Blur 21: The Box

Album by Blur

Blur 21: The Box is a box set by English rock band Blur, released in 2012. The release surveys the band's career across Britpop, alternative rock and later more experimental and electronic-tinged phases, contextualising their development within British popular music of the 1990s and 2000s.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    She’s So High
    4:46
  2. 2.
    Bang
    3:37
  3. 3.
    Slow Down
    3:11
  4. 4.
    Repetition
    5:25
  5. 5.
    Bad Day
    4:24
  6. 6.
    Sing
    6:00
  7. 7.
    There’s No Other Way
    3:24
  8. 8.
    Fool
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Come Together
    3:52
  10. 10.
    High Cool
    3:37
  11. 11.
    Birthday
    3:49
  12. 12.
    Wear Me Down
    4:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    I Know (extended mix)
    6:31
  2. 3.
    Down
    5:58
  3. 4.
    There’s No Other Way (extended version)
    3:58
  4. 5.
    Inertia
    3:49
  5. 6.
    Mr Briggs
    3:58
  6. 7.
    I’m All Over
    2:00
  7. 8.
    Won’t Do It
    3:20
  8. 9.
    Day Upon Day (live)
    4:13
  9. 10.
    There’s No Other Way (Blur remix)
    4:56
  10. 11.
    Bang (extended version)
    4:25
  11. 12.
    Explain
    2:45
  12. 13.
    Luminous
    3:14
  13. 14.
    Berserk
    6:43
  14. 15.
    Uncle Love
    2:31
  15. 16.
    I Love Her (demo version Fan Club single)
    3:36
  16. 17.
    Close (Fan Club single)
    3:02

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    For Tomorrow
    4:21
  2. 4.
    Advert
    3:45
  3. 5.
    Colin Zeal
    3:16
  4. 6.
    Pressure on Julian
    3:31
  5. 7.
    Star Shaped
    3:26
  6. 8.
    Blue Jeans
    3:54
  7. 9.
    Chemical World / Intermission
    6:33
  8. 10.
    Sunday Sunday
    2:38
  9. 11.
    Oily Water
    5:01
  10. 12.
    Miss America
    5:35
  11. 13.
    Villa Rosie
    3:54
  12. 14.
    Coping
    3:24
  13. 15.
    Turn It Up
    3:22
  14. 16.
    Resigned / Commercial Break
    6:12

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Popscene
    3:14
  2. 5.
    Mace
    3:25
  3. 6.
    Badgeman Brown
    4:48
  4. 7.
    I’m Fine
    3:03
  5. 8.
    Garden Central
    6:00
  6. 9.
    For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill extended version)
    6:01
  7. 10.
    Into Another
    3:55
  8. 11.
    Peach
    3:57
  9. 12.
    Bone Bag
    4:04
  10. 13.
    Hanging Over
    4:27
  11. 14.
    When the Cows Come Home
    3:50
  12. 15.
    Beachcoma
    3:38
  13. 16.
    Chemical World (reworked)
    3:44
  14. 17.
    Es Schmecht
    3:36
  15. 18.
    Young and Lovely
    5:03
  16. 19.
    Maggie May
    4:06
  17. 20.
    My Ark
    5:57
  18. 21.
    Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
    2:48
  19. 22.
    Let’s All Go Down the Strand
    3:41

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Girls & Boys
    4:51
  2. 6.
    Tracy Jacks
    4:19
  3. 7.
    End of a Century
    2:45
  4. 8.
    Parklife
    3:05
  5. 9.
    Bank Holiday
    1:42
  6. 10.
    Badhead
    3:25
  7. 11.
    The Debt Collector
    2:10
  8. 12.
    Far Out
    1:37
  9. 13.
    To the End
    4:04
  10. 14.
    London Loves
    4:15
  11. 15.
    Trouble in the Message Centre
    4:09
  12. 16.
    Clover Over Dover
    3:22
  13. 17.
    Magic America
    3:37
  14. 18.
    Jubilee
    2:47
  15. 19.
    This Is a Low
    5:16
  16. 20.
    Lot 105
    1:19

