Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish (30th Anniversary Edition) [Orange] LP

Modern Life Is Rubbish is Blur’s second album and is regarded as one of the defining releases of the Britpop era. The album features the singles "For Tomorrow", "Sunday Sunday" and "Chemical World". The album turned 30 this year and to celebrate this occasion, Parlophone are releasing a colored vinyl edition. 2 x 140g 12" vinyl, 300gsm board, 6mm spine 12" gatefold outer sleeve with a gloss dispersion finish, 2 x 135gsm gloss art paper, 12" inner sleeve with gloss dispersion finish. Blur were formed in 1989 by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree and signed with Food/EMI the same year. Announcing their arrival with debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur continued to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with second release Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993). Five successive UK #1 albums followed - with Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helping to propel the band to mass popularity in the UK and beyond. The eponymous Blur was released in 1997 and seventh album Think Tank (2003) was Blur's first as a three-piece after the temporary departure of founding guitarist Graham Coxon. One of the most successful British bands of the last two decades, Blur have won a total of five BRIT Awards, and were twice nominated for the Mercury Music Award.