Blur discography | |
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![]() Blur performing at Hyde Park in July 2009 | |
Studio albums | 9 |
Live albums | 6 |
Compilation albums | 5 |
Video albums | 2 |
Music videos | 37 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 35 |
Remix albums | 1 |
Promotional singles | 10 |
Box sets | 2 |
The discography of English rock band Blur consists of nine studio albums, six live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, 35 singles, 10 promotional singles and 37 music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged Leisure (1991), peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) inaugurated the Britpop phase of their career. Its multi-Platinum follow-ups Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helped the band achieve mainstream popularity in Britain; every Blur studio album from Parklife onwards has topped the British charts.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [1] | AUS [2] | CAN [3] | FRA [4] | GER [5] | JPN [6] | NOR [7] | NZ [8] | SWE [9] | US [10] | ||||
Leisure | 7 | 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 1] | |||
Modern Life Is Rubbish |
| 15 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Parklife |
| 1 | 45 | 41 | — | — | 36 | 37 | 27 | 8 | — [upper-alpha 2] | ||
The Great Escape |
| 1 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 150 | ||
Blur |
| 1 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
13 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 80 |
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Think Tank |
| 1 | 30 | — | 11 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 27 | 44 | 56 |
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The Magic Whip |
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 24 |
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The Ballad of Darren |
| 1 | 10 | — | 4 | 3 | 20 | — | 7 | 12 | 94 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | JPN [6] | ||
Live at the Budokan |
| — | 36 |
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 [upper-alpha 3] |
| 70 | 148 |
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 03 July 2009 [upper-alpha 3] |
| 44 | |
Live 2009 [37] |
| — | — |
Parklive | 91 | 137 | |
Live at Wembley Stadium |
| 6 | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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UK [1] | AUS [2] | CAN [3] | GER [5] | IRL [40] | JPN [6] | NOR [7] | NZ [8] | SWE [9] | US [10] | ||||
The Special Collectors Edition |
| — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | ||
Blur: The Best Of |
| 3 | 23 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 186 | ||
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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UK [1] | AUS [2] | HUN [45] | JPN [6] | |||
Bustin' + Dronin' |
| 50 | 163 | 19 | 50 |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK Video [48] | US Video [49] | ||
Showtime [50] | — | — | |
Blur: The Best Of | 49 | 32 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | EP details |
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Live [52] |
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The Observer CD [53] |
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Exclusive 5 Track CD [54] |
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Blur Live from the BRITs [55] |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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UK [1] | GER [5] | JPN [6] | |||||||||||
The Brit Pop Blur Box |
| — | — | — | |||||||||
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set [56] |
| — | — | — | |||||||||
Blur 21 | 71 | 63 | 70 | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [1] | AUS [2] | BEL [58] | FRA [4] | IRL [59] | JPN [60] | NLD [61] | NZ [8] | SWE [9] | US [62] | |||||
"She's So High / I Know" | 1990 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Leisure | ||
"There's No Other Way" | 1991 | 8 | 113 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | 82 | |||
"Bang" | 24 | 189 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Popscene" [upper-alpha 4] | 1992 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"For Tomorrow" | 1993 | 28 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Modern Life Is Rubbish | ||
"Chemical World" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Sunday Sunday" | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Girls & Boys" | 1994 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 23 | — [upper-alpha 5] | 24 | 16 | 30 | 59 |
| Parklife | |
"To the End" | 16 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Parklife" | 10 | 119 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"End of a Century" | 19 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Country House" | 1995 | 1 | 28 | — | — | 1 | — | — [upper-alpha 6] | 30 | 10 | — |
| The Great Escape | |
"The Universal" | 5 | 104 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 55 | — |
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"Stereotypes" | 1996 | 7 | 95 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Charmless Man" | 5 | 35 | — | 33 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"It Could Be You" (Japan only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Beetlebum" | 1997 | 1 | 35 | — | — | 8 | — [upper-alpha 7] | 87 | 34 | 39 | — |
| Blur | |
"Song 2" | 2 | 4 | — [upper-alpha 8] | 198 | 10 | — [upper-alpha 9] | 73 | — | 28 | — [upper-alpha 10] | ||||
"On Your Own" [upper-alpha 4] | 5 | 69 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"M.O.R." | 15 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — [upper-alpha 11] | ||||
