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Parklife
Sign in to saveParklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. After moderate sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "To the End", "Parklife" and "End of a Century".
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- Album
- Artist
- Blur
- First released
- 1994-08-22
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Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988, consisting of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James, and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album, "Leisure" (1991), incorporated elements of Madchester and shoegaze. Following a stylistic change influenced by British guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles, and XTC, Blur released "Modern Life Is Rubbish" (1993), "Parklife" (1994), and "The Great Escape" (1995). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Blur">Rea
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- Album.label
- Food
- Album.name
- Parklife
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Blur
- Album.cover
- BlurParklife.jpg
- Album.released
- 25 April 1994
- Album.recorded
- August 1993 – February 1994
- Album.studio
- Maison Rouge, Fulham, London RAK, London
- Album.genre
- Britpop
- Album.length
- 52:40
- Album.prev_title
- Modern Life Is Rubbish
- Album.prev_year
- 1993
- Album.next_title
- The Great Escape
- Album.next_year
- 1995
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Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. After moderate sales for their previous album Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: "Girls & Boys", "To the End", "Parklife" and "End of a Century".
Certified four times platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene in the year following its release, along with the album Definitely Maybe by future rivals Oasis. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement. Parklife therefore has attained a cultural significance beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parklife” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.