Brit-poppers Blur have lost their guitarist, and they're all the better for it. Former axman Graham Coxon plays only on the album's closing track, "Battery in Your Leg," one of several yearning, sorrowful songs on Think Tank, an album so disjointed that it seems to artfully fall apart as it plays. Taking Coxon's place is just space, and experimentation -- Blur use their bass guitar as a lead instrument, employ simple but odd bits of guitar from frontman (and erstwhile Gorillaz voice) Damon Albarn and toss in delicate or brash keyboards. Their... Read More
penchant for pillaging rock's past has vanished with Coxon, but their melodic faculties remain, and crafty tunes complement the sonic decay. There are flashes of punk and fresh hints of world music, as Andalusian string players adorn the gorgeously mournful single "Out of Time." The old Blur have died, but the new, more open Blur come startlingly alive.
think tank 1. Ambulance 2. Out Of Time 3. Crazy Beat 4. Good Song 5. On The Way To The Club 6. Brothers And Sisters 7. Caravan 8. We've Got A File On You 9. Maroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club 10. Sweet Song 11. Jets 12. Gene By Gene 13. Battery In Your Leg 14. My White Noise 15. Song No.2 16. Cowboy Song 17. Girls And Boys 18. Country House 19. Charmless Man 20. Trailer Park
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