To celebrate 30 years of Blur’s The Great Escape, the band will be releasing a 30th Anniversary edition on 2xLP and digitally, which includes a bonus disc of rare b-sides which have never been released on vinyl before. Originally released on 11th September 1995, this iconic album captured the spirit of Britpop at its peak and marked a defining moment in the band’s career. The Great Escape was the follow-up to blur’s global breakthrough album Parklife and it charted at no. 1 selling over 125,000 copies in its first week, going on to achieve Triple Platinum status in the UK (900k+ sales to date). Featuring the hit singles, Country House (#1), The Universal (#5), Stereotypes (#7) and Charmless Man (#5). The singles have combined UK sales of over 1.8m, with over 60m YouTube views and combined global streams of 335m+ It defined mid-’90s Britain, both the optimism and the underlying malaise and ultimately became the record that placed Blur at the heart of one of the most talked-about moments in music history.
01. STEREOTYPES
02. COUNTRY HOUSE
03. BEST DAYS
04. CHARMLESS MAN
05. FADE AWAY
06. TOP MAN
07. THE UNIVERSAL
08. MR ROBINSON’S QUANGO
09. HE THOUGHT OF CARS
10. IT COULD BE YOU
11. ERNOLD SAME
12. GLOBE ALONE
13. DAN ABNORMAL
14. ENTERTAIN ME
15. YUKO AND HIRO DISC #2
01. ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
02. ULTRANOL
03. TAME
04. NO MONSTERS IN ME
05. TO THE END (LA COMEDIE) (FEATURING FRANCOISE HARDY)
06. THE HORRORS
07. LUDWIG
08. A SONG
09. ST LOUIS
10. THE MAN WHO LET HIMSELF
11. EINE KLEINE LIFT MUSIC
