Think Tank (album)

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Think tank
Studio album from Blur

Publication
(s)

2003

Label (s) Parlophone / EMI

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Alternative rock, experimental

Title (number)

13

running time

56:04

occupation

production

Blur, Ben Hillier , William Orbit , Norman Cook

chronology
13 (1999) Think tank The Magic Whip
(2015)

Think Tank is the seventh studio album by the band Blur and was released on May 5, 2003.

The album is the only Blur album that was written and recorded for the most part without guitarist Graham Coxon , as he had left the band shortly before. He only worked on the song Battery in Your Leg . The musical style of Think Tank is characterized not least by the fact that it largely renounces the band's previous Britpop guitar sound, which has been replaced by experimental structures and instruments. Influences from world music , jazz and hip-hop can also be seen. The inconsistent style of the album explains the title Think Tank ( dt . Think tank ), the artistic expression as verschiedenster impulses creativity is to be understood. The originally planned title Darklife (an allusion to the successful album Parklife ) points to the pessimistic mood of the lyrics.

The cover design of the album comes from the British street artist Banksy .

The album was received largely positively, and the newspaper The Observer voted it “Album of the Year” in 2003. The New Musical Express included Think Tank on its list of the 100 best albums of the decade in November 2010 (20th place)

Singles

  1. Out of Time (April 14, 2003)
  2. Crazy Beat (July 7, 2003)
  3. Good Song (October 6, 2003)

Track list

(unless otherwise noted, all songs by Albarn / James / Rowntree)

  2. Me, White Noise ( pregap hidden track ) - 6:48
  3. Ambulance - 5:09
  4. Out of Time - 3:52
  5. Crazy Beat - 3:15
  6. Good Song - 3:09
  7. On the Way to the Club (Albarn, James Dring , James, Rowntree) - 3:48
  8. Brothers and Sisters - 3:47
  9. Caravan - 4:36
  10. We've Got a File on You - 1:03
  11. Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club - 3:03
  12. Sweet Song - 4:01
  13. Jets (Albarn, James, Rowntree, Mike Smith ) - 6:25
  14. Gene by Gene - 3:49
  15. Battery in Your Leg (Albarn, Graham Coxon , James, Rowntree) - 3:20

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albums of 2003 | Life and style | The Observer
  2. ↑ NME: THE TOP 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE