13 (Blur album)

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13
Studio album from Blur

Publication
(s)

1999

Label (s) Food Records / Virgin / EMI

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Alternative rock , indie rock , post rock

Title (number)

13

running time

66:43

occupation

production

William Orbit , Blur

chronology
Blur
(1997) 		13 Think Tank
(2003)

13 is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Blur . It was released on March 15, 1999 and represents an even more radical departure from the Britpop sound of the band's early days than its predecessor.

description

In contrast to many companions of the Britpop movement such as Oasis and Supergrass , Blur moved more and more away from the British trademark sound of the decade towards the end of the 1990s and hit comparatively experimental paths inspired by the American lo-fi sound and psychedelic rock of the 1970s a. Only the second single Coffee & TV is reminiscent of the band's earlier sound. For the first time the band adopted on this album also by her longtime producer Stephen Street and worked for a rock band uncommon with the hitherto only in the electronics sector prestigious William Orbit together of the year before Madonna's album Ray of Light had produced. The album was largely enthusiastically received by international critics.

Singles

  • Tender - February 22, 1999
  • Coffee & TV - June 28, 1999
  • No Distance Left To Run - November 15, 1999

Track list

  1. Tender - 7:40
  2. Bugman - 4:47
  3. Coffee & TV - 5:58
  4. Swamp Song - 4:36
  5. 1992 - 5:29
  6. BLUREMI - 2:52
  7. Battle - 7:43
  8. Mellow Song - 3:56
  9. Trailer park - 4:26
  10. Caramel - 7:38
  11. Trim Trabb - 5:37
  12. No Distance Left to Run - 3:27
  13. Optigan 1-2 :34