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The Great Escape
Rock · 1995 · 17 tracks

The Great Escape

A technicolor explosion of brass, biting wit, and suburban anxiety. Blur's most ambitious pop statement captures the manic high and lonely low of mid-90s Britain.

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It's like a Wes Anderson movie set in a gray 90s London suburb with way more trumpets.

A manic, technicolor carousel ride through suburban boredom and social anxiety.

The Great Escape · vs · Blur
Playful+1.8σ

Playful saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks
01
Stereotypes
3:11
02
Country House
3:57
03
Best Days
4:49
04
Charmless Man
3:35
05
Fade Away
4:19
06
Top Man
4:00
07
The Universal
3:59
08
Mr. Robinsons’ Quango
4:01
09
He Thought of Cars
4:17
10
It Could Be You
3:13
11
Ernold Same
2:07
12
Globe Alone
2:24
13
Dan Abnormal
3:24
14
Entertain Me
4:20
15
Yuko and Hiro
3:54
16
Ultranol
2:42
17
No Monsters in Me
5:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the sci-fi synth pulse into the soaring, string-drenched grandiosity of The Universal.
The frantic, chromatic guitar solo in Charmless Man that mimics a social climber's nervous breakdown.
The sudden, hollow silence in Yuko and Hiro that underscores the distance in a long-distance relationship.
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