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- Summary: The two-disc set contains some biggest hits, band favorites, and rare singles.
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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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.
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UncutWhat'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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Whatever the future holds, few bands fit as well into their time as the Blur captured here.
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Whether or not Blur ever record together again, Midlife is a satisfying overview for a band that was a cornerstone of a music scene and whose music is still as vibrant and exciting today as it ever was.
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Q MagazineAt a safe distance from Britpop's glare, Midlife justly represents Blur as national treasures, as emotionally rich and hungry for progress as ardiohead, only catchier. [Aug 2009, p.116]
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FilterThat the group could go from the sneering jauntiness of 'Girls And Boys' to the paranoid anxiety of 'Song 2' with no drop in hook-effectiveness is startling in itself; that it managed to continuously and effortlessly navigate th incomprehensible expanse between The Kinks and Brian Eno is an utterly singular achievement. [Summer 2009, p.94]
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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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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Dec 30, 2010
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PatoR.Jul 30, 2009A great compilation of, perhaps, the best band of the last 2 decades.
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Dec 7, 2011This is a great introduction, however, individual albums such as Parklife, 13, and Think Tank are albums you must hear
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Apr 2, 2013
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