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Magpie
    4:16
  2. 7.
    Anniversary Waltz
    1:22
  3. 8.
    People in Europe
    3:28
  4. 9.
    Peter Panic
    4:21
  5. 10.
    Girls & Boys (Pet Shop Boys 12″ remix)
    7:16
  6. 11.
    Threadneedle Street
    3:18
  7. 12.
    Got Yer!
    1:48
  8. 13.
    Beard
    1:44
  9. 14.
    To the End (French version)
    4:05
  10. 15.
    Supa Shoppa
    3:02
  11. 16.
    Theme From an Imaginary Film
    3:34
  12. 17.
    Red Necks
    2:53
  13. 18.
    Alex’s Song
    2:45
  14. 19.
    Jubilee (acoustic, BBC live version)
    2:32
  15. 20.
    Parklife (acoustic, BBC live version)
    2:59
  16. 21.
    End of a Century (acoustic version)
    2:44

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Stereotypes
    3:11
  2. 8.
    Country House
    3:56
  3. 9.
    Best Days
    4:49
  4. 10.
    Charmless Man
    3:33
  5. 11.
    Fade Away
    4:18
  6. 12.
    Top Man
    4:00
  7. 13.
    The Universal
    3:58
  8. 14.
    Mr Robinson’s Quango
    4:00
  9. 15.
    He Thought of Cars
    4:16
  10. 16.
    It Could Be You
    3:12
  11. 17.
    Ernold Same
    2:06
  12. 18.
    Globe Alone
    2:23
  13. 19.
    Dan Abnormal
    3:23
  14. 20.
    Entertain Me
    4:19
  15. 21.
    Yuko and Hiro
    5:24

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    One Born Every Minute
    2:18
  2. 9.
    To the End (La Comédie)
    5:05
  3. 10.
    Ultranol
    2:42
  4. 11.
    No Monsters in Me
    3:38
  5. 12.
    Entertain Me (Live It! remix)
    7:17
  6. 13.
    The Man Who Left Himself
    3:22
  7. 14.
    Tame
    4:47
  8. 15.
    Ludwig
    2:24
  9. 16.
    The Horrors
    3:18
  10. 17.
    A Song
    1:45
  11. 18.
    St Louis
    3:13
  12. 19.
    Country House (live at Mile End)
    4:57
  13. 20.
    Girls & Boys (live at Mile End)
    5:02
  14. 21.
    Parklife (live at Mile End)
    3:42
  15. 22.
    For Tomorrow (live at Mile End)
    7:02
  16. 23.
    Charmless Man (live at Budokan)
    3:22
  17. 24.
    Chemical World (live at Budokan)
    4:12
  18. 25.
    Eine Kleine Lift Musik
    4:18

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Beetlebum
    5:05
  2. 10.
    Song 2
    2:01
  3. 11.
    Country Sad Ballad Man
    4:50
  4. 12.
    M.O.R.
    3:27
  5. 13.
    On Your Own
    4:26
  6. 14.
    Theme From Retro
    3:36
  7. 15.
    You’re So Great
    3:35
  8. 16.
    Death of a Party
    4:33
  9. 17.
    Chinese Bombs
    1:24
  10. 18.
    I’m Just a Killer for Your Love
    4:11
  11. 19.
    Look Inside America
    3:50
  12. 20.
    Strange News From Another Star
    4:03
  13. 21.
    Movin’ On
    3:42
  14. 22.
    Essex Dogs
    8:10

