Blur is one of those bands that largely passed me by in their heyday. "Song 2" was rediculously awesome when I was a kid and I loved singer Damon Albarn's other project, the Gorillaz, but Blur was a little too mature for me when I got Parklife, their supposed best album. I just kinda of discarded it, and didnt think about the band much after. Big mistake. This compilation has shown me I'm an idiot and missed out on something I would have been obsessed with on the level of Radiohead, their mid-90's Brit-pop rivals. "Coffee and TV" is one of the best songs I've ever heard, and has revealed the side of them I hadn't seen- the rhythmic chord strummin' beast of a band that writes brilliant, wry pop songs the way the Kinks did.
I've found a slew of songs I love on this collection, and am now legitamately into their albums. Parklife has kinda of turned around for me in the context of their career, but it's not their best. I like their fat, three or four chord droning rockers the best like the aforementioned "Coffee and TV," "Pop Scene" and "Bugman" and most of the songs on this collection. Shit's rad. Re-issue of the year for sure. Enjoy.
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