Parklife: Gatefold 180g Vinyl 2LP Record Store Day Pale Blue Eyes

Pale Blue Eyes

“Songs From The Big Chair” would go on to sell over five million copies in the US alone

and stabs of saxophone to create something infectiously fluid that builds to a rousing crescendo

perhaps as a backlash to the perceived violence and misogyny of gangsta rap's content

and the instrumental Treefingers

Parklife: Gatefold 180g Vinyl 2LP Record Store Day Pale Blue EyesAlthough Blur had long been recognised as one of the premier bands responsible for the reinvigoration of Britpop in the 1990s, it is 1994's Parklife that truly provided the template for the entire movement. At a time when Oasis were aping the sounds of their pub rock heroes on Definitely Maybe, Blur drew from the legacy of the Kinks and Small Faces to create an album that's as English as a rainy Sunday in front of the gas fire. Parklife is full of