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Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur - Blur
  • Band Name: Blur
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Jul 28, 2009
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86 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The two-disc set contains some biggest hits, band favorites, and rare singles.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Uncut
    100
    What's in here finds the band inventive, unfailingly tuneful, and, rather belying the title, mellowing magnificently with age. [Aug 2009, p.87]
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  2. musicOMH.com
    100
    With the original foursome reunited it's as well that Midlife dwells mainly on the music they made together. As a playlist of what Blur were and capable of, it suggests a band with few peers.
  3. PopMatters
    50
    At 59 and 48 minutes each, with space left to fill on both CDs, the label's lack of curiosity about these more obscure sections of the Blur discography seems negligent.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
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  1. PatoR.
    10
    A great compilation of, perhaps, the best band of the last 2 decades.
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  2. mgolder
    10
    The best, or at least the most continually adaptive british band of the 90's/00's. From baggy shoegazing swirliness of She's So High, through britpop cheeriness, to stripped down american lo-fi, with some electronic beats and even a bit of Moroccan influence, it's hard to not call Blur at the least, diverse. Containing the classic singles (the addition of Popscene is very welcome), a few specially chosen album additions, such as the peerless This is a Low, all combine to make this a quick guide to a great band.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. j30
    9
    This is a great introduction, however, individual albums such as Parklife, 13, and Think Tank are albums you must hear
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