UK number ones of 1997

I remember there being a lot of talk of Blur being their attempt to scare away their audience, but large portions of that record was actually quite melodic and even poppy in hindsight, I think, just in a different way to the two or three records before. I don't recall have any difficulty with that record at all.

13 was the real challenge, I thought. I hated that record at first.

I liked it a lot and thought it was a significant improvement on the Great Escape stuff. Just dug up the Blur poll from 2011 to see where it was in my ballot (third).

Edit: 'it' = 'Beetlebum', not '13'

It was the right thing for them to do after the 'Life' trilogy. I think it's probably their most bearable album nowadays. And yeah, things like 'Look Inside America' aren't that radically different from what came previously. 'On Your Own' is the secret gem of course. I think everyone likes that one.

The three way tie of R. Kelly, Olive and Hanson is just weird

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'On Your Own' and, weirdly, 'Death of a Party' kinda point the way to Gorillaz.

The non-remix version of Professional Widow is.. strange.

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i got the clear vinyl release of 'boys for pele' on launch and played it to death assuming i was in a tiny minority, so imagine my surprise when suddenly everyone's listening to a barely-recognisable boppy remix of this song, complete with brand new video featuring tori herself doing some jazzercise and having a bath

Beetlebum has (probably) my favourite Blur track as its b-side, All Your Life.

But I voted for White Town. I think.

White Town - Your Woman 18
Blur - Beetlebum 13

you people are sick

There aren't all that many Blur B-sides that could have been album tracks, but 'All Your Life' definitely one of 'em, even if it is yet another one of Damon's Bowie rips.

There is only four years between the self-titled Blur and the self-titled Gorillaz. That somehow seems weird now.

"Damon Albarn: the smackhead years"

Crazy.