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Blur - Live at the Budokan Audio CD

A fair review of the Blur "Live at the Budokan" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Blur reviews here, or go back to the Blur tabs.

Blur Band: Blur
Title: Live at the Budokan
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Release Date: 1996-06-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Great Escape 2: Jubilee 3: Pop Scene 4: End of a Century 5: Tracy Jacks 6: Mr. Robinson's Quango 7: To the End 8: Fade Away 9: It Could Be You 10: Stereotypes 11: She's So High 12: Girls & Boys 13: Advert 14: Intermission 15: Bank Holiday 16: For Tomorrow 17: Country House 18: This Is a Low 19: Supa Shoppa 20: Yuko and Hiro 21: He Thought of Cars 22: Coping 23: Globe Alone 24: Parklife 25: Universal

If only I'd been concious at the time.
Since then, I've done as I do with new loves, and hastily gathered together all of their studio albums. My conciousness of blur is a fairly recent development, having started sometime in the winter of 2005. My hunger for blur has proven insatiable, however, and so now I'm turning my attention to b-sides collections and this, blur's only live album (That I know of). It's an excellent one, with blur at the top of their pop game. It starts like every Budokan album, with a fleet of screaming Japanese school girls, and then the music starts. The set list is as close to a greatest-hits as you're going to find, so you won't be dissapointed with the choices. Blur live is a tough proposition, only because their records are so ornately detailed and meticulously crafted that the live venue will inevitably cause some of the ear-catching sheen to vanish. Also, at the time, Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon were not the most consistent of live singers, but the music is still wonderful. I don't reccomend it as a introduction to blur, but if you're already familiar, it's a fantastic addition to the collection.


's good
The recording quality isn't perfect, but it'll do--one thing I have to wonder, though: what exactly was the motivation behind putting the first nineteen tracks on the first CD and the second six on the second? A more even distribution, maybe? After "Intermission" would've been the perfect place to end CD1. Reminds you of how great Blur used to be. . . I don't get it. I'd say "if you only buy one Blur album. . . ", but that's not really the case since for what you'd pay for this you could buy Modern Life. . . , Parklife, and The Great Escape. For committed fans, though, Live. . . is well worth the money.


Christ, This Is Good Stuff
Alex James rocks!. these 2 cds contain the storming Popscene which is a good enough reason to by this, but the other tracks make this release a must have, and here the band are in top form.


A GOOD PART OF YOUR COLLECTION
You can hear all the action in a special two cd pack. This is another record that Blur fans must have. Damon Albarn splendidly sings my favorite version of "The Universal". This is a cd you can take and pack away with you and all of Blur's good songs will be included in it. Very worth it.


Brit Pop's finest!
Recorded at a time when blur's music was happy and made you smile no matter what mood you was in!. A typical live performane from blur, full of the usual energetic sounding music which so often elevates this band above the rest. A total contrast to the recent effort of "13". This is a must for all blur fan's who appreciate their live sound, especially those who have followed the band from the start. I guarantee this will bring the memories of the brit pop era flooding back.


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