Blur discography
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The discography of English rock band Blur consists of nine studio albums, six live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, 35 singles, 10 promotional singles and 37 music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged Leisure (1991), peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) inaugurated the Britpop phase of their career. Its multi-Platinum follow-ups Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helped the band achieve mainstream popularity in Britain; every Blur studio album from Parklife onwards has topped the British charts.
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
JPN [6] |
NOR [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [10] | ||||
Leisure | 7 | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[A] | |||
Modern Life Is Rubbish |
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15 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Parklife |
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1 | 45 | 41 | — | — | 36 | 37 | 27 | 8 | —[B] | ||
The Great Escape |
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1 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 150 | ||
Blur |
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1 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
13 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 80 |
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Think Tank |
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1 | 30 | — | 11 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 27 | 44 | 56 |
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The Magic Whip |
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1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 24 |
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The Ballad of Darren |
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1 | 10 | — | 4 | 3 | 20 | — | 7 | 12 | 94 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] |
JPN [6] | ||
Live at the Budokan |
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— | 36 |
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009[C] |
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70 | 148 |
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 03 July 2009[C] |
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44 | |
Live 2009[37] |
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— | — |
Parklive | 91 | 137 | |
Live at Wembley Stadium |
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6 | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
GER [5] |
IRL [40] |
JPN [6] |
NOR [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [10] | ||||
The Special Collectors Edition |
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— | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | ||
Blur: The Best Of |
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3 | 23 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 186 | ||
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur |
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20 | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Remix albums
Video albums
Extended plays
Title | EP details |
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Live[52] |
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The Observer CD[53] |
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Exclusive 5 Track CD[54] |
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Blur Live from the BRITs[55] |
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Box sets
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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UK [1] |
GER [5] |
JPN [6] | |||||||||||
The Brit Pop Blur Box |
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— | — | — | |||||||||
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set[56] |
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— | — | — | |||||||||
Blur 21 | 71 | 63 | 70 | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [58] |
FRA [4] |
IRL [59] |
JPN [60] |
NLD [61] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [62] | |||||
"She's So High / I Know" | 1990 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Leisure | ||
"There's No Other Way" | 1991 | 8 | 113 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | 82 |
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"Bang" | 24 | 189 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Popscene"[D] | 1992 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"For Tomorrow" | 1993 | 28 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Modern Life Is Rubbish | ||
"Chemical World" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Sunday Sunday" | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Girls & Boys" | 1994 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 23 | —[E] | 24 | 16 | 30 | 59 | Parklife | ||
"To the End" | 16 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Parklife" | 10 | 119 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"End of a Century" | 19 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Country House" | 1995 | 1 | 28 | — | — | 1 | — | —[F] | 30 | 10 | — |
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The Great Escape | |
"The Universal" | 5 | 104 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 55 | — |
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"Stereotypes" | 1996 | 7 | 95 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Charmless Man" | 5 | 35 | — | 33 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"It Could Be You" (Japan only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Beetlebum" | 1997 | 1 | 35 | — | — | 8 | —[G] | 87 | 34 | 39 | — |
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Blur | |
"Song 2" | 2 | 4 | —[H] | 198 | 10 | —[I] | 73 | — | 28 | —[J] | ||||
"On Your Own"[D] | 5 | 69 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"M.O.R." | 15 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | —[K] | ||||
"Tender" | 1999 | 2 | 32 | —[L] | — | 6 | — | 90 | 12 | 29 | — |
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"Coffee & TV" | 11 | — | — | 178 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"No Distance Left to Run" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Music Is My Radar" | 2000 | 10 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | Blur: The Best Of | ||
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb"[71] | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Out of Time" | 2003 | 5 | 113 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 19 | — | Think Tank | ||
"Crazy Beat" | 18 | 102 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | 20 | — | ||||
