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Stuart Maconie charts the success of Blur through interviews and music, from the early days of Britpop to the release of their seventh album, Think Tank.

Another chance to hear Stuart Maconie chart Blur's success from the early days of Britpop to the release of their seventh album, Think Tank.

The series looks at where the band came from musically and talks to those responsible for signing, recording and producing them. The band all have their say too!

It traces Blur's success with Leisure; through the lacklustre sales performance and record company arguments which afflicted the making of Modern Life Is Rubbish; to near bankruptcy and the breakthrough of their third album Parklife. This sold in excess of 1.2 million copies in the UK alone and launched Blur into the platinum league.

It also covers their rivalry with Oasis and how they changed direction with the Blur and 13 albums, before looking at Think Tank and how life is different without guitarist Graham Coxon.

This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2003, the year Blur released Think Tank.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 8 Oct 2020 02:30
91热爆 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Blur

    BEETLEBUM

    • BLUR.
    • EMI.
    • 000-000.

  • Blur

    SONG 2

    • BLUR.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 7243-85556227.

  • The Best Of Blur

    Coffee & TV

    • The Best Of Blur.
    • Food/Parlophone.
    • 72435298-6125.

  • COUNTRY HOUSE

    • The Great Escape.
    • FOOD.
    • 7243-83523528.

  • Oasis

    Roll With It

    • WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY.
    • CREATION RECORDS.
    • CRESCD-189.

  • Blur

    COUNTRY HOUSE

    • The Great Escape.
    • FOOD.
    • 7243-83523528.

  • Blur

    CHARMLESS MAN

    • THE GREAT ESCAPE.
    • FOOD.
    • 7243 8 35235-2 8.

  • Blur

    The Universal

    • The Great Escape.
    • FOOD.
    • LC-0299.

  • Beetlebum

    • Best of Blur, The.
    • Food / Parlophone / EMI.
    • 72435-298521.

  • Blur

    NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN

    • CD SINGLE.
    • FOOD.
    • 72438-8790703.

  • Blur

    TENDER

    • BLUR 13.
    • FOOD.
    • FOODCD-29.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Apr 2012 00:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 28 Mar 2013 00:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 15 Oct 2015 02:00
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  • Fri 16 Oct 2015 02:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 9 Mar 2017 02:00
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  • Thu 17 May 2018 02:00
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  • Thu 2 Apr 2020 02:00
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 8 Oct 2020 02:30
    91热爆 Radio 6 Music