Parklife

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Length
1	Girls & Boys engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 236) recording of: Girls & Boys (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	4:51
2	Tracy Jacks engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street guest cello: Ivan McCready (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest instruments: Duke Strings (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest viola: John Metcalfe (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest violin: Louisa Fuller (from 1993-11 until 1994-01), Rick Koster (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) and Mark Pharoah (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) strings arranger: John Metcalfe phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Tracy Jacks (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	4:20
3	End of a Century engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street guest flugelhorn: Roddy Lorimer (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest instruments: Kick Horns (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest trombone: Richard Edwards (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: End of a Century (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	2:46
4	Parklife engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street guest spoken vocals: Phil Daniels (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) phonographic copyright (℗) by: EMI Records Ltd. (in 1994) and Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) part of: NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 41) recording of: Parklife (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: EMI Blackwood Music Inc., MCA Music, Universal‐MCA Music Publishing and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.	3:05
5	Bank Holiday engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Bank Holiday (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	1:42
6	Badhead engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street guest baritone saxophone: Simon Clarke (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest instruments: Kick Horns (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest tenor saxophone: Tim Sanders (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest trombone: Roddy Lorimer (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Badhead (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	3:26
7	The Debt Collector engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street guest alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and flute: Simon Clarke (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest instruments: Kick Horns (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone: Tim Sanders (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) guest trombone: Neil Sidwell (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: The Debt Collector (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	2:11
8	Far Out engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street vocals: Alex James (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Far Out (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Alex James composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	1:38
9	To the End additional engineer: Stephen Hague engineer: John Smith producer: Blur, Stephen Hague and John Smith guest accordion: Stephen Hague guest strings: Leo Payne, Chris Pitsillides, Audrey Riley and Chris Tombling guest background vocals [chanteuse]: Lætitia Sadier phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) engineered at: RAK Studios in London, England, United Kingdom recording of: To the End (Original, sung in English) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	4:05
10	London Loves engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: London Loves (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	4:15
11	Trouble in the Message Centre engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Trouble in the Message Centre (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	4:09
12	Clover Over Dover engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Clover Over Dover (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	3:22
13	Magic America engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Magic America (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	3:38
14	Jubilee engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Jubilee (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	2:48
15	This Is a Low additional engineer: Stephen Hague engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) and Food Records Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: This Is a Low (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	5:17
16	Lot 105 engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recorded at: Maison Rouge in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) recording of: Lot 105 (from 1993-11 until 1994-01) lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	1:19

2▼CD: Bonus Material
#	Title	Length
1	Magpie engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recording of: Magpie lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	4:16
2	Anniversary Waltz engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) recording of: Anniversary Waltz composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	1:23
3	People in Europe engineer: John Smith producer: Blur and Stephen Street recording of: People in Europe lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	3:28
4	Peter Panic engineer: John Smith producer: Blur and Stephen Street recording of: Peter Panic lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	4:22
5	Girls and Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12" remix) programming: Pete Gleadall engineer: Bob Kraushaar and John Smith additional producer: Pet Shop Boys producer: Stephen Street remixer: Pet Shop Boys phonographic copyright (℗) by: Food Ltd. (in 1994) remix of: Girls & Boys by Blur recording of: Girls & Boys lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	7:17
6	Threadneedle Street engineer: John Smith producer: Blur recording of: Threadneedle Street lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	3:18
7	Got Yer! engineer: John Smith producer: Blur recording of: Got Yer! lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	1:48
8	Beard engineer: John Smith producer: Blur and John Smith recording of: Beard lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	1:45
9	To the End (French version) producer: Blur, Stephen Hague and John Smith recording of: To the End (First version in French. Starts with "Et tous ces mots sales") lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree translated version of: To the End (Original, sung in English)	4:06
10	Supa Shoppa engineer: John Smith producer: Blur and John Smith recording of: Supa Shoppa lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	3:02
11	Theme From an Imaginary Film engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street recording of: Theme from an Imaginary Film lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	3:35
12	Red Necks engineer: John Smith producer: Blur recording of: Red Necks lyricist: Graham Coxon composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	2:54
13	Alex’s Song engineer: John Smith producer: Stephen Street recording of: Alex's Song lyricist: Alex James composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree	2:45
14	Jubilee (acoustic BBC live version) live recording of: Jubilee lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	2:33
15	Parklife (acoustic BBC live version) live recording of: Parklife lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: EMI Blackwood Music Inc., MCA Music, Universal‐MCA Music Publishing and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.	3:00
16	End of a Century (acoustic version) recording of: End of a Century lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music	2:45
17	Girls and Boys (demo) recording of: Girls & Boys lyricist: Damon Albarn composer: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree publisher: MCA Music Ltd.	4:54

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/4496644 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	End of a Century Girls & Boys Parklife To the End
included in:	Blur 21: The Box

part of:

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Britpop Albums (number: 2) (order: 2)
Brit Award for British Album of the Year (number: 1995) (order: 15)
Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (number: 20) (order: 20)
Mercury Prize Shortlist Nominees (number: 1994) (order: 29)
Absolute Radio’s The 100 Collection (number: 31) (order: 31)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 438) (order: 438)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 438) (order: 438)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (number: 771) (order: 772)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/94761 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Blur/Parklife [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/q94h [info]
other databases:	http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/B/Blur/Discography/Parklife/ [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/blur/parklife/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000624951 [info]
Wikidata:	Q241777 [info]

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