Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, "This Is a Low". A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur's first 22 singles. The album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band's native UK in the autumn of 2000, while denting the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.
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Greatest hits album by Blur | ||||
Released | 30 October 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1990–2000 | |||
Genre | Britpop, alternative rock, indie rock | |||
Length | 77:08 (CD1) 43:38 (CD2) 89:35 (VHS/DVD) | |||
Label | Food/Virgin/Parlophone | |||
Producer | Stephen Street, William Orbit, Steve Lovell, Steve Power, Ben Hillier | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 88/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Drowned in Sound | 6/10[3] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
NME | 9/10[6] |
Pitchfork | 8.6/10[7] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A−[9] |
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Wall of Sound | 86/100[11] |
The album received a positive critical response. Of the reviews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds an overall approval rating of 88%.[1]
On the chart ending 7 March 2009, it was reported by Music Week that the album passed over one million unit sales in the United Kingdom.
A proposed title for the album was Best Blur Album in the World Ever,[12] in reference to the compilation album series The Best... Album in the World...Ever! (which often contained songs by Blur).
All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Beetlebum" | Blur, 1997 | 5:05 |
2. | "Song 2" | Blur | 2:02 |
3. | "There's No Other Way" (Edited version) | Leisure, 1991 | 3:14 |
4. | "The Universal" | The Great Escape, 1995 | 4:00 |
5. | "Coffee & TV" (Single edit) | 13, 1999 | 5:18 |
6. | "Parklife" | Parklife, 1994 | 3:07 |
7. | "End of a Century" | Parklife | 2:47 |
8. | "No Distance Left to Run" | 13 | 3:26 |
9. | "Tender" | 13 | 7:41 |
10. | "Girls & Boys" (Single edit) | Parklife | 4:18 |
11. | "Charmless Man" | The Great Escape | 3:33 |
12. | "She's So High" (Edited version) | Leisure | 3:49 |
13. | "Country House" | The Great Escape | 3:57 |
14. | "To the End" (Edited version) | Parklife | 3:51 |
15. | "On Your Own" | Blur | 4:27 |
16. | "This Is a Low" (Not released as a single) | Parklife | 5:02 |
17. | "For Tomorrow" (Visit to Primrose Hill extended version) | Modern Life Is Rubbish, 1993 | 6:02 |
18. | "Music Is My Radar" | Non-album single, 2000 | 5:29 |
Recorded live at Wembley Arena, 11 December 1999.
Both the CDs and the DVD were released together as a box set in the United States in November 2007, but this release has since been removed from distribution.[13]
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