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Dec 13, 2012The passing of time has only increased Blur's stature as a British treasure and this is a concert that suits their status: it's crowd-pleasing without pandering.
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Dec 13, 2012Parklive showcases Blur in top form, but live albums are about a little more than a band; they document a moment too.
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Dec 13, 2012Blur have released three compilation albums, but none of them point up the band's engagingly contrary creativity and elastic pop nous quite like these two discs.
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Jan 3, 2013Parklive offers perhaps the best case yet for Blur's work to be seen as an admirable whole. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.92]
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Dec 13, 2012So it wasn't because Blur gave the most outstanding performance of their two-decade career that justified their rejection of what I'll call the Seymour route. It was the timing, the sense of 'crowning achievement', the feeling of poetic justice. As a document of that, Parklive is worth your money.