Slushburgh

Blur is one of those bands who have a tier of great albums and then a tier of albums that are solid but get forgotten because of the hoopla about the aefermentioned great records.

Great Albums:
Parklife
Modern Life Is Rubbish

Good Albums:
The Great Escape
Think Tank

JUST Solid Albums:
Leisure
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Blur

MUSIC TASTE IS SUBJECTIVE PEOPLE. I know there's a breed of music listener out there that hates The Great Escape, as well as Leisure. This is my opinion.

THE ACTUAL REVIEW, YAYYYYYY
The Magic Whip, like every other Blur effort, does deserve a description of it's own. There's no way that you can be like, "WELL IF YOU LIKE THIS RECORD THEN YOU'LL LOVE THE NEW ONE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT", becuause Blur aren't that type of band, even if the first track here, Lonesome Street, SCREAMS Modern Life Is Rubbish. The Magic Whip introduces a more depressing side, even though it's all masked by lyrics that can be playful at times. It's very good at taking the old sounds and putting a slower, more depressing twist on them, kinda like Sleater-Kinney's The Hot Rock. Overall this record is pretty good, placing it next to Think Tank and The Great Escape.

8.5/10