Modern Life Is Rubbish

~ Release by Blur (see all versions of this release, 18 available)

Annotation

The "Modern Life Is Rubbish" Special Edition finally unites the non-album single "Popscene" with a Blur studio album. Also included in the accompanying bonus disc are all the "Popscene", "For Tomorrow" and "Chemical World" b-sides (amongst which are nestled the Visit To Primrose Hill Extended Version of "For Tomorrow", a reworked version of "Chemical World" and a cover of the Rod Stewart classic "Maggie May". Completing the bonus disc are the b-sides to "The Sunday Sunday Popular Community Song CD", (the official title of the main "Sunday Sunday" single release), the music-hall style covers of "Daisy Bell" and "Let s All Go Down the Strand".
Housed in a deluxe lift-off lid box with four exclusive Blur artwork postcards and an expanded booklet that includes previously unseen photos and liner notes based on a brand new interview with all the band members.

FIXME: Possibly a "worldwide" release, i.e. Europe + North America.

Tracklist

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#TitleLength
1Popscene
producer:
Steve Lovell
recording of:
Popscene
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3:15
2Mace
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur
recording of:
Mace
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3:26
3Badgeman Brown
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur
recording of:
Badgeman Brown
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
4:48
4I'm Fine
producer:
Blur
recording of:
I'm Fine
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3:04
5Garden Central
producer:
Blur
recording of:
Garden Central
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
6:00
6For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill extended)
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Stephen Street
recording of:
For Tomorrow
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
6:01
7Into Another
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur and John Smith
recording of:
Into Another
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
3:55
8Peach
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur and John Smith
recording of:
Peach
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
3:58
9Bone Bag
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur and John Smith
recording of:
Bone Bag
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
4:04
10Hanging Over
engineer:
John Smith
producer:
Blur and John Smith
recording of:
Hanging Over
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
4:28
11When the Cows Come Home
producer:
Stephen Street
recording of:
When the Cows Come Home
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
3:50
12Beachcoma
producer:
Blur and John Smith
recording of:
Beachcoma
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
3:38
13Chemical World (reworked)
producer:
Blur, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
recording of:
Chemical World
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
3:45
14Es Schmecht
producer:
Blur
recording of:
Es schmecht
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
3:37
15Young and Lovely
producer:
Stephen Street
recording of:
Young and Lovely
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
5:03
16Maggie May
producer:
Steve Lovell
cover recording of:
Maggie May
publisher:
Rod Stewart
writer:
Mike Peters, Martin Quittenton and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Copyright Control, EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd., H. G. Music Inc, Mushroom Music, Rightsong Music Inc., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music
4:06
17My Ark
producer:
Blur
recording of:
My Ark
writer:
Damon Albarn and Blur
5:57
18Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
producer:
Blur
cover recording of:
Daisy Bell
lyricist and composer:
Harry Dacre (in 1892)
2:48
19Let's All Go Down the Strand
producer:
Blur
cover recording of:
Let's All Go Down the Strand
writer:
Harry Castling and C.W. Murphy
3:42