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‘Parklife’ made Blur a household name in the 90s. This track-by-track guide to the album breaks down each of its 16 songs.

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From waves of neo-psychedelia to lashings of pop-punk ire, the best albums of 2024 prove this year has been packed with watershed moments.

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Electronic’s third album was also their swansong, but ‘Twisted Tenderness’ contained some of Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner’s finest songs.

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They were tired of the music business, yet New Order still created one of their greatest guitar-based songs in the shape of Regret.

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From feats of graphic-design genius to inventively staged portraits, the best album covers of 2024 complete artistic statements of intent.

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From Primavera to Download, the best music festivals of 2024 are already announcing their headliners. Here’s what to expect…

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The ‘13’ album took Blur far beyond anything they’d ever done before, as revealed by this track-by-track guide to each of its songs.

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With its canny lyrics and irresistible beat, Girls & Boys is the career-making song that crowned Blur the kings of Britpop.

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From blasts of garage-rock nostalgia to the dizzy rush of psychedelic alt-pop, keep your ears open for the albums to look out for in 2024.

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The best Talk Talk songs trace Mark Hollis’ group as they morphed from synth-pop practitioners into dazzling, genre-defying pioneers.

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