending long periods touring the U.S., Albarn's songwriting became increasingly influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result was ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" (1993), ""Parklife"" (1994)"
"to some mixes and he was rolling around going, 'This is fantastic, you're George Martin and they're The Beatles.' Next day he'd say, 'Quite frankly, Andy, this is shit. The band successfully recorded four songs, but they were wary about working in the same conditions again. Blur resumed work on their second album due to a chance meeting with producer Stephen Street, who had previously worked with the band on their 1991 single ""There's No Other Way"". With Street now producing the album, Blur recorded a mix of material spanning both the period immediately after the release of ""Leisure"" and"
"of Blur, then known as Seymour, did their first recordings. His first band was the synthpop group, Two's a Crowd. Before Blur, he played with The Aftermath and Real Lives. Albarn enrolled on a part-time music course at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988, claiming that his sole intention was to gain access to the student union bar. Albarn was in a group named Circus alongside Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree. Alex James, a fellow student at Goldsmiths, eventually joined as the group's bassist. They changed their name to Seymour in December 1988, inspired by J.D. Salinger's ""."" In March 1990,"
"with rivals Oasis in 1995 dubbed the ""Battle of Britpop"". In recording their follow-up, ""Blur"" (1997), the band underwent another reinvention, showing influence from the lo-fi style of American indie rock groups. The band's third UK number one album, ""Blur"" included the ""Song 2"" single, which brought them mainstream success in the US. Their next album, ""13"" (1999) saw the band members experimenting with electronic and gospel music, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn. In May 2002, Coxon left Blur during the recording of their seventh album ""Think Tank"" (2003). Containing electronic sounds and more minimal guitar work, the"
"Blak and Blu Blak and Blu is the major-label debut studio album by American musician Gary Clark, Jr., released on October 22, 2012. The album touches on a wide variety of traditionally black music genres, including soul (""Please Come Home""), hip-hop/R&B (""The Life""), Chuck Berry-esque rock and roll (""Travis County""), and Clark's trademark, blues (""When My Train Pulls In"", ""Numb"", ""Next Door Neighbor Blues""). ""Blak and Blu"" netted Clark his first two Grammy Award nominations, one for Best Rock Song (""Ain't Messin Round"") and the other for Best Traditional R&B Performance (""Please Come Home"") which won. This marked the first"
"Anglocentric rhetoric rejuvenated the group's fortunes after their post-""Leisure"" slump. ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" is regarded as one of the defining releases of the Britpop scene, and its chart-topping follow-ups—""Parklife"" and ""The Great Escape""—saw Blur emerge as one of Britain's leading pop acts. Blur's baggy-inspired debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) was a UK Top 10-charting record that, according to the ""NME"", made the band the ""acceptable pretty face of a whole clump of bands that have emerged since the whole Manchester thing started to run out of steam"". However, as the baggy scene soon began to fade, Blur were—according to ""The"
"Parklife Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released in April 1994 on Food Records. After disappointing 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"", ""End of a Century"", ""Parklife"" and ""To the End"". Certified four times platinum in the United Kingdom, in the year following its release the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene, along with the album ""Definitely Maybe"" by future rivals Oasis. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the"
"Blur (Blur album) Blur is the fifth studio album by the English rock band of the same name, released on 10 February 1997 by Food Records. Blur had previously been broadly critical of American popular culture and their previous albums had become associated with the Britpop movement, particularly ""Parklife"" (1994), which had helped them become one of Britain's leading pop acts. After their previous album, ""The Great Escape"", the band faced media backlash and relationships between the members became strained. Under the suggestion of the band's guitarist, Graham Coxon, the band underwent a stylistic change, becoming influenced by American indie"
"had underwent an ideological and image shift intended to celebrate their English heritage in contrast to the popularity of American grunge bands like Nirvana. Although sceptical of Albarn's new manifesto, Balfe gave his assent for the band's choice of Andy Partridge of the band XTC to produce their follow-up to ""Leisure"". The sessions with Partridge proved unsatisfactory, but a chance reunion with Stephen Street resulted in him returning to produce the group. The second Blur album, ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"", was released in May 1993 and peaked at number 15 on the British charts, but failed to break into the"
"US ""Billboard"" 200, selling only 19,000 copies. Despite the album's poor performance, Albarn was happy with the band's direction and wrote prolifically for Blur's next album. ""Parklife"" was released in 1994 and revived Blur's commercial fortunes, with the album's first single, the disco-influenced ""Girls & Boys"", achieving critical acclaim and chart success. ""Parklife"" entered the British charts at number one and stayed in the album charts for 90 weeks. Enthusiastically greeted by the music press, ""Parklife"" is regarded as one of Britpop's defining records. Blur won four awards at the 1995 Brit Awards, including Best Band and Best Album for"
"Thrower, claiming that the band had a huge influence on their music. In Battle There Is No Law! In Battle There Is No Law! is the debut album by British death metal band Bolt Thrower. It was recorded at Loco studios by Andrew Fryer, and mixed at Clockwork by Alan Scott. It was released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1988 and re-released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1992, with a different album sleeve. The album was again re-released in 2005 with the old album sleeve restored. German melodic death metal/metalcore act Heaven Shall Burn used the"