13
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studio album
First released:
Mar 8 1999

Overview Edit

13 is the sixth album by English alternative rock band Blur, released in March 1999. The album reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and number 80 in the US Billboard 200. 13 spawned three hit singles: "Tender", "Coffee & TV" and "No Distance Left to Run".

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Record label:
Catalog number:
99129
Release dates:
  • Mar 23 1999 in Canada

Genres

Alternative Rock, Britpop, Indie. Vote on Genres

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5 stars shooting stars in my left arm...
well. every cliché about blur being britpop to the bone aside: this album is truly a matserpiece, and one of the most underrated pop records of the nineties.

i dont feel like dwelling on the differences between blur, when blur is bloody english, and the blur that toss its guts right at the listener. this is simply something very different from what the band had ever done before, maybe except for tracks like 'sing' and 'essex dogs', though the intensity and the core of 13's tracklist is somethin…
Written by medellia
3 stars frustrating
I've had this CD a while, and though I am a pretty adventurous listener who doesn't need to be spoon-fed ear candy to enjoy the aural experience, "13" is nevertheless just too esoteric and ultimately difficult for me to really embrace. I think of it as an impressive palette of ideas, but with no real sense of focus or continuity. Each bizarre track just runs into the next, with a really cool sound or melodic idea summarily dumped in favor of something that doesn't work too well. Blur is definite…
Written by Stan

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Tender
    7:40
    2
    Bugman
    4:47
    3
    Coffee & TV
    5:58
    4
    Swamp Song
    4:36
    5
    1992
    5:29
    6
    B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
    2:52
    7
    Battle
    7:43
    8
    Mellow Song
    3:56
    9
    Trailerpark
    4:26
    10
    Caramel
    7:38
    11
    Trimm Trabb
    5:37
    12
    No Distance Left to Run
    3:27
    13
    Optigan 1
    2:34

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13 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 99129
release dates: Mar 23 1999
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13 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Food
catalog number: FOODCD 29
release dates: Mar 15 1999 in United Kingdom
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13 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Mar 8 1999 in Japan
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13 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records US
catalog number: 99129
release dates: Mar 23 1999
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