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    All Your Life
    4:12
  2. 11.
    A Spell (For Money)
    3:30
  3. 12.
    Woodpigeon Song
    1:43
  4. 13.
    Dancehall
    3:11
  5. 14.
    Get Out of Cities
    4:02
  6. 15.
    Polished Stone
    2:42
  7. 16.
    Bustin’ + Dronin’
    6:32
  8. 17.
    M.O.R. (Road version)
    3:01
  9. 18.
    Swallows in the Heatwave
    2:33
  10. 19.
    Death of a Party (7″ remix)
    4:18
  11. 20.
    Cowboy Song
    4:07
  12. 21.
    Beetlebum (live acoustic version)
    4:33
  13. 22.
    On Your Own (live acoustic version)
    4:11
  14. 23.
    Country Sad Ballad Man (live acoustic version)
    4:44
  15. 24.
    This Is a Low (live acoustic version)
    3:31
  16. 25.
    M.O.R. (live in Utrecht)
    3:17
  17. 26.
    Death of a Party (live in Utrecht)
    4:16
  18. 27.
    Song 2 (live in Utrecht)
    2:07

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Tender
    7:40
  2. 12.
    Bugman
    4:47
  3. 13.
    Coffee & TV
    5:58
  4. 14.
    Swamp Song
    4:36
  5. 15.
    1992
    5:29
  6. 16.
    B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
    2:52
  7. 17.
    Battle
    7:43
  8. 18.
    Mellow Song
    3:56
  9. 19.
    Trailerpark
    4:26
  10. 20.
    Caramel
    7:38
  11. 21.
    Trimm Trabb
    5:37
  12. 22.
    No Distance Left to Run
    3:27
  13. 23.
    Optigan 1
    2:34

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    French Song
    8:20
  2. 13.
    All We Want
    4:32
  3. 14.
    Mellow Jam
    3:56
  4. 15.
    X‐offender (Damon / Control Freak’s Bugman remix)
    5:38
  5. 16.
    Coyote (Dave’s Bugman remix)
    3:49
  6. 17.
    Trade Stylee (Alex’s Bugman remix)
    5:58
  7. 18.
    Metal Hip Slop (Graham’s Bugman remix)
    4:15
  8. 19.
    So You
    4:10
  9. 20.
    Beagle 2
    2:54
  10. 21.
    Tender (Cornelius remix)
    5:23
  11. 22.
    Far Out (Beagle 2 remix)
    3:57
  12. 23.
    I Got Law (demo)
    2:42
  13. 24.
    Music Is My Radar
    5:28
  14. 25.
    Black Book
    8:30

Disc 13

  1. 13.
    Ambulance
    5:09
  2. 14.
    Out of Time
    3:51
  3. 15.
    Crazy Beat
    3:14
  4. 16.
    Good Song
    3:08
  5. 17.
    On the Way to the Club
    3:47
  6. 18.
    Brothers and Sisters
    3:47
  7. 19.
    Caravan
    4:35
  8. 20.
    We’ve Got a File on You
    1:02
  9. 21.
    Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club
    3:02
  10. 22.
    Sweet Song
    4:00
  11. 23.
    Jets
    6:25
  12. 24.
    Gene by Gene
    3:48
  13. 25.
    Battery in Your Leg
    11:34

Disc 14

  1. 14.
    Money Makes Me Crazy (Marrakech mix)
    2:52
  2. 15.
    Tune 2
    3:47
  3. 16.
    The Outsider
    5:14
  4. 17.
    Don’t Be
    2:40
  5. 18.
    Morricone
    4:49
  6. 19.
    Me, White Noise (alternate version)
    6:44
  7. 20.
    Some Glad Morning
    4:18
  8. 21.
    Don’t Be (acoustic mix)
    2:39
  9. 22.
    Sweet Song (demo)
    3:50
  10. 23.
    Caravan (Zoë Ball XFM session)
    4:14
  11. 24.
    End of a Century (Zoë Ball XFM session)
    2:40
  12. 25.
    Good Song (Zoë Ball XFM session)
    3:31
  13. 26.
    Out of Time (Zoë Ball XFM session)
    3:36
  14. 27.
    Tender (Zoë Ball XFM session)
    6:21

