Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur

~ Release by Blur (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Beetlebum
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Dave Rowntree
electric guitar and background vocals:
Graham Coxon
Hammond organ, keyboard, piano and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
recording of:
Beetlebum
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3.755:06
2Girls and Boys
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
recording of:
Girls & Boys
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3.74:19
3For Tomorrow
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
recording of:
For Tomorrow
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
3.356:02
4Coffee and TV
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Coffee & TV (Coffee + TV)
lyricist:
Graham Coxon
writer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
3.555:19
5Out of Time
additional programming and additional engineer:
James Dring
engineer:
Jason Cox (UK production/engineer) and Ben Hillier (UK Producer)
assistant producer:
Jason Cox (UK production/engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band) and Ben Hillier (UK Producer)
mixer:
Ben Hillier (UK Producer)
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
cello:
Jamal Gueddam
drums (drum set):
Dave Rowntree
goblet drum:
Dalal (singer/songwriter/actress Dalal Bruchmann)
guitar, keyboard and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
background vocals:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
orchestra:
Groupe regional du Marrakech
orchestrator:
Desyud Mustafa
recording of:
Out of Time
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
43:53
6Blue Jeans
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars], electric guitar [electric guitars], guitar [volume guitar] and background vocals:
Graham Coxon
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drum machine [loop drums]:
Dave Rowntree
melodica and piano:
Damon Albarn
vocals:
Damon Albarn
recording of:
Blue Jeans
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
Illegal Songs Inc.
3.53:54
7Song 2
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drums (drum set):
Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree
electric guitar, theremin and background vocals:
Graham Coxon
Hammond organ, keyboard, piano and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
percussion:
Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
music videos:
Song 2 (music video) by Blur (UK alternative rock band)
part of:
NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 8), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 15), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 57) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Song 2
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Wixen Music UK Ltd., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong (division of EMI Music Publishing Group Hong Kong Ltd. that existed as early as 2000), FujiPacific Music (S.E. Asia) Ltd., 香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S E Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch) and 香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
4.252:02
8Bugman
assistant engineer:
Addi 800, Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Iain Roberton (UK recording engineer)
engineer:
Jason Cox (UK production/engineer), William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer) and John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
acoustic guitar, keyboard, melodica, synthesizer and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
banjo, electric guitar [Lead Guitar] and saxophone:
Graham Coxon
bass guitar and background vocals:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Dave Rowntree
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
recording of:
Bugman
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
3.054:51
9He Thought of Cars
assistant engineer:
Julia Gardner and Tom Girling
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Food Records Ltd. (in 1995)
recording of:
He Thought of Cars
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
2.654:16
10Death of a Party
recording of:
Death of a Party
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing Ltd.
4:16
11The Universal
assistant engineer:
Julia Gardner and Tom Girling
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
additional guest background vocals:
Angela Murrell and Teresa Jane Davis (UK vocalist)
recording of:
The Universal
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3.254:00
12Sing
engineer and mixer:
Leo Grant (recording engineer)
producer:
Blur (UK alternative rock band)
bass guitar:
Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les)
drums (drum set):
Dave Rowntree
guitar:
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon
keyboard and lead vocals:
Damon Albarn
background vocals:
Graham Coxon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Food Ltd. (in 1990)
recording of:
Sing
lyricist:
Damon Albarn
composer:
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
3.356:02
13This Is a Low
additional engineer:
Stephen Hague
engineer:
John Smith (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Stephen Street (famous producer, songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Food Ltd. (in 1994) and Food Records Ltd. (in 1994)
recorded at:
Maison Rouge in London (Greater 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 (UK bassist for Blur/Fat Les) and Dave Rowntree
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
3.055:01
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