Fluxtumblr has a Blur show up, right from around the 13 era. I agree with Perpetua that the album holds up very well--far better than a lot of other things from the late 90s, far better than much of Blur's other material. Here's where they learned to stop attempting to be 'funny' and turn their formalistic adventuresome streak to legitimate emotional ends--nowhere better than on "Battle" from this set--and downplay their pretentiousness. Damon Albarn's sad, and he's going to tell you exactly why he is and how it feels.
Better, on the whole, it pains me to admit, than anything Oasis ever did. Even if Oasis' work is better, on average, than the rest of Blur's music.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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