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Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990 to 2000, plus non-single, "This Is a Low". A special edition of the CD version included a live CD. The DVD/VHS version contains the videos of Blur's first 22 singles. In 2000 the album, which has had enduring sales, hit number 3 in the band's native UK, and hit the US charts at number 186. The cover is by artist Julian Opie. The painting of this Blur album can be found at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.
The album received a positive critical response. Of the reviews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator website Metacritic, the album holds an overall approval rating of 88%.
On the chart ending 7 March 2009, it was reported by Music Week that the album passed over one million unit sales in the United Kingdom. The album has since been certified five times platinum in the United Kingdom. Making it Blur's best selling album to date in their homeland.
A proposed title for the album was Best Blur Album in the World Ever, in reference to the compilation album series The Best... Album in the World...Ever! (which often contained songs by Blur).




Track listing


All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree.




= VHS/DVD

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"She's So High"
"There's No Other Way"
"Bang"
"Popscene"
"For Tomorrow"
"Chemical World"
"Sunday Sunday"
"Girls & Boys"
"Parklife"
"To the End"
"End of a Century"
"Country House"
"The Universal"
"Stereotypes"
"Charmless Man"
"Beetlebum"
"Song 2"
"On Your Own"
"M.O.R."
"Tender"
"Coffee & TV"
"No Distance Left to Run"




Personnel


Blur
Damon Albarn – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, organs, acoustic guitar, backing vocals on "Coffee and TV" and "Tender", xylophone on "To the End"
Graham Coxon – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Coffee and TV" and parts of "Tender", saxophone on "Parklife" and "Country House", clarinet on "End of a Century" and "To the End", drums on "Song 2"
Alex James – bass guitar, backing vocals
Dave Rowntree – drums, percussion, backing vocals, drum machine on "Girls & Boys" and "On Your Own"
Additional personnel
Blur – production
Jack Clark – mixing
Al Clay – mixing
Jason Cox – engineering
Tom Girling – assistant producer
Stephen Hague – producer, engineer
Ben Hillier – producer, mixing
Jeff Knowler – assistant engineer
Damian LeGassick – programming
Steve Lovell – producer
Gerard Navarro – assistant engineer
William Orbit – producer, engineer
Jeremy Plumb – art direction, design
Steve Power – producer
Iain Roberton – assistant engineer
Andy Ross – engineer
John Smith – producer, engineer
Sean Spuehler – programming
Stephen Street – producer, engineer
Greg Williams – photography




Charts and certifications






References






External links


Blur: The Best Of at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
Soundtrack of The Best of Blur at IMDb
Blur: The Best Of at Metacritic

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