Blur - The Great Escape - 30th Anniversary- 2LP Yellow and Turquoise Vinyl Gatefold

To celebrate 30 years of Blur’s The Great Escape, the band will be releasing a 30th Anniversary edition on 2xLP and digitally, which includes a bonus disc of rare b-sides which have never been released on vinyl before.

Originally released on 11th September 1995, this iconic album captured the spirit of Britpop at its peak and marked a defining moment in the band’s career.

The Great Escape was the follow-up to blur's global breakthrough album Parklife and it charted at no. 1 selling over 125,000 copies in its first week, going on to achieve Triple Platinum status in the UK (900k+ sales to date).

Featuring the hit singles, Country House (#1), The Universal (#5), Stereotypes (#7) and Charmless Man (#5). The singles have combined UK sales of over 1.8m, with over 60m YouTube views and combined global streams of 335m+

It defined mid-’90s Britain, both the optimism and the underlying malaise and ultimately became the record that placed Blur at the heart of one of the most talked-about moments in music history.

Tracks:

LP1

Side A 

1 the Great Escape
2 Stereotypes
3 Country House
4 Best Days
5 Charmless Man
6 Fade Away
7 Top Man
8 The Universal

Side B

1 Mr Robinson's Quango
2 He Thought of Cars
3 It Could Be You
4 Arnold Same
5 Globe Alone
6 Dan Abnormal
7 Entertain Me
8 Yuko and Hiro

LP2

Side A

1 the Great Escape - the B-Sides
2 One Born Every Minute
3 Ultranol*
4 Tame
5 No Monsters in Me*
6 To the End (La Comedie) (Featuring Françoise Hardy)*

Side B

1 The Horrors
2 Ludwig*
3 A Song
4 St. Louis*
5 The Man Who Left Himself
6 Eine Kleine Lift Musik