Come Together
Birthday
Miss America
Sunday Sunday
Turn it Up
Mr. Robinson's Quango
Top Man
Fade Away
Ernold Same
Theme From Retro
I'm Just a Killer For Your Love
Swamp Song
Crazy Beat
Jets

there you go, one craptacular album

The band performance itself seems dismal. Live at Coachella (April 12, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6W4npkSkN8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Someone said they flopped at Coachella, does not sound like it by that audience nah I think they were fine, just showed how weird ...

Leisure - 5/10
MLIR - 8.3/10 (the front half is like a 9, back half is a 6.5)
Parklife - 9.2/10
TGE - 6.5/10
Blur - 7.7/10
13 - 8/10
Think Tank - 8.5/10

Damon hits a little too close for comfort...and poor Dave! Hilarious though.

SeverHense wrote:True. And I don't think this will be a truly perfect album, imo.

I do predict a few more 4.5 stars or 9/10s as well as a few 5 star or 10/10 reviews.

yep, and we all know there'll be a couple 6/10's as well (just the nature of the business), so let's all agree now not to freak out about it

The Magic Whip metacritic page is officially up (in with a very tasty 86 at the moment): http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-magic-whip/blur

shocked I'm basically the only one here who actually likes Gene by Gene - the chorus is great! The creaking gate noise give it..er...character.

oh cmon lets not be sycophantic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDRAQfgUPZQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; blur were likely never as good as that, and certainly aren't now then again the pixies are one of the all time greats, so its nothing to be ashamed of objectively speaking, the...

Rubi wrote:Dunno, they gave 13 a 9.5 and Think Tank a 9. In fact, all Blur albums aside from Leisure and MLIR have a +8 rating on their website.

yeah I think pitchfork will be fair. It's honestly more the British sites that I worry about - sites like The Quietus properly hate Damon.

I imagine the full tour will be announced before then as well and maybe even be under way. not to be a total downer but I really doubt we're getting a full tour out of this...a few warm up dates and a few festivals more likely. If only because I can't imagine Damon actually committing the time to d...

Yes, I think a few of us might have got a bit over-excited. Not everyone loves Blur in the way we do. I still don't think anyone will absolutely slate it; probably an average of about 4 stars. Agreed, I think it'll land somewhere between a 75 and 80 on metacritic. Reviews don't matter all that much...

i've always dismissed the great escape, but that album at least has 5 songs i really do enjoy, i cannot say the same for this one... worst blur album by a long long way This album has nothing even close to as bad as Mr. Robinson's Quango, let's be fair. Qualifying this with a giant asterisk because...