Great Escape

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Great vinyl re edition.

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This album was pleasantly surprising to me. I say "album" because I bought it after hearing the main singles like "Charmless Man", "Stereotypes", "The Universal" and "Fade Away". The other songs on the album are also enjoyable, for the most part. I can't decide if the overall sound is different than the two previous albums, as they share a mix of mostly poppish songs with some ballads and more rock-like songs. I really like the bass and percussion of Blur, and Damon's vocals are great, he sings over a broad range and pitch. Some of the songs like "Mr. Robinson's Quango", are hit or miss, the lyrics can get a bit repetitive and I find that irritating.Other songs like "Dan Abnormal" and "Ernold Same" are kinda boring to me, just sad songs that do fit the mood of the album.

If "Modern Life is Rubbish" was "A New Hope" or "Revolver", and if "Parklife" is "The Empire Strikes Back"/"Sgt. Pepper's", then one might say that "The Great Escape" is inevitably "Return of the Jedi"/"Magical Mystery Tour." As in many great trilogies, this bookend goes further than the previous two in nearly every way...and as a result, becomes rather indulgent. But the album works in ways that many similar ones do not. The Great Escape is more than an album: it is a musical, a satire, and an overlooked masterpiece. Over the 15 songs we meet 15 different characters...each of them disillusioned, immature yet affluent young people who embody the postmodern.Highlights include "Stereotypes", a prologue that perfectly sets the mood; "Country House," the seminal britpop single; "Charmless Man," one of my favorite Blur singles, a humorously scathing slab of pop satire; "Top Man", with Blur in top form weirdness; "The Universal", a grand space opera of a song; "He Thought of Cars", one of the more melancholic songs on the album; "Entertain Me", a sort of "Boys and Girls" doppelganger, only this time with a certain darkness and sadness to it; and the final track, the gorgeous "Yuko and Hiro".

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I bought this only knowing one song, which of course was Country House, but when I popped it in the cassette player and listened to the whole album, I was in awe as to how good the album was. Lets just say that Blur gained a new fan and that I'll be listening to this album for years to come.

Hubiera preferido que lanzaran el album de exitos que prometieron hace unos años y nunca salió. No todas las canciones de aquí me gustaron, alrededor de la mitad sí.El material de manufactura es bueno y el masterizado y todo es muy adecuado. Lo compré porque me pareció que bajó de precio lo suficiente. Si te gusta blur (sobre todo en mi opinión damon albarn, graham coxon y alex james) es un buen album para adentrarse más en su catálogo, aunque sí diría que tienen otros albums más interesantes y digeribles como el 13, el Leisure, el parklife, entre otros, aunque aquí viene The Universal, country house y charmless man, que como dije anteriormente, forman parte de sus éxitos y me agradan mucho. Después de eso hay otros éxitos medianos como stereotypes que creo acostumbran a tocar en vivo y alguna que otra más. De pronto si hay unos 3 o 4 temas que se sienten un poco de relleno, pero igual es blur y algo de provecho se le saca. Posiblemente sí sea mejor album cuando menos que el Modern Life is Rubbish y tal vez más digerible que el más experimental think tank. Fuera de ahi creo que los otros albums posiblemente sí sean todos mejores.Nuevamente, si el album te gusta, la edición es muy buena. Recomendado para fans dedicados, para casuales no tanto.

A fantastic album by Blur. I highly recommend it.

Ottimo

Llegó rápido y bien protegido. Es un clásico de Blur con varias de sus mejores canciones. Lo tenía en cd pero lo quería en vinilo. No decepciona.

product arrived on time and was packed perfectly.