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13 by: Blur List Price: £10.99 CD-Charts Price: £6.37 You Save: £4.62 (42%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0072434991292 Label: Food Manufacturer: Food Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Food Release Date: March 15, 1999 Studio: Food Sales Rank: 2155 MPN: 99129 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: It all begins with a music-box noise, not entirely unlike the beginning of Trumpton (you know, the kids' programme with the curiously named firemen). Welcome to yet another new identity for Blur. Gone are the caricatures of bed-and-breakfast owners and bankers, the cockernee knees-ups, football and pub laddisms. 13 is the starkest, most personal Blur album ever, going further in the direction the previous self-titled album hinted at. Dealing, for the most part, with frontman Damon Albarn's broken relationship with Elastica's Justine Frischmann, it's as if Blur have ripped their heart out and left the bloody mess for all to see. "Tender", with its repetitive cycle of a tune and gorgeous gospel choir, must surely remind you of someone special, while "No Distance Left to Run" is pure, unashamed heartbreak. Relief comes in the form of the sweet, Graham Coxon-penned "Coffee and TV" and "B.L.U.R.E.M.I", which recalls their punkier days. Oh, and "Bugman" appears to have utilised the previously untapped musical properties of a vacuum cleaner. "Country House" this is not. --Emma Johnston Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Differcult and intresting (perhaps their best)Stripped down lyrically with walls of ambient sound you'd almost think 13 was inspired by Kid A but amazingly the Blurs had this idea first yet didn't get the recognition. Initially 13 throws down two of Blurs most notorious anthems Coffee and TV and Tender, their most fun thrashers Swamp song and Bugman and saves all the bizarre moments to the last 2/3's of the album. At first its difficult to know what to think of it as the final 40 minutes of the album seem to feature nothing that really classifies as a song in the Blur sense and you really need to listen hard to realise what is going on. 1992 brings us back to Sing (the b side) era Blur and it doesn't really go back. In the latter part of the album there's high experimentation, minimal percussion, ... Read More: Rating:  - Should've taken it back......Having just recently sorted through my hundreds of CD's I came across '13'. I haven't played this for years. This is about the only CD I've ever bought that I came close to taking back to the shop from which I had bought. It couldn't have been that bad? Maybe after all these years I could listen to it with more mature ears? Alas, its still awful. Only three songs stand out. Tender, Coffee & TV and No Distance Left To Run. Save your money and move on. Rating: - 7/10. 'No More Distance Left to Run'This album certainly marks the end of an era, whether it be Britpop, the 1990s or Blur in their original formation, before Graham Coxon left the band. Whereas the brilliant Think Tank could be said to be a Damon Albarn project in the vein of Mali Music, Gorillaz or The Good, The Bad & The Queen, this is the sound of a band at the end of the line - literally with No More Distance Left to Run. This sense is impounded by its sometimes dispiriting focus on the death of Albarn's relationship and the fact that it was followed by a summary (pre-Think Tank) Best Of compilation. Its a very odd album in retrospect, veering between blustery, ephemeral punk and expansive, even progressive tracks - historically uneasy bedfellows. William Orbit's sonic embellishments ... Read More: Rating: - What a great and influential album!I've read a couple of reviews for this album and I felt it need some extra input. I've also noticed when people talk about the songs on the album they tend to talk about the singles or the guitar based songs. I dont think they're what this albums about. Dont overlook the albums finest, most experimental tracks. This is not an album for blur fans, this is an album for music fans. I'm certain a lot of people have no idea how good this album is. This is a dark album, an album whos greatest moments are born out of emotional pain. Listen to 1992 and Caramel and tell me there not amazing songs. Thats it... Rating: - Best Blur album and one of the 90's bestThis album is quite simply, amazing! I think it takes people a few listens before people share my opinion, but invest the time and you too will think it is one of the best albums you have heard. Many people think of blur and think of Parklife and The Great Escape. When describing the urban band - The Streets - to me once, someone said to me "They are like Blur with no guitars". At the time, I said that they were talking rubbish, but now I know why they took that opinion - They had only heard these two Blur albums. I do not think that those albums truly reflect Blur's work. 13 is dark, deep and heavy. It is also a little depressing. But this just makes the material even better. When the album came out, Albarn stated ... Read More: |
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