Blur announce The Great Escape 30th Anniversary Edition

A witty Britpop album that captures mid-90s British culture, Blur’s The Great Escape turns 30 this year, and to celebrate, it will be released in a special half-speed mastered double-disc coloured vinyl edition.

The Great Escape (30th Anniversary Edition) features the 15-track standard album (Disc One); as well as a collection of rare B-sides and bonus tracks (Disc Two) from the album era, several of which are previously unreleased on vinyl; available on yellow and turquoise vinyl and beautifully housed in a gatefold cover sleeve featuring all-new expanded artwork by artist and designer Tony Hung.

Released to widespread critical acclaim on 11 September 1995, The Great Escape is Blur’s fourth studio album, the follow-up to Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree’s international breakthrough release, Parklife (1994).

Triple Platinum

Featuring a run of hit singles – Country House, The Universal, Stereotypes, and Charmless Man – The Great Escape debuted at No.1 on the UK Album Charts and went on to achieve triple Platinum status in the UK.

The four singles have combined UK sales of over 1.8m, with over 61m YouTube views and combined global streams of 335m+ to date.

A brand new five-piece capsule collection of new bespoke merch by Tony Hung to mark the 30th anniversary of The Great Escape will also be available.

The Great Escape (30th Anniversary Edition) is out 12 December via Parlophone.

Tracklisting
DISC 1 (yellow vinyl)

Side A
Stereotypes
Country House
Best Days
Charmless Man
Fade Away
Top Man
The Universal
Side B
Mr. Robinson’s Quango
He Thought Of Cars
It Could Be You
Arnold Same
Globe Alone
Dan Abnormal
Entertain Me
Yuko and Hiro

DISC 2 (turquoise vinyl)

Side A
One Born Every Minute
Ultranol*
Tame
No Monsters In Me*
To The End (La Comedie) (featuring Françoise Hardy)*
Side B
The Horror Ludwig*
A Song*
St Louis*
The Man Who Left Himself
Eine Kleine Lift Music

* denotes tracks previously unreleased on vinyl

To pre order, visit the blur store here

Featured image credit: Kevin Westenberg

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