http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.211&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rssFormed in 1989 as Seymour at London art school Goldsmiths College, Blur (Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree) initially fell between baggy and shoegazing, their 1991 debut <I>Leisure</I> an uneasy hybrid. Just two years later they delivered the literate, clipped <I>Modern Life Is Rubbish</I>, winning critical -- if not commercial -- success. Then came "Girls & Boys," an ironic take on the unreflective hedonism rampant in Britain post-acid house. It struck a chord, climbing to No. 5 in the charts and driving <I>Parklife</I> triple platinum in the process. In a hectic 18 months, Blur edged out Oasis in the Battle of Britpop when "Country House" beat "Roll With It" to No. 1, only to see new album <I>The Great Escape</I> drop off the charts. Cue another shift in musical focus, this time to lo-fi indie rock. With it came spats, splits and separations (Albarn and Elastica's Justine Frischmann broke up), but Blur finally cracked America. However, the departure of Graham Coxon in 2002 after recording just one of <I>Think Tank</I>'s tracks finally called time on the band. - Jamie DollingBrit Pop/Brit Rocken720Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:51:24 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.211&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Formed in 1989 as Seymour at London art school Goldsmiths College, Blur (Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree) initially fell between baggy and shoegazing, their 1991 debut <I>Leisure</I> an uneasy hybrid. Just two years later they delivered the literate, clipped <I>Modern Life Is Rubbish</I>, winning critical -- if not commercial -- success. Then came "Girls & Boys," an ironic take on the unreflective hedonism rampant in Britain post-acid house. It struck a chord, climbing to No. 5 in the charts and driving <I>Parklife</I> triple platinum in the process. In a hectic 18 months, Blur edged out Oasis in the Battle of Britpop when "Country House" beat "Roll With It" to No. 1, only to see new album <I>The Great Escape</I> drop off the charts. Cue another shift in musical focus, this time to lo-fi indie rock. With it came spats, splits and separations (Albarn and Elastica's Justine Frischmann broke up), but Blur finally cracked America. However, the departure of Graham Coxon in 2002 after recording just one of <I>Think Tank</I>'s tracks finally called time on the band. - Jamie Dolling http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365705&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Alt/Punk Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 365705 tra.365705 Blur art.211 1.29 Blur alb.226000 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/2/7/397270_170x170.jpg 1997-02-10 00:00:00.0 1997-03-11 00:00:00.0 true Song 2 tra.365705 121000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365705&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365705&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.329892&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Sat, 18 Jun 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 329892 tra.329892 Blur art.211 1.29 Parklife alb.184688 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/6/7/1297600_170x170.jpg 1994-06-18 00:00:00.0 1994-06-18 00:00:00.0 true Girls & Boys 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00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true Coffee And T.V. tra.2767699 317000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2767699&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2767699&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.452106&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 1 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 452106 tra.452106 Blur art.211 0.99 Leisure alb.148180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/4/3/403462_170x170.jpg 1998-10-06 00:00:00.0 1991-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Bad Day tra.452106 264000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.452106&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.452106&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2767698&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2767698 tra.2767698 Blur art.211 0.0 The Best Of alb.95935 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http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3768543&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.329894&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 329894 tra.329894 Blur art.211 0.99 Blur alb.226000 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/2/7/397270_170x170.jpg 1997-02-10 00:00:00.0 1997-03-11 00:00:00.0 true On Your Own tra.329894 286000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.329894&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.329894&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29034863&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 29034863 tra.29034863 Blur art.211 1.29 Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur alb.29028503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/6/5/6/1856561_170x170.jpg 2009-07-28 00:00:00.0 2009-07-28 00:00:00.0 true Girls And Boys (7'' Mix) tra.29034863 259000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29034863&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29034863&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701643&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2701643 tra.2701643 Blur art.211 0.99 The Best Of alb.95935 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/4/304018_170x170.jpg 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true The Universal tra.2701643 238000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701643&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701643&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.370941&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 1 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 370941 tra.370941 Blur art.211 0.99 Leisure alb.148180 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/6/4/3/403462_170x170.jpg 1998-10-06 00:00:00.0 1991-01-01 00:00:00.0 true There's No Other Way tra.370941 204000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.370941&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.370941&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701640&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2701640 tra.2701640 Blur art.211 0.99 The Best Of alb.95935 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/4/304018_170x170.jpg 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true Beetlebum tra.2701640 303000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701640&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701640&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365707&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 365707 tra.365707 Blur art.211 0.0 13 alb.238338 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/0/1/7/877106_170x170.jpg 1999-03-23 00:00:00.0 1999-03-23 00:00:00.0 true Tender tra.365707 460000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365707&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.365707&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701647&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2701647 tra.2701647 Blur art.211 0.99 The Best Of alb.95935 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/4/304018_170x170.jpg 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true She's So High tra.2701647 227000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701647&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701647&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701646&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2701646 tra.2701646 Blur art.211 0.99 The Best Of alb.95935 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/4/304018_170x170.jpg 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true Charmless Man tra.2701646 211000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701646&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701646&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701645&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Blur on Rhapsody Online 2701645 tra.2701645 Blur art.211 1.29 The Best Of alb.95935 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/1/0/4/304018_170x170.jpg 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 2000-11-21 00:00:00.0 true Girls & Boys tra.2701645 257000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701645&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2701645&variant=data&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29034865&rws=%2Fblur%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 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