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Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after it's release, and fell out of public favour. After the group returned from an unsuccessful tour of the United States, poorly received live performances and the rising popularity of rival band Suede further diminished Blur's status in the UK. Under threat of being dropped by Food Records, for their next album Blur underwent an image makeover championed by frontman Damon Albarn. The band incorporated influences from traditional British guitar-pop groups such as the Kinks and the Small Faces, and the resulting sound was melodic and lushly produced, featuring brass, woodwind and backing vocalists. Albarn's lyrics on Modern Life Is Rubbish use "poignant humour and Ray Davies characterisation to investigate the dreams, traditions and prejudices of suburban England", according to writer David Cavanagh. Modern Life Is Rubbish was a moderate chart success in the UK; the album peaked at number 15, while the singles taken from the album charted in the Top 30. Applauded by the music press, the album's Anglocentric rhetoric rejuvenated the group's fortunes after their post-Leisure slump. Modern Life Is Rubbish is regarded as one of the defining releases of the Britpop scene, and it's chart-topping follow-ups-Parklife and The Great Escape-saw Blur emerge as one of Britain's leading pop acts.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 0.35 x 12.41 x 12.38 inches; 1.35 Pounds
Manufacturer : Wea Int'L
Item model number : 509996248391
Original Release Date : 2012
Date First Available : April 19, 2012
Label : Wea Int'L
ASIN : B007SAKYJW
Number of discs : 2
Reviewer: Jonathan W.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Real Gem in British Rock Music
Review: Track after track, this album is truly a musical gem from these 4 talented musicians! A few surprises here & there, but overall, very excellent and memorable album! Product was in great condition and nostalgic artwork that Iâm a true fan of!! âï¸â¤ï¸
Reviewer: A. Bell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Unique Album
Review: This is probably one of the most unique albums I've ever bought. The booklet is cool because Graham Coxon has the guitar chords for all the songs inside which I've never seen before. This is probably Blur's most overlooked album and being an American it is virtually unknown here. I even overlooked it for a long time until I sat down and listened to the whole thing a couple times. Now it's probably my favorite or second favorite Blur album.This album is supposed to be somewhat of a retaliation against American culture and grunge music in particular which was gaining popularity in the United Kingdom at the time. So this album has a very British feel to it and is intended to be a celebration of all things British. In fact, the album was almost titled Britain versus American due to the bands distaste for America at the time.For Tomorrow, Chemical World, Miss America, Villa Rosie, and Turn It Up are probably my favorite songs but the whole album is quality. The American version comes with the added bonus of two b-sides tacked on, those being When The Cows Come Home and Peach, two of Blur's best b-sides. Also Pop Scene is inserted at track 15 on the American release which is a huge bonus considering it's one of their better singles. Blur refused to put Pop Scene on the British release after the public their spurned it but it has since gained in popularity.
Reviewer: N. Ford
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A fantastic second album, better than the first.
Review: Does Modern Life Is Rubbish suffer the ill-fated sophomore curse that have plagued many great bands? No. It is actually the superior album. From the beginning of the first song "For Tomorrow" you can tell this will have a different kind of sound than Leisure. Then "Advert" starts playing and you can tell this song has a different feel to it as well. By the time "Intermission" has finished, you really can't help but be surprised that the band that used the tired shoegazing style of Leisure is the same band that created this bizarre album full of strange sounds and complex music compositions. But the fun doesn't stop there. Even the second half of the album, though has a few soft songs, continues the slightly psychedelic rhythms and sound effects all the way to "Commercial Break"..... And it still doesn't end there. Two bonus tracks close the album at tracks 68 and 69. "When the Cows Come Home" is fun little song that could have fit in nicely within the rest of the album. "Peach" is the weaker of the bonus tracks, but it is worth listening. Modern Life Is Rubbish is, in my opinion, Blur's first great album. I'm not saying I don't like Leisure, but since I enjoy bands like Gorillaz, Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, and early Genesis, Leisure sounds a bit boring in comparison.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Received on 24th for Christmas present for other Granddaughter
Review: I sent a note asking if it could be delivered before the original delivery date of 12/27/18, after Christmas. And it was!!! Thank you so much. I hope it will work. She liked it.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: Great item and wonderful seller. Always a pleasure!
