The Great Escape

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Great Escape is Blur's fourth studio album. It was released on 11 September 1995 on Food Records and Virgin Records. Stephen Street produced it at Maison Rouge and Townhouse in London. Damon Albarn wrote all fifteen songs. "Mr Robinson's Quango" was the first to be recorded and "It Could Be You" the last, in May 1995. The title of that last song comes from the slogan of the British National Lottery.

The record follows on from Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) and Parklife (1994) and is regarded as the third part of that Britpop sequence. "Country House" became Blur's first number 1 in the United Kingdom in August 1995, in the Battle of Britpop against "Roll with It" by Oasis. The album topped the British album chart and was certified triple platinum. Albarn himself later called it "messy".

Listening

Track list

1. 1Stereotypes3:11Apple Music ↗
2. 2Country House3:57Apple Music ↗
3. 3Best Days4:49Apple Music ↗
4. 4Charmless Man3:34Apple Music ↗
5. 5Fade Away4:19Apple Music ↗
6. 6Top Man4:01Apple Music ↗
7. 7The Universal3:59Apple Music ↗
8. 8Mr Robinson's Quango4:01Apple Music ↗
9. 9He Thought of Cars4:16Apple Music ↗
10. 10It Could Be You3:13Apple Music ↗
11. 11Ernold Same2:07Apple Music ↗
12. 12Globe Alone2:23Apple Music ↗
13. 13Dan Abnormal3:24Apple Music ↗
14. 14Entertain Me4:19Apple Music ↗
15. 15Yuko and Hiro5:24Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Sources

1. Wikipedia (en): The Great Escape (Blur album