Parklife – Blur
Parklife is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released in April 1994 on Food Records. After disappointing 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”, “End of a Century”, “Parklife” and “To the End”.
Certified four times platinum in the United Kingdom, in the year following its release the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene, along with the album Definitely Maybe by rivals Oasis. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement. Parklife therefore has attained a cultural significance above and beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music. It has sold over five million copies worldwide.
Track List
- Girls & Boys
- Tracy Jacks
- End of a Century
- Parklife
- Bank Holiday
- Badhead
- The Debt Collector
- Far Out
- To the End
- London Loves
- Trouble in the Message Centre
- Clover Over Dover
- Magic America
- Jubilee
- This Is a Low
- Lot 105