Disc 15

  1. 15.
    Dizzy (Seymour rehearsal & demo)
    3:34
  2. 16.
    Mixed Up (Seymour rehearsal & demo)
    3:51
  3. 17.
    Birthday (Seymour demo)
    4:32
  4. 18.
    Sing (To Me) (Sing demo, released to Fan Club Dec 1999)
    5:28
  5. 19.
    Fool (Seymour 4 Track demo, 30 July 1999)
    2:36
  6. 20.
    She’s So High (Seymour rehearsal)
    11:33
  7. 21.
    Won’t Do It (demo released to Fan Club April 2002)
    3:12
  8. 22.
    I Know (Falconer studio demo)
    3:55
  9. 23.
    Repetition (Falconer studio demo)
    5:12
  10. 24.
    High Cool (7″ Master)
    3:39
  11. 25.
    Always (I’m Fine early version)
    2:58
  12. 26.
    Come Together (demo, released to Fan Club April 2002)
    3:34
  13. 27.
    I’m All Over (demo)
    1:52
  14. 28.
    Wear Me Down (demo)
    5:32

Disc 16

  1. 16.
    I Love Her (alternate version)
    3:39
  2. 17.
    Popscene (1991 demo)
    3:44
  3. 18.
    Beached Whale (4 Track demo June 1992)
    3:23
  4. 19.
    Death of a Party (demo released to Fan Club August 1996)
    3:40
  5. 20.
    Pap Pop (4 Track demo recorded June 1992)
    2:24
  6. 21.
    Pressure on Julian (demo)
    4:26
  7. 22.
    Colin Zeal (demo)
    3:32
  8. 23.
    Sunday Sunday (demo)
    2:11
  9. 24.
    Never Clever (demo, released on Food Compilation ″Food 100″ in 1997)
    2:51
  10. 25.
    Advert (demo)
    3:45
  11. 26.
    Star Shaped (demo)
    3:05
  12. 27.
    She Don’t Mind (Blue Jeans demo)
    3:52
  13. 28.
    Coping (Andy Partridge version)
    3:22
  14. 29.
    Sunday Sleep (Sunday Sunday Andy Partridge version)
    3:31
  15. 30.
    Seven Days (Andy Partridge version)
    3:41
  16. 31.
    Kazoo (Turn It Up early version)
    3:15
  17. 32.
    The Wassailing Song (7″ giveway at Hibernian Club Gig, Fulham on 16 December 1992)
    3:24
  18. 33.
    When the Cows Come Home (demo)
    3:26
  19. 34.
    For Tomorrow (mix 1 ‐ early demo)
    4:14
  20. 35.
    Magpie (early demo)
    2:05

Disc 17

  1. 17.
    Parklife (demo)
    3:08
  2. 18.
    Clover Over Dover (demo)
    2:54
  3. 19.
    Jubilee (demo)
    2:51
  4. 20.
    One a Minute (One Born Every Minute demo)
    2:13
  5. 21.
    Badhead (demo)
    3:07
  6. 22.
    Far Out (demo, electric version)
    3:16
  7. 23.
    The Debt Collector (demo)
    2:11
  8. 24.
    Trouble in the Message Centre (demo)
    3:37
  9. 25.
    Red Necks (Take One)
    2:46
  10. 26.
    Red Necks (Take Two)
    0:59
  11. 27.
    Alex’s Song (demo)
    3:09
  12. 28.
    Cross Channel Love (home demo)
    3:16
  13. 29.
    Ernold Same (demo)
    1:20
  14. 30.
    Saturday Morning (demo)
    4:33
  15. 31.
    Hope You Find Your Suburb (Eine Kleine Lift Musick full band demo)
    4:13
  16. 32.
    Rico (Fade Away demo)
    5:08
  17. 33.
    Bored House Wives (Entertain Me early version)
    4:57