"Good Song" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Fool's Day"[72] | 2010 | —[M] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Under the Westway" / "The Puritan" |
2012 | 34 | — | —[N] | 120 | 54 | 59 | — | — | — | — | |||
— | — | — | 165 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Go Out" | 2015 | 182 | — | —[O] | 188 | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | The Magic Whip | ||
"There Are Too Many of Us" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Lonesome Street" | 151 | — | —[P] | 181 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Ong Ong" | — | — | —[Q] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"I Broadcast" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"The Narcissist" | 2023 | 81 | — | — | — | — | —[R] | — | —[S] | — | — | The Ballad of Darren | ||
"St. Charles Square" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Barbaric" | — | — | — | — | — | —[T] | — | —[U] | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [1] | |||||||||||||
"High Cool" / "Bad Day"[76] | 1991 | — | Leisure | ||||||||||
"Bang" (Mindwarp Mutations Remixes)[77] | 1992 | — | — | ||||||||||
"The Wassailing Song"[78] | — | ||||||||||||
"This Is a Low"[79] | 1995 | — | Parklife | ||||||||||
"Tracy Jacks" / "Bank Holiday"[80] | — | ||||||||||||
"Entertain Me" (The Live It! Remix)[81] | — | — | |||||||||||
"Death of a Party" | 1997 | — | Blur | ||||||||||
"Bugman"[82] | 1999 | — | 13 | ||||||||||
"We've Got a File on You"[83] | 2003 | — | Think Tank | ||||||||||
"Y'all Doomed"[84] | 2015 | 165 | The Magic Whip | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [85] |
BEL Tip [58] | ||||||||||||
"Girls & Boys" (live) | 2009 | 191 | — | All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 | |||||||||
"Ghost Ship" | 2015 | — | 68 | The Magic Whip | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other appearances
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Sunday Sunday" (live)[86] | 1992 | none | In a Field of Their Own: Highlights of Glastonbury 1992 |
"Maggie May"[87] | Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring 40 | ||
"Oliver's Army"[88] | 1993 | Peace Together | |
"Substitute"[89] | Who Covers Who? | ||
"Miss America" (live)[90] | The Adventure Club Sessions | ||
"Eine Kleine Lift Musik"[91] | 1995 | The Help Album | |
"The Universal" (live)[92] | 1996 | ...Later Volume One: Brit Beat | |
"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys Remix)[93] | 1997 | In the Mix '97, Vol. 1 | |
"Never Clever"[94] | Food 100 | ||
"Beetlebum" (live)[95] | Tibetan Freedom Concert | ||
"She's So High" (live)[96] | Long Live Tibet | ||
"Cowboy Song"[97] | 1998 | Dead Man on Campus soundtrack | |
"101%"[98] | 1999 | Thurston Moore | Root |
"Kissin' Time"[99] | 2002 | Marianne Faithfull | Kissin Time |
"Girls & Boys (live)"[100] | 2014 | none | Britpop at the BBC |
Videography
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"She's So High" | 1990 | David Balfe |
"There's No Other Way" (version 1) | 1991 | |
"Bang" | Willy Smax | |
"There's No Other Way" (version 2) | Matthew Amos | |
"Popscene" | 1992 | David Mould |
"For Tomorrow" | 1993 | Julien Temple |
"Chemical World" | Dwight Clarke | |
"Sunday Sunday" | ||
"Girls & Boys" | 1994 | Kevin Godley |
"To the End" | David Mould | |
"Parklife" | Pedro Romhanyi[101] | |
"End of a Century" | Matthew Longfellow | |
"Country House" | 1995 | Damien Hirst[102] |
"The Universal" | Jonathan Glazer[103] | |
"Stereotypes" | 1996 | Matthew Longfellow |
"Charmless Man" | Jamie Thraves | |
"Beetlebum" | 1997 | Sophie Muller[104] |
"Song 2" | ||
"On Your Own" | ||
"M.O.R." | John Hardwick | |
"Tender" | 1999 | Grant Gee |
"Coffee & TV" | Hammer & Tongs[105] | |
"No Distance Left to Run" | Thomas Vinterberg | |
"Music Is My Radar" | 2000 | Don Cameron |
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" | 2002 | Thomas Vinterberg |
"Out of Time" | 2003 | John Hardwick |
"Crazy Beat" (version 1) | Shynola | |
"Crazy Beat" (version 2) | John Hardwick | |
"Good Song" | Shynola, David Shrigley | |
"Fool's Day" | 2010 | Pulse Films |
"Under the Westway" | 2012 | |
"The Puritan" | ||
"Go Out" | 2015 | Tony Hung[106] |
"There Are Too Many of Us" | Blur[107] | |
"Lonesome Street" | Ben Reed[108] | |
"Ong Ong" | Tony Hung[106][109] | |
"I Broadcast" | ||
"St. Charles Square" | 2023 | Toby L[110] |
Documentaries
Title | Details |
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Starshaped |
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The Great Escape[111] |
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No Distance Left to Run |
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New World Towers |
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To the End |
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Notes
- Leisure did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
- Parklife did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number six on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[12]
- "Popscene" and "On Your Own" charted as a double A-side single in Australia.
- "Girls & Boys" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.[63]
- "Country House" did not enter the Netherlands Singles Chart but peaked on the Dutch Tipparade Chart at number 14.[65]
- "Beetlebum" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 84 on the Oricon Singles Chart.[66]
- "Song 2" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at eight on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "Song 2" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.[67]
- "Song 2" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 55 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.[68]
- "M.O.R." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[70]
- "Tender" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 15 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "Fool's Day" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[1]
- "Under the Westway" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 10 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "Go Out" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 64 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "Lonesome Street" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at eight on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "Ong Ong" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at nine on the Flanders Ultratip chart.[58]
- "The Narcissist" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.[73]
- "The Narcissist" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 33 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[74]
- "Barbaric" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.[75]
- "Barbaric" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[74]
See also
References
External links
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