Blur: The Best Of Explained

Blur: The Best Of
Type:greatest
Artist:Blur
Cover:Blur - The Best of - cover art.jpg
Released:30 October 2000
Recorded:1990–2000
Genre:Britpop, alternative rock, indie rock
Length:77:08 (CD1)
43:38 (CD2)
89:35 (VHS/DVD)
Label:Food/Virgin/Parlophone
Producer:Stephen Street, William Orbit, Steve Lovell, Steve Power, Ben Hillier
Chronology:Blur
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Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, "This Is a Low". A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur's first 22 singles. The album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band's native UK in the autumn of 2000, while denting the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.

The album received a positive critical response. Of the reviews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds an overall approval rating of 88%.[1]

On the chart ending 7 March 2009, it was reported by Music Week that the album passed over one million unit sales in the United Kingdom.

A proposed title for the album was Best Blur Album in the World Ever,[2] in reference to the compilation album series The Best... Album in the World...Ever! (which often contained songs by Blur).

Track listing

All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.

VHS/DVD

  1. "She's So High"
  2. "There's No Other Way"
  3. "Bang"
  4. "Popscene"
  5. "For Tomorrow"
  6. "Chemical World"
  7. "Sunday Sunday"
  8. "Girls & Boys"
  9. "Parklife"
  10. "To the End"
  11. "End of a Century"
  12. "Country House"
  13. "The Universal"
  14. "Stereotypes"
  15. "Charmless Man"
  16. "Beetlebum"
  17. "Song 2"
  18. "On Your Own"
  19. "M.O.R."
  20. "Tender"
  21. "Coffee & TV"
  22. "No Distance Left to Run"

Personnel

Blur
Additional personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 23
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 25
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[5] 29
Canadian Albums Chart14
Danish Albums Chart29
European Albums Chart[6] 9
French Albums Chart[7] 8
German Albums Chart[8] 35
Irish Albums Chart[9] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[10] 20
New Zealand Albums Chart[11] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 13
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 22
Swiss Albums Chart[14] 31
UK Albums Chart[15] 3
US Billboard 200[16] 186

Certifications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Critic Reviews for The Best of Blur . Metacritic . 9 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Blur: The Best Of – album info . Vblurpage.com . 9 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Australian chart positions . australian-charts.com . 16 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127212510/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blur . 27 January 2012.
  4. Web site: Austrian chart positions . austriancharts.at . 16 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102182603/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blur . 2 November 2012.
  5. Web site: Blur - the Best of - swisscharts.com . 2014-01-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050601133945/http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blur&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a . 1 June 2005.
  6. Billboard. Billboard. 18 November 2000.
  7. Web site: InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste . 2012-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715183553/http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_Detail.php . 15 July 2015.
  8. Web site: German album positions . musicline.de . 16 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929115427/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Blur/?type=longplay . 29 September 2012 . dead.
  9. Billboard. Billboard. 18 November 2000.
  10. Web site: ブラーのCDアルバムランキング. Blur – best-selling album ranking on the Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. 16 October 2012.
  11. Web site: New Zealand chart positions . charts.nz . 16 October 2012.
  12. Web site: Norwegian chart positions . norwegiancharts.com . 16 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102110500/http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blur . 2 November 2012.
  13. Web site: Swedish chart positions . swedishcharts.com . 16 October 2012 .
  14. Web site: Swiss chart positions . hitparade.ch . 16 October 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20121209213219/http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blur . 9 December 2012.
  15. Web site: British chart positions . . 16 October 2012 .
  16. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blur|chart=Billboard 200}} Blur Album & Song Chart History ]. Billboard. 16 October 2012.

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