Disc 18

  1. 18.
    Beetlebum (demo)
    3:00
  2. 19.
    On Your Own (Mario Caldato Jr mix)
    4:21
  3. 20.
    Woodpigeon Song (original full length)
    3:01
  4. 21.
    Battle (Jam, Mayfair Studios 11 August 1998)
    5:46
  5. 22.
    Caramel (ambient)
    7:47
  6. 23.
    So You (alternative version)
    3:45
  7. 24.
    Squeezebox (Music Is My Radar alternative version)
    6:34
  8. 25.
    Jawbone (Black Book alternative version)
    5:33
  9. 26.
    “1″
    3:38
  10. 27.
    “3″
    4:49
  11. 28.
    Sir Elton John’s Cock
    1:23
  12. 29.
    Avoid the Traffic
    1:29
  13. 30.
    Money Makes Me Crazy (Deepest Darkest Devon mix)
    2:29
  14. 31.
    Don’t Bomb When You’re the Bomb (Previously Released on a 7″ Promo)
    3:59
  15. 32.
    Nutter
    2:42
  16. 33.
    Piano
    3:19
  17. 34.
    Kissin’ Time
    5:38
  18. 35.
    Fool’s Day
    3:28
  19. 36.
    Under the Westway
    4:17

Disc 19

  1. 19.
    Intro
    2:36
  2. 20.
    Lot 105
    1:36
  3. 21.
    Sunday Sunday
    3:11
  4. 22.
    Jubilee
    3:18
  5. 23.
    Tracy Jacks
    4:05
  6. 24.
    Magic America
    4:28
  7. 25.
    End of a Century
    3:15
  8. 26.
    Popscene
    3:18
  9. 27.
    Trouble in the Message Centre
    4:20
  10. 28.
    She’s So High
    5:37
  11. 29.
    Chemical World
    4:37
  12. 30.
    Badhead
    4:04
  13. 31.
    There’s No Other Way
    5:25
  14. 32.
    To the End
    4:07
  15. 33.
    Advert
    4:46
  16. 34.
    Supa Shoppa
    2:43
  17. 35.
    Mr Robinson’s Quango
    4:24
  18. 36.
    Parklife
    4:21
  19. 37.
    Girls and Boys
    4:36
  20. 38.
    Bank Holiday
    2:03
  21. 39.
    This Is a Low
    7:40

Disc 20

  1. 20.
    Intro
    0:59
  2. 21.
    I Know
    3:50
  3. 22.
    She’s So High
    5:16
  4. 23.
    There’s No Other Way
    3:41
  5. 24.
    Popscene
    3:38
  6. 25.
    For Tomorrow
    6:25
  7. 26.
    Chemical World
    4:18
  8. 27.
    Girls & Boys
    4:26
  9. 28.
    To the End
    4:15
  10. 29.
    Parklife
    3:02
  11. 30.
    End of a Century
    3:25
  12. 31.
    Country House
    4:25
  13. 32.
    The Universal
    4:15
  14. 33.
    Charmless Man
    3:25
  15. 34.
    Beetlebum
    6:02
  16. 35.
    Song 2
    2:16
  17. 36.
    On My Own
    5:28
  18. 37.
    M.O.R.
    3:11
  19. 38.
    Tender
    6:11
  20. 39.
    Coffee & TV
    6:16
  21. 40.
    No Distance Left to Run
    4:24

Disc 21

  1. 21.
    Intro
    1:31
  2. 22.
    B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
    2:28
  3. 23.
    No Distance Left to Run
    4:20
  4. 24.
    Tender
    6:26
  5. 25.
    Battle
    7:44
  6. 26.
    Beetlebum
    6:29
  7. 27.
    Bugman
    3:39
  8. 28.
    Trimm Trabb
    5:37
  9. 29.
    Mellow Song
    3:38
  10. 30.
    Song 2
    2:01
  11. 31.
    Dizzy
    3:45
  12. 32.
    There’s No Other Way (BBC live version) (1st TV Performance)
    2:46
  13. 33.
    To the End (La Comédie) (French promo video)
    4:14
  14. 34.
    It Could Be You (Japanese promo video)
    3:08
  15. 35.
    Music Is My Radar (promo video)
    5:03
  16. 36.
    Out of Time (promo video)
    3:55
  17. 37.
    Crazy Beat (promo video)
    3:18
  18. 38.
    Good Song (promo video)
    3:14

Disc 22

  1. 22.
    Superman
    3:38

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