Parklife

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Girls & Boys engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 236) recording of: Girls & Boys lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	4.5	4:50
2	Tracy Jacks engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) guest cello: Ivan McCready guest viola: John Metcalfe (UK-based composer, arranger and violist) guest violin: Louisa Fuller (violinist), Rick Koster and Mark Pharoah (violinist) guest performer: Duke Strings strings arranger: John Metcalfe (UK-based composer, arranger and violist) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Tracy Jacks lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.65	4:20
3	End of a Century engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) guest flugelhorn: Roddy Lorimer guest trombone: Richard Edwards (trombonist) guest performer: Kick Horns recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: End of a Century lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.15	2:46
4	Parklife engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) guest lead vocals: Phil Daniels recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) part of: NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 41) recording of: Parklife lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.85	3:05
5	Bank Holiday engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Bank Holiday lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.5	1:43
6	Badhead engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) flugelhorn and guest trombone: Roddy Lorimer guest baritone saxophone: Simon Clarke (UK saxophonist) guest tenor saxophone: Tim Sanders (UK saxophonist) guest performer: Kick Horns recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Badhead lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.35	3:26
7	The Debt Collector engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) guest alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and flute: Simon Clarke (UK saxophonist) guest soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone: Tim Sanders (UK saxophonist) guest trombone: Neil Sidwell guest performer: Kick Horns recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: The Debt Collector composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.5	2:11
8	Far Out engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) vocals: Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Far Out lyricist: Damon Albarn and Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	2.5	1:41
9	To the End additional engineer: Stephen Hague engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Blur (UK alternative rock band), Stephen Hague and John Smith (UK producer/engineer) guest accordion: Stephen Hague guest strings: Leo Payne (violin), Chris Pitsillides, Audrey Riley and Chris Tombling (violinist) guest background vocals [chanteuse]: Lætitia Sadier engineered at: RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom recording of: To the End (First version in French. Starts with "Et tous ces mots sales") lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree translated version of: To the End (Original, sung in English) recording of: To the End (Original, sung in English) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	4	4:05
10	London Loves engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: London Loves lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3	4:15
11	Trouble in the Message Centre engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Trouble in the Message Centre lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.5	4:10
12	Clover Over Dover engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Clover Over Dover lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.5	3:22
13	Magic America engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Magic America lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3	3:38
14	Jubilee engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Jubilee lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3.5	2:48
15	This Is a Low additional engineer: Stephen Hague engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Records Ltd. (in 1994) recording of: This Is a Low lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3	5:07
16	Lot 105 engineer: John Smith (UK producer/engineer) producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Lot 105 lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree	3	1:18
17	Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12" remix) programming: Pete Gleadall engineer: Bob Kraushaar and John Smith (UK producer/engineer) additional producer: Pet Shop Boys producer: Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter) remixer: Pet Shop Boys phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) remix of: Girls & Boys by Blur (UK alternative rock band) recording of: Girls & Boys lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	3.5	7:16

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1295506 [info]
ASIN:	CA: B0000V3PWY [info]

Release Group

associated singles/EPs:	End of a Century Girls & Boys Parklife To the End
included in:	Blur 21: The Box

part of:	Brit Award for British Album of the Year (winners) (number: 1995) (order: 15) Mercury Prize Shortlist Nominees (number: 1994) (order: 29) Absolute Radio's The 100 Collection (number: 31) (order: 31) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 438) (order: 438)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/94761 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Blur/Parklife [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/q94h [info]
other databases:	http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/B/Blur/Discography/Parklife/ [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/blur/parklife/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000624951 [info]
Wikidata:	Q241777 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 724382954026
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:00:02

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

Labels

EMI Music Canada
E2 7243 8 29540 2 6

Release events

Canada
1994-05-17

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