Modern Life Is Rubbish

~ Release by Blur (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Annotation

The "Modern Life Is Rubbish" Special Edition finally unites the non-album single "Popscene" with a Blur studio album. Also included in the accompanying bonus disc are all the "Popscene", "For Tomorrow" and "Chemical World" b-sides (amongst which are nestled the Visit To Primrose Hill Extended Version of "For Tomorrow", a reworked version of "Chemical World" and a cover of the Rod Stewart classic "Maggie May". Completing the bonus disc are the b-sides to "The Sunday Sunday Popular Community Song CD", (the official title of the main "Sunday Sunday" single release), the music-hall style covers of "Daisy Bell" and "Let s All Go Down the Strand".
Housed in a deluxe lift-off lid box with four exclusive Blur artwork postcards and an expanded booklet that includes previously unseen photos and liner notes based on a brand new interview with all the band members.

FIXME: Possibly a "worldwide" release, i.e. Europe + North America.

Annotation last modified on 2012-12-09 15:25 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Popscene
producer:
Steve Lovell (record producer and musical director; aka Bernard Gazda)
recording of:
Popscene
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3.53:15
2Mace
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
Mace
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3:26
3Badgeman Brown
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
Badgeman Brown
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
4:48
4I'm Fine
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
I'm Fine
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3:04
5Garden Central
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
Garden Central
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
6:00
6For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill extended)
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
recording of:
For Tomorrow
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
3.356:01
7Into Another
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Into Another
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
3:55
8Peach
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Peach
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
23:58
9Bone Bag
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Bone Bag
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
4:04
10Hanging Over
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Hanging Over
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
4:28
11When the Cows Come Home
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
recording of:
When the Cows Come Home
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
43:50
12Beachcoma
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Beachcoma
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
3:38
13Chemical World (reworked)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band), Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (English record producer)
recording of:
Chemical World
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
3:45
14Es Schmecht
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
Es schmecht
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
3:37
15Young and Lovely
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
recording of:
Young and Lovely
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
4.355:03
16Maggie May
producer:
Steve Lovell (record producer and musical director; aka Bernard Gazda)
cover recording of:
Maggie May
publisher:
Rod Stewart
writer:
Mike Peters, Martin Quittenton (guitarist for Steamhammer) and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), H. G. Music Inc, Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company), Rightsong Music Inc., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
4:06
17My Ark
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
recording of:
My Ark
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur (UK alternative rock band)
5:57
18Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
cover recording of:
Daisy Bell
lyricist and composer:
Harry Dacre (in 1892)
2:48
19Let's All Go Down the Strand
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
cover recording of:
Let's All Go Down the Strand
writer:
Harry Castling and C.W. Murphy
3:42

Credits

Release

liner notes:Miranda Sawyer (journalist)
remastering:Frank Arkwright (UK mastering engineer)
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
design:Darren Evans (Graphic Design)
Scott Minshall
remastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3983205 [info]
ASIN:DE: B007SAKUJ6 [info]