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13

by: Blur

Release Date March 15, 1999
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: