or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
111 used & new from £0.82
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Available to Download Now
 
Buy the MP3 album for £2.99
  
 
 
 
Parklife
 
See larger image 

See 1 customer image
Share your own customer images

Parklife

~ Blur
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
Price: £3.98 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 17? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
46 new from £3.68 63 used from £0.82 2 collectible from £7.95
Buy the MP3 album for £2.99 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Frequently Bought Together

Parklife + The Great Escape + Modern Life Is Rubbish
Price For All Three: £13.94

Show availability and delivery details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

~ Blur
3.9 out of 5 stars (30)  £4.98
Blur

Blur

~ Blur
4.4 out of 5 stars (29)  £4.98
Modern Life Is Rubbish

Modern Life Is Rubbish

~ Blur
4.7 out of 5 stars (23)  £4.98
Leisure

Leisure

~ Blur
3.7 out of 5 stars (12)  £4.98
13

13

~ Blur
4.1 out of 5 stars (43)  £4.98
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (25 April 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Food
  • ASIN: B000002TQB
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,961 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in this category:

    #77 in  Music > Indie > British

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
1. Girls And Boys
2. Tracy Jacks
3. End Of A Century
4. Parklife
5. Bank Holiday
6. Debt Collector
7. Far Out
8. To The End
9. London Loves
10. Trouble In The Message Centre
11. Clover Over Dover
12. Magic America
13. Jubilee
14. This Is A Low

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Although Blur had long been recognised as one of the premier bands responsible for the reinvigoration of Britpop in the 1990s, it's 1994's Parklife that truly provided the template for the entire movement. At a time when Oasis were aping the sounds of their pub-rock heroes on Definitely Maybe, Blur drew from the legacy of the Kinks and Small Faces to create an album that's as English as a rainy Sunday in front of the gas fire. Parklife is full of songs that, quite frankly, don't make much sense outside of the British Isles, songs that find joy in the mundane, like "Girls & Boys" (a song about working-class holidaymakers in the sun) and "Parklife" (a day in the life of a cheeky, unemployed bench-sitter). Witty, ironic and irreverent, Parklife remains one of those rare albums that sum up a specific place and time (Britain in the mid-1990s). For that reason alone, it can be considered one of Blur's finest albums. --Robert Burrow


CD Description

'Parklife' is Blur's third studio album, and is the follow up to the critically-acclaimed 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. With its references to British culture in the 20th century and its amalgamation of musical styles from the 60's, 70's and 80's, the album is a musical melting pot of all that is good about English guitar pop. Includes the singles 'Parklife', 'Girls And Boys' and 'End Of A Century'.

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(2)
(1)
(1)
See all 4 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

23 Reviews
5 star:
 (15)
4 star:
 (3)
3 star:
 (4)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.4 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Little Britain, 29 Nov 2003
This album is the point in Blur's rambling musical career where it all came together. The band may well disagree with this, but this is the most cohesive album they produced. Rather than remembering Blur for two and a half minutes of screaming (Song 2) or for their tussles with Oasis (Country house, Charmless man), I'd suggest you take a look at this album.
Its simply a very very perceptive interpretation of a British way of life . 'Girls and Boys' takes you on a club 18-30, 'End of a Century' returns you to suburbia. 'Parklife' makes a slob of you, 'London Loves' deposits you in the rush hour and 'Magic America' gives you the dreams of escaping to bright lights. Finally, in one of the most beautiful moments of the nineties 'This is a Low' leaves you soaring over the land you know and love before 'Lot 106' brings a stupid grin to your face.
Its an evocative album, musically great, and most importantly its the best thing Blur ever did. Don't get the greatest hits, buy this instead. And then buy the rest of the albums.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blur's masterpiece, 15 Jan 2000
By A Customer
Music critics have never had shorter memories than when they have dealt with Blur. When 'The Great Escape', the sequel to 'Parklife', was released, they rightly hailed it as a classic. Ask them now, however, and you won't find many who will even admit to ever liking it - the music press follows fashion just like the rest of us. But all this is a round-the-houses way of saying that only the most ardent Blur-haters will think the same of 'Parklife'. Not a note is out of place, not a song fails to captivate. From the initial shock of Girls and Boys to the monumental, magnificent ending of This Is A Low (not forgetting the playful coda of Lot 105, a trick they tried again with less success on '13'), this is arguably the album of the decade. With pop music in possibly its unhealthiest condition since it was invented, we can only look back in wonder at albums like 'Parklife' and hope that somehow, somewhere, rock and roll will return for that one last encore all over again.
Blur, meanwhile, are just as interesting now as they were then, perhaps even more so, but will they ever release a record of this stature again?
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blur's crowning glory., 16 Dec 2006
By dynamitekid156 "dynamitekid156" (Notts) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)      
A quasi-concept album about Britain and its Americanisation, Parklife is the peak of Blur, coming as the second part of their Britpop trilogy, after the poorly received (commercially at least) Modern Life Is Rubbish and before the decent The Great Escape. It also came out in the same year as Oasis' debut album shook the world's foundations and the Blur vs. Oasis battle began. Funnily enough, unlike the Beatles vs. Beach Boys rivalry thirty years earlier, both bands produced their greatest work before even beginning their competition, Oasis with their debut and Blur with this masterpiece.

Countless elements of Britain and its people are explored across this album's 53 enthralling minutes; monarchism in 'Jubilee;' everyday proletarianism in the title track; fashion trends and subcultures, as well as millenial interest in 'End Of A Century'; bank holidays on...well, 'Bank Holiday'; taxation and debt on 'The Debt Collector.' No stone is left unturned.

And from this concept/theme you get some of Blur's finest songs. The title track is famous thanks to Phil Daniels, but really not one of the standouts here. The elegaic 'Badhead,' with its chiming guitar and tasteful brass, is lovely, while 'Tracy Jacks' addresses stereotypes (better than the other Blur song of that name) with the line 'I'd love to stay here and be normal but it's just so overrated.' ]

Throughout, Albarne's cockney - or mockney depending on who you ask - voice and Graham Coxon's always dazzling guitar work hold everything together beautifully, and despite Coxon's apparent dissatisfaction with it, this is truly an album to be proud of, the jewel in Blur's crown.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
... and then "Girls & Boys" was released and the whole thing EXPLODED! Sounding like cheap Giorgio Moroder, but then roughly taken by both Nile Rodgers and those Sparks dudes,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Guy Peters

5.0 out of 5 stars A britpop classic
I had this album on tape, but decided to buy it on CD also.

It is the first album blur had that was in the public eye. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Green

5.0 out of 5 stars When the planets aligned to create the greatest British Album
The arse end of decades of conservative rule which seemed to last longer than the eastern block, economic stability, high employment and the false dawn of new labour conspired to... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Toby Chislett

5.0 out of 5 stars THEY INVENTED BRITPOP WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM PHIL DANIELS
After the commercial failure of Blur's Modern Life Is Rubbish, the Colchester foursome were quite literally on their 'last legs'. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Christopher J. Welch

5.0 out of 5 stars The real Little Britain!
During a time when Oasis and Blur where rival's, it would be hard to say 'who was your band'. For me, Blur have always stood out among other Brit-pop and Indie groups for... Read more
Published on 13 Jul 2007 by Top Cat

4.0 out of 5 stars Modern Life In Colour
Following poor sales of their second album "Moder Life..." it was rumoured by many to be make or break time for the band. Read more
Published on 23 May 2007 by P. Loraine

3.0 out of 5 stars blur
It has some good tracks on it, but is only built up by the music press' hype that it's the revival of the 60s rock, etc. Read more
Published on 21 Jul 2006 by Paul Smithson

3.0 out of 5 stars British, british, british.
Blur vs Oasis was always an odd competition, radically different bands, with nothing alike.
Oasis are a modern status quo, blur were a modern day?? Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2006 by genejoke

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Blur Album and Best Album of the 90's!
This is Blur's finest work and is Britpop at it's best in the days of Blur and Oasis. From the dancing raving Girls And Boys, Magical Magic America, to the classis... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2006

3.0 out of 5 stars A touch of the nineties
There are some fine moments here but like another scribe pointed out, much of it is very much of its time. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2002 by bowieclone

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Parklife
82% buy the item featured on this page:
Parklife 4.4 out of 5 stars (23)
£3.98
The Best of Blur
6% buy
The Best of Blur 4.4 out of 5 stars (59)
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur
4% buy
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur 4.2 out of 5 stars (12)
£4.98
The Great Escape
4% buy
The Great Escape 3.9 out of 5 stars (30)
£4.98
Explore similar items

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject












i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.