music.wikisort.org - CompositionMidlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur is a two-disc compilation album by Blur, released by EMI Records on 15 June 2009 (2009-06-15). It is Blur's second retrospective collection, succeeding 2000's Blur: The Best Of and coincides with the band's 2009 reunion performances.[10]
2009 greatest hits album by Blur
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur |
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Released | 15 June 2009 (UK)[1] 28 July 2009 (US)[2] |
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Recorded | 1990 – 1998; 2002 |
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Genre | Britpop, alternative rock |
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Length | 107:46 |
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Label | EMI |
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Producer | Stephen Street, William Orbit, Ben Hillier, Steve Lovell, Steve Power |
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Think Tank (2003) |
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur (2009) |
All the People... Blur: Live at Hyde Park (2009) |
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Professional ratingsAggregate scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Metacritic | (86/100)[3] |
Review scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [4] |
Digital Spy |     [5] |
musicOMH |     [6] |
Pitchfork Media | (9.4/10)[7] |
Rolling Stone |     [8] |
Uncut |     [9] |
Background
Spanning the breadth of Blur's recorded history from its inception, Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur features a larger sampling of material from 1993's Modern Life Is Rubbish (including the single-only "Popscene" from the same era) than on Blur: The Best Of, in addition to material from 2003's Think Tank, Blur's second most recent studio release, coming out before 2015's The Magic Whip.
Track listing
All songs written by Blur (Albarn/Coxon/James/Rowntree), except for "Out of Time" and "Good Song", which were written by Albarn/James/Rowntree.
Disc twoTitle | Original album |
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1. | "Tender" | 13 | 7:42 |
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2. | "She's So High" (single edit) | Leisure | 3:50 |
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3. | "Chemical World" (radio edit) | Modern Life Is Rubbish | 3:53 |
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4. | "Good Song" | Think Tank | 3:06 |
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5. | "Parklife" | Parklife | 3:07 |
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6. | "Advert" | Modern Life Is Rubbish | 3:44 |
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7. | "Popscene" | Non-album single, 1992 | 3:15 |
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8. | "Stereotypes" | The Great Escape | 3:11 |
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9. | "Trimm Trabb" | 13 | 5:37 |
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10. | "Badhead" | Parklife | 3:28 |
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11. | "Strange News from Another Star" | Blur | 4:03 |
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12. | "Battery in Your Leg" | Think Tank | 3:20 |
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Personnel
Musicians
- Damon Albarn – vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Graham Coxon – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Coffee & TV", co-lead vocals on "Tender" (not featured on "Out of Time" or "Good Song")
- Alex James – bass
- Dave Rowntree – drums
Other personnel
- Blur – Producer
- Jack Clark – Mixing Assistant
- Al Clay – Mixing
- Jason Cox – Engineer
- 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
- James Oliver – Design
- Steve Power – Producer
- Iain Roberton – Assistant Engineer
- Andy Ross – Engineer
- John Smith – Producer, Engineer
- Sean Spuehler – Programming
- Stephen Street – Producer, Engineer
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[11] |
66 |
UK Albums Chart[12] |
20 |
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Related groups |
- Gorillaz
- The Good, the Bad & the Queen
- Rocket Juice & the Moon
- Fat Les
- Me Me Me
- WigWam
- The Ailerons
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Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur es un álbum recopilatorio de dos discos de Blur, publicado por EMI Records el 15 de junio de 2009. Es la segunda colección retrospectiva de Blur, después de Blur: The Best Of de 2000 y coincide con las actuaciones de la reunión de la banda en 2009.[3]
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