Parklife

SUPERGRASS (1995) And BLUR (1994) Scored No 1 Album In The UK

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Back in time

15 May 2023

Band: BLUR (London, UK)
Active: 1988–present (hiatuses: 2004–2008, 2016–2022)

Album: PARKLIFE – their 3rd LP
It topped the UK Album Charts this day in 1994.
Four times platinum.

The album was originally going to be entitled London and the album cover shot was going to be of a fruit-and-vegetable cart. Albarn stated tongue-in-cheek, “That was the last time that Dave Balfe was, sort of, privy to any decision or creative process with us, and that was his final contribution: to call it London“. The cover refers to the British pastime of greyhound racing.

TOP SINGLE

FULL ALBUM


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BLUR: Bio – Discography

Band: SUPERGRASS (Oxford, England)
Active: 1993–2010, 2019–2022 (on hiatus now)

Album: I SHOULD COCO – their debut LP

The title of the album is cockney rhyming slang for “I should think so”.
The LP’s front cover is a painting based on three separate DIY photos
of band members Coombes, Goffey, and Quinn. It topped the UK Charts
this day in 1995.

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FULL ALBUM


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SUPERGRASS: Bio – Discography

Britpop Legends BLUR Released Their ‘PARKLIFE’ Single 25 Years Ago…

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Knockouts from the past…

21 August 2019

Band: BLUR
Song: PARKLIFE
Released: 22 August 1994 – 25 years ago
Note: It was the title track of their triumphant third LP ‘Parklife’  that became a number one album in the UK. Singer/songwriter Damon Albarn revealed that the track was inspired by the park he lived close by. “I was living on Kensington Church Street (London), and I used to come into the park at the other end, and I used to, you know, watch people, and pigeons.” The hit is also famous for the spoken word part of actor Phil Daniels
Score: It peaked a #10 in the UK

Now, let’s go have fun in the park…

BLUR: Facebook – All Singles

25 Years Ago BLUR Released Their Triumphant ‘PARKLIFE’

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24 April 2019

Britpop icons BLUR released 25 years ago today, on 25 April 1994, their triumphant worldwide breakthrough album PARKLIFE. Mastermind Damon Albarn told NME back
in 1994, “For me, Parklife is like a loosely linked concept album involving all these different stories. It’s the travels of the mystical lager-eater, seeing what’s going on in the world and commenting on it.” Read what NME thinks about the classic longplayer today here.

The album originally entitled ‘London‘, with the front sleeve being a photo of a fruit-and-vegetable car, went four times platinum in the UK. Here are Turn Up The Volume‘s fav cuts…

– GIRLS AND BOYS –

– END OF THE CENTURY –

– PARKLIFE –

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