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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.

Blur: The Best Of
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
Blur chronology
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set (1999) Blur: The Best Of (2000) Think Tank (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	88/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[5]
NME	9/10[6]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[7]
Q	[8]
Robert Christgau	A−[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
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).

Track listing

Disc one

All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.

Disc two (Limited Edition)

Recorded live at Wembley Arena, 11 December 1999.

1. "She's So High" – 5:24
2. "Girls & Boys" – 4:21
3. "To the End" – 4:08
4. "End of a Century" – 3:00
5. "Stereotypes" – 3:27
6. "Charmless Man" – 3:31
7. "Beetlebum" – 6:09
8. "M.O.R." – 3:09
9. "Tender" – 6:20
10. "No Distance Left to Run" – 4:09

VHS/DVD

1. "She's So High"
2. "There's No Other Way"
3. "Bang"
4. "Popscene"
5. "For Tomorrow"
6. "Chemical World"
7. "Sunday Sunday"
8. "Girls & Boys"
9. "Parklife"
10. "To the End"
11. "End of a Century"
12. "Country House"
13. "The Universal"
14. "Stereotypes"
15. "Charmless Man"
16. "Beetlebum"
17. "Song 2"
18. "On Your Own"
19. "M.O.R."
20. "Tender"
21. "Coffee & TV"
22. "No Distance Left to Run"

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]

Personnel

Blur

• Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Coffee and TV" and "Tender", xylophone on "To the End"
• Graham Coxon – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Coffee and TV" and parts of "Tender", clarinet on "End of a Century" and "To the End"
• Alex James – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Rowntree – drums, percussion, backing vocals, drum machine on "On Your Own"

Additional personnel

• Blur – production
• Jack Clark – mixing
• Al Clay – mixing
• Jason Cox – engineering
• Tom Girling – assistant producer
• Stephen Hague – producer, engineer
• Ben Hillier – producer, mixing
• Jeff Knowler – assistant engineer
• Damian LeGassick – programming
• Steve Lovell – producer
• Gerard Navarro – assistant engineer
• William Orbit – producer, engineer
• Jeremy Plumb – art direction, design
• Steve Power – producer
• Iain Roberton – assistant engineer
• Andy Ross – engineer
• John Smith – producer, engineer
• Sean Spuehler – programming
• Stephen Street – producer, engineer
• Greg Williams – photography

Charts and certifications

References

External links

• Blur: The Best Of at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
• The Best of Blur at IMDb
• Blur: The Best Of at Metacritic

На других языках

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- [en] Blur: The Best Of

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[es] Blur: The Best Of

Blur: The Best Of es un álbum recopilatorio de grandes éxitos de la banda inglesa de britpop Blur, lanzado por primera vez a finales de 2000 y es el último álbum de Blur de Food Records. Fue lanzado en CD, cinta de casete, MiniDisc, doble disco de vinilo de 12", DVD y VHS. El álbum en CD incluye 17 de los 23 sencillos de Blur de 1990 a 2000, además de «This Is a Low» que no es sencillo. Una edición especial de la versión en CD incluía un CD en vivo. La versión en DVD y VHS contiene los videos de los primeros 22 sencillos de Blur. El álbum, que ha tenido ventas duraderas, alcanzó el número 3 en el Reino Unido natal de la banda en el otoño de 2000, mientras que hizo mella en las listas de EE.UU. en el número 186. La portada es del artista Julian Opie. La pintura de este álbum de Blur se puede encontrar en la National Portrait Gallery de Londres, Inglaterra.

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[ru] Blur: The Best Of

Blur: The Best Of — сборник лучших песен британской рок-группы Blur, вышедший в октябре 2000 года и ставший последним релизом группы на лейбле Food Records. Сборник вышел на компакт-диске, мини-диске, аудиокассете, грампластинке, а также на VHS и DVD.

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