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Universal acclaim- based on 79 Ratings
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Positive: 75 out of 79
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Negative: 4 out of 79
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Feb 19, 2019A great collection of singles. It really shows how well the band covers the musical spectrum in terms of creativity.
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Apr 26, 2015This album features some great hits and is an excellent introduction to the bands impressive legacy in the britpop scene. Concluding with a live concert bit at the end makes this well worth money.
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Dec 14, 2014
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Sep 5, 2014The album title is great, because in fact, this is the best of Blur. Here you have everything you need to start with Blur, the best band of the 90's. So, if you don't want the individual albums just pick this one.
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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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Nov 9, 2011
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Nov 6, 2011The best of blur compilation album covers most of Blur's hit singles from their first six albums. While it is a good compilation album i probably would have preferred less emphasis on their singles and more emphasis on their better album cuts.
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Oct 19, 2011Blur are my favourite band and their greatest hits is brilliant, they may have left out a couple of songs but I don't care, this album is excellent!!!
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Sep 9, 2011
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Oct 1, 2010
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VidMAug 13, 2007There's some good stuff here.
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timeNov 6, 2006No fair! This is a best of. That's cheating. In that case why not review the Ride, Lush or Supergrass best of? Those are far more superior records. This is OK. I think it gets a little bland towards the end. Music is My Radar picks up the pace and is a teriffic Blur gem.
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CrystaldivaV.VNov 14, 2005Amazing album... from a really uniqute band.. very creative.. and Damon's voice is just so great!!..
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DanielCMay 12, 2005best band ever, with thier best of compillation
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PaulFOct 6, 2004
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JonGSep 23, 2004Absolutely phenominal compilation. The album might as well have been called "The Soundtrack of Life" and the album cover made a picture of music at its finest.
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BonehoCJan 20, 2004
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duddyAug 22, 2003WOW!!! These guys are so much more than an Oasis. They bring originality and fun back to music.
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ModernLifeIsMulroneycakesNov 18, 2002Everything you could want from a Best O' Blur (except the ones Meta themselves mentioned). Not fond of Radar - sometime soon they;ll have to forget that they're art students. Still. Never. Mind.
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WarrenC.Nov 19, 2001Blur is the most diverse and brilliant band of the Britpop era and beyond. Pop is the domain of beautiful intellectuals.
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DavidG.May 22, 2001A good CD of a group known but too few people.
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The only complaints involve omissions. Four of five singles between '92 and '94 (among them the minor American hit, "Bang") aren't here, which bypasses the band's crucial early development and leaves only one song from Modern Life, the punchy "For Tomorrow." On the other hand, the disc could easily have shed at least one of its five offerings from Parklife -- most noticeably the title track.
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And "dazzling" isn't really hyperbole -- based on these 18 songs, Blur isn't just the best pop band of the '90s, with greater range and depth than their peers, they rank among the best pop bands of all time. The Best of Blur illustrates that, even as it misses some of their best moments -- omissions that prevent it from being the flat-out classic it should be. Even so, it's pretty damn terrific, particularly for the unconverted.
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Musically, the group goes way beyond Britpop, a movement largely of its own invention, to survey Burt Bacharach-style suavity on "The Universal" and "To the End," hedonistic dance pop on "Girls and Boys," and Lennon-esque soul-baring on "Tender."