Blur: Blur (Reprise 9362-46236-2)
Andy Gill, The Independent, 7 February 1997
LOUDLY HERALDED as the pyre upon which their former Britpop selves have been ritually dispatched, Blur certainly takes some getting used to, though it's questionable whether even familiarity saves it from being an underwhelming experience.
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