Reviewer: ManWithGoodTaste
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: something valuable from the past
Review: Most of the people try to get everything new and fresh, ignoring things that are old now. One of those "old" things is Modern Life Is Rubbish, one of the best albums ever made. Because it wasn't really around in US in 1993, it didn't gain enough popularity and is not well-known here today. It's bad. Bad, because it is so good. The album is not recycling the classic british groups' music-it builds on it, gives many new musical ideas, styles, and the result is what will be in your head if you will put Garage Rock, Britpop, Psychodelic Rock and the "essense of wittiness" in a mixer, make a cocktail out of them and drink it. It is not "just britpop", it is alternative, progressive, very british rock-what's not to like? And, by the way, Modern Life Is Rubbish is a name so good, it must be on your shelf. All you people looking for things all-new, stop right now and look in the past. There will you find good-old Blur's Modern Life Is Rubbish album. Get over yourself and pick it up-you won't be dissapointed.
Reviewer: Al
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: If you like psychedelia/brit pop from the 1960s, you will probably like this too!
Review: This sounds better than the later Blur albums that most Americans are familiar with, Not that the latter work is bad music. It isn't, but THIS and Park Life, the one after it, are the core recordings of their classic period. The style on this is a bit punchier than the music that inspired it, but still faithful to its roots in1960s British rock/pop. If you like the Who, The Small Faces, the Kinks, or the mid period Beatles, you would likely appreciate this. It never gets dull, and even after all this time, it still can surprise me.
Reviewer: Nirvana Anavrin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Foo Fighters Could Learn a Few Things from Blur
Review: Better than the beatles. More powerful than the stones. As melodic as the Stooges on a good night. No one does it better than Blur.
Reviewer: marcello silva
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sim meus amigos veio desta maneiro dos EUA , sem qualquer embalagem, e olha que não foi barato
Reviewer: albert trujillo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: De los mejores discos de Blur, muy experimental y la edicion muy buena, vale la pena
Reviewer: Adrian
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: One of my favourite Blur albums!!!! The first one I ever had a physical copy of! I have it displayed in my guitar/music space and itâs definitely been listened to multiple times!!
Reviewer: freebace
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Das Kult Album nun endlich in meiner Sammlung 😉
Reviewer: The Neon Beanbag
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Strange news from another house in the snow. Colin Zeal by Blur = Sleeping Gas by The Teardrop Explodes - the vocal melody on the verse anyway. My extremely slow brain has taken me 27 years, starting with a nagging sensation in 1993, telling me, "There's a reason I'm feeling pre-programmed to like this song, but I'm scunnered as to what it is.", until I played it about 10 minutes ago. It only took 27 years to get there, but hey - time starts to fly when you can buy an album as an adult (of sorts) in 1993 and still be giving it a play in 2020. As a decrepit old bugger. Oh bollocks. Note also: I'm unlikely to continue playing a record that's not very good for 27 years, am I? Better than Parklife? Dunno, but less ubiquitous, so it sounds a bit fresher, I guess. I'm on a bit of a Blur jag just now, having finally shelled out the piasters on The Magic Whip, and being unexpectedly rocked to my doddering core by it. I even bought Think Tank, the very idea of which repelled me when it came out - a Blur album without Graham? Shut up. The fact that he's come back somehow makes the concept easier to swallow, and it's not bad at all, as long as you don't expect a Blur album. Like, Coke's nice, but don't expect it to be Irn Bru, or you're stuffed. Reassessed also, The Great Escape, which stands revealed as a much, much better album than I'd had it down as back in The Dark Ages, right around when Alfred The Great was hiring Uhtred . Just like the two preceding it, but feeling kind of contrived, was my initial verdict on that one - you know: The Universal's a decent tune and the crowd all sing along to it, but it ain't This Is A Low - that sort of thing. It still ain't, not really, but it sounds a lot better than it did then. Yuko And Hiro's still the best one on it though; you've got to admit it. Anyway, I feel that I've somehow gotten a bit...let's call it lateral, and I'll buzz off and stick Kilimanjaro on - the first actual real true L.P. I ever owned actually. Not fake news. Crikey - does that means I'm cool enough to say crikey and get away with it? Probably not. I'm outta here.