"Tender" | 1999 | 2 | 32 | — [upper-alpha 12] | — | 6 | — | 90 | 12 | 29 | — |
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"Coffee & TV" | 11 | — | — | 178 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
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"No Distance Left to Run" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Music Is My Radar" | 2000 | 10 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | Blur: The Best Of | ||
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" [70] | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Out of Time" | 2003 | 5 | 113 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 19 | — | Think Tank | ||
"Crazy Beat" | 18 | 102 | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | 20 | — | ||||
"Good Song" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Fool's Day" [71] | 2010 | — [upper-alpha 13] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Under the Westway" / "The Puritan" | 2012 | 34 | — | — [upper-alpha 14] | 120 | 54 | 59 | — | — | — | — | |||
— | — | — | 165 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Go Out" | 2015 | 182 | — | — [upper-alpha 15] | 188 | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | The Magic Whip | ||
"There Are Too Many of Us" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Lonesome Street" | 151 | — | — [upper-alpha 16] | 181 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Ong Ong" | — | — | — [upper-alpha 17] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"I Broadcast" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"The Narcissist" | 2023 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 18] | — | — [upper-alpha 19] | — | — | The Ballad of Darren | ||
"St. Charles Square" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Barbaric" | — | — | — | — | — | — [upper-alpha 20] | — | — [upper-alpha 21] | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [1] | |||||||||||||
"High Cool" / "Bad Day" [75] | 1991 | — | Leisure | ||||||||||
"Bang" (Mindwarp Mutations Remixes) [76] | 1992 | — | — | ||||||||||
"The Wassailing Song" [77] | — | ||||||||||||
"This Is a Low" [78] | 1995 | — | Parklife | ||||||||||
"Tracy Jacks" / "Bank Holiday" [79] | — | ||||||||||||
"Entertain Me" (The Live It! Remix) [80] | — | — | |||||||||||
"Death of a Party" | 1997 | — | Blur | ||||||||||
"Bugman" [81] | 1999 | — | 13 | ||||||||||
"We've Got a File on You" [82] | 2003 | — | Think Tank | ||||||||||
"Y'all Doomed" [83] | 2015 | 165 | The Magic Whip | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [84] | BEL Tip [58] | ||||||||||||
"Girls & Boys" (live) | 2009 | 191 | — | All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 | |||||||||
"Ghost Ship" | 2015 | — | 68 | The Magic Whip | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Sunday Sunday" (live) [85] | 1992 | none | In a Field of Their Own: Highlights of Glastonbury 1992 |
"Maggie May" [86] | Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring 40 | ||
"Oliver's Army" [87] | 1993 | Peace Together | |
"Substitute" [88] | Who Covers Who? | ||
"Miss America" (live) [89] | The Adventure Club Sessions | ||
"Eine Kleine Lift Musik" [90] | 1995 | The Help Album | |
"The Universal" (live) [91] | 1996 | ...Later Volume One: Brit Beat | |
"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys Remix) [92] | 1997 | In the Mix '97, Vol. 1 | |
"Never Clever" [93] | Food 100 | ||
"Beetlebum" (live) [94] | Tibetan Freedom Concert | ||
"She's So High" (live) [95] | Long Live Tibet | ||
"Cowboy Song" [96] | 1998 | Dead Man on Campus soundtrack | |
"101%" [97] | 1999 | Thurston Moore | Root |
"Kissin' Time" [98] | 2002 | Marianne Faithfull | Kissin Time |
"Girls & Boys (live)" [99] | 2014 | none | Britpop at the BBC |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"She's So High" | 1990 | David Balfe |
"There's No Other Way" (version 1) | 1991 | |
"Bang" | Willy Smax | |
"There's No Other Way" (version 2) | Matthew Amos | |
"Popscene" | 1992 | David Mould |
"For Tomorrow" | 1993 | Julien Temple |
"Chemical World" | Dwight Clarke | |
"Sunday Sunday" | ||
"Girls & Boys" | 1994 | Kevin Godley |
"To the End" | David Mould | |
"Parklife" | Pedro Romhanyi [100] | |
"End of a Century" | Matthew Longfellow | |
"Country House" | 1995 | Damien Hirst [101] |
"The Universal" | Jonathan Glazer [102] | |
"Stereotypes" | 1996 | Matthew Longfellow |
"Charmless Man" | Jamie Thraves | |
"Beetlebum" | 1997 | Sophie Muller [103] |
"Song 2" | ||
"On Your Own" | ||
"M.O.R." | John Hardwick | |
"Tender" | 1999 | Grant Gee |
"Coffee & TV" | Hammer & Tongs [104] | |
"No Distance Left to Run" | Thomas Vinterberg | |
"Music Is My Radar" | 2000 | Don Cameron |
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" | 2002 | Thomas Vinterberg |
"Out of Time" | 2003 | John Hardwick |
"Crazy Beat" (version 1) | Shynola | |
"Crazy Beat" (version 2) | John Hardwick | |
"Good Song" | Shynola, David Shrigley | |
"Fool's Day" | 2010 | Pulse Films |
"Under the Westway" | 2012 | |
"The Puritan" | ||
"Go Out" | 2015 | Tony Hung [105] |
"There Are Too Many of Us" | Blur [106] | |
"Lonesome Street" | Ben Reed [107] | |
"Ong Ong" | Tony Hung [105] [108] | |
"I Broadcast" | ||
"St. Charles Square" | 2023 | Toby L [109] |
Title | Details |
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Starshaped |
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The Great Escape [110] |
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No Distance Left to Run |
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New World Towers |
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To the End |
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