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
| || 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | For Tomorrow
| 4:21 | |
| 2 | Advert
| 3:45 | |
| 3 | Colin Zeal
| 3:16 | |
| 4 | Pressure on Julian
| 3:32 | |
| 5 | Star Shaped
| 3:27 | |
| 6 | Blue Jeans
| 3:55 | |
| 7 | Chemical World / Intermission
| 6:34 | |
| 8 | Sunday Sunday
| 2:38 | |
| 9 | Oily Water
| 5:01 | |
| 10 | Miss America
| 5:35 | |
| 11 | Villa Rosie
| 3:55 | |
| 12 | Coping
| 3:25 | |
| 13 | Turn It Up
| 3:23 | |
| 14 | Resigned / Commercial Break
| 6:13 | |
| 2CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Popscene
| 3:15 | |
| 2 | Mace
| 3:26 | |
| 3 | Badgeman Brown
| 4:48 | |
| 4 | I'm Fine
| 3:04 | |
| 5 | Garden Central
| 6:00 | |
| 6 | For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill extended)
| 6:01 | |
| 7 | Into Another
| 3:55 | |
| 8 | Peach
| 3:58 | |
| 9 | Bone Bag
| 4:04 | |
| 10 | Hanging Over
| 4:28 | |
| 11 | When the Cows Come Home
| 3:50 | |
| 12 | Beachcoma
| 3:38 | |
| 13 | Chemical World (reworked)
| 3:45 | |
| 14 | Es Schmecht
| 3:37 | |
| 15 | Young and Lovely
| 5:03 | |
| 16 | Maggie May
| 4:06 | |
| 17 | My Ark
| 5:57 | |
| 18 | Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
| 2:48 | |
| 19 | Let's All Go Down the Strand
| 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 |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/3983205 [info] |
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| ASIN: | DE: B007SAKUJ6 [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Chemical World For Tomorrow Sunday Sunday |
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| included in: | Blur 21: The Box |
| part of: | Pitchfork: The 50 Best Britpop Albums (number: 18) (order: 18) Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (number: 39) (order: 39) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 745) (order: 746) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/92102 [info] |
|---|---|
| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w8dp [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/blur/modern_life_is_rubbish/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000104918 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q839345 [info] |
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