(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)
Artist: Blur
Album Title: Leisure
Year released: 1991
Year reissued: 2012
Details: 1 of 7 in Blur 21, anniversary box set, black vinyl, 180 gram
The skinny: The debut album by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree, also known as Blur. It’s a bit messy, not knowing whether to lean towards baggy or shoegaze, two sounds that were both on their way out. Still, some fantastic tracks here.
Standout track: “There’s no other way”
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9 replies on “Vinyl love: Blur “Leisure””
26 years ago. I’m h*ckin old. I love the Blur, man.
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Me too. On both counts. I remember listening to this one on end on my Sony sports Walkman.
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There’s some great songs, I agree. “She’s So High”, “Come Together” and “There’s No Other Way”, but you’re right, the musical direction was awkwardly following fashions of the time. They found their way on “Modern Life Is Rubbish” IMO.
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I agree completely but you forgot “Bang” and “Sing”.
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True
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First Blur album I heard, though it was a few years old at that point (Park Life was the current release). I did like it’s high points (She’s So High and There’s No Other Way especially), but you’re right about the musical direction… seemed a bit unfocused and not really their own.
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I used to have this on a cassette tape with Chapterhouse’s Whirlpool on the other side. I think I wore that tape out. I know I call it a bit of a mess but I loved this album in high school.
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I haven’t invested in this one yet – but I’ve got the next several, and they’re keepers.
Though not on LP, that box set looks splendid!
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It is pretty splendid and looking forward to making my through it again.
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