| Artist |
Blur |
| Album Title: |
Modern Life Is Rubbish |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Brit Pop |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
11/16/1993 |
| Label |
SBK Records / Food Records |
| Catalog No |
0777 7 89442 2 4 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7777-89442-2 5 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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For Tomorrow (4:19)
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| 2.
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Advert (3:45)
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| 3.
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Colin Zeal (3:16)
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| 4.
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Pressure On Julian (3:31)
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| 5.
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Star Shaped (3:26)
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| 6.
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Blue Jeans (3:54)
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| 7.
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Chemical World (3:45)
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| 8.
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Intermission (2:29)
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| 9.
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Sunday, Sunday (2:38)
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| 10.
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Oily Water (5:00)
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| 11.
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Miss America (5:34)
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| 12.
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Villa Rosie (3:55)
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| 13.
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Coping (3:24)
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| 14.
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Turn It Up (3:21)
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| 15.
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Pop Scene (3:14)
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| 16.
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Resigned (5:14)
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| 17.
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Commercial Break (0:55)
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(Blank) (0:04)
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| 67.
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(Blank) (0:08)
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| 68.
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When The Cows Come Home (3:49)
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| 69.
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Peach (3:56)
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| Date Acquired |
05/06/1994 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
9.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
? © 1993 Food Records Ltd. under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd.
Distributed by SBK Records, a division of ERG.
Printed in the USA.
Track 7: "Chemical World" is actually the demo version on this release as the U.S. record label preferred this to the finished Stephen Street produced final version.
Tracks 18 & 19 are given as tracks 68 & 69, but actually there isn't any blank track between track 17 and these last two tracks on this release.
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Analyzed: Blur / Modern Life Is Rubbish
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.33 dB -15.11 dB 4:20 01-For Tomorrow
DR12 0.00 dB -14.77 dB 3:45 02-Advert
DR11 -1.29 dB -14.85 dB 3:16 03-Colin Zeal
DR13 -0.40 dB -15.16 dB 3:32 04-Pressure On Julian
DR11 -1.05 dB -13.84 dB 3:27 05-Star Shaped
DR12 -0.72 dB -14.61 dB 3:55 06-Blue Jeans
DR11 0.00 dB -13.65 dB 3:46 07-Chemical World
DR11 -0.56 dB -15.10 dB 2:29 08-Intermission
DR11 -1.12 dB -14.04 dB 2:38 09-Sunday, Sunday
DR12 -0.12 dB -13.61 dB 5:01 10-Oily Water
DR14 -0.80 dB -16.46 dB 5:35 11-Miss America
DR11 -0.34 dB -13.99 dB 3:55 12-Villa Rosie
DR12 0.00 dB -14.22 dB 3:25 13-Coping
DR12 -0.70 dB -14.60 dB 3:22 14-Turn It Up
DR10 -0.90 dB -13.01 dB 3:15 15-Pop Scene
DR14 0.00 dB -14.94 dB 5:15 16-Resigned
DR12 0.00 dB -14.71 dB 0:56 17-Commercial Break
DR0 -1.#J dB -1.#J dB 0:04 18-(Blank)
Track 18 Through Track 67
DR0 -1.#J dB -1.#J dB 0:08 67-(Blank)
DR12 -0.48 dB -14.98 dB 3:50 68-When The Cows Come Home
DR10 -0.48 dB -12.15 dB 3:56 69-Peach
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Number of tracks: 69
Official DR value: DR3
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 868 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
As a response to the dominance of grunge in the U.K. and their own decreasing profile in their homeland -- and also as a response to Suede's sudden popularity -- Blur reinvented themselves with their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish, abandoning the shoegazing and baggy influences that dominated Leisure for traditional pop. On the surface, Modern Life may appear to be an homage to the Kinks, David Bowie, the Beatles, and Syd Barrett, yet it isn't a restatement, it's a revitalization. Blur use British guitar pop from the Beatles to My Bloody Valentine as a foundation, spinning off tales of contemporary despair. If Damon Albarn weren't such a clever songwriter, both lyrically and melodically, Modern Life could have sunk under its own pretensions, and the latter half does drag slightly. However, the record teems with life, since Blur refuse to treat their classicist songs as museum pieces. Graham Coxon's guitar tears each song open, either with unpredictable melodic lines or layers of translucent, hypnotic effects, and his work creates great tension with Alex James' kinetic bass. And that provides Albarn a vibrant background for his social satires and cutting commentary. But the reason Modern Life Is Rubbish is such a dynamic record and ushered in a new era of British pop is that nearly every song is carefully constructed and boasts a killer melody, from the stately "For Tomorrow" and the punky "Advert" to the vaudeville stomp of "Sunday Sunday" and the neo-psychedelic "Chemical World." Even with its flaws, it's a record of considerable vision and excitement. [Most American versions of Modern Life Is Rubbish substitute the demo version of "Chemical World" for the studio version on the British edition. They also add the superb single "Pop Scene" before the final song, "Resigned."]
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