Blur
Album by Blur
Release	10 February 1997
Recorded	Summer-Autumn 1996
Genre(s)	Britpop
Length	57 min 01 s
Label	Food/EMI
Producer	Stephen Street Except "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love": Produced by Blur
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone RS 757
Blur chronology
The Great Escape (1995)	Blur (1997)	Bustin' + Dronin' (1998)

Blur is the fifth album by Blur, first release in 1997. It reached #1 in the UK album chart, while making significant headway in the US with "Song 2" becoming a hit there and earning Blur a gold record in the process. The album's style was a result of them dropping the Britpop direction that had suddenly become unhip in the wake of The Great Escape's release and turning on to lo-fi indie recordings (at Coxon's urging). The album was a hit and proved that Blur could evolve beyond their Britpop roots. Other hits from Blur are "On Your Own" and "M.O.R." Cover of Blurs self titled album, Blur. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Cover of Blur: The Best Of - Clockwise from top left: Coxon, James, Rowntree, Damon Albarn. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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The cover art portrays the blurred image of a nurse pushing a hospital bed. The album was originally titled five, and the nurse in the cover art had a halo.

The song "You're So Great" was the first song written by Graham Coxon for Blur. It was performed solely by him and can be seen as the start of his solo career. The extreme lo-fi recording of the track is typical of songs on Coxon's first solo albums.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, except where noted. Jump to: navigation, search Albarn singing in the video for Beetlebum Damon Albarn, born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London, is a British vocalist and keyboardist who initially gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... Graham Coxon singing in the video to Blurs Tender Graham Coxon (born Graham Leslie Coxon on 12 March 1969, in Rinteln, West Germany) is best known as the former guitarist in the British band Blur. ... Alex James, 2003 James was part of The Idlers University Challenge team in 2005 Steven Alexander James (born on 21 November 1968 in Bournemouth, England), popularly known as Alex James, is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. ... Dave Rowntree (born on 8 May 1964) is the drummer in the band Blur. ...

1. "Beetlebum" - 5:04
2. "Song 2"- 2:01
3. "Country Sad Ballad Man"- 4:50
4. "M.O.R." (Albarn, David Bowie, Coxon, Brian Eno, James, Rowntree) - 3:27
5. "On Your Own" - 4:26
6. "Theme from Retro" - 3:37
7. "You're So Great" (Coxon) - 3:35
8. "Death of a Party" - 4:33
9. "Chinese Bombs" - 1:24
10. "I'm Just a Killer For Your Love" - 4:11
11. "Look Inside America" - 3:50
12. "Strange News from Another Star" - 4:02
13. "Movin' On" - 3:44
14. "Essex Dogs" - 8:08
    • Includes a uncredited track, starting at 6:25

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Personnel

• Blur - Producer
  • Damon Albarn - Vocals
  • Graham Coxon - Guitar
  • Alex James - Bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree - Drums
• Jason Cox - Engineer
• Paul Rostle - Photography
• John Smith - Engineer
• Stephen Street - Producer