Format: gatefold 2xLP

Record Label: Parlophone

Cat Number: FOODLPX10

Released: 26th July 2012

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Girls and Boys

2. Tracy Jacks

3. End of a Century

4. Parklife

Side B

1. Bank Holiday

2. Bedhead

3. The Debt Collector

4. Far Out

Side C

1. To the End

2. London Loves

3. Trouble in the Message Centre

4. Clover Over Dover

Side D

1. Magic America

2. Jubilee

3. This Is a Low

4. Lot 105

Although 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 songs that find joy in the mundane, like "Girls & Boys" (a song about working-class holidaymakers in the sun) and "Parklife" (a day in the life of a cheeky, unemployed bench-sitter).

Witty, ironic and irreverent, Parklife remains one of those rare albums that sum up a specific place and time (Britain in the mid-1990s).

Please note LP only has original album tracks - it does not include